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How To Recognize Early-Stage Financial Stress in Utility Customers – And What To Do About It
The discussion will address:
How utilities can make better use of existing data to improve outcomes without major system or process changes.
How advanced technology, predictive AI, and behavioral...
Light Up Navajo: How the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Partners with Utilities to Power the Navajo Nation
On this webinar, we’ll hear from NTUA about the program and its impact on residents, as well as learning from a handful of utilities that participate in the program about its impact on workers who ...
The Resilience Equation: Balancing Infrastructure, Demand, and Mutual Assistance
In an era where “unprecedented” events have become the norm, resilience is no longer a localized goal but a national imperative. This executive panel brings together leaders from across the utility sector to examine the evolving equation utilities must solve to maintain reliability under growing pressure.
Panelists will explore how large-scale mutual assistance networks enable utilities to mobilize crews, equipment, and expertise across regions during major events and what it takes to coordinate those efforts at a national level. The discussion will also examine the realities of large-scale grid hardening investments and how utilities are translating those investments into improved operational readiness and public confidence.
Finally, panelists will address the rapidly widening generation-demand gap, including the implications of accelerating data center growth and electrification. Together, these leaders will discuss how utilities can stay ahead of escalating risks, balancing infrastructure investment, resource planning, and mutual assistance to build a scalable, all-hazards resilience strategy for the future grid.
Moderated by: Carlos Torres, Resilience Executive Advisor, Chartwell Inc.
Panelists:
Rick Anderson, SVP and Senior Production Officer, East Production Group, Southern Company
Rick Anderson is senior vice president and senior production officer for Southern Company Operations’ East Production Group. In this role, he oversees Georgia Power’s diverse generating fleet, including its coal, natural gas, hydro, solar, and distributed generation resources, ensuring Georgia Power’s generating fleet can effectively meet the demands of today and tomorrow.
Anderson previously served as vice president of Technical Services in the Southern Company Services organization where his responsibilities included overseeing technical solutions for all generation, and power delivery organizations across Southern Company.
He began his Southern Company career in power plant generation in 2001 and has experience across multiple generating facilities at Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, and former Southern Company subsidiary Gulf Power Company. Additionally, he has held leadership positions to include large project management, governance, and oversight responsibilities over major Georgia Power Company programs.
