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Used Copilot to summarize employee survey responses. Also helped in reducing likelihood of comment attribution.

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Carl B - add historical through-fault data into PTX and DGA data

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FE - in-progress

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Recording System Operator Conversations - NERC COM compliance - O&RU

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Recording System Operator Conversations - NERC COM compliance - O&RU

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Not integrated yet, still in process

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Beginning on MS Copilot

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Querying LLMs for substation design RFPs, etc.

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Querying LLMs for substation design RFPs, etc.

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Reviewing historical work orders relative to safety databases

Looking at LLMs as possible tool

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Working with National Labs working from historic weather data

Where to state folks for specific events (wildfire, et. al.)

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Working with EPRI

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Building health indices & decision support

Opportunity

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PGN - Helps for pre-screening before moving to the estimating team

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Interconnection cluster studies

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Supporting regulatory filings for investment planning 

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Supporting regulatory filings for investment planning 

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ATC - initial testing

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Review of applications for interconnection

Feasibility of physical siting; power flow screening

Sounds like GridCARE type effort

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Compliance and regulation knowledge base 

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Compliance and regulation knowledge base 

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ATC in flight

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APS - in flight

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APS - in flight

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FE - new idea - Power Flow Assistant for Inteconnectioon

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FE - new idea - Power Flow Assistant for Inteconnectioon

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Is there a problem?

Local problem

System problem

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Design basis validation - wind speed for pole design

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Design basis validation - wind speed for pole design

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APS - in flight

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APS

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Sat and LIDAR data for prioritizing tree trimming

Already implemented and needs refinement

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Opp - Condition based monitoring (Georgia Power)

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Opp - Condition based monitoring (Georgia Power)

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Trending, finding problems

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Opp - DLR, wildfire and other weather data coming in, how to bring together all the data to take action

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Opp - DLR, wildfire and other weather data coming in, how to bring together all the data to take action

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BPA (idea) -- Automated FAC rating analysis

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BPA (idea) -- Automated FAC rating analysis

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Prioritization of projects

Eng reviews every facility that goes in to ID potential FAC violations; could be automated

Requires good as-built data in system

Work required to mitigate

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Blending in more information about land use, etc.

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PPL (idea) - Database verification based on asset images -- data governance

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PPL (idea) - Database verification based on asset images -- data governance

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AI could automate review across topology, ratings, et. al.

Data changes in one system but not another

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ARTS plus - using historical contingency data

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BPA (idea) - PMU data to optimize arming for RAS schemes

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BPA (idea) - PMU data to optimize arming for RAS schemes

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Presently Dispatcher reviews and decides when to arm

How to synthesize data

Not closed loop, but decision support

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FE (idea) - Holistic Data Analyzer for event/near-miss analysis

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FE (idea) - Holistic Data Analyzer for event/near-miss analysis

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Synthesize PMU, relay, reports, etc. to identify finding that don't ordinarily get reviewed

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Opp - Eskom - building out 14k km, how to manage curtailment to decide investment priorities

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Opp - Eskom - building out 14k km, how to manage curtailment to decide investment priorities

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AI to identify investment paths

Suppy chain

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BPA (idea) - Proactive Fiber Optic failures

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BPA (idea) - Proactive Fiber Optic failures

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OTDR data as source

Microwave system; other comms

predictive comms degradation/failurfes

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Opp - GTC -Categorizing faults - looking at DFR signatures

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Opp - GTC -Categorizing faults - looking at DFR signatures

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Experts can see plot and figure out what fault is, can tools do this?

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PQ meters strategically placed so that AI data analysis can identify weaker grid, perf issues

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Interpreting ISO data, identifying system constraints

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Online version to determine important events (build on Allarma)

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Identify key topics to examine (HilS?)

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PQ and relay report data for analyzing failure signatures

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Using satellite, lidar, etc., to monitor vegetation (tree decay, etc.)

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Using satellite, lidar, etc., to monitor vegetation (tree decay, etc.)

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Consumers Energy example already

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Small Large Language Model to prepare rate case documents. Uses documents from historical filings. Result - expedited filing process, reduced prep and better equips utility to respond to interrogators. Mature - at Eversource and Dominion; In pilot - at Ameren

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Asset health monitoring using data - ConEd, Eskom

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Asset health monitoring using data - ConEd, Eskom

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Data gathering on assets - far along on transformer health assessment - DGOA; have real time monitoring on all power transformers; collect alarm data, but not generating insights yet.

(existing)

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Using Artificial Intelligence to analyze overhead transmission imagery and identify defects to help prioritize inspection and replacement actions. Mature - at Eversource and Ameren

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Using Artificial Intelligence for damage assessments. Pilot - at Eversource; Mature - veg management at all three utilities

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Using Artificial Intelligence in substations inspection - based on analysis of images captured over time.

