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Why are utilities & CCAs central to the onsite energy transition? Find out in Meeting the Moment: Using Onsite Energy to Better Serve Utility Customers, the latest webinar from our Western TAP team. We'll tackle the challenges utilities & CCAs are facing in the current energy landscape including: 👉 Grid reliability 👉 Evolving customer expectations 👉 Concerns over dispatchability 👉 Challenges with resource adequacy 👉 Supporting electrification and DERs for industrial and commercial customers 🔗 Register today: https://lnkd.in/gzrqBR9v #OnsiteEnergy #EnergyStrategy #VirtualEvent #Utilities #EnergyGrid

When most people imagine the future of AI in fleets, they picture the flashy version: autonomous trucks moving freight around the clock, safer roads, fewer traffic deaths. That future may well come. But where AI is actually showing up in fleets right now is a lot less visible. It's helping users make better decisions. Nearly half of fleet managers surveyed (48%) said they use AI today, primarily for: → Route planning and dispatch → Maintenance diagnostics → Preventive maintenance And the report suggests adoption is still in its early stages. Only about 20% of fleets were estimated to be AI-enabled in 2025. So, the opportunity isn't necessarily about replacing today's fleet with tomorrow's autonomous vehicles. It's about asking a simpler question: What decisions are we making today that could be made better with better data? Which routes are wasting miles? Which vehicles are likely to need maintenance? Where are charging constraints affecting operations? Where could utilization improve? Where are inefficiencies hiding in the data we're already collecting? Interestingly, 61% of fleets surveyed expect AI to advance their sustainability initiatives, particularly through route optimization and improved maintenance. That points toward an important shift: Fleet sustainability may increasingly depend not just on what vehicles we deploy, but on how intelligently we operate them. Where could better data make the biggest difference in your fleet?

The fleet funding landscape didn't disappear in 2025, but it did change. Federal backsliding on clean transportation has left a lot of fleet managers in limbo. But there's an important distinction: Losing federal support does not mean a loss of all funding opportunities. The 2026 State of Sustainable Fleets report estimates that state, local, and utility programs could provide more than $5B annually for clean transportation projects, and that changes how fleet leaders need to think about EV charging projects. Instead of waiting for a major federal program, organizations may need to build a portfolio of funding opportunities around their projects: ✔️ State incentives ✔️ Utility programs ✔️ Local grants ✔️ Vehicle incentives ✔️ Infrastructure funding And increasingly, the ability to identify and align these programs may be just as important as the technology itself. The bigger strategic question isn't “How much funding is available?” Instead, the question is, “How do we structure our projects so we're positioned to take advantage of the funding that exists?” For fleet managers, funding strategy should be part of project strategy, not a step that comes afterward. Is your agency treating funding as an afterthought, or as part of fleet planning from day one? #FleetElectrification #CleanTransportation #FleetStrategy #EVCharging #Sustainability

The Port of Long Beach handles over $300 billion in cargo annually as one of the busiest container ports in the country. Under its ZEERO decarbonization policy, battery energy storage (BESS) is central to the Port's energy future, but siting a battery here is uniquely hard. ✖️ Salt air and corrosion dictate enclosure design ✖️ Active seismic and flood zones mean every BESS has to be treated as a high-risk structure ✖️ Land is scarce, and any installation has to account for emergency access, traffic flow, and separation from hazardous cargo On top of that, the Port faces a tangle of approvals (Harbor Development Permit, CEQA, fire and building review, utility interconnection) with no consolidated way to screen the growing number of BESS proposals from tenants, utilities, and developers. This is where Optony's cross-disciplinary expertise made the difference. Our team combined deep knowledge of battery storage technology, engineering, and operations to produce the Port's Battery Energy Storage System Siting White Paper, which benchmarks 20+ storage technologies, translating fire codes into actionable siting rules, and building a framework that Port staff can apply to evaluate future proposals with confidence. Read the full case study: Port of Long Beach BESS Siting White Paper → https://lnkd.in/edzP4Smf #PortofLongBeach #BatteryStorage #BESS

Reducing fleet emissions isn't a single technology decision. It's a portfolio decision. The 2026 State of Sustainable Fleets report (https://lnkd.in/eRudppe) found that fleets diversifying across powertrains are weathering market shocks better than fleets built around a single pathway. Transit agencies running CNG alongside battery electric, or renewable diesel as a bridge while charging infrastructure catches up, are managing uncertainty instead of betting against it. And there's plenty of uncertainty to manage. Fuel prices shift. Incentives change. Regulations evolve. Vehicle availability fluctuates. Infrastructure develops at different speeds. Diversifying doesn't mean adopting everything. It means matching each technology to the applications where it actually wins, and not assuming one answer fits the whole fleet. What does a technology-neutral fleet strategy look like for your organization? #FleetElectrification #FleetManagement #Sustainability #CleanTransportation #EnergyStrategy