Ready Now, Ready Everywhere
Geothermal Energy
Conversation on the role of geothermal as a round-the-clock renewable and heating/cooling solution.
Clean Capital Efficiency: Supply Additions are Not the Only Path to Affordable Electricity
The Brattle Group
“Clean capital efficiency, which is leveraging technology to drive higher efficiency and utilization of existing and new system assets, is a valuable part of the picture and an important way to help alleviate rate pressure.”
Energy Scenes: Fortnightly Top Innovators 2025 Award Winners
More Celebration in Washington, D.C.
Featured here are photos of utility company award winners who were celebrated at the historic Willard Hotel during the Fortnightly Top Innovators conference.
Energy Scenes: Fortnightly Top Innovators 2025
Washington, D.C.
Fortnightly Top Innovators 2025 took place at the historic Willard Hotel from October 5–7, this year powered by SEPA. Pictured here are the keynotes, speakers, and panels with utilities companies from across the United States. Be sure to plan to attend in October 2026.
Southern Company - Georgia Power: Plant McDonough-Atkinson 50% Hydrogen Blend Testing
Top Innovators
“Being the first to blend hydrogen at this level on an advanced-class turbine is a major innovation. The most significant outcome is that we proved it can be done and we did so while maintaining rigorous safety standards and operational reliability.”
Southern Company - Alabama Power: Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Demonstration Project
Top Innovators
“The idea is simple: rather than turning a plant down during off-peak hours, it keeps operating efficiently, and the excess heat from that unit is stored in the concrete to be utilized later when peaking power is needed on the grid.”
Sacramento Municipal Utility District: SMUD's 2030 Clean Energy Vision and Zero Carbon Plan
Top Innovators
“SMUD is providing a model for other public utilities to follow, showing that decarbonization can be done in a way that benefits everyone and is economically feasible with grants and partnerships.”
Seattle City Light: Data-Driven, AI-Powered Vegetation Management Strategy
Top Innovators
“Using LiDAR and satellite imagery for vegetation management isn’t new. What’s new is combining that with all available outage history, tree coverage and microclimate data so we can align crews and dollars where they’ll have the most impact.”
Southern California Edison: STORM - Standard Tracking for Operations Restoration Management Tool
Top Innovators
“What was noteworthy was building a process, but also the supporting tools that I could get the field to adopt readily within a matter of days, overcoming the organizational change management hurdle normally faced in BlueSky conditions.”
Southern California Edison: SPEED - System Planning Evaluation and Execution Dashboard
Top Innovators
“SPEED is orders of magnitude faster than any system available. It’s also the depth. We forecast and analyze, hour by hour, the structural and transformer levels for ten-plus years.”