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Can the US Utility Industry Rise to Its Sputnik Moment?

Can the US Utility Industry Rise to Its Sputnik Moment?
Powerlines on Highway CA-178 in Ridgecrest, Calif., in a file photo. Z3lvs via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0, Public Domain
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The call for “Sputnik moments” far outweighs their actual arrival. But the U.S. might find itself in a Sputnik moment in its race with communist China over artificial intelligence (AI).

Ray Gifford
Ray Gifford
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Ray Gifford is the managing partner of Wilkinson Barker Knauer’s Denver Office and former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. By day, he practices regulatory law before state utility commissions and FERC.