“FirstEnergy’s ADMS did it all, on time, on budget, with all expected functionalities. In all ways, this is a milestone in our industry. I have been in this industry since the mid-eighties and haven’t seen anything like it.”

“To better manage the rise in connections to the grid, utilities should consider implementing a Distributed Energy Management System, or DERMS, that can aggregate, and in some cases, control customer-owned assets.”

“One of the events was a cyberattack on GPS systems found in vehicles. This threat was taken from a real government alert. Vehicles started shutting down.”

Conversation with Electric Power Research Institute’s Katie Jereza about the United Nations Climate Change Conference and related EPRI initiatives like Climate READi.

Conversation with the Commissioner at Italy’s Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment, Clara Poletti.

“How we manage increasing complexity, such as protection and control of a more complex distribution system with a lot of devices and two-way power flows, is one example of an area we’re focused on. AEIC provides a great forum to exchange ideas.”

“I was part of different task groups and got into the leadership part of AEIC where I chaired the Cable Engineering Committee for 2 years.”

“I am focused on learning and driving the project execution side, while embracing the challenges these new technologies bring to the table. AEIC has been a good resource.”

“We’ve broken ground on the world’s largest green hydrogen hub in Utah and that’s not something we would’ve contemplated saying 5 years ago.”

Here is a taste of the cross-industry conversations that took place at the 138th annual meeting of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies.