How AI is Protecting the Power Grid
Maintaining trees next to power lines is a $10B annual exercise.
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September 29, 2024
A lot of fires are started from trees falling on power lines and vice versa.
The U.S. has over 8 million trees within “striking distance” of 5.5 million miles of power lines.
It’s an almost impossible challenge; the exercise costs utility companies $10B annually.
Enter artificial intelligence (AI). Startups like Pano AI and AiDash are teaming up with utility companies to help them monitor everything at once and evaluate risk in real-time.
- AiDash reported their technology reduced outages by 30% and the duration of outages by 55% for one of its utility customers
AI is keeping the power on.
