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The grid is changing faster than the plan.

Electrification, AI demand, storage and distributed generation challenge assumptions about infrastructure. The story brings technology and leadership decisions together.

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A conversation for energy & utilities.

Utility leaders, grid operators, energy executives and industry suppliers.

Electrification, AI demand, storage and distributed generation challenge assumptions about infrastructure. The story brings technology and leadership decisions together. The final emphasis depends on who is attending, what they already understand, and the strategic choices your event is intended to support.

The research lens

Connect the forces that change the decisions.

Data-centre demand and electrification
Storage and distributed generation
Connected grids and resilience
Leadership and long-term investment

These themes provide a direction for research, rather than a fixed set of slides. A leadership session can examine assumptions and investment priorities in depth. An industry conference can build a shared view of the changes affecting its members. A customer event can explore the future of the markets your customers serve.

From the industry brief

A possible keynote storyline.

The sample guide develops five connected movements. The emphasis and examples are refined around the actual audience and event objectives.

01
THE DEMAND WAVE
AI data centres, industry, transportation and buildings reshape load forecasts.
02
THE GRID REARCHITECTS
Storage, distributed energy, V2G, smarter meters and two-way coordination.
03
THE SPEED-TO-POWER CHALLENGE
Infrastructure constraints, interconnection, procurement and new capacity transparency.
04
THE INTELLIGENT UTILITY
Predictive maintenance, software-defined operations, cyber resilience and skilled teams.
05
THE LEADERSHIP RESPONSE
Foresight, realistic experimentation and making 2027 decisions with 2027 assumptions.

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The complete guide develops the client challenge, relevant forces of change, keynote direction and industry experience. It is an illustrative briefing scenario, not a quotation from an actual client inquiry; the live proposal is shaped around your audience, priorities and objectives.

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Documented energy & utilities engagements

Selected clients

ENERGY LEADERS.

A sampling of the utilities, energy and grid organizations Jim has worked with.

Representative client experience

ACROSS THE ENERGY ECOSYSTEM.

Generation, utilities, cooperatives, grid technology, customer systems, infrastructure and energy-intensive industry.

Utilities & generation: BC Hydro · Nova Scotia Power · SaskPower · SaskEnergy · Consumers Energy / CMS · Toronto Hydro · Enersource · Exelon Nuclear · The Energy Authority · Indiana Municipal Power Authority · OPG · PG&E · Hydro One · TransCanada · EPRI
Cooperatives & regional utility organizations: NRECA · Rocky Mountain Electrical League · Utility Telecom Council · Utility Telecom Council · Canadian Gas Association
Energy technology & smart grid: Itron · Siemens Energy · Schneider Electric · GE Lighting · Lennox · SAP Utilities
Energy services & summits: DTN Energy · Accenture Global Energy Summit · SURGE Accelerator · Canadian Gas Association · CAPPA
Engineering & infrastructure: Black & Veatch · FM Global · CCI Wireless · National Mining Association
Industrial & transition: Shell International E&P · Chevron · Exxon · CAPPA · CF Industries · Noble Energy · Southern Gas Association · major oil, gas and petrochemical audiences.

The published record

Experience you can explore.

Relevant published engagements from JimCarroll.com. Cross-industry examples show adjacent markets and questions; the specific scope of each assignment is described in its original story.

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The deep dive

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY & UTILITIES

Connected. Intelligent. Distributed. Accelerating.

For more than two decades, Jim Carroll has helped utility executives, energy companies, infrastructure firms and technology leaders understand what comes next - from deregulation, interval meters and the 2003 blackout to distributed generation, smart grids, storage, electrification, AI data centres and the capacity economy.

