The 2024 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Expo opened up May 6 with a reception in the Disneyland Hotel. While the final numbers are still being calculated, the event had more than 13,750 registrations and 850+ exhibitors.
T&D World editors looked in on educational sessions and explored the show floor. Common topics of conversation concerned prolonging equipment life, sustainability, undergrounding and new builds. Here we share some of the sights of the show in Anaheim.
About the Author
Nikki Chandler
Group Editorial Director, Energy
Nikki is Market Content Director for the Endeavor Business Media Energy group, which includes T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge media brands. She has 30 years of experience as an award-winning business-to-business editor, with 24 years of it covering the electric utility industry. She started out as an editorial intern with T&D World while finishing her degree, then joined Mobile Radio Technology and RF Design magazines. She returned to T&D World as an online editor in 2002, and took over as managing editor in 2017, then market content director in 2023. She has contributed to several publications over the past 30 years, including Waste Age, Wireless Review, Power Electronics Technology, and Arkansas Times. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas.