PG&E 2024 R&D Strategy Report: The AI-Enabled Utility | PR Newswire [Video]

Updated R&D strategy highlights evolving utility technology needs

Explores the potential of artificial intelligence to transform the energy system and enhance customer experience

, /PRNewswire/ — Today, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) unveiled its refreshed R&D strategy report with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovations as critical enablers to achieving PG&E’s clean energy, climate, and customer-experience goals.

The refreshed report outlines the integration of AI as a central component to meeting growing energy demand, stabilizing customer bills and reducing emissions. The report also details R&D progress since 2023 and integrates findings of a company-wide review of PG&E’s current usage of AI.

“At PG&E, we are actively building the carbon-free energy system of the future,” said PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe. “We’re calling on innovators to join us in exploring how AI can shape the future of energy and amplify the incredible work of our dedicated workforce. The future of energy is ours to imagine and …