Grid operators face an increasingly complex job

SDG&E’s 2024-2027 proposed budget includes upgrading/rebuilding substations with overloaded circuits and replace aging or obsolete substation equipment throughout the region from downtown San Diego and Torrey Pines to Poway and San Marcos. Credit: SDG&E

What’s the biggest challenge facing grid operators today? Complexity. That’s the message that Itron CEO Tom Deitrich shared with the DISTRIBUTECH International audience during his keynote speech at the live event May 23, 2022. POWERGRID caught up with Tom as he was stepping off the stage to get his thoughts about the biggest challenges facing electric utilities.

Check out what he had to say in this 1.5-minute video.

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