The growth of Generative AI (GenAI) has introduced new opportunities for electric utilities. We will explore how Duke Energy and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered to leverage new technologies, including Generative AI, to support transmission grid interconnection for new generation. 

Grid operators face challenges in processing interconnection requests that are growing 30% year over year due to a surge in applications from renewable projects and data centers. The current manual and resource-intensive study process takes utilities years to evaluate the impact of these interconnection requests on the grid. Regulators worldwide are pushing utilities to reduce interconnection timelines and associated costs through evaluation of technologies like Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) by imposing penalties of up-to-millions of dollars per utility per year. In this session, Duke Energy and AWS will share how they are collaborating to transform the interconnection study process using technology to increase efficiencies, stakeholder trust, and optimize cost.