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Distribution Grid Transformation: Technologies, Analytics & Strategic Innovation

May 28, 2026 Online :: Central Time

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The electric distribution grid is undergoing rapid transformation driven by unprecedented load growth, rising reliability expectations, accelerating DER adoption, and increasing operational complexity. This course provides utility leaders, planners, engineers, and innovators with a structured exploration of the technologies, methods, and strategic approaches shaping the next generation of distribution systems. Across seven sessions, participants will examine emerging pressures, modern architectural concepts, advanced planning tools, automation strategies, AI applications, resilience innovations, and leadership practices essential for navigating this evolving landscape.

Join your peers to gain practical insight, strategic perspective, and actionable guidance for building a more adaptive, resilient, and future-ready distribution grid.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the key operational and system-level pressures driving utilities to rethink traditional distribution practices and accelerate innovation initiatives
  • Evaluate emerging distribution architecture concepts and sensing strategies that enable more flexible, adaptive, and data-driven grid operations
  • Apply modern planning approaches to address localized load growth and DER uncertainty
  • Assess distribution automation strategies and technologies that improve reliability, restoration speed, and operational efficiency in complex grid environments
  • Distinguish between experimental and production-ready AI applications and determine how advanced analytics can be integrated into real-world utility workflows
  • Analyze operational and design strategies that enhance resilience and reliability in distribution systems with high DER penetration and extreme weather exposure
  • Develop an innovation-focused planning framework to prioritize investments, build organizational capabilities, and guide long-term distribution system transformation

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Agenda

Thursday, May 28, 2026
Central Time

Online

Log In & Welcome

8:45 AM

Lunch Break

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Adjourn for the day

5:00 PM

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Log In & Welcome

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Course Timing

Session 1: Operational Pressures & Distribution Innovation

  • Emerging load‑growth drivers reshaping distribution operations
  • Reliability demands amid workforce and budget constraints
  • Operational impacts of DER growth and bi‑directional flow
  • Why utilities are accelerating innovation beyond traditional playbooks

Session 2: Innovating Beyond Traditional Distribution Architectures

  • Limitations of legacy distribution system designs
  • Architectural shifts driven by electrification and DER density
  • Modular, flexible, and interoperable system concepts
  • Pathways toward more adaptive and autonomous distribution networks
  • Advanced sensing strategies: where utilities are deploying intelligence

Session 3: Next-Generation Distribution Planning Tools & Methods

  • Modern load forecasting and scenario‑based planning
  • Hosting capacity, locational value, and DER integration analytics
  • Digital twins and advanced modeling environments
  • Advanced load modeling to address localized growth and clustering effects
  • Scenario-based planning for DER saturation and non-wires alternatives

Session 4: Smart Distribution Automation

  • Advanced DA use cases that deliver measurable reliability gains
  • Recloser coordination in high-DER and high-load-growth environments
  • AMI as an operational intelligence platform — not just billing
  • Event-driven automation for faster fault isolation and restoration
  • Field sensor deployment strategies tied to business outcomes

Session 5: AI & Advanced Analytics: From Experimentation to Operational Value

  • Practical AI applications utilities are deploying now
  • Predictive maintenance as a response to aging assets and labor shortages
  • AI-enabled fault location, outage prediction, and crew optimization
  • Anomaly detection for emerging risks and abnormal load behavior
  • Integrating AI outputs into DERMS, VVO, and operator workflows

Session 6: DERs, Microgrids & Resilience Innovations

  • Managing operational complexity from high DER penetration
  • Microgrid design, control strategies, and resilience applications
  • Innovations in islanding, control, and reconnection
  • Designing distribution systems for extreme weather and rapid recovery
  • Aligning resilience investments with regulators and customers

Session 7: Innovation & Strategic Planning for Distribution Leaders

  • Building an innovative roadmap aligned with system needs
  • Prioritizing investments under uncertainty
  • Organizational capabilities for sustained innovation
  • Leadership strategies for navigating change and transformation
  • Key innovation themes utilities should prioritize over the next 3–5 years

Instructor

Bryan Glenn

Engineering Manager

Southern California Edison

Bryan Glenn brings 30 years of electrical experience across utility, government, commercial, and industrial sectors. With 20 years focused on electrical utility distribution and transmission systems, he has a deep knowledge of construction, troubleshooting, compliance, and management. He has worked in the engineering specialties of Power Quality, Stray and Contact Voltage, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Electric System Design, and Wildfire Program Management. Bryan has spent 19 years teaching electrical courses with the IBEW and Chaffey College, where he developed curriculum and instructed on topics like Power Quality, Electric System Grounding, Fundamentals of Electricity, Industrial Basic Controls, National Electrical Code, Electrical Safety, Electrical Blueprints, Utility Electrical System Design and Generation. His management expertise includes leading technical engineering teams, strategic planning, and change management. Bryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and an Associate of Science in Electrical Technology, making him a well-rounded leader in both technical and operational aspects of the field.

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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must log in and be in attendance for the entirety of the course

 

Instructional Methods

Power Point presentations and open discussion will be used

CPE

Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 8.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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Who Should Attend

  • Distribution engineering leaders and senior engineers
  • Utility planners, system analysts, and forecasting professionals
  • Grid modernization, innovation, and digital transformation leaders
  • Data, analytics, and technology professionals
  • Utility managers and decision-makers
  • Consultants, regulators, and solution providers

This course is designed for professionals responsible for shaping the future of electric distribution systems.