Kickoff Speaker - 2023

Jeff Brooks - Duke Energy - Manager, Power Delivery and Regional Government Communications

Transitioning to cleaner energy sources and a lower carbon future, while providing seamless reliability, is one of the greatest operational and planning challenges the utility industry has ever faced. Electric utilities must solve this equation while maintaining resource adequacy, navigating evolving energy policies, and while keeping costs as low as possible for customers.

Duke Energy is currently working to engineer and build a more capable grid to achieve aggressive carbon and clean energy goals across the six states it serves. And it is doing this work while increasing resiliency to protect against severe weather, physical and cyber threats, and preparing for the known and unknown energy opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.