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The electric utility industry faces unprecedented challenges from demand growth and aging infrastructure requiring rapid AI agent deployment for grid reliability.
•Global electricity demand jumped 4.3% in 2024 with data centers projected to consume 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028
•Utilities struggle with fragmented data across isolated systems with inconsistent formats, limiting AI effectiveness
•AI agents augment human operators through recommended decisions and exception-based control rather than full automation
•Hawaiian Electric deployed a RAG chatbot reducing response time from 5 minutes to 5 seconds in 2 weeks
•Use cases include predictive asset management, intelligent outage response optimization, and dynamic grid management for renewable integration
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