• IFS analysis showed utilities shifting investment from decarbonization-first plans toward grid resilience, reliability, energy affordability.
• Study of 850 senior utility executives flagged load growth, electrification, extreme weather as key drivers of operational pressure.
• Grid hardening ranked the top operational priority; 26% reported re-evaluating asset portfolios to prioritize existing infrastructure investment.
• Industrial AI moved into a core role; 57% saw it as critical to cutting operating costs.
• Modernization constrained by data silos; 49% cited siloed operational data, while 33% rated asset lifecycle management as advanced.

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