The AAAI 2025 Bridge on “Explainable AI, Energy and Critical Infrastructure Systems” was held at the Pennsylvania Convention Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on February 25, 2025. The bridge gathered researchers and practitioners, bringing together innovation research across explainable AI, energy and critical infrastructure systems so they can enhance each other. The Bridge featured five keynote presentations by experts, one tutorial, poster presentations by authors who contributed their research findings, and three breakout sessions to discuss new challenges arising at the intersection of these exciting disciplines.