Forging the Future Grid: A Dialogue on Resilience, Flexibility, and AI
Walter Isaacson moderates a Tulane Future of Energy Forum panel with Arushi, Deanna Rodriguez of Entergy New Orleans and Tom Kuhn.
Tulane University

In brief
At Tulane University’s Future of Energy Forum 2025, Walter Isaacson, Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values at Tulane, moderates a dialogue on resilience, flexibility and AI with Arushi, a non-resident senior associate in the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program; Deanna Rodriguez, president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans; and Tom Kuhn, president and CEO of Global Energy Advisors.
Key points
- 01Resilience, flexibility and AI: what it takes to forge the future grid.
- 02Voices from a utility, an energy advisory firm and CSIS, moderated by Walter Isaacson.



