A Stepwise Journey Toward Digitalization and Grid Modernization [an Energy Central PowerSession™]

Utilities face complex grid, power generation, and energy transition challenges as increasing numbers of distributed energy resources (DER) enter the mix. The emerging prosumer is a central part of three unprecedented industry challenges: Increasing proliferation of DER; resiliency in the face of severe weather, wildfires, and cyber security threats; and significant load growth as electrification rapidly advances.

The traditional script for utility enterprise projects is long, slow initiatives that deploy entire systems at high upfront costs. That approach needs to change in response to today’s hyper-dynamic operating environment. Agile deployments flips the script by pursuing an accelerated path of incremental change with low upfront costs.

A stepwise approach is easier to initiate, yields faster measurable results, and is future-proof, enabling utilities to start small and scale up over time by focusing first on the most pressing customer needs and highest priority use cases.

This PowerSession offers insight into how a stepwise approach can be an effective strategy to accelerate the energy transition and optimally manage DER.

Key takeaways from this PowerSession include:

• Deeper understanding of the growing demands for a more flexible, resilient grid
• Insights from a utility peer into how they are reorganizing themselves and changing how they adopt technology to better meet the needs of today and the future
• Clarity on how a stepwise approach to rapid business transformation can be an effective strategy
• Resources and next steps that you and your team can put to work today