Modernize grids to ensure reliability while managing an increasingly dynamic system, extreme weather events and cyber threats.

Examples: System optiminzation, Grid management, line capacity upgrades, cybersecurity, vegetation management, and wildfire risk mitigation, among others.

Integrate and manage distributed energy resources (DERs) and electric vehicles (EVs) to improve reliability, and flexibility.

Examples: Advanced DER aggregation platforms, smart buildings, managed EV charging, customer-facing tools, among others.

Support load growth while minimizing system costs and environmental impact.

Examples: energy storage, local generation, on-site backup, among others.

Improve asset management, safety and operational efficiency using sensors, robotics and other advanced technologies.

Examples: Real-time inspection, ongoing monitoring of critical components, immersive training tools, circular economy, workflow automation, robotics, workforce development, among others.

Have a solution that doesn’t fit the challenges listed? We welcome submissions for technologies that address challenges in new ways. If your innovation can make an impact, we want to hear about it.