All 27 sections

THE STORY STARTED LONG BEFORE RENEWABLES AND AI.
THE OLD GRID WAS BUILT FOR A WORLD THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.
THE IDEAS ARRIVED BEFORE THE LABELS DID.
BEFORE “SMART GRID” WAS A BUZZWORD.
A SLOW INDUSTRY IN A FAST WORLD.
THE ENERGY TRANSITION IS ALSO A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION.
ONE KEYNOTE. MULTIPLE WAYS INTO THE FUTURE.
THE GRID IS BEING REWRITTEN.
AI IS BOTH THE LOAD AND THE SOLUTION.
THE METER STOPS BEING A BILLING DEVICE.
NO ONE COMPANY CAN MASTER THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
THE GRID GETS A BRAIN AND A REVERSE GEAR.
STORAGE CHANGES THE ECONOMICS UNDERNEATH YESTERDAY'S DECISIONS.
YOU'VE GOT A GRID. I'VE GOT A GRID. LET'S CONNECT OUR GRIDS.
THE CAR BECOMES PART OF THE GRID.
THE NEW BOTTLENECK IS CAPACITY.
RELIABILITY IS BECOMING AN ADAPTIVE CAPABILITY.
I FOUND THE FUTURE IN MANURE.
SMART FIELDS ARRIVED BEFORE THE SMART GRID.
THE FUTURE IS NOT ONE TECHNOLOGY.
I'VE BEEN MAKING THESE CALLS FOR YEARS.
DIFFERENT ROOM. DIFFERENT ISSUE. DIFFERENT KEYNOTE.
ENERGY TRANSFORMATION IS EXECUTIVE WORK.
MORE THAN A QUARTER-CENTURY INSIDE ENERGY CHANGE.
THE WORK GOES BACK TO THE EARLY DIGITAL UTILITY ERA.
THE PROOF IS IN THE ROOM.
BUILT FROM YOUR ENERGY SYSTEM OUTWARD.

Before smart grid had a name

THE STORY STARTED LONG BEFORE RENEWABLES AND AI.

Jim was already working with utilities and energy companies in the late 1990s and early 2000s on deregulation, web self-service, interval metering, distributed generation, grid communications, resilience and the digital oilfield.

Distributed generation was the Internet of power: decentralized, resilient and built from many connected nodes.

1999-2000

Consumers Energy / CMS

Electronic bill presentment, web self-service and new customer communication models in deregulated energy markets.

2000-2004

Toronto Hydro / Enersource

Interval metering, remote bill presentment and the idea that utility customers would actively manage consumption and price.

2002

NRECA

Thousands of rural electric cooperative leaders challenged not to let a downturn stall investment in community technology, distributed generation and modern grid infrastructure.

2003

Blackout Resilience

After the massive North American blackout, Jim focused on backup power, microgrids, local generation and resilience against transmission failure.

2004

Shell Smart Fields

Real-time reservoir surveillance and IT-enabled oilfield operations aimed at higher production and lower operating expense.

2005-2006

UTC / BC Hydro / CAPPA

Utility telecom, SCADA, smart grid communications, conservation culture, wind, solar, bio-energy and the changing economics of petroleum.

The structural shift

THE OLD GRID WAS BUILT FOR A WORLD THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.

The transformation is bigger than renewables. It is a simultaneous shift in generation, storage, demand, intelligence, ownership and the very relationship between the utility and the customer.

CENTRALIZED → DISTRIBUTED

Millions of smaller energy resources increasingly complement and challenge large central generation.

CARBON → ELECTRONS

Transportation, buildings and industry electrify as the economics of generation and storage change.

ONE-WAY → TWO-WAY

Power and data increasingly flow in both directions between utilities, customers and distributed resources.

DUMB → INTELLIGENT

Sensors, smart meters, AI and software make the grid more visible, predictive and adaptive.

CONSUMER → PROSUMER

Customers increasingly generate, store, manage and sell energy rather than simply consume it.

PRODUCT → SERVICE

The utility relationship evolves from selling kilowatt-hours toward delivering reliability, intelligence and energy services.

Early themes that became today's infrastructure

THE IDEAS ARRIVED BEFORE THE LABELS DID.

Distributed generation as the Internet of power. Localized generation would strengthen resilience and change the architecture of the grid.

Interval meters and the empowered customer. Better information would turn passive ratepayers into active managers of consumption and cost.

Complexity partners. No utility could master the convergence of telecom, software, grid hardware and customer technology alone.

The long view

BEFORE “SMART GRID” WAS A BUZZWORD.

Jim was already speaking to utilities and energy organizations about digital customer care, distributed generation, interval meters, blackout resilience, bio-energy and networked field operations in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Distributed generation was the Internet of power: more nodes, more intelligence, more resilience, and less dependence on a single path.

1999–2000

Digital Customer & Deregulation

Consumers Energy / CMS Energy, Toronto Hydro and Nova Scotia Power: electronic bill presentment, web self-service, changing customer expectations and the implications of deregulated markets.

