Asset Management

As utilities face mounting pressure to do more with aging infrastructure, effective asset management has become essential to grid performance, safety, and long-term planning. This topic explores how utilities are adopting data-driven strategies to assess asset health, prioritize investments, and extend the life of critical infrastructure. Topics include condition-based monitoring, risk modeling, digital twins, GIS integration, and lifecycle planning. Learn how utilities are evolving from reactive maintenance to strategic, value-based asset stewardship that supports reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Core Concepts

  • Lifecycle asset management
  • Condition-based maintenance
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Risk-based asset prioritization
  • Asset health indexing (AHI)
  • Critical infrastructure planning
  • Failure mode analysis
  • Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
  • Total cost of ownership (TCO)
  • CapEx vs. OpEx optimization
Session

Asset management educational opportunities

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2:45 PM
  1. Lessons From the World's Largest DLR Application Covering 30,000 Transmission Line Spans
    Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    Gridraven’s Dynamic Line Ratings are live across 30,000+ transmission line spans, adding capacity to day-ahead energy markets and real-time operations. Attendees will learn how to scale software-only …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Georg Rute
    Georg Rute, CEO - Gridraven
9:45 AM
  1. Understanding Real-World Distribution Engineering & Mitigating Operational Risk in the Northeast
    Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    Substation and feeder asset management is rapidly moving from reactive asset replacement and maintenance to data-driven, predictive engineering strategies. How are Northeast distribution engineers lev …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jeff Pauska
    Jeff Pauska, Vice President of Product Management - IFS Copperleaf
    Speaker image for Eli Shakun
    Eli Shakun, Director, NE Electric - Asset Strategy - National Grid
    Speaker image for David Gladey
    David Gladey, Vice President of Distribution Engineering (Connecticut) - Eversource Energy

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