The electricity sector is ripe for realizing value from rapid digital transformation. By leveraging the building blocks of digitization, such as service platforms, smart devices, the ‘cloud’ and advanced analytics, companies in the industry have the opportunity to increase the asset life cycle of infrastructure, optimize electricity network flows, and innovate with customer-centric products. New pools of value could also be tapped "beyond the electron" by harnessing big data across sectors. Digital technologies have tremendous potential to contribute to growth in the sector and help deliver exceptional shareholder, customer and environmental value.