CEATI Articles

Explore insights, news, and updates from across CEATI’s 21 programs and network of utility experts. Discover practical perspectives on the challenges, technologies, and trends shaping the power industry.

Reducing Bat Impacts at Wind Energy Facilities

Wind energy plays a critical role in addressing climate change, but bat mortality remains a significant challenge. Learn how research, curtailment strategies, and emerging technologies are helping wind energy and bat conservation coexist.

Three Priorities Shaping the Future of Utility Infrastructure Protection and Security

Data center growth, evolving physical threats, and cybersecurity risks are reshaping utility security strategies. Explore three security priorities identified by CEATI members.

Safety Beyond Compliance: Three Priorities Shaping Utility Safety Programs

CEATI’s Health & Safety members met to discuss high-risk hazards, safety program standardization, wearable technologies, contractor management, and the evolving role of safety culture across the utility industry.

How Utilities Are Rethinking Thermal Generation Assets

Utilities are rethinking how thermal generation assets can support reliability, affordability, and evolving grid needs. Explore how utilities are balancing life extension, modernization, compliance, and retirement decisions.

Designing for Growth: Five Priorities Shaping the Future of Transmission Infrastructure

CEATI’s Overhead Transmission Design members met in Montreal to discuss transmission capacity expansion, grid resiliency, aging infrastructure, workforce development, and project delivery challenges facing utilities.

Five Priorities Shaping the Future of Thermal Generation

Aging assets, grid transformation, supply chain pressures, and workforce challenges are reshaping thermal generation. Explore five key priorities identified by CEATI members.

Modernizing Distribution Operations: Why Stronger Grid Foundations Matter

CEATI’s Advanced Distribution Operations members met in Vancouver to discuss grid modernization, system integration, advanced metering infrastructure, distributed energy resources, operational resiliency, and artificial intelligence in utility operations.

Five Priorities Shaping the Future of Distribution Planning and Grid Modernization

Aging infrastructure, grid resiliency, AI, electrification, and grid modernization are reshaping distribution planning. Explore five priorities identified by CEATI members.

Strengthening Asset Management for the Future of Generation

CEATI's Asset Management in Generation members met this spring to discuss governance, risk-based decision-making, lifecycle planning, data quality, predictive maintenance, AI, and workforce challenges shaping the future of generation asset management.

Building Resilient Transmission and Distribution Asset Management Strategies

CEATI's Asset Management in T&D members met this spring to discuss risk frameworks, investment planning, asset information management, lifecycle optimization, resiliency, climate adaptation, and long-term asset management strategies.

Four Priorities Shaping Overhead Transmission Equipment Strategies

CEATI’s Overhead Transmission Equipment members met virtually to discuss asset condition assessment, inspection consistency, digital enablement, maintenance prioritization, system reliability, and emerging technologies for overhead transmission systems.

The Future of Utility Vegetation Management: Four Priorities Shaping the Industry

Utilities are rethinking vegetation management as wildfire risk, AI, workforce shortages, and program optimization reshape the industry. Discover the four key priorities identified during CEATI's Vegetation Management General Meeting.

Planning for a More Flexible and Reliable Energy Future

CEATI’s Energy and Integration Strategy members met in Vancouver to discuss energy storage, renewable integration, decarbonization pathways, capacity planning, and emerging technologies shaping the future of utility energy systems.

Strengthening Dam Safety Through Risk, Resilience, and Long-Term Planning

Risk-informed decision-making, aging infrastructure, climate resilience, workforce development, regulatory challenges, and emerging technologies shaping the future of dam safety are top of mind for CEATI Dam Safety Members.