AI Investment Navigator for Utilities

Charting your course from AI Exploration to Action

Launching Summer 2025. Early adopter discounts until May 16, 2025

the challenge

Despite the promise of AI across the utility sector, many leaders are struggling to determine where and how to invest in AI. Legacy systems, regulatory constraints, and real questions about risks and returns create uncertainty that slows utilities’ progress in realizing AI’s full potential. Even with these headwinds, some organizations are already beginning to implement AI solutions that improve predictive maintenance, grid optimization, and customer experience — reducing outages, cutting expenses, and raising the bar for reliability and cost-effectiveness. Many more solutions are on the near horizon. The question for utility leaders today is:

Will you lead the charge or scramble to keep up?

Realize 2050 is excited to launch the AI Investment Navigator for Utilities, a comprehensive research product that transforms AI strategies into confident investment decisions and real impact. 

Designed specifically for utility leaders responsible for technology investment and implementation decisions, our Navigator product delivers what you’ve been asking for: practical answers to the questions holding back AI implementation. 

  • Which AI solutions actually work for utilities?

  • Which vendors truly understand the utility business?

  • How do we justify these investments to regulators and boards?

  • Where do we even start?

  • How do we avoid expensive missteps?

  • Build, buy, or partner?

the solution

annual subscription benefits

AI Landscape
Assessment

Refreshed annually

Annual comprehensive overview of the AI tools and vendor landscape, specific to the use cases and considerations that matter most to utilities. 

Key contents: 

  • Emerging market disruptors & specialized AI vendors

  • Key risk considerations & mitigation strategies

  • Perspective on whether to build, buy, or partner on specific AI use case solutions

Deep Dive Reports & Decision Support Tools

Released Quarterly & Refreshed Annually

Four total reports, each covering a critical AI use case category for utilities: 

  • The Hyper-Automated & Self-Healing Grid

  • Personalized Customer Experience

  • Optimized Infrastructure Planning

  • Enhanced Internal Efficiency

Each installment includes

  • Cost-benefit assessment & prioritization framework for specific use cases

  • Implementation guidance

  • Companion analytical tools that use utility & vendor data and customizable metrics for deeper ROI exploration and solution comparison 

Access to quarterly corresponding webinars.

Realize 2050
Advisory Support

Two Calls per Year

Access to two private sessions with Realize 2050 advisors to delve into specific AI use cases, interpret findings, or address operational considerations unique to your team.

  • Focus on AI applications of most relevance and interest to your team.

  • Review cost-benefit projections, risk considerations, and vendor options specific to your costs and
    AI roadmap.

These sessions help to ensure subscribers receive targeted, actionable insights that align with their strategic priorities and investment plans.

why Realize 2050?

Deep Focus on Energy Innovation
Unlike generalized consulting firms, we work exclusively in the energy innovation space.

Entrepreneurial Expertise
We’re entrepreneurs who use consulting to advance novel business models.

Real-World Data Science Leadership
The Realize leaders behind this effort have led AI and data science teams at major gridtech vendors.

Unmatched Startup Ecosystem Access
Our network in the gridtech and AI startup spheres means we have deep access to and understanding of emerging technologies.

Proven AI Strategy Success
Our team has guided AI strategy for leading IOUs to reduce risk, cut costs, and boost grid reliability. In 2024, Realize 2050 collaborated with PG&E to shape its R&D Strategy Report —covering 67 problem statements—and hosted an Innovation Summit showcasing AI-driven solutions for grid optimization, predictive maintenance, and wildfire prevention.

our expert team

Chris Richardson

A Partner at Realize 2050, advising utilities such as PG&E, National Grid, and Exelon on innovation and technology strategy. Most recently, he helped shape PG&E's R&D and
AI strategies.

Dr Anna Demeo

Industry executive with 30 years of expertise in energy solutions. Anna led hardware, software, and AI teams as Chief Product Officer at Fermata Energy (an AI-based V2G company) to build advanced solutions for utilities.

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