1. Electric Utility Operations

AEP Strives to be Utility of the Future with Investments in Field Technology

Nov. 15, 2022
Darrin Reeb, manager of Business Technology Optimization at AEP, discusses AEP's focus on improving field worker efficiency and safety.

T&D World’s Teresa Hansen caught up with Darrin Reeb of AEP at T&D World Conference and Exhibition in Charlotte a few weeks ago. Darrin joined Teresa for a video interview in which he shares his thoughts on the grid of the future and provides more details about AEP’s multiyear technology effort to make communicating about field work simpler, safer, and smarter. See end of this article for the full interview. He discusses how investments in field work may help alleviate some of the issues utilities are facing such as labor and supply chain shortages.

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