Distribution Engineering: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
March 18, 2024
Strategic trends and advanced technology are redefining the distribution engineering function in electric utilities. Artificial intelligence and advanced distribution automation have joined the earlier trends of electrification, smart grid development and integration of distributed energy resource (DER). Today’s approach to distribution engineering looks nothing like yesterday's, and tomorrow’s will look different still.
As utilities go about their asset renewal programs, many are finding that AI and other advanced technologies can synthetically stretch their engineering resources by automating the many rote and low-value tasks a distribution engineer is asked to perform, freeing them to focus on activities that truly add value to the enterprise.
