The Grid at a Turning Point: Recapping IEEE PES T&D 2026

The Grid at a Turning Point: Recapping IEEE PES T&D 2026

In this episode, T&D World Editorial Director Nikki Chandler and Head of Content Amy Fischbach recap their experience at the 2026 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition in Chicago, one of the largest events in the global power and utility industry. The discussion centers on several major themes that dominated the conference, including affordability, resiliency, reliability, and grid modernization. The conversation also focuses heavily on the growing electricity demand driven by AI and hyperscale data centers, and how utilities are preparing for what many executives described as the largest grid expansion cycle in decades.

What Winter Storm Fern Revealed About Grid Reliability

In this episode of the T&D World Live podcast, we speak with Michael Goggin, executive vice president of Grid Strategies, about the reliability lessons emerging from Winter Storm Fern and what the event revealed about the evolving U.S. power system.

The Need for Speed

As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for data processing and cloud computing, electric utilities and grid operators are facing unprecedented pressure to deliver reliable, affordable power at massive scale. In this episode of the T&D World Live Podcast, Managing Editor Jeff Postelwait speaks with Deloitte’s Kate Hardin, Executive Director of the Research Center for Energy and Industrials, and Deloitte's Tom Keefe, Vice Chair and U.S. Power, Utilities and Renewables Leader about how the rapid expansion of data centers is reshaping the energy industry.

Tackling Grid Challenges with AECC: The TS Next-Generation Advanced Conductor

In this sponsored podcast episode, Nikki Chandler sits down with Jason Huang from TS Conductor to chat about how next-generation advanced conductors address the most pressing challenges for today’s grids. Jason discusses how the next-generation advanced conductor technology is solving these challenges by enabling all five key attributes: reliability, resiliency, affordability, speed to deploy, and safety. Jason points to Aluminum Encapsulated Carbon Core (AECC) conductors, which allow utilities to complete reconductoring projects without structure modifications—something often unavoidable with steel-core alternatives—while also reducing structure requirements in new builds. This episode is sponsored by TS Conductor.

Inside T&D World's Special Report: Tackling Wildfire Risk Across the Grid

In this episode of the T&D World Live Podcast, Christina Marsh and Jeff Postelwait break down insights from the annual Wildfire Special Report, part of the May 2026 T&D World issue [https://issuu.com/docs/940e246f5545cac46a08d5944d3552d7?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw]. They explore how utilities are adapting to a rapidly changing risk landscape through a mix of advanced technologies, data-driven decision-making and time-tested strategies like vegetation management and controlled burns.