The document discusses the growth of social media engagement in utilities, with customer interactions with utilities via social media expected to grow from 57 million in 2011 to 624 million in 2017. It notes that social media allows utilities to engage large networks through individual interactions. The key benefits of social media for utilities include community engagement during events or crises, and promoting campaigns around energy efficiency, distributed generation, and customer education. Successful social media engagement requires pillars like publishing, governance, workflow control, content planning, moderation, and analytics.