T&D World Live 2025: Capturing the Energy in Phoenix

The 2025 T&D World Live conference in Phoenix showcased global utility innovations, emphasizing energy policy, customer affordability, load growth, and AI integration, with diverse participation across countries and states.

Nikki Chandler

Oct. 13, 2025

"Empowering utilities; transforming tomorrow," the theme of the 2025 T&D World Live conference and exhibition, embodied the presentations, panels and conversations happening at the event in Phoenix.

Six countries, 30 states and 43 utility companies were represented at the show, and several trends and issues rose to the forefront. Energy policy, customer affordability, load growth and AI in operations were among the threads running throughout the three days of activity.

Following are images from the this year's event; watch our our wrap-up T&D World Live podcast coming out this month.

Next year, T&D World Live heads to Orlando, the week before Labor Day—a great time to connect with Southeast utilities and, perhaps, tack on a bit of vacation time. The call for speakers will open in January, and as always, we’re especially interested in hearing utility-led stories and practical, experience-based insights.

About the Author

Nikki Chandler

Group Editorial Director, Energy

Nikki is Group Editorial Director of the Endeavor Business Media Energy group that includes T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge media brands. She has 29 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. She has contributed to several publications over the past 25 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.