We’ve considered the impacts on the energy industry of explosive load growth, transmission expansion, artificial intelligence, and the investments utilities are making to keep pace with demand. Now for a more fundamental question: How should utilities actually plan for all of this?

Across the country, utilities and system operators are working to expand the grid, but projects can take years to permit, finance, and build, prompting a conversation on whether the transmission system can keep up with growing demand.

The role of natural gas in the energy generation mix is being actively debated. So the question becomes: how do utilities continue to operate and invest in natural gas infrastructure while navigating that uncertainty?

Utilities can unlock real value from AI by focusing on practical use cases, business ownership, and scalable execution. Learn how in Episode 5 of the ScottMadden Energy Exchange.

The rate case is where a utility’s strategy meets regulatory scrutiny. With growing energy demand, this engagement is only becoming more complex. Hear our insights in this episode of the ScottMadden Energy Exchange.

Across the industry, we’re seeing more than a trillion dollars of planned investment, driven by load growth, resilience needs, aging infrastructure, and the energy transition. But regulators, customers, and other stakeholders are prompting dual questions: Are we investing in the right things, and can we actually deliver on our capital plan? Listen now.

Many utilities already deployed the first phase of advanced meters, but technology has evolved quickly. Here, we discuss what’s driving a new phase of smart metering and what it means for utilities.

Increasing utility capacity to meet rising demand creates major opportunities, but it also introduces significant challenges. So the question is: how do utilities prepare for this next era of demand growth?