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USA Power Systems Development & Asset Management Strategy

Co-Located with SmartGrid Engage & US Nuclear Energy Forums

Including Power Project Financing, Generation & T&D Streams

1st - 3rd December 2026 | Austin | Texas | USA

Early Bird Booking Rates Available

One Registration. Access to All Three Events

Your USA Power Summit registration includes access to SmartGrid Engage and the US Nuclear Power Development Forum, alongside the Summit’s shared keynote sessions and networking activities.
Nuclear Forum sessions take place December 2–3.

2026 USA Power Summit Speakers & Keynote Highlights

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Session:  Building the Grid of the Future: Reliability, Market Evolution, and Infrastructure Investment in America's Fastest-Growing Power System

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  • Managing unprecedented electricity demand driven by AI, hyperscale data centres, electrification, advanced manufacturing and continued population and economic growth

  • Maintaining grid reliability while enabling renewable generation, battery storage and major transmission infrastructure investment across a rapidly evolving power system

  • Advancing market frameworks, regulatory policy and system planning to support reliability, resilience, affordability and long-term resource adequacy

 

Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Chad V. Seely, Senior Vice President | ERCOT

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Session:  Building the Resilient Public Utility: Infrastructure Modernization, Affordability and Community Growth

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  • Modernizing electric, water and wastewater infrastructure to prepare utility systems for population growth, commercial development and increasing long-term community needs

  • Balancing reliability, resilience and affordability while prioritizing major capital investment across complex and aging infrastructure portfolios and strengthening preparedness for extreme weather

  • Leveraging technology, automation, data and advanced asset management while building the workforce, partnerships and organizational capabilities required to deliver long-term utility transformation

 

Confirmed Speaker: Marilyn D. Gilbert, General Manager & Chief Executive Officer | Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB)

& President-Elect | Texas Public Power Association

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Session:  Regulating for the Demand Surge: Enabling Infrastructure Investment, Reliability and Economic Growth

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  • Creating forward-looking regulatory frameworks that enable timely transmission and distribution investment as demand accelerates from data centres, advanced manufacturing, industrial expansion and broader economic growth.

  • Balancing major infrastructure requirements with customer affordability while improving regulatory visibility and investment certainty for long-term utility capital programmes..

  • Strengthening coordination among utilities, regulators, policymakers, ERCOT, communities and large-load customers to address infrastructure-development timelines while maintaining reliability and resilience.

 

Confirmed Speaker: Jason M. Ryan, Executive Vice President, Regulatory Services & Government Affairs | CenterPoint Energy

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Session:  Developing the Future Utility: Grid Modernization, Infrastructure Investment, and Reliable Power for a Growing Energy Economy

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  • Meeting increasing electricity demand driven by population growth, electrification, advanced manufacturing, AI and data centres

  • Investing in resilient transmission and distribution infrastructure while modernising grid operations to strengthen reliability, affordability and operational performance

  • Utilising digital technologies, automation and long-term infrastructure planning to build a resilient, sustainable and future-ready energy system.

  • Which investments move first when capital, affordability and delivery capacity conflict?

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Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Kelly Tomblin, President & Chief Executive Officer | El Paso Electric

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Session:  Modernising Energy Delivery to Meet Rapid Population Growth and Rising Demand

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  • Strengthening grid reliability and resilience to support rapid population growth, increasing electricity demand and evolving customer needs

  • Prioritising strategic transmission and distribution infrastructure investments while improving operational performance and system resilience

  • Balancing affordability, reliability and long-term infrastructure requirements to build a more resilient and future-ready energy delivery system
     

Confirmed Speaker: Jonathan Tijerina, Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery Services | CPS Energy

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Session: Asset Health Management: Maximizing Grid Performance & Reliability

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  • Optimizing grid performance and efficiency.

  • Extending asset lifespan through proactive maintenance.

  • Reducing operational disruptions through predictive diagnostics.

  • Implementing cost-effective strategies for long-term asset sustainability.

 

Speaker: Kenneth G. Peterson, Vice President of Operations, Quanta Services

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Session:  Unlocking the Next Generation of Grid Investment: Transmission Policy, Interconnection Reform and System Reliability

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  • Preparing transmission networks for accelerating electricity demand and new generation while addressing the growing complexity of generation and load interconnections

  • Advancing interconnection reform and transmission policy to enable timely infrastructure investment while protecting system reliability and meeting regulatory requirements

  • Strengthening coordination among utilities, system operators, regulators and developers to align regional planning with rapidly evolving system needs and long-term transmission expansion

 

Confirmed Speaker: Vandan Divatia, Vice President, Transmission Policy, Interconnections & Compliance | Eversource Energy

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Session:  The Utility of the Future: Technology, Transformation and Strategic Investment for a Rapidly Changing Grid

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  • Harnessing digitalisation, data and emerging technologies to transform utility strategy, decision-making and operating models alongside major physical grid investment

  • Leveraging technology and organisational transformation to strengthen reliability, resilience and operational performance while building the capabilities and culture required to deliver change at scale

  • Developing a long-term utility strategy that aligns technology and strategic investment with accelerating electricity demand, evolving generation resources and rapidly changing grid requirements

 

Confirmed Speaker: Khalil Shalabi, Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Transformation | Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

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Session:  Building a Resilient Generation Portfolio: Preparing Power Supply for the Next Decade

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  • Strengthening generation planning and resource adequacy to ensure sufficient capacity as electricity demand and system requirements continue to evolve.

