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This topic showcases how advanced distribution operations and tools — such as DERMS and ADMS — are working to manage and control the future grid through orchestration and flexibility on both the distribution and transmission systems.

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This topic will unpack how electric utilities are utilizing AI throughout the organization, both in the field and the c-suite.

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Utility asset management strategies are critical to ensuring consistent reliability and resilience of the transmission and distribution grids, including storm and disaster management, vegetation management, outage management, and more.

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For the first time, the bulk power system is dependent on movements at the distribution level, a seismic shift for traditional power dynamics. All new for DTECH 2025, the Bulk Power topic will explore the regulatory, operational, and market dependencies across these blurring boundaries.

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This topic presents communication network strategies and modernization plans for electric utilities, including private LTE adoption and integration, mesh networks, automation, field area networks, wide area networks, and more.

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This topic covers tools and technologies aimed at keeping the utility/customer relationship mutually beneficial, including AMI, data management, disaster response, user interfaces, energy efficiency, interconnection, C&I, and more.

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This topic will cover the implementation of cyber and physical security frameworks, asset security standards for distributed energy resources, software integration considerations, and NERC CIP requirements for the bulk power system.

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This topic explores how utilities are assessing and implementing DERMS, while confronting the challenges and opportunities ahead using case studies and technical analysis.

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This topic is at the forefront of the wholistic digital transformation of utilities, unpacking how digital systems and policies influence customer and workforce management, asset performance, supply chains, forecasting, and outage response.

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This topic will explore how utilities are integrating, managing, and servicing energy storage assets, in addition to building out internal teams and customer programs around energy storage.

This topic highlights how utilities are utilizing data from advanced distribution operations to customer smart meters to improve system reliability and resilience while improving the customer experience.

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This topic focuses on the critical intersection where the traditional power grid meets advanced, decentralized hardware ands software technologies, enabling more resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy systems.

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Grid modernization aims to fortify the distribution and transmission grids through physical infrastructure investments, as well as software, to improve system operability and resilience. This topic covers system hardening, undergrounding, ADMS, AMI, grid-enhancing technologies, and non-wires alternatives. 

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Microgrids are the crown jewel of distributed energy resources. While providing resiliency for homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure, microgrids also aid decarbonization goals and can provide valuable services to the power grid. This topic explores the deployment, integration, and optimization of microgrids. 

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Regulated utilities rely on supporting and complying with sound policies in order to fulfill obligations to customers and facilitate the energy transition. This topic focuses on the local, state, and federal policies that govern transmission and distribution utilities. 

Above all else, transmission and distribution utilities are charged with maintaining safe and reliable power grids. Fulfilling that mission requires a nuanced examination of both distributed energy resources and the bulk power system, as well as where the two intersect. This topic incorporates how DERs are used to weather outages and defer network upgrades, bulk power operations and reliability, and system planning. 

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The Smart City uses technology to monitor everything from air quality to water efficiency to parking, public safety, and more. This topic highlights smart city best practices and utility/city collaboration on a broad range of topics from smart streetlights to resiliency and sustainability. 

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Disaster Response is a crucial area for utilities, focusing on the preparedness, response, and recovery from natural or man-made disasters. This topic will explore best practices in emergency planning, real-time communication, wildfire mitigation, and grid restoration strategies. Emphasis will be placed on leveraging technology and data analytics to enhance situational awareness, minimize downtime, and ensure quick and safe power restoration in the aftermath of disasters. 

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Electric vehicles, both residential and fleets, present near and long-term challenges for transmission and distribution utilities, including hardware integration, system planning, and managed charging. This topic will cover how transportation electrification impacts the grid, as well as the solutions available to ease and facilitate the transition. 

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Often overlooked for splashier tools and software, vegetation management remains a critical function for electric utilities to maintain a reliable power grid. This topic provides innovative strategies and technologies used to manage vegetation near power lines, reducing the risk of outages and enhancing grid safety. Key topics include remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), drone surveillance, and AI for predictive maintenance. Learn how utilities are leveraging data analytics and advanced monitoring tools to optimize vegetation management practices, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and minimizing environmental impact. 

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Utilities are not only tasked with keeping the lights on for their customers, but also their business. This topic helps utilities navigate ESG, DE&I, workforce development, digital transformations, AI, finance, and more.