Archive of articles posted to Transforming Transformers

Trust & the Digital Transformation for Utilities: Executive Perspectives

A recent virtual event hosted by Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy featured Frank Calabria, CEO of Origin Energy in Australia and Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas. The two CEOs engaged  in a wide-ranging discussion on a number of challenges and opportunities now facing energy utility companies, moderated by […]

August 20, 2020

Navigating the Path to 100% Clean Electricity in California

By passing SB-100, California committed itself to attaining 100% carbon-free electricity by the year 2045. While that is an admirable goal, what is needed to actually get there? How realistic is this goal? These are some of the questions that experts in the energy field discussed at a panel discussion entitled “California’s SB-100: The Race […]

March 5, 2020

Perspectives on the Future of the Electrical Utility

As 2019 came to a close, two reports provided some insight into the future of the electric utility, 2020 Strategic Directions: Megatrends by Black & Veatch and In an accelerated energy transition, can US utilities fast-track transformation? by the GridWise Alliance and EY Global Services Ltd. (EY).  While focusing on different aspects, these two reports […]

March 5, 2020

Intelligent Efficiency: The Intersection of Digitalization & Energy Efficiency

smart buildings and smart communities continue to evolve, the intersection of data-driven solutions and energy efficiency—known as intelligent efficiency (IE)—has become an area of innovation growth.

November 11, 2019