March 24-27, 2025 | Dallas, Texas

2025 Technical Conference Sessions

Grid-edge resilience: Utilities share strategies for modernizing the most vulnerable area of the grid

March 26, 2025
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Grid Modernization , Reliability and Resilience , Grid Edge

Subject to severe storms, foliage, and wildlife, lateral lines are the most vulnerable area of the grid. Yet the grid edge is often overlooked when it comes to modernization.

In this panel, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), Georgia Power, and Louisville Gas & Electric – Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU) share their strategies for improving reliability and resilience at the grid edge. Hear their best practices for deploying fault-testing technologies on overhead lines and leveraging self-healing technologies for their grid-hardening programs.

Session sponsored by S&C Electric Company

 

Speakers
Kumar Chandran
Kumar Chandran, Director – Corporate Commercial Strategy - S&C Electric Company
Gerald Ramsey
Gerald Ramsey, Manager of Distribution Reliability and Automation - Georgia Power
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TBD TBD, TBD - Florida Power & Light Company
Karmen Powell
Karmen Powell, Manager - Distribution Electric Engineering - Louisville Gas & Electric - Kentucky Utilities