2001–2004

Smart Metering & Customer Control

SaskPower, SaskEnergy and utility audiences: interval metering, remote energy management and the idea that customers would become active managers of their own consumption.

2002

Distributed Generation

NRECA annual meeting: do not let a market downturn stall investment in community technology, localized generation and the infrastructure required for the next grid.

2003

Blackout Resilience

After the North American blackout, Jim focused on backup generation, microgrids, distributed generation and local energy systems as a hedge against transmission failure.

2004

Smart Fields & Bio-Energy

Shell’s “Smart Fields” vision, real-time reservoir surveillance, and centralized biogas systems that turned manure and organic waste into electricity.

2005–2006

Grid Communications & Conservation

Utility Telecom Council, BC Hydro Power Smart and CAPPA: SCADA, utility communications, energy conservation, wind, solar, bio-energy and the changing economics of petroleum.

Leadership in acceleration

A SLOW INDUSTRY IN A FAST WORLD.

Demand is accelerating. Technology is accelerating. Science is accelerating. Yet permitting, infrastructure, regulation and capital planning still move on very different clocks.

That mismatch is becoming one of the defining leadership issues in energy and utilities. AI data centers, electrification, grid modernization, extreme weather and new generation technologies are increasing the pressure to make large decisions faster without sacrificing safety, reliability or discipline.

Good energy leaders do not manufacture certainty. They create clarity when certainty is impossible.

Leadership agenda

THE ENERGY TRANSITION IS ALSO A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION.

The technology story matters. But the executive challenge is deciding how quickly to move, where to place bets, which assumptions have expired and what capabilities the organization must build next.

Track the real economics of storage, renewables, AI, grid software, electrification and distributed resources.

Challenge legacy assumptions, accelerate decision-making and create innovation discipline in a safety-critical industry.

Turn foresight into capacity, infrastructure, customer, workforce and technology decisions that can scale.

Potential keynote directions

ONE KEYNOTE. MULTIPLE WAYS INTO THE FUTURE.

These are directions, not canned speeches. They are selected and blended around the audience, leadership agenda, utility model and strategic issues in the room.

The Future of Energy & Utilities

Connected. Intelligent. Distributed. Accelerating.

Energy at the Speed of AI

Grid intelligence, demand forecasting, reliability and the new load economy.

The Intelligent Grid

From one-way infrastructure to a software-defined, two-way energy system.

Powering 2036

Storage, renewables, nuclear, electrification and the next grid architecture.

The Resilient Utility

Reliability, extreme weather, cybersecurity and adaptive infrastructure.

Leadership in the Acceleration Gap

How to lead when demand and technology move faster than the system.

The acceleration stack

THE GRID IS BEING REWRITTEN.

No single technology defines the future. The disruption comes from many trends arriving together.

Renewable Generation

Solar and wind continue to reshape generation economics and capacity planning.

Battery Storage

Storage changes intermittency, peak management, resilience and the economics of distributed power.

AI & Grid Intelligence

Forecasting, balancing, predictive maintenance and asset optimization move deeper into software.

Electrification

Vehicles, buildings and industry create new loads and new infrastructure requirements.

Microgrids & DER

Local generation and storage create more resilient, flexible and increasingly autonomous energy systems.

Connected Energy

Smart meters, homes, buildings, vehicles and industrial assets become part of one hyperconnected system.

Demand shock

AI IS BOTH THE LOAD AND THE SOLUTION.

The AI economy is creating extraordinary new electricity demand at the same time AI becomes essential to planning and operating the grid that must serve it.

Data centers compress timelines. Large loads can appear faster than traditional utility planning cycles. The result is a strategic race involving generation, transmission, interconnection, storage, permitting and speed-to-power.

The biggest grid problem may no longer be finding demand. It may be delivering power fast enough.

AI data center electricity demand concept

The empowered energy customer

THE METER STOPS BEING A BILLING DEVICE.

It becomes an information device.

Long before smart meters became routine, Jim was telling utility audiences that interval metering and real-time consumption information would turn passive ratepayers into active managers of their own energy use. That prediction now extends into connected homes, demand response, dynamic pricing, batteries, EV charging and automated energy management.

Smart meter and intelligent grid concept

Complexity partners

NO ONE COMPANY CAN MASTER THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

The future utility becomes an orchestrator of capabilities, not simply an owner of assets.