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New idea for EPRI - Use AI to integrate infrastructure planning, design and scenario analysis process

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Collecting health data on DC systems - batteries on substations.

(existing)

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New idea for EPRI -Knowledge retrieval AI chat bot for subject matter experts - based on IEEE, EPRI publications and EPRI U material. Investigate whether AI can be applied to capture expert knowledge

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Cable health monitoring using data - ConEd

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Cable health monitoring using data - ConEd

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Cable monitoring on underground transmission - only on new assets currently.

(existing)

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New idea for EPRI - Use AI to optimize route to get maximum value from inspections

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Currently collecting images from transmission and distribution lines and substations, (not enough data yet )for monitoring asset health for preventative maintenance.

(existing)

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Crating your own intranet AI to share confidential info and help employees

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Working on how to use blockchain for procurement process - currently in research phase, no application yet.

(existing)

Would like EPRI to help evolve

(proposed)

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Situational awareness using weather data - Eskom

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Situational awareness using weather data - Eskom

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Situational awareness - weather patterns, especially lightning to identify protection upgrades.

(existing)

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Health management tool using the EPRI transformer data set; don’t have a lot of online monitoring; Doing this for transformer and breakers. Built platform for health index using test data;

(existing)

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Underground Calculator for Life cycle costs 

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Underground Calculator for Life cycle costs 

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Make sure all information needed is provided in the interconnection request

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Vegetation & Encroachment management - Duke

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Vegetation & Encroachment management - Duke

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Aerial patrols - moving away from manned flights as that is risky, inconsistent; Currently only pilot (no observer), camera captures high resolution imagery, capturing LIDAR data - vegetation management - moving away from period based trimming, comparing LIDAR data YOY to see which vegetation has grown - moving from cycle based to need based. Also analyzing other encroachment data - new road signs etc.

(existing)

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Imagery video for asset situational awareness 

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Imagery video for asset situational awareness 

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Software firmware and patch reviews to reduce the human burden

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Weather

Environment

Construction types

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How to sift through all the alarm data gathered from operations for health information, predictive maintenance, asset health trends.

(proposed)

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Case studies on real TX applications

Training

Education

Best practices

More transparency on where AI is occurring at EPRI

Datasets

Data cleaning and aggregating methods

Analytics program - case studies

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Challenges in monitoring existing infrastructure (commission doesn't approve rate increase to install monitoring equipment on existing infrastructure); EPRI could help provide additional value from the data collected from new infrastructure, which will then help provide monitoring capability for existing assets.

(proposed)

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Where all can we use AI in system planning? (broader question)

Specific use case:

Peer check other engineers' work. (ConEd has one person doing studies, need backup). AI as a trusted assistant

(proposed)

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AI in system planning and operations to minimize curtailment of wind resources (identify right transmission upgrades, site proposed generation etc.)

(proposed)

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AI in system planning and operations to minimize curtailment of wind resources (real-time dispatch, system pre-positioning, topology reconfiguration, renewable forecasting, etc.)

(proposed)

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Using AI to track and mitigate non-technical losses (theft, meter tampering,…)

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Need to use AI evolve the health monitoring further - currently rule-based, but would like to make it intelligence based/inference based

(proposed)

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Encroachments are currently manually reviewed. Would like to use AI to analyze LIDAR data for encroachments and vegetation management.

(proposed)

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Collecting & distributing health data - Duke

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Collecting & distributing health data - Duke

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EPRI should stay the course and encourage all utilities to submit imagery - PTX, general equipment health risk assessment - EPRI should capture data and make it available to all utilities.

(proposed)

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Very interested in ALLARMA

(proposed)

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Prediction and Scheduling - Southern Company

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Prediction and Scheduling - Southern Company

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SoCo used AI for Distribution outage prediction and Generation Scheduling.

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Using AI to improve email (helpful for technical staff) communications.

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Using AI for improved VM

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Searching Public Data - CenterPoint and Austin Energy

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Searching Public Data - CenterPoint and Austin Energy

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They are using LLM's to search publicly available information on grant recipients (new loads coming online) - which would assist in the planning studies. They've also used LLM's to evaluate changes in legislature.

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Possible Use - Optimize line routes using AI

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Possible Use - Using AI for optimized maintenance practices.

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Possible Use - Use AI for QA and QC on protection and control issues.

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Possible Use - AI to help speed up and optimize production of line and substation design drawings.

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Possible Use - AI to improve procurement process taking supply chain challenges into account.

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Possible Use - LLM which contains EPRI/IEE/IEC/CIGRE technical information for utility technical staff to use. This could include training as well as test results.

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Desired - Xcel

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Desired - Xcel

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Desired - Configuration, Philosophy, Preventative Maintenance

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Desired - synching data and decisions around system planning and asset renewal

Xcel

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Job analysis and prediction

Desired - APS

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Desired - APS

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Optimization of asset outages

Desired - Xcel

In flight - EPRI