WEBINAR

Securing the Last Mile: LV Visibility for a Resilient Grid

As electrification surges and the low-voltage grid becomes the epicenter of reliability risk, utilities can no longer afford to operate blind. Join industry leaders as they reveal how real-time LV visibility is transforming grid resilience from a reactive struggle into a proactive strategy.

January 27, 2026

7:00 PM UTC

1 hour

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January 27th, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM ET | 1:00 PM CT | 11:00 AM PT
Duration: 60 minutes
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Summary

As electrification accelerates, the distribution grid has become the front line of reliability risk. Distributed energy resources, EV charging and new classes of load are reshaping demand patterns and straining assets that were never designed for this level of complexity. Yet, many utilities still lack real-time visibility into the last mile of their networks, where transformer stress, customer complaints and costly outages often originate.

This webinar brings together Amanda Freick, VP of Strategy at Edge Zero and Hernan Nucci, VP of Utility Technology at Wesco to explore how utilities can close the distribution visibility gap. Amanda will discuss how low-voltage network visibility enables utilities to move from reactive response to proactive management, reducing outages, extending transformer life and protecting critical infrastructure. She will discuss findings related to utility perceptions of data, reliability and distribution grid assets, gleaned from a T&D World and Endeavor Business Intelligence Survey of North American utilities, completed in June 2025. Hernan will highlight how Wesco helps streamline implementation by simplifying procurement, deployment and integration so utilities can scale solutions quickly and cost-effectively.

Together, they’ll show how real-time last-mile visibility is no longer a pilot project or future-facing upgrade but instead an essential capability for building a more reliable, resilient grid today.

Speakers

Hernan Nucci

VP of Utility Technology

Wesco

Hernan has 33 years’ experience in the industrial distribution industry, currently leading Wesco’s Business Development Managers team in the US.  Prior to joining Wesco, Hernan worked management roles in the US and overseas, always focused on industrial automation and electrical equipment, leveraging 10-years experience as an industrial automation system integrator.

Amanda Freick

VP Sales & Strategy

Edge Zero

Amanda Freick is a passionate voice in utility sector commercialization, bridging the gap between innovative technology and services and the complex realities of utility procurement and deployment. With over 20 years of hands-on experience across utility operations, engineering, and go-to-market strategy, Amanda brings a rare combination of technical depth and commercial insight to an industry undergoing unprecedented transformation. As Founder and Principal of Creative Intelligence Group, Amanda helps utility-serving companies, such as Edge Zero, navigate the unique challenges of scaling in the utility market, from translating technical value into utility-aligned messaging to building repeatable sales infrastructure that accounts for long procurement cycles and multi-stakeholder decision processes. Before launching CI Group, Amanda held engineering, commercial, and field operations roles at organizations like San Diego Gas & Electric, Eaton, and TRC, giving her firsthand understanding of how utilities evaluate, adopt, and scale new technologies and services. She holds a Professional Engineer license and a patent addressing distributed power balance at the distribution transformer, reflecting her commitment to bringing meaningful innovation to the energy sector. Amanda's work is driven by a clear understanding: innovation and change are needed more than ever in the power sector but navigating that change is extraordinarily difficult. Her mission is to help get those doing the best work, companies with practical, scalable solutions, a seat at the table where decisions are made and deployments happen.

Matt Nelson

Apex Analytics

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Matthew Nelson is a Principal at Apex Analytics, a former Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, and a member of the PJM Board of Managers. He advises regulators, utilities, and market participants on energy affordability, rate design, grid modernization, transmission planning, and decarbonization, with a focus on practical, evidence-based regulatory and market solutions that balance cost, reliability, and climate obligations.