Utilities increasingly operate at the intersection of power engineering, telecom, software, cybersecurity, storage, mobility, customer data and distributed generation. Jim was already urging energy organizations in the early 2000s to build specialized partnerships because the convergence was becoming too complex for any single organization to master alone.

Energy ecosystem partnership and digital operations

The intelligent grid

THE GRID GETS A BRAIN AND A REVERSE GEAR.

This is not an upgrade to the old model. It is a different architecture.

The inherited grid was designed largely for one-way power flow from central generation to passive customers. Smart meters, sensing, distributed resources, software and AI turn it into an interactive system where both energy and information move in multiple directions.

Storage

STORAGE CHANGES THE ECONOMICS UNDERNEATH YESTERDAY'S DECISIONS.

As storage becomes more capable and economical, the assumptions underlying generation, peak load, backup power, microgrids and resilience shift with it.

Time becomes flexible

Energy generated now can increasingly be used later, changing the relationship between production and consumption.

Intermittency becomes manageable

Storage improves the ability to integrate variable renewable generation.

Resilience becomes distributed

Homes, businesses, campuses and communities can gain new levels of local energy continuity.

Distributed energy

YOU'VE GOT A GRID. I'VE GOT A GRID. LET'S CONNECT OUR GRIDS.

The rise of the prosumer changes the utility relationship.

Rooftop generation, storage, smart inverters, community microgrids and energy-management systems create a world in which customers increasingly participate in the energy system rather than simply receive power from it.

Mobility meets energy

THE CAR BECOMES PART OF THE GRID.

Electrification rewrites the boundary between the utility industry and the automotive industry.

Electric vehicles are not merely a transportation trend. They are load, storage and infrastructure. Vehicle-to-grid systems turn mobile batteries into grid assets while charging networks pull utilities deeper into transportation planning.

Speed-to-power

THE NEW BOTTLENECK IS CAPACITY.

Economic development increasingly depends on how quickly power can be made available.

GENERATION

What can come online, how fast, and at what cost?

TRANSMISSION

Can the power actually reach the load that needs it?

INTERCONNECTION

Queues and studies can become strategic economic constraints.

PERMITTING

Institutional speed can lag far behind market demand.

Resilience

RELIABILITY IS BECOMING AN ADAPTIVE CAPABILITY.

The resilient utility senses earlier, plans faster, isolates failure, restores intelligently and learns continuously.

Extreme weather, cyber risk, wildfire, flooding, heat, aging infrastructure and concentrated new loads require a broader concept of resilience.

Grid resilience concept in extreme conditions

Bio-energy & circular systems

I FOUND THE FUTURE IN MANURE.

In 2004-2006 Jim was already using European centralized biogas systems as proof that agricultural waste could become a valuable energy commodity.

WASTE → FEEDSTOCK

Manure and organic waste become inputs to a new energy system rather than simply disposal problems.

LOCAL POWER

Biogas and cogeneration reinforce the logic of distributed generation and local resilience.

CIRCULAR ECONOMICS

Energy, fertilizer, waste management and agriculture become linked in one value system.

The digital oilfield

SMART FIELDS ARRIVED BEFORE THE SMART GRID.

The lesson was early and enduring: data changes physical infrastructure when it moves from reporting what happened to continuously guiding what happens next.

By 2004, Jim was highlighting Shell International E&P's Smart Fields program: real-time reservoir surveillance, IT-enabled operations and the use of digital intelligence to increase production while lowering operating expense.

The generation mix

THE FUTURE IS NOT ONE TECHNOLOGY.

The future grid will be defined by a portfolio of technologies, economics and local conditions rather than a single universal answer.

Solar & Wind

Fast scaling and falling costs continue to alter the generation mix.

Nuclear

Reliability, new demand and emerging reactor technologies keep nuclear strategically important in many systems.

Natural Gas

Gas remains part of many transition and reliability strategies even as long-term system economics evolve.

Storage

Battery and other storage systems become core grid infrastructure rather than peripheral technology.

Distributed Resources

Local generation, behind-the-meter storage and demand response create a more complex but flexible network.

Demand Management

The cheapest new megawatt can sometimes be the one that does not need to be generated at peak.

Prediction scorecard

I'VE BEEN MAKING THESE CALLS FOR YEARS.

The point is not that every timing call was perfect. It is that the structural direction has remained remarkably consistent.

