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Grant Pence

Grant Pence

Field Operations Technology Expert at Duquesne Light Company specializing in utility grid inspections and AI-driven asset management with expertise in drone operations and transmission/distribution systems.

Jul 1, 2026

Buzz and Beyond

Buzz and Beyond

Transforming Grid Inspections: Using AI to Improve Reliability & Asset Management | EDR 2026

Jul 1 · 33m

Brandon BozarthHOST
16:18
Have you had any pushback from the field? Yeah, it's kind of
Grant Pence
Grant PenceGUEST
16:23
split though.
Grant Pence
Grant PenceGUEST
16:25
We are a union shop, so we have union linemen and union field workers, and we have the non-union management side of it as well.
Grant Pence
Grant PenceGUEST
16:33
The union side, typically they are very anti-technology.
Grant Pence
Grant PenceGUEST
16:37
They want to stick with their pen and paper, and they're very hesitant to the change.
Grant Pence
Grant PenceGUEST
16:42
But for some reason with this, we found it almost the opposite.
Grant Pence
Grant PenceGUEST
16:46
The people in the office are hesitant to change because, like I touched earlier, they were scared of the repercussions.

6 MINS LATER

Slade Bridges
Slade BridgesGUEST
22:53
thanks.

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