  • Building a resilient and diversified generation portfolio capable of maintaining operational reliability through changing market conditions, extreme weather and emerging system risks.

  • Prioritising long-term investment decisions across generation, power procurement and new energy resources to support reliability, affordability and future customer needs.

 

Confirmed Speaker: Gary Stephenson, Senior Vice President, Power | Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)

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Session:  The AI-Powered Utility: Turning Technology and Innovation into Reliability, Productivity and Grid Intelligence

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  • Scaling AI, advanced analytics and automation across utility operations to strengthen grid and asset-management decisions, improve workforce productivity and deliver measurable operational value.

  • Modernizing enterprise technology, cloud and data architecture while strengthening cybersecurity and resilience to create a secure, trusted foundation for increasingly digital utility operations.

  • Connecting technology investment with reliability, customer outcomes and business performance while developing the governance, workforce and organizational capabilities required for sustainable digital transformation

 

Confirmed Speaker: Richard Donaldson, SVP & Chief Information Officer | Duke Energy

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Session:  From EV Load to Grid Resource: Managed Charging, Flexibility and the Next Electrification Wave

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  • Preparing distribution infrastructure for growing residential, workplace, public and commercial-fleet charging demand while using managed charging to reduce pressure on constrained periods and locations.

  • Integrating EV charging with energy storage, demand response, distributed energy resources and emerging vehicle-to-grid capabilities to create greater flexibility and system value.

  • Leveraging charging data, analytics and grid intelligence to improve forecasting and move emerging technologies from pilot programmes toward scalable, utility-wide deployment

 

Confirmed Speaker: Cameron Freberg, Manager, Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies | Austin Energy

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Session: Planning the Grid Before the Load Arrives: Transmission Strategy for an Era of Unprecedented Demand

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  • Preparing transmission systems for rapidly growing demand from data centres, advanced manufacturing, electrification and other large loads through forward-looking demand scenarios and proactive infrastructure planning.

  • Identifying resilient transmission investments that address congestion, transfer capability and reliability constraints while accommodating changing generation portfolios, interconnections and regional power flows

  • Leveraging advanced modelling, analytics and scenario planning while strengthening coordination among transmission owners, system operators, regulators, generators and large-load customers to support long-term grid development. ​

 

Confirmed Speaker:  Vinit Gupta, Vice President of Transmission Planning | ITC Holdings Corp.

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Session: Beyond the Meter: Partnering with Commercial & Industrial Customers for America’s Next Load-Growth Era

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  • Strengthening early engagement with commercial and industrial customers to translate expansion plans, data-centre development and other major new loads into actionable capacity, infrastructure and energization requirements

  • Coordinating customer, system-planning and infrastructure priorities while managing expectations around capacity availability, reliability, project timelines and the requirements associated with serving large new loads

  • Leveraging customer and load intelligence alongside energy efficiency, demand flexibility, distributed resources and other solutions to support economic growth while creating sustainable value for the utility, existing customers and the communities it serves

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Confirmed Speaker: Jene Reese, Director  for Customer Sales and Service | Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)​​​​

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Session: Keeping the Grid Reliable While Building What Comes Next: Transmission and Substation Maintenance, Modernization and Resilience

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  • The changing reliability challenge: managing aging transmission and substation assets while balancing load growth, affordability, compliance, and member expectations.

  • Turning asset data into better decisions: using inspections, testing, field observations, SCADA, SAP/EAM, and analytics to create decision-quality information.

  • Moving from time-based to risk-informed maintenance: combining asset condition, criticality, consequence, recoverability, and timing to determine where action is needed most.

  • Building cross-functional reliability decisions:  aligning Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Reliability and Analytics, and Construction around the same information and priorities.

  • Preparing for the next phase of asset management: strengthening processes, data quality, work management, monitoring, and predictive technologies to improve long-term grid reliability.

 

Confirmed Speaker: Joe Weathersby, Director -  Transmission & Substation Maintenance/Construction | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC)

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Session: Powering the Electrified Port: Building Grid Capacity, Resilience and Infrastructure Ahead of Transportation Demand

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  • Preparing utility infrastructure and grid capacity for growing electrification across port operations, transportation, charging infrastructure and other emerging high-demand applications.

  • Modernizing electrical infrastructure while strengthening reliability and resilience and coordinating long-term investment with rapidly evolving transportation and clean-energy requirements

  • Integrating strategic planning, infrastructure management, renewable energy and technology innovation to support scalable electrification while maintaining safe, reliable and compliant utility operations.