The future of energy was never about a bigger smokestack. It was always about the panel on your roof and the battery in your garage.

2012

Grid-aware appliances

Smart devices schedule themselves around grid conditions and pricing.

2015

Could utilities be MP3'd?

Distributed energy challenges the assumptions of the entrenched utility model.

2016

Two-way intelligent grid

The old one-way grid gets a brain and a reverse gear.

2019

V2G & distributed architecture

Vehicles and local resources become part of the energy system.

2023

Connected energy

Homes and businesses become little grids of their own.

Client stories

DIFFERENT ROOM. DIFFERENT ISSUE. DIFFERENT KEYNOTE.

Utility leadership meetings, customer conferences, technical working sessions and industry associations all require different stories.

Itron

Connected, Intelligent, Localized Energy

Leadership discussion on microgrids, renewable acceleration, smart-city infrastructure, electric vehicles and the shift from selling a product toward delivering an energy service.

The Energy Authority

When the Future Redefines the Future for Utilities

Microgrids, renewables, vehicle-to-grid technology, intelligent infrastructure and the innovation mindset required to keep pace.

SAP Utilities

Renewables, Batteries & Grid Transformation

Hundreds of energy and water utility executives exploring grid parity, intelligent grids, microgrids, renewable generation and storage.

Accenture Global Energy Summit

Operating the Interconnected Energy System

Invitation-only global executives challenged to make big bold bets around renewables, microgrids, EVs and the interconnected energy future.

Corporate leadership proof

ENERGY TRANSFORMATION IS EXECUTIVE WORK.

Jim's work includes CEO-level and leadership sessions focused on transformation, innovation and the strategic implications of a rapidly changing energy system.

Siemens Energy

Global leadership meeting on the disruption of the energy industry, transformation and the acceleration of renewables, storage and grid change.

Black & Veatch

CEO transformation leadership work connecting energy, water, infrastructure and the need to disrupt before being disrupted.

CF Industries

CEO-level global leadership meeting focused on reinvention, transformation, renewables and the cultural change required to pursue bold strategic goals.

Experience

MORE THAN A QUARTER-CENTURY INSIDE ENERGY CHANGE.

The digital utility story did not begin with AI, batteries or even the phrase “smart grid.” Jim’s energy work reaches back to deregulation, online billing, utility telecom, interval metering and distributed generation.

1999–03

Digital Utility

Online billing, web self-service, deregulation, customer communication, interval metering and the first serious conversations about distributed generation.

2003–07

Resilience & Smart Infrastructure

Blackout preparedness, SCADA, utility telecom, smart fields, biogas, conservation, smart metering and alternative energy.

2008–14

Smart Grid

Demand response, grid-aware devices, intelligent infrastructure, renewables and the early distributed-energy architecture.

2015–21

Distributed Energy

Microgrids, storage, EVs, prosumers, V2G and the warning that the traditional utility model could be “MP3’d.”

2022+

The Capacity Economy

AI data centers, speed-to-power, grid bottlenecks, storage acceleration, software-defined grids and leadership in the acceleration gap.

A long record in the sector

THE WORK GOES BACK TO THE EARLY DIGITAL UTILITY ERA.

The earliest engagements were already focused on the same core issue: what happens when technology changes the assumptions underneath a slow-moving infrastructure business?

NOVA SCOTIA POWER • 1999

“The guest speaker, Jim Carroll, gave a highly entertaining, valuable and informative presentation. It was an evening well spent.”

Thomas Hall, CEO, Nova Scotia Power

NRECA • 2002

Invest through the downturn.

Thousands of rural electric cooperative leaders were challenged not to postpone the community technology, distributed generation and modern grid infrastructure their future would require.

What clients say

THE PROOF IS IN THE ROOM.

Energy audiences range from field operations and utility engineers to CEOs and global leadership teams. The common requirement is relevance.

Nova Scotia Power

“The guest speaker, Jim Carroll, gave a highly entertaining, valuable and informative presentation. It was an evening well spent.”

Thomas Hall, CEO, Nova Scotia Power

Lennox

“Your insight helped to shape our strategy, comprehend our direction, and understand our future. Thanks for accelerating our thinking!”

CEO, Lennox

Executive Leadership

“We selected Jim because of his accessibility and passion to tailor his expertise to fit our vision. This combination produced exceptional results.”

