July 14-16, 2025 | Minneapolis, MN

Asset management

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, data analytics and AI, forecasting, and mapping and GIS.

Asset management opportunities

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10:50 AM
  1. Nicollet Ballroom D
    45 mins
    In an era where data is driving operational excellence and strategic innovation, how are leading utilities like Xcel Energy, Southern Company, and FirstEnergy navigating the path to becoming truly dat …
  2. Lakeshore B
    45 mins
    Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has developed a comprehensive infrastructure analysis approach that assesses critical systems, interdependencies, and failure impacts to help utilities strengthen resil …
11:55 AM
  1. Lakeshore C
    45 mins
    As utilities face shrinking vegetation management budgets, the pressure to adopt new technologies—from satellites and AI to machine learning and predictive modeling—has never been greater. But with an …
2:45 PM
  1. Nicollet Ballroom A-C
    45 mins
    A recently completed case study highlighted a practical, cost-effective approach for utility asset management using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve data collection and database population. Thi …
  2. Lakeshore B
    45 mins
    As distribution cooperatives face increasing pressure to manage peak demand more efficiently, traditional forecasting methods—relying on historical load profiles and weather data—often lead to inaccur …
11:05 AM
  1. Lakeshore B
    45 mins
    This case study explores how KAMO Electric successfully tackled rising acetylene levels in a 2012 Waukesha 84 MVA transformer by adopting advanced online monitoring technology. Previously, the coopera …