AI and other advanced tools are transforming the energy sector by optimizing grid operations, improving load forecasting and accelerating clean energy adoption. DTECH® Data Centers and AI will share use cases and strategies for leveraging these tools in capacity planning, market bidding, resource integration and scenario analysis to enhance grid reliability. 

Explore the transformative potential of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) at DTECH® Northeast. This topic will focus on the critical role AMI plays in enhancing grid operations, optimizing energy usage, and improving customer engagement. Sessions will cover key topics such as real-time data utilization, outage management, advanced billing systems, and integrating AMI with other smart grid technologies. Attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge AMI deployments, innovative use cases, and strategies for leveraging AMI to drive operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Join us to learn how AMI is shaping the future of utilities in the Northeast. 

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

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.

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.

Learn about the critical role of cybersecurity in protecting the electric grid, generating resources and large load customers from emerging threats in an increasingly digital world. This topic explores strategies and technologies to safeguard operational continuity, enhance system resilience and build trust across the energy sector. 

Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are reshaping the power grid by integrating renewable energy sources, battery storage, and demand response mechanisms. This topic covers advancements in DER deployment, management strategies, interconnection challenges, regulatory frameworks, and the role of DERs in improving grid resilience and reliability.  

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.

Dive into the evolving world of interconnection at DTECH® Northeast, where experts and utility professionals will tackle the challenges and advancements in connecting distributed energy resources (DERs) to the grid. This topic will explore critical topics such as streamlining the interconnection process, maintaining grid reliability, integrating renewable energy, and meeting regulatory requirements. Attendees will gain insights into innovative tools, technologies, and strategies that ensure a seamless and efficient interconnection process while supporting grid resilience and sustainability.

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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. 

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This topic explores strategies to maintain grid stability and reliability as data centers drive unprecedented load growth and complexity. This includes highlighting innovative solutions, AI-equipped technologies, operational practices, and collaborative efforts to ensure resilient energy delivery in an increasingly constrained energy landscape. 

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.