AmstedRail

Deep customization

BUILT FROM YOUR ENERGY SYSTEM OUTWARD.

A municipal utility, an investor-owned utility, a cooperative, an energy technology company and a generation business do not face the same future.

Client calls, research papers, market data, utility reports, current news, agenda analysis, leadership issues and sector-specific examples. For major sector keynotes Jim will often access 1,000–2,000 articles and reports through deep research services.

LISTEN → RESEARCH → MAP THE TRENDS → BUILD THE STORY → CONNECT THE ROOM → LEAVE A PLAYBOOK

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The grid is changing faster than the plan.

A conversation for energy & utilities.

Connect the forces that change the decisions.

A possible keynote storyline.

THE DEMAND WAVE

THE GRID REARCHITECTS

THE SPEED-TO-POWER CHALLENGE

THE INTELLIGENT UTILITY

THE LEADERSHIP RESPONSE

See the proposed thinking.

ENERGY LEADERS.

ACROSS THE ENERGY ECOSYSTEM.

Experience you can explore.

Toronto Hydro — Energy leadership beyond yesterday’s assumptions.

WSPP: The Future of Energy Was Arriving Faster Than the Grid

Canadian Petrochemical Summit: The Era of Acceleration

CF Industries: Energy Transition and Industrial Transformation

Siemens Energy: The Acceleration Of Energy.

DTN Energy Summit: The Downstream Future Would Not Run On Yesterday's Fuel.

Indiana Municipal Power Authority: The Future of Energy Moves Before Regulation

Itron: Energy Was Becoming Connected, Intelligent and Localized

The Energy Authority: The Grid Was Becoming A Market Of Intelligence. Energy Was Moving Faster.

NRECA: The Rural Grid Was Becoming a Platform for Distributed Energy

TechAdvantage 2018: The Energy Future Is Distributed + Hyperconnected

Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce: Volatility Was Hiding a World of Economic Opportunity

Exelon Nuclear: Nuclear Energy Was Confronting a Fast-Changing Grid

SAP Utilities: The Grid Is Being Rewired By Renewables + Storage

Lennox: When the Furnace Became Part of a Much Bigger System

WEFTEC / Water Environment Federation: Water Infrastructure Was Entering an Era of Innovation

Accenture: Energy Was Becoming Interconnected, Distributed and Intelligent

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY & UTILITIES

THE STORY STARTED LONG BEFORE RENEWABLES AND AI.

Consumers Energy / CMS

Toronto Hydro / Enersource

NRECA

Blackout Resilience

Shell Smart Fields

UTC / BC Hydro / CAPPA

THE OLD GRID WAS BUILT FOR A WORLD THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.

CENTRALIZED → DISTRIBUTED

CARBON → ELECTRONS

ONE-WAY → TWO-WAY

DUMB → INTELLIGENT

CONSUMER → PROSUMER

PRODUCT → SERVICE

THE IDEAS ARRIVED BEFORE THE LABELS DID.

BEFORE “SMART GRID” WAS A BUZZWORD.

Digital Customer & Deregulation

Smart Metering & Customer Control

Distributed Generation

Blackout Resilience

Smart Fields & Bio-Energy

Grid Communications & Conservation

A SLOW INDUSTRY IN A FAST WORLD.

THE ENERGY TRANSITION IS ALSO A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION.

ONE KEYNOTE. MULTIPLE WAYS INTO THE FUTURE.

The Future of Energy & Utilities

Energy at the Speed of AI

The Intelligent Grid

Powering 2036

The Resilient Utility

Leadership in the Acceleration Gap

THE GRID IS BEING REWRITTEN.

Renewable Generation

Battery Storage

AI & Grid Intelligence

Electrification

Microgrids & DER

Connected Energy

AI IS BOTH THE LOAD AND THE SOLUTION.

THE METER STOPS BEING A BILLING DEVICE.

NO ONE COMPANY CAN MASTER THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

THE GRID GETS A BRAIN AND A REVERSE GEAR.

STORAGE CHANGES THE ECONOMICS UNDERNEATH YESTERDAY'S DECISIONS.

Time becomes flexible

Intermittency becomes manageable

Resilience becomes distributed

YOU'VE GOT A GRID. I'VE GOT A GRID. LET'S CONNECT OUR GRIDS.

THE CAR BECOMES PART OF THE GRID.

THE NEW BOTTLENECK IS CAPACITY.