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The energy industry is changing at a blistering pace. Leaders need more than headlines. They need clarity, context, and practical insight. The ScottMadden Energy Exchange brings you unfiltered conversations with ScottMadden’s experts, who have spent decades guiding energy companies through transformation. Each episode tackles the questions top-of-mind for energy stakeholders, exploring the forces reshaping our power and gas infrastructure. With experience serving hundreds of utilities, investor groups, and regulatory bodies, ScottMadden delivers perspective that is experience-based, not theoretical. Listeners gain actionable takeaways across the value chain for power and gas utilities. Whether you’re preparing for your next strategic decision or simply staying ahead of industry change, The ScottMadden Energy Exchange gives you the insight, depth, and confidence to navigate what’s coming next.
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The electric power industry is entering a new phase of growth. Electricity demand is rising again, driven by data centers, electrification, and new industrial load. But while attention often focuses on generation resources, one of the biggest challenges may be transmission development. Across the country, utilities and system operators are working to expand the grid, but projects can take years to permit, finance, and build. The result is a growing conversation about whether the transmission system can keep up with the demands being placed on it. Connect with our experts: Marc Miller, Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader | Host MDMiller@scottmadden.com Dave Adams, Partner | Guest DAdams@scottmadden.com Info@scottmadden.com
When people talk about the energy transition, much of the focus is on electricity: generation, transmission, distribution, and electrification. But natural gas continues to play a critical role across the energy system, from power generation to residential heating to industrial processes. At the same time, the role of natural gas is being actively debated. Utilities are facing increasing regulatory scrutiny, evolving policy direction, and long-term uncertainty about demand. So the question becomes: how do utilities continue to operate and invest in natural gas infrastructure while navigating that uncertainty? Contact our experts: Marc Miller | Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader MDMiller@scottmadden.com Ed Baker | Partner EBaker@scottmadden.com info@scottmadden.com
Utilities are under increasing pressure from multiple directions. Load is growing again, driven by data centers, reindustrialization, and electrification. The system itself is becoming more complex, with distributed resources and new technologies. And at the same time, utilities are managing workforce constraints and an explosion of data from AMI systems and other sensors deployed in their infrastructure. Against that backdrop, there's a growing conversation about how artificial intelligence, or AI, can help utilities operate more efficiently and make better decisions. But while many utilities have experimented with AI, far fewer have successfully scaled it. For many, AI still feels more like experimentation than execution. So the question becomes: how do you move from pilot projects to real, sustained value? Contact our experts: Marc Miller, Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader | Host MDMiller@scottmadden.com Jon Kerner, Partner | Guest JKerner@scottmadden.com info@scottmadden.com
For regulated utilities, the rate case is the moment when strategy, capital investment, and regulatory expectations all come together. It’s the process through which utilities justify their investments, establish their authorized revenue, and ultimately secure the resources needed to build and maintain critical infrastructure. In many ways, the rate case is where a utility’s strategy meets regulatory scrutiny. It’s the moment when the company must clearly explain not just what it plans to spend, but why those investments matter for customers and the future of the grid. Or to borrow a phrase from a well-known movie, it’s where utilities have to “show me the money.” Well, not me, but you get the idea. And that challenge is becoming more complex. Utilities are entering a period of unprecedented infrastructure investment, while regulators and stakeholders are increasingly focused on affordability and clear customer value. Contact our experts: Marc Miller, Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader | Host MDMiller@scottmadden.com Josh Kmiec, Partner | Guest joshuakmiec@scottmadden.com info@scottmaden.com
Utilities are entering a new capital cycle. Across the industry, we’re seeing more than a trillion dollars of planned investment, driven by load growth, resilience needs, aging infrastructure, and the energy transition. But this isn’t just about investing more. Utilities are being asked to deploy capital more deliberately and more effectively than ever before. That creates a dual challenge: Are we investing in the right things? And can we actually deliver them? Getting one right without the other doesn’t create value, and increasingly, both are under scrutiny. Contact Our Experts Marc Miller, Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader | Host MDMiller@scottmadden.com Gerardo Morales, Partner | Guest GJMorales@scottmadden.com Tony Gonzalez, Partner | Guest TGonzalez@scottmadden.com info@scottmadden.com To learn more about our research on the capital plans of America's largest utilities, read this article . You can fill out the form to request our full report of the data.
Over the past decade, many utilities deployed advanced metering infrastructure, giving them new visibility into customer usage and grid operations. But technology and expectations have evolved quickly, and a new generation of capabilities is emerging. Utilities are now beginning to explore what many are calling AMI 2.0, systems that go beyond basic meter data collection to support more advanced grid operations, deeper customer insights, and potentially much more sophisticated use of analytics and artificial intelligence. Get in touch with our experts: Marc Miller, Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader | Host MDMiller@scottmadden.com Kevin Hernandez, Partner | Guest KLHernandez@scottmadden.com info@scottmadden.com
For years, utilities were planning around relatively stable demand growth. But suddenly, that’s changing. Data centers, AI infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and industrial reshoring are driving a new wave of load growth that is larger, faster, and more concentrated than what most utilities have dealt with in decades. And while these projects create major economic development opportunities, they also introduce significant challenges around planning, infrastructure, risk, and execution. So the question becomes: how do utilities prepare for this next era of demand growth? Get in touch with our experts: Marc Miller, host | Partner and Energy Practice Area Leader MDMiller@scottmadden.com Chris Sturgill, guest | Partner CSturgill@scottmadden.com info@scottmadden.com
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