55. AI & the Modern Utility with Bhavani Amirthlingam of Ameren, Jeremy Renshaw of EPRI

Episode #55: Artificial Intelligence in the Modern Digital Utility with Bhavani Amirthlingam of Ameren and Jeremy Renshaw of EPRI [an Energy Central Power Perspectives™ Podcast] Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed every industry it's touched, from commerce to transportation to social media, but arguably some of the most widespread impact that AI-enabled tools is on the electric power grid. Amid a time where utilities are seeking ways to make the supply and demand markets efficient, optimize the maintenance of immense stretches of assets across their coverage areas, and find ways to integrated clean energy resources, AI appears to be one of the key tools that will unlock new possibilities. This digital topic is one that can quickly become complex and hard to understand, so the Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast wanted to bring in some of the undisputed leaders in this space to help break it down for us and highlight the trends and opportunities that utilities everywhere should be honing in on. To do that, we were lucky enough to get into the podcast Bhavani Amirthalingam, the SVP and Chief Digital Information Officer of Ameren, coming off of the honor Forbes gave her as one of the top 50 innovative technology leaders this year. Joining her is one of the utility's key utility partners, Jeremy Renshaw of EPRI. Jeremy is the Senior Program Manager of Artificial Intelliigence at EPRI, and along with Bhavani he's helped to accelerate the impact of AI and machine learning on Ameren's grid that serves 2.4 million electric customers and 900,000 gas customers. These two titans of utility AI join Matt Chester of Energy Central in the podcast booth to discuss the past, present, and future of AI on the modern digital grid. A special thanks to EPRI for supporting this edition of the Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast. Key Links: Energy Central Post with Full Episode Transcript: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/special-edition-artificial-intelligence-modern-digital-utility-bhavani Jeremy Renshaw’s Energy Central Profile: https://energycentral.com/member/profile/jeremy-renshaw EPRI on Energy Central: https://energycentral.com/o/EPRI Learning to Run a Power Network with Artificial Intelligence: https://energycentral.com/c/iu/learning-run-power-network-artificial-intelligence 5 Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges for the Electric Power Industry: https://energycentral.com/c/pip/5-artificial-intelligence-grand-challenges-electric-power-industry Did you know? The Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast has been identified as one of the industry's 'Top 25 Energy Podcasts': https://blog.feedspot.com/energy_podcasts/