In this episode of the T&D World Live Podcast, host Nikki Chandler sits down with Gina Weber, program director for T&D World Live, to preview the 2026 event. This year’s newly structured conference tracks are designed to help utility professionals navigate overlapping challenges through focused conversations around grid operations and reliability, ...

AEP Project Manager Forrest Farson shares lessons from a complex brownfield rebuild that required phased construction, changing outage plans and a major design pivot to accommodate new data center load.

The T&D World editorial team highlights T&D World Live presentation summaries, exclusive interviews, industry news from the event, and more.

The conference highlights strategies for utilities to adapt to increasing demand from data centers and electrification, emphasizing infrastructure investments, resilience, and operational efficiency through digital technologies and modernization efforts.

Join T&D World Live 2026 for exclusive PowerUP Lunch sessions on Sept. 1, offering utility professionals interactive discussions on emerging technologies like UAS, predictive fault monitoring, and renewable asset optimization, setting the stage for the conference.

Cyberhawk demonstrates how utilities can leverage aerial inspection data and AI-driven analytics to proactively manage assets, improve network resilience, and support wildfire mitigation efforts at scale.

At T&D World Live, Asplundh showcases live demos of its innovative solutions, including geospatial analytics, remote sensing, VR inspections, and advanced vegetation analytics, highlighting how technology enhances decision-making and operational efficiency.