Fall 2024 event will showcase research and
development (R&D) progress and introduce new energy system
focus areas including Artificial Intelligence (AI)
OAKLAND,
Calif., Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AI,
grid-enhancing technologies, stabilizing energy costs, enabling
good load growth, advancing electrification, and more, will take
center stage at Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E's)
2024 Innovation Summit presented by DISTRIBUTECH® on
November 13 in San Jose.
The 2024 summit will showcase breakthrough partnerships, R&D
advancements, and updates to PG&E's R&D Strategy
Report—originally published in June
2023—which outlines opportunities for strategic
collaboration across several key focus areas including energy
supply and load management, integrated grid planning, electric
vehicles and vehicle-to-grid applications, wildfire mitigation,
undergrounding, and decarbonizing the gas system.
The fall event will feature a keynote with Patti Poppe, PG&E Corporation CEO, along
with a recorded conversation between Patti
and Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft. Additional
cross-sector conversations with thought leaders in AI, technology,
and energy will be announced in the coming weeks.
"We're working with the best and the brightest building a clean,
climate-resilient energy system on a foundation of safety here in
California. Collaboration
opportunities abound with technology and AI paired with good
electricity demand from data centers and EVs benefiting the grid
and all customers," said PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe.
The summit will bring together entrepreneurs, start-ups, thought
leaders, utility peers, private industry, national research labs,
agency leaders and policymakers to collaborate in swiftly deploying
novel solutions—at scale—that bridge the gap between today's energy
system and California's
electrified and decarbonized future.
John Engel, editor-in-chief of
DISTRIBUTECH® and the POWERGRID International™
utility news publication, said the Innovation Summit presents a
unique opportunity for utility leaders and innovators to confront
the most urgent challenges facing the energy transition.
"After spending decades in the background of society, The
Grid is now rightfully identified as the linchpin to economic
growth and human prosperity. But climate change, electrification,
load growth, and decarbonization have drastically altered the
playbook for providing reliable and affordable power," Engel said.
"As North America's largest utility event, DISTRIBUTECH is honored
to extend its impact by partnering with PG&E, one the most
innovative utilities in the world."
PG&E's R&D strategy initiative aims to help achieve the
company's True North Strategy, which has three major components:
focusing on rebuilding trust and delivering excellent service for
customers; architecting a decarbonized, safe, and reliable energy
system; and enabling these outcomes by building strong foundational
capabilities.
PG&E currently leverages AI and machine learning across the
company for applications in meteorology, planning, inspections,
monitoring, and maintenance to help detect, prevent, and respond to
the risk of wildfires and achieve greater electric system
resiliency.
PG&E has identified opportunities to further leverage AI for
more automated data quality management, improved data collection
and analysis, and other applications that can augment current
processes and result in improved service for customers.
PG&E's R&D strategy initiative helps to realize the
commitments outlined in its Climate Strategy Report, build upon the
current emerging technologies detailed in the company's Wildfire
Mitigation Plan, and enhance the company's existing emerging
electric technology programs and gas R&D efforts.
Registration for the Innovation Summit will open on August 29, 2024, and the event will have robust
in-person and virtual participation options.
Visit www.pge.com/innovation for information about
PG&E's Innovation Summit 2024 and to learn more about
PG&E's efforts to accelerate energy R&D.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a
subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), is a combined
natural gas and electric utility serving more than sixteen million
people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information,
visit pge.com and pge.com/news
About DISTRIBUTECH®
DISTRIBUTECH® is
North America's largest and most
influential transmission and distribution utility event, showcasing
the leading innovators and technologies that fuel the energy
transition. DISTRIBUTECH® 2025 will be held in Dallas, Texas March
24-27. Save the date and visit distributech.com for the
latest news and announcements.
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