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What an amazing week last week at Edison Electric Institute's 2024 conference. It was the first time I attended this conference and will definitely be back! Special thanks to Pedro Pizarro, Maria Pope, Calvin Butler, Dan R. Brouillette and the rest of the EEI Board for hosting Jensen Huang and me for a very thought-provoking lunch, followed by a great fireside chat between Pedro and Jensen discussing the future of Energy and the role #AI will play. So many great discussions with utility leaders and especially enjoyed my panel discussion with Hema Sundaram, Neva Espinoza, Maria Robinson hosted by Mary Sprayregen on AI: The Next Big Opportunity for Collaboration. It was clear that utilities will benefit from open industry specific generative AI models that can be leveraged to help the entire industry move faster towards meeting our clean energy goals. AI is poised to revolutionize the utilities sector in numerous ways. By harnessing the power of AI, utilities can optimize grid management, enhance predictive maintenance, and improve demand forecasting. AI algorithms can analyze vast amounts of data in real-time, allowing for quicker decision-making and more efficient resource allocation. This leads to increased operational efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced reliability of energy supply. Additionally, AI can facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources by predicting their availability and managing their intermittency, thus supporting the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future. Generative AI will play a crucial role in this transformation. Gen AI can create advanced predictive models and simulations, enabling utilities to better anticipate and prepare for various scenarios. It can also automate complex processes, reducing human error and freeing up resources for more strategic tasks. Furthermore, Gen AI can enhance customer engagement by providing personalized recommendations and solutions, thus improving customer satisfaction and loyalty. The potential of Gen AI in driving innovation and efficiency in the utilities sector is immense and will be a key factor in achieving our clean energy goals. Was also excited to see the team from Deloitte and Utilidata announce a partnership to scale the Karmen distributed AI platform. A software defined grid is a sustainable grid. An open platform like Karmen allows for third party players to join in helping provide innovative applications that will reduce costs to rate payers while providing more resilient, reliable, secure and sustainable operations. Portland General Electric/Southern California Edison (SCE)/Exelon/EPRI/U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)/NVIDIA/Jay Sungu/Ahsan Yousufzai/Dave Gibson/Shawntia McNeil , MBA/World Wide Technology/

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Earlier this week, I spoke with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the growth in electricity demand within the United States and the importance of affordable, reliable, sustainable energy. This topic is critical to the future of the American economy, and I was honored to share Micron’s insights into the opportunities and risks that we face as electricity demand grows. Semiconductor manufacturing requires having a skilled workforce, access to transportation and large utility infrastructure, and access to water. It also requires access to abundant, affordable electricity. Knowing that we could secure ample supplies of low-cost energy was an important part of Micron’s decision to invest tens of billions of dollars in U.S. manufacturing over the next two decades. I applaud the Committee for holding this hearing on the electrical grid. The expansion of U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and data centers for AI and other uses means that U.S. electricity demand will grow faster in the years ahead than it has in decades. The U.S. needs to expand its electrical generation capacity and modernize the nation’s electrical grid for all these planned projects, including Micron’s fabs, to work and for the United States to remain a competitive destination for manufacturing. Read my full testimony here: Link: https://lnkd.in/gJ6e-FrH

Get ready for the concept paper deadline on 1/23 for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s $7 million funding opportunity to unlock the potential of data analytics for power system sensors. New power system sensors with higher fidelity help utility leaders make better decisions about power system operations and planning. This funding opportunity calls for demonstrating how real-time system data can provide insights into operational control strategies for wildfires, heatwaves, cold snaps, and other challenging conditions facing the power sector. DOE will select up to six projects that demonstrate the various geographic, economic, and climate conditions that comprehensively help assess the deployment of advanced sensor technologies. For more details and next steps, visit: https://bit.ly/3tRyzAs

Great to see electric cooperatives taking the lead on deploying GETs. There's no faster way to free up additional transmission capacity on existing wires and get more cost-effective clean power online.

From technological advancements to adoption barriers, we will dive deep into the impact of V2G on the power grid and EV batteries. Discover the biggest benefits of mass V2G adoption and the current focus areas for standards development. Don't miss this opportunity to get answers for all your burning questions on V2G. Join us on January 31 for valuable insights: https://lnkd.in/g5rT3icV

From technological advancements to adoption barriers, we will dive deep into the impact of V2G on the power grid and EV batteries. Discover the biggest benefits of mass V2G adoption and the current focus areas for standards development. Don't miss this opportunity to get answers for all your burning questions on V2G. Join us on January 31 for valuable insights: https://lnkd.in/dSZgHqpe

Dive into the future of power grids! The 2023 Grid Forward conference unveiled real world applications of emerging grid tech solutions. From reducing wildfire risk to smarter EV charging, these revolutions are changing the game. Check out all the highlights in our article!

Interesting publication on IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics of my KIT colleague Jan Wachter (https://lnkd.in/eNemCATr). This works analyse the last 20 years large-scale incidents, pointing out the main causes that provoked them. It concludes that power electronics-based resources can be less scaring for the power systems stability than we thought, and instead they can increase the resilience and robustness of the grid. Good work Jan! IEEE Power Electronics Society, University of Karlsruhe

Dive into the future of power grids! The 2023 Grid Forward conference unveiled real world applications of emerging grid tech solutions. From reducing wildfire risk to smarter EV charging, these revolutions are changing the game. Check out all the highlights in our article!