Next-Gen Service: Navigating the Generative AI Evolution for Utilities

In the dynamic realm of customer service, the adoption of Generative AI marks a…


EV Digital Control Systems: Next Critical Pathway to Distributed Electrical Grids

Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to focus digital energy…


Bridging the AI Skills Gap in Local Government

Last November, I bought HBR’s The Year in Tech, 2023 to catch up on the latest…


The Message from the PG&E Innovation Summit 2023: It Starts with a Culture of Innovation which is Led by Love

“We are making history here together,” Patti Poppe, CEO PG&E. San Francisco…


AI, Data, and Data Scientists: The Triad Transforming Utilities

Data and the use of Artificial Intelligence, AI, to manage it have surged to…


From the Ground Up: Rural Electric Co-ops Can Lead on Decarbonization

With the Biden-Harris administration’s recent announcement of $11 billion for…


Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further— Inequity in the US

More than 20 million students in the United States ride school buses every…


Transportation Electrification: Putting the “Justice” in Environmental Justice

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines Environmental Justice as “the…


Embracing Innovation: Transforming the Grid for a Sustainable Future

This article is the third in a series of posts on why America must upgrade its…


Defining DERMS Once & For All

Just a few years ago, the distributed energy resource (DER) corner of the…


How Will EV Upstarts Survive after Legacy OEMs Electrify?

Despite major government incentives and a growing consumer shift toward EVs,…


The Girl With All the Gifts and Sustainability

IMDB Synopsis: A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future em bark…


Road to Zero: Our journey to date

While it has been an incredibly busy start to 2023 with the historic storm…


Why Are We Still Pitting Jobs Against Public Health?

The Supreme Court’s decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection…


WILDFIRE TRENDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR UTILITIES

2021 was another record-breaking year for wildfires in the United States,…


EV Life — Our 2800-mile road trip in a Chevy Bolt through the Southwest USA

To celebrate our 28th Wedding Anniversary, my husband and I took a road trip…


Are we prepared for another heat wave?

The summer of 2021 brought record-breaking heat to many parts of the country,…