26 Enabling the Digital and Energy transition Jim Crane is Director of Innovation at Exelon Utilities, which serves 10 million people in the US through electric and gas utilities in six cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Wilmington (DE) and Atlantic City (NJ). Exelon has recently partnered with Prysmian Group to pilot a test robot-applied heat-dissipating E3X coating on existing power lines. The new technology will increase the capacity for utilities for their in-service overhead power lines and to enable more power, including from sustainable sources, to be delivered across existing transmission grids. What are the challenges and opportunities that energy transition brings to a company like yours? “There are a lot of forms of energy transition. Two at the forefront are electrification and carbon reduction. Often these two efforts go together hand in hand: as an example, this includes supporting our customers’ needs TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION Jim Crane Director of Innovation at Exelon Utilities Exelon Utilities’ Jim Crane speaks about how digitalization changed the way utilities operate. And how robotics projects helped them to boost their capacity and deliver greener energy
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