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Preparing water systems for the next wave of power demand

As power demand grows, reliable water treatment is becoming critical to keeping power plants online. Mobile treatment and long-term operating and services contracts help utilities boost resilience, maintain water quality, and support reliable generation.

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12 Ways to Build a Culture of Compliance

As regulations evolve and financial oversight becomes increasingly complex, organizations need smarter ways to manage spend while reducing risk. Discover how SAP Concur helps organizations strengthen compliance with 12 actionable strategies that leverage intelligent automation, AI-powered auditing, real-time insights, and policy-driven workflows to improve accountability and simplify compliance across the spend process.

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Grid inventory just became a national security issue

With the Defense Production Act accelerating grid modernization, utilities are under growing pressure to prepare for rising AI-driven energy demand. Discover why accurate, real-time grid inventory is becoming essential for infrastructure visibility, compliance, and a more resilient grid.

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Grid inventory just became a national security issue

With the Defense Production Act accelerating grid modernization, utilities are under growing pressure to prepare for rising AI-driven energy demand. Discover why accurate, real-time grid inventory is becoming essential for infrastructure visibility, compliance, and a more resilient grid.

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How Unified Data Transforms Nuclear Operations

As nuclear operators face increasing demands for agility, safety, and cost control, the industry is under pressure to modernize how data is used across the asset lifecycle. Real-time operational intelligence is no longer a luxury—it’s the backbone of grid flexibility.

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Preparing water systems for the next wave of power demand

As power demand grows, reliable water treatment is becoming critical to keeping power plants online. Mobile treatment and long-term operating and services contracts help utilities boost resilience, maintain water quality, and support reliable generation.

Explore Solutions
https://t.co/sfs6fmCW8u

@Xylem

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12 Ways to Build a Culture of Compliance

As regulations evolve and financial oversight becomes increasingly complex, organizations need smarter ways to manage spend while reducing risk. Discover how SAP Concur helps organizations strengthen compliance with 12 actionable strategies that leverage intelligent automation, AI-powered auditing, real-time insights, and policy-driven workflows to improve accountability and simplify compliance across the spend process.

READ MORE
https://t.co/LNbxE2Txbt

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🏆 Seven finalists. One winner. YOU decide.

POWER's Fossil Fuel Top Plant Award celebrates the boldest energy projects in the industry — game-changing technology, record-breaking performance, and facilities pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

🎉 This year's seven finalists are exceptional. Click the link to read their summaries, then cast your vote before August 14❗
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Winners will be announced at #ExperiencePOWER on September 28, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

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Backup Power’s Shift From Insurance Policy to Grid Asset

The 35 GW of backup generators sitting idle across America may be the grid's most overlooked asset and that's beginning to change. From AI data centers to community foodbanks, facility owners are discovering how standby power can generate revenue, reduce energy costs and support grid reliability. Learn how organizations are turning backup power into a competitive advantage.

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@BuzzSolutions1 @KAlbertoli This article is worth checking out. Kaitlyn points our several questions investigators often ask following wildfire events. Knowing the answers can make all the difference.

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When it comes to utility #wildfire risk, the question is no longer just who started the fire, but what did the #utility know, & what did it do about it? 🔥

Read more from Buzz Solutions CEO @KAlbertoli in @POWERmagazine:
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How Unified Data Transforms Nuclear Operations

As nuclear operators face increasing demands for agility, safety, and cost control, the industry is under pressure to modernize how data is used across the asset lifecycle. Real-time operational intelligence is no longer a luxury—it’s the backbone of grid flexibility.

READ MORE
https://t.co/ksK3kU4hNX

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5/5 If AI can cut nuclear deployment timelines and costs in half, does the bottleneck shift from technology to regulation?

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3/5 That's just half the story.

Microsoft is also using Azure AI to automate the most document-heavy parts of nuclear licensing — drafting, gap analysis, consistency checking — so engineers focus on safety decisions, not reconciling thousands of pages of text.

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4/5 Microsoft's $60M Genesis Mission commitment breaks down as:

→ $40M in Azure compute & AI credits (3 years)
→ $20M in engineering & deployment support
→ A new coordination hub called SPARK — the "single front door" for lab collaboration

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2/5 The demo linked Idaho Falls, Purdue's PUR-1 research reactor, and a @Azure cloud in Virginia.

A reinforcement learning model made live power adjustments — no manual control-rod manipulation on site.

Safety systems retained full control throughout.

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1/5 @Microsoft recently ran an #AI system that autonomously adjusted a live #nuclear reactor's power output — from 1,300 miles away, across three states, in real time.

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AI chatbots are already answering questions about your #energy brand—and BBC research found 51% of those answers have significant issues.

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the strategy your comms team needs now.

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5/5
Will grid operators trust AI recommendations enough to act on them in the control room? That's the real question Phase I is designed to answer.

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#SmartGrid #AIDatacenters #EnergyTransition

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1/5
@ENERGY just funded a project that could cut grid interconnection studies from months—to minutes. And it's powered by the same technology everyone says is breaking the grid.

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4/5
DOE's Genesis Mission isn't one moonshot.

It's 278 projects—grid resilience, dispatchable data centers, agentic distribution systems—coordinated across 15+ agencies with more than $5B in commitments.

That's a policy shift, not a pilot.