Utilities often struggle to balance rising demand with limited circuit capacity and incomplete visibility into asset conditions. This session will show you how fiber-optic sensing gives you real-time intelligence on long underground and overhead circuits — so you can confidently increase ratings and prevent reliability issues. Learn how LUNA’s technology turns existing fiber into a powerful asset-monitoring network that directly improves operational decision-making.
Overview
Utilities face mounting pressure to increase grid reliability, optimize circuit utilization, and meet rising demand — all while working with aging infrastructure and limited visibility into asset performance. As fiber-optic networks expand across transmission and distribution systems, utilities now have an opportunity to turn these fibers into powerful sensing tools that unlock real-time insights across their longest and most critical circuits.
In this webinar, we’ll explore how LUNA’s advanced distributed fiber-optic sensing solutions deliver continuous monitoring for both underground and overhead assets, providing operators with unprecedented precision at distances up to 200 km. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how real-time temperature, strain, and environmental data help utilities accurately determine circuit load capacity, prevent overload events, and enhance long-term asset health.
Attendees will walk away with practical knowledge of the enabling technologies, best-practice deployment strategies, and real-world case examples showing how fiber-based monitoring is transforming grid intelligence and resilience. Whether your goal is to improve ratings, reduce operational risk, or maximize the value of existing fiber infrastructure, this session will provide the insights needed to move your utility forward.
Key Takeaways
- Discover how LUNA’s fiber-optic cable monitoring solution accurately assesses circuit ratings across up to 200 km of overhead, underground, and submarine assets.
- Leverage integrated fiber-optic infrastructure to extract real-time circuit ratings directly from your existing utility assets.
- Enhance operational confidence by using continuous fiber-based monitoring to understand true load capacity and environmental impacts.
- Optimize circuit performance with LUNA’s advanced software tools that streamline ratings analysis and support smarter decision-making.
- Reduce operational risk by transforming fiber into a proactive asset-health monitoring system for long-distance circuits.
Speakers
Prior to joining Luna Innovations Incorporated in February 2025, Phillip Chen served in numerous sales management positions in the utility and energy industry. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and brings a strong track record in sales leadership within the fiber-optic and sensing technology space. Chen leverages his multi-disciplinary experience to guide utilities and infrastructure operators on how to deploy advanced fiber-optic monitoring systems for enhanced circuit performance and asset health.
Sudhakar Cherukupalli brings more than 40 years of experience in electrical and power equipment design, manufacturing, and engineering leadership. At BC Hydro, he has led large-scale projects and advanced practical/theoretical work across utility-grade infrastructure. Cherukupalli holds a doctoral degree in engineering from the University of British Columbia and a rich background in designing systems that deliver reliability and performance for overhead, underground, and submarine circuits. His expertise spans monitoring solutions, asset health strategies, and bringing rigorous engineering principles into utility operations. In this session, he will share his deep insights into how sensing technologies — and particularly strategies for long-circuit monitoring — are reshaping how utilities operate, optimize, and safeguard their assets.