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Confirmed Speaker: Andre Basler, Director of Utilities | Port of Oakland – Port Public Power

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Session: Powering Rural Growth: Building an Operationally Resilient Utility for the Next Wave of Large Loads

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  • Preparing cooperative power systems for significant new electricity demand while maintaining the operational resilience and reliability required to serve rural communities and emerging large-load customers.

  • Strengthening organizational readiness, workforce capabilities and cross-functional coordination as generation, transmission and operational requirements become increasingly complex.

  • Aligning operational strategy, financial planning and long-term infrastructure priorities to accommodate economic growth and new energy-intensive loads while maintaining reliable and affordable power for cooperative members

 

Confirmed Speaker:  Brian Fickett, Director of Organizational Operations | Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO)​​​​​

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Session: Enabling Large-Scale Computational Load Growth Through Flexibility and Higher Utilization of Existing Generation and Grid Resources

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  • Addressing rapid electricity-demand growth from data centres, AI and other large computational loads while maintaining system reliability and resource adequacy.

  • Unlocking greater flexibility and utilization from existing generation and grid resources to accommodate new loads without relying solely on major infrastructure expansion.

  • Aligning generation, market signals and flexible demand solutions to integrate large computational loads while supporting reliability, affordability and efficient use of existing power-system assets

 

Confirmed Speaker:  Hakan Balci, Director, Power Fundamentals – CAISO & MISO | Vistra Corp.​​​​​

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Session: Microreactors & SMRs: Accelerating Deployment for Grid Flexibility and Resilience

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  • Supporting remote grids and critical infrastructure through compact, flexible nuclear technology.

  • Deployment case studies and pre-licensing pathways across federal and commercial energy sites.

  • Enabling policies and NRC advancements that streamline design certification and site selection.

  • The role of SMRs and microreactors in delivering clean, dispatchable baseload energy for the evolving grid.

 

Inv. Speaker: Christopher Nolan, Senior Advisor | PowerN
Former Vice President, New Nuclear Generation Strategy & Regulatory Engagement | Duke Energy

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Session: Governing Nuclear Reliability: Oversight, Risk and Operational Excellence in an Era of Rising Power Demand

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  • Strengthening nuclear governance, operational oversight and risk-management frameworks to maintain safe, reliable and consistent plant performance amid growing electricity demand.

  • Integrating regulatory compliance, performance monitoring and risk-informed decision-making to support nuclear asset reliability, operational excellence and long-term generation resilience.

  • Advancing organizational accountability, continuous improvement and cross-functional coordination to strengthen safety culture, operational readiness and the long-term performance of existing nuclear generation assets

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Confirmed Speaker:  John Austin, Director, Governance and Oversight | STP Nuclear Operating Company​​​​​

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Session: Planning Ahead of the Load: Building Transmission Capacity for Texas’ Next Era of Power Demand

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  • Preparing transmission infrastructure for accelerating electricity demand driven by population growth, data centres, advanced manufacturing and large commercial and industrial developments.

  • Strengthening long-term transmission planning, system modelling and infrastructure investment to address capacity constraints, maintain reliability and accommodate evolving generation and load requirements.

  • Leveraging advanced forecasting, engineering analysis and coordination among utilities, ERCOT and large-load customers to deliver resilient, cost-effective transmission infrastructure ahead of future demand

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Confirmed Speaker:  Brian Hithersay, Manager, System Planning | Brazos Electric Cooperative​​​​​

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Session: Powering America's Growth: Investment, Integration and Energy Security: How utilities, developers, investors and major power consumers can collaborate to accelerate investment, manage risk and meet America's growing electricity demand​

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  • Delivering reliable, cost-effective power through integrated energy solutions.

  • Innovative offtake agreements and contracting models to unlock new generation investment.

  • What investors and lenders require to finance today's power projects.

  • The role of hybrid portfolios combining natural gas, renewables and storage.

  • Turning surging electricity demand into long-term economic growth and US competitiveness.

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Speaker:  Marc-Antoine Pignon, Senior Vice President, Integrated Power USA | TotalEnergies​​​​​

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Session: Powering the Data Center Boom: Managing Load Growth, Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Investment​

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  • Addressing unprecedented electricity demand from hyperscale data centres, AI infrastructure and advanced computing while strengthening long-term load forecasting and system planning.

  • Accelerating transmission, distribution and generation infrastructure investment to accommodate large-load growth while maintaining grid reliability, resilience and customer affordability.

  • Strengthening utility–data centre partnerships through early engagement, flexible load solutions and coordinated infrastructure planning to align capacity requirements, investment timelines and long-term economic growth

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Speaker:  Stan Blackwell, Director – Data Center Practice | Dominion Energy​​​​​

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Session: Smarter Systems, Stronger Grids: Integrating SCADA, AMI & GIS for Operational Excellence in the Digital Utility

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  • SCADA, AMI, OMS, and GIS Integration: Enhancing real-time monitoring, data analytics, and operational efficiency.

  • IT/OT Convergence: Bridging the gap between information and operational technologies for smarter grid management.

  • Optimized Grid Performance: Leveraging integrated platforms to streamline utility workflows and improve decision-making.

  • Case Studies of successful implementations.

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Speaker:  Russell Pