EPRI teams up with Microsoft to drive AI-powered grid reliability, workforce safety, and energy innovation, announced at DISTRIBUTECH 2025.
EPRI announced a collaboration with Microsoft to develop and deploy leading AI solutions in the energy sector at DISTRIBUTECH 2025, the largest electricity transmission and distribution event in North America.
Under the new agreement, and as a part of the Open Power AI Consortium, EPRI and Microsoft will collaborate with energy companies globally to enable enhanced grid reliability, improved workforce safety, advanced forecasting and planning models, and real-time grid intelligence using AI. EPRI and Microsoft are committed to helping enable the secure, resilient future of the energy industry with AI-powered outcomes and repeatable best practices.
Microsoft is a founding member, alongside 30+ energy companies of EPRI’s Open Power AI Consortium, a cross-sector global effort to use advanced digital technologies and innovate how electricity is made, moved, and used by customers. Among the consortium’s goals is to create a sandbox environment to develop and validate AI applications, collaborating with utilities, startups, academia, national labs, and technology companies.
“Over the next decade, AI is expected to revolutionize the power sector by delivering the capability to enhance grid reliability, optimize asset performance, and enable more efficient energy management,” said EPRI President and CEO Arshad Mansoor. “Working with Microsoft, EPRI will lead this transformation, driving innovation toward a more resilient and affordable energy future.”
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“Our collaboration with EPRI and the Open Power AI Consortium exemplifies the power of combining technology and industry expertise to deliver significant business outcomes and advance the future of energy,” said Darryl Willis, Corporate Vice President, Energy & Resources Industry at Microsoft. “By advancing AI-powered grid intelligence we are paving the way for a more resilient, efficient and sustainable energy system.”
