June 20, 2024 – Alpharetta, GA - The Utility 2030 Collaborative (U2030) is thrilled to announce the successful go-live of two new Centers of Excellence (CoE) groups:
Emergency Preparedness & Response CoE and Transformative Leadership CoE. This expansion underscores U2030's commitment to addressing critical areas in the utility industry by providing focused knowledge-sharing and innovation platforms.
With the recent combination of the Energy Transition + Beyond the Meter Solutions into a single CoE, U2030 now champions four topical centers:
Customer Experience (CX)
Energy Transition + Beyond the Meter Solutions
Emergency Preparedness & Response
Transformative Leadership
These Centers of Excellence add tremendous value to U2030 membership for utility leaders and solution providers. Each of the four Centers of Excellence holds bi-monthly meetings featuring guest speakers at the forefront of market developments. These sessions provide invaluable insights and foster collaboration among industry professionals.
Submit an Abstract
U2030 is continuously seeking meeting ideas and speakers. For a calendar of upcoming meetings, visit www.utility2030.org, Calendar. To pitch a session idea, please email Mike Smith at msmith@utility2030.org.
Available On-Demand
Meeting recaps and recordings are accessible exclusively through the U2030 Collective Brain Platform for members with a login. If you're a member but don't have a login, email Marlene Rosenberry at mrosenberry@utility2030.org. Once in the platform, members can navigate to a CoE folder and click “Resources” for all on-demand abstracts and recordings.
Non-members can email Mike Smith at msmith@utility2030.org requesting a complimentary session recording.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE COES - NEW!
Operational Resilience: Moving from Preparedness to Prevention
Speaker:
Everett Stuckless, Manager of Operational Resilience & Incident Management, ENMAX
TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP COES - NEW!
Wired for Diversity: Transforming the Utility Sector through Inclusivity
Speakers:
Cherly Stookes, Chief Revenue Officer, E Source
Chris Hilborn, Executive, Liberty Utilities
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (CX) COES
Building Sustainability through Customer Partnerships
Speakers:
Ashok “Sonny” Batra, Executive Director, Capital Projects, Savannah Chatham County School District
Stacey Lusk, Director of Solution Sales, Georgia Power Company
Revisiting the VoC Playbook: Progress on the Vision
Speakers:
Valerie Williams, Senior Manager, VoC, Liberty Utilities
Funmi Olomodosi, Product Specialist, VoC, Liberty Utilities
Lessons Learned on the Path to A Better Utility Customer Experience
Speakers:
Kari Hyde, Program Manager, Grid Innovation & DSM, ENMAX
Marci Westlake, Customer Service Manager, Truckee Meadows Water Authority
Brittnye Roberts, Customer Service Manager, Clarksville Department of Electricity (CDE) Lightband
Consumers Energy Shares Proven Process for Bringing Energy Efficiency Innovations to Customers
Speaker:
Miles Biel, Ideation & Incubation Manager, Consumers Energy
ENERGY TRANSITION + BEYOND THE METER COES
Driving Change through Electrification & EVs
Speakers:
Glenn Halliday, Electric Transportation Manager, Georgia Power Company
Jennah Denney, EV Strategy & Solutions Manager, NRECA
The Energy Transition is Here: What Do I Do Now?
Speakers:
Phil McKay, Director, Electricity Transition Hub
Emily Banks, Technical Writer, Electricity Transition Hub
What Other Factors Should We Consider During the Energy Transition?
Speaker:
Andy Zetlan, President, Zetlan Consulting Services
Profitable Partnerships in a Decentralized Utility Landscape
Speaker:
Robin Lanier, New Ventures Director, Southern Company
The Energy Transition: Ensuring No Customer is Left Behind
Speakers:
Theresa Barry, Customer Solutions Specialist, Oracle
Erik Krause, Customer Experience Delivery, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Jeff Smith, Georgia Power Company
What Does BTM Mean to a Utility Customer?
Speaker:
Mark Kluck, Sr. Strategic Partner Products Executive, FirstEnergy
Reading the Tea Leaves: The Energy Transition Meets the Regulator
Speaker:
Jerry Cavalieri, Managing Director, Regulatory Reporting, Utegration
Realizing the Opportunity and Promise of the Grid Edge
Speaker:
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Co-Founder, NorthBridge Energy Partners, LLC
Utility Investment in Grid Modernization
Speaker:
Fahimeh Kazempour, Grid Modernization Head, Wood Mackenzie
CoE Contact
Mike Smith
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