USEA Press Briefing: New, Transformative Technologies Entering the Electric Utility Space
Matt Chester of Chester Energy and Policy recently had the pleasure of joining a USEA Virtual Press Briefing as a member of the media asking pointed questions to key leaders in the sector. The full details and video can be found at this USEA.org link, and the relevant information is also copied below.
The May 7 briefing will look at a panoply of new technologies coming down the pike for utilities, including the incorporation of AI agents in many aspects of their operations, small modular reactors, fusion, new conductors, new low-head hydro, solutions to inertia problems, storage in all forms, and distributed energy applications and tools.
These new technologies are being developed at a time when electricity is rising in importance and demand is increasing with AI data centers and new uses.
As usual for this briefing series, Mark Menezes, USEA President and CEO, and a Deputy Secretary of Energy in the first Trump Administration, will be on hand to contribute his experience and deep knowledge of energy and electric utilities. Journalist and broadcaster Llewellyn King, who is well known in the energy and electric utility sectors, organizes and moderates the briefings.
“This time round, we have an extraordinary lineup of experts and senior energy writers,” King said.
On the experts panel:
Ted Ko, Founder and Executive Director, EPDI
Ron Schoff, Director of R&D, EPRI
Jason Huang, CEO and Co-founder, TS Conductor
Chris Ritter, Division Director, Scientific Computing and AI, Idaho National Laboratory
Key Han, President and Chief Scientist, DD Motion
Ravindra Vora, CEO, Transventure Energy LLC
Kevin Wolf, CEO and Co-founder, Windharvest.com
Bryan Spear, CEO, Technosylva
Whit Irvin Jr., President and CEO, Q Hydrogen
On the reporters panel:
Peter Behr, Politico’s E&E News
Vijay Vaitheeswaram, The Economist
Matt Chester, Energy Central
Adam Clayton Powell III, PBS
Ken Silverstein, Forbes
Evan Halper, The Washington Post