Grid operators and the overall energy ecosystem have been looking for indications of how the substantial changes in federal policy will affect how they operate and serve the goals and expectations of their communities. That’s why we invited U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R, N.D.) as a guest of the Grid Forward Forum podcast. Congresswoman Fedorchak knows...Read More

Did you know that Watch Duty was the most downloaded iOS app during recent wildfires? We wondered why, so we invited Nick Russell, VP, Operations at Watch Duty, to come on the Grid Forward Forum podcast. Talking with Bryce Yonker, executive director and CEO of Grid Forward, Nick explained the history of the app and how...Read More

The growth of AI and the modern grid are inextricably linked. The grid needs to deliver power to a growing fleet of huge data centers, while AI offers promise to make the grid more efficient and resilient. To ramp up the topic, we invited Sean Kelly, co-founder & CEO at Amperon, and Xing Wang, global...Read More

A recap from GridFWD 2024 by Tom Brim, AVP and Brett Lyon, Manager in North Highland Consulting’s utility practice How far we have come. Just think, for those of us at the GridFWD 2023, many ohh’ed and ahh’ed with great curiosity as Microsoft demonstrated the power of its AI engine during a morning keynote at...Read More

A perspective from GridFWD 2023 by Sam Teal Last month, I attended the 2023 GridFWD conference at Skamania Lodge in the stunning Columbia Gorge. Representatives from utilities, government agencies, energy consultancies, and technology vendors came from across North America to share perspectives on working toward a more resilient, reliable, secure, affordable, and just energy future....Read More

By guest contributor Surj Patel – The year 2020 brought us unprecedented challenges from COVID-19, record-breaking wildfires across the west, civil and social unrest and a hotly contested national election. With the transition to a new Biden administration coming in view, Grid Forward and more than 130 leaders in electrical power and the grid came...Read More