The AI-enabled utility: Rewiring to win in the energy transition

In this case study, we look at how Xcel Energy, one of North America’s largest energy providers, is using data and AI to achieve net zero targets.

Electric power and natural gas organizations are at an inflection point, facing a convergence of challenging global trends in market and customer dynamics. Here’s how they can boost resilience.

With the utility industry so fragmented across North America, can digital platforms enable it to consolidate at scale, resulting in lower prices, better service, and more satisfied customers?

AI-driven schedule optimizers are alleviating long-standing headaches for utility companies by reducing employee downtime, improving productivity, and minimizing schedule-related service disruptions.

More energy retailers are transforming their digital platforms to cut costs and to stay competitive. We explore approaches to platform transformation and key questions to consider before embarking on a transformation journey.

Studying how one North American transmission and distribution utility’s implementation of advanced analytics in asset management can help other organizations embark on similar journeys.

Industry players can both lower costs and improve performance by capturing the full value of today’s technologies.

The need for digital value is greater and the barriers to change are lower—yet inertia persists. Three practical lessons can help energy companies break through.