Quarterly Issue 1
Issue 1 - April 2026

Power Points | Exploring Visibility

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

For folks working in the electric energy industry, terms like load, flexibility, switch and circuit mean something different to them than they do to everyday consumers. Even the word “power” does not mean the same thing to a utility as it does to a consumer, who is an athlete or a voter at the polls.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | As Pressure Mounts, Utilities Optimize Response and Restoration

By Manuel Velasquez, Trico Electric Cooperative, and Wyatt Darrnell, Daupler

Trico Electric Cooperative, which serves more than 53,000 members surrounding the City of Tucson, uses a web-based portal for members to track their service requests, receive updates, and share photos and notes with line crews. Daupler RMS uses AI-enabled logic to group alarms and member calls that represent multiple reports of the same event, preventing a second crew from being dispatched unnecessarily.
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Green Ovations | The Architects of Resilience: How Engineers Are Designing a Smarter, Stronger Grid

By Nicole Pearson, Bentley Systems

The work of China Energy, Copel and Exo Inc. is more than just impressive engineering; it's the future happening right now. They prove that resilience isn't an abstract goal, but a direct outcome of empowering engineers with the tools to design with confidence. This is what it means to build a smarter, stronger grid. This is how we, as an industry, will deliver a truly resilient built world.
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How CenterPoint Energy and Climavision are Building a Weather-Ready Grid

By Chris Goode, Climavision, and Matt Lanza, CenterPoint Energy

When CenterPoint Energy set out to future-proof its electric infrastructure and operations after Hurricane Beryl, they decided not just to account for extreme weather but for every facet of weather that affects its ability to consistently deliver power to customers. Through its work with weather technology company Climavision, CenterPoint Energy has shifted its perspective on weather as an unpredictable risk factor as a measurable operational asset.
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Grid Edge Automation Turns Utility Data into Measurable Resilience

By Kumar Chandran, S&C

As power demand rises from data centers, electric vehicle charging and distributed energy resources, the need for proactive grid management has never been more urgent. Utilities must serve increasing customer bases, incorporate variable renewable energy sources and uphold high reliability standards—all while preparing for more extreme weather events.
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How Power Grids Can Prepare for the AI Era

By Martin Fengler, Meteomatics

Large corporations aren't the only ones paying a hefty price. To make AI visions a reality, more than a cash injection is required — they also need energy. The immense amount of power that AI initiatives require is placing a heightened strain on an already overloaded grid. In addition to businesses, consumers are also using more energy than ever, especially during recent extreme heat events.
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Guest Editorial | A Grid Under Pressure: Tackling Utilities' Challenges Today to Plan for a Better Tomorrow

By Marc Lamoureux

Traditional planning processes are no longer equipped to meet the complexities of today's utilities landscape—let alone build the electrical grid required for the future. With pressure mounting to keep pace with consumer and regulatory scrutiny, the acceleration of electrification and the rise of data centers set to drive unprecedented power demand, utilities must also ensure distributed energy is delivered closer to the point of use.
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Guest Editorial | Why DERMS Crossing the SCADA Threshold Means Big Changes in 2026

By Nick Tumilowicz, Itron

Something is happening at the grid edge that is reshaping what “essential infrastructure” means. Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS), which are used to manage distributed energy resources (DERs) like batteries, solar photovoltaic, electric vehicle (EV) chargers and demand response programs at scale, are approaching that same threshold SCADA crossed decades ago. Once viewed as an optional software system, DERMS platforms are approaching critical infrastructure status within utilities nationwide—and we are hitting the inflection point in 2026.
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Security Sessions | What the Poland Grid Attack Reveals About Battery Storage Risks

By Rafael Narezzi, Centrii

A cyberattack on Poland's energy infrastructure in 2025 targeted distributed energy resources across roughly 30 sites, including wind farms, solar installations and combined heat and power facilities. Rather than targeting a single large generating station, attackers focused on the distributed edge of the grid, disrupting communications and operational visibility across multiple facilities.
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Powherful Forces | Steering Through Change

By Tamara de Gruyter

For this issue's Powherful Forces, we asked Tamara de Gruyter, president of Wärtsilä Energy Storage and executive vice president at Wärtsilä, to talk about her work, the role Wärtsilä plays in the global energy transition and how she envisions the role energy storage will play in the industry over the next five years.
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