Transformer Tips: Missing trends in the power industry

Utilities downsized, right-sized, and capsized — and now they can’t come back.

At a major industry event, one candid conversation cuts to the heart of what’s really breaking in the power sector: the relationship gap between the people who built the grid and the people inheriting it.

Key takeaways:

• The workforce-knowledge cliff — an entire generation of practitioners is retiring without passing down hands-on expertise
• Pushing maintenance intervals further creates a diagnostic paradox: systems flag problems no one is left to fix
• In a room of 10,000, the real currency isn’t new technology — it’s relationships that can’t be downloaded