PG&E’s Innovation Summit 2024
PG&E’s Summit will be held on November 13, 2024 in San Jose, California.
Signia by Hilton San Jose
170 South Market StreetSan Jose, CA 95113-2360
United States
Event Details
About PG&E’s Innovation Summit 2024:
AI, grid-enhancing technologies, stabilizing energy costs, enabling good load growth, advancing electrification, and more, will take center stage at Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s “PG&E Innovation Summit 2024” presented by DISTRIBUTECH® on the 13th of November in San Jose, California.
The 2024 summit will showcase breakthrough partnerships, R&D advancements, and updates to PG&E’s R&D Strategy Report [.pdf]—originally published in June 2023—which outlines opportunities for strategic collaboration across several key focus areas including:
- energy supply and load management,
- integrated grid planning,
- electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid applications,
- wildfire mitigation, undergrounding, and
- decarbonizing the gas system.
Event Highlights:
- AI and grid-enhancing technologies
- Stabilizing energy costs
- Enabling good load growth
- Advancing electrification
- Showcase of breakthrough partnerships and R&D advancements
- Updates to PG&E's R&D Strategy Report
Featured Speakers:
- Keynote by Patti Poppe, PG&E Corporation CEO
- Recorded conversation between Patti Poppe and Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft
- Additional cross-sector conversations with thought leaders in AI, technology, and energy
The summit will bring together entrepreneurs, start-ups, thought leaders, utility peers, private industry, national research labs, agency leaders and policymakers to collaborate in swiftly deploying novel solutions—at scale—that bridge the gap between today’s energy system and California’s electrified and decarbonized future.
Agenda
| November 13 | |
| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Plenary and Keynote |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Breakout Sessions #1 |
| 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | Breakout Sessions #2 |
For More Information:
GBA member company PG&E and DISTRIBUTECH® will be presenting the PG&E Innovation Summit 2024.
Registration for the Innovation Summit is now open, with in-person and virtual participation options:
PG&E’s R&D strategy initiative aims to help achieve the company’s True North Strategy, which has three major components: focusing on rebuilding trust and delivering excellent service for customers; architecting a decarbonized, safe, and reliable energy system; and enabling these outcomes by building strong foundational capabilities.
PG&E currently leverages AI and machine learning across the company for applications in meteorology, planning, inspections, monitoring, and maintenance to help detect, prevent, and respond to the risk of wildfires and achieve greater electric system resiliency.
PG&E has identified opportunities to further leverage AI for more automated data quality management, improved data collection and analysis, and other applications that can augment current processes and result in improved service for customers.
PG&E’s R&D strategy initiative helps to realize the commitments outlined in its Climate Strategy Report, build upon the current emerging technologies detailed in the company's Wildfire Mitigation Plan, and enhance the company’s existing emerging electric technology programs and gas R&D efforts.