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Utility rebukes allegation that it may have started California’s Mountain Fire. SCE notified CPUC that it received a legal complaint alleging its equipment was the source of the ongoing Mountain Fire, but the utility maintains it only made the report out of an "abundance of caution." https://ow.ly/nuMe105PvVn

Utilities want to use AI. Messy data is holding them back. Utility data is often collected in silos to support individual functions, preventing organizations from creating a holistic picture of grid performance and developing granular insights into meter data that can help predict future demand, writes contributor Vikhyat Chaudhry. https://ow.ly/9ese105Ppvh

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Can climate modeling software help Xcel Energy improve renewable reliability? Under a pilot program, Xcel Energy Colorado will simulate the electric grid of Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) — an operating company subsidiary of Xcel Energy — as it adds significant new wind and solar generation capacity over the next 15 years. https://ow.ly/yZeU105Pjhg

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Trump picks fossil fuel exec as energy secretary; creates new White House energy council. President-elect?Donald Trump?has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration. https://ow.ly/bCyV105PcpQ

Southern California Edison launches private 5G network. Southern California Edison (SCE) has partnered with Nokia to launch a private 5G field area network (FAN) and declared a first for electricity utilities in the US. https://ow.ly/UGU3105OZnO

As utilities expand their use of AI-enabled technologies to help address grid challenges, our very own Jason Strautman shares insights on how they can embrace the combination of new #AI insights with human oversight. Read more from DISTRIBUTECH: https://lnkd.in/ep6K9Kjv

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DISTRIBUTECH launches new regional events, opens ‘call for content’. DTECH - Data Centers and AI and DTECH - Midwest have both opened their "call for content." https://ow.ly/b2EA105OTVB