Industry Primer for Energy and Utilities: Technology, Innovation, and AI

Energy and utilities technology operates under constraints few other industries face: every system change must preserve grid reliability, pass regulatory review, and maintain cybersecurity compliance. Consultants who misjudge these dependencies or underestimate the pace of utility modernization quickly lose credibility.

This course prepares you to advise energy and utility clients on technology, innovation, and AI. Explore the core systems supporting grid operations, from SCADA and asset management to metering and energy trading platforms. Examine how cloud, unified data, and automation advance within strict reliability and regulatory boundaries, and assess where AI creates value—and where it introduces risk—in safety-critical operations. This course emphasizes business understanding over technical implementation, preparing you to evaluate emerging technologies and identify consulting opportunities across AI strategy, technology modernization, data strategy, and automation.