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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Synthetic intelligence (AI) supplies a strong instrument for vitality firms to ship an inexpensive, dependable clear vitality transformation. At the moment earlier than a U.S. Home Power and Commerce Subcommittee, EPRI Senior Technical Govt Jeremy Renshaw testified that events must collectively work on addressing right now’s AI challenges and tomorrow’s alternatives.
For greater than a decade, EPRI has been learning AI and its potential impacts on the vitality sector, and within the final 5 years, the institute has accelerated its actions round AI and knowledge science. Up to now, EPRI has been concerned in additional than 70 tasks associated to AI purposes within the vitality sector.
As EPRI analysis has discovered, AI may help vitality firms enhance effectivity of present belongings, help with wildfire threat analysis and early-stage detection, assist vegetation administration and storm restoration, and optimize vitality utilization, amongst different advantages.
“AI permits computer systems and people to work together extra successfully to enhance security and reliability whereas decreasing prices,” Renshaw testified earlier than the Home Power and Commerce Subcommittee on Power, Local weather, and Grid Safety. “That is accomplished by permitting people to do what people do finest – artistic pondering and coping with new or unexpected conditions, whereas computer systems do what computer systems do finest – fast, correct computations,” he mentioned.
“Whereas AI has come a good distance in a brief period of time, there are nonetheless many extra alternatives to resolve present challenges right now, in addition to issues for moral and accountable use of AI,” Renshaw famous. Amongst urgent issues:
- Knowledge privateness and safety: AI fashions are sometimes skilled on massive datasets, which can include personally identifiable info or different delicate knowledge. Steps ought to be taken to make sure the safety and privateness of the info.
- AI-assisted cybersecurity: EPRI and different firms are growing instruments to proactively monitor and tackle suspicious cyber-related exercise.
- Knowledge: With out adequate amount and high quality of knowledge, AI methods can probably produce misguided outcomes that can be utilized in decision-making processes.
- Workforce coaching: Folks have to be skilled on how and when AI is the fitting instrument to make use of and when it isn’t.
“Clearly, AI may have a major impression on the vitality business, seemingly each optimistic and adverse. It’s anticipated that, by means of the introduction of AI, utilities will be capable of make the most of its advantages for sustaining or bettering security, affordability, reliability, effectivity, and environmentally pleasant vitality manufacturing,” Renshaw concluded.
A duplicate of Renshaw’s ready testimony is offered right here. To be taught extra about EPRI’s AI work, go to www.ai.epri.com.
About EPRI
Based in 1972, EPRI is the world’s preeminent unbiased, non-profit vitality analysis and improvement group, with workplaces world wide. EPRI’s trusted consultants collaborate with greater than 450 firms in 45 nations, driving innovation to make sure the general public has clear, protected, dependable, inexpensive, and equitable entry to electrical energy throughout the globe. Collectively, we’re shaping the way forward for vitality.
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