Developments News 21 June 2025 - 3 September 2025

Honeywell partnered with Verizon to integrate 5G connectivity into smart meters, achieving data speeds up to 10 Gbps for near real-time consumption data and improved demand forecasting. Eaton unveiled an AI-based wildfire prevention system called HiZ Protect that detects high-impedance power line faults with 95% accuracy in under 0.5 seconds. Hitachi Energy and AWS launched a cloud-based AI application, Hitachi Vegetation Manager, to predict and prevent tree-related outages. Schneider Electric rolled out its One Digital Grid platform, using AI-enabled analytics to unify grid planning, operations, and customer engagement with real-time monitoring and predictive analytics. Siemens demonstrated updates to its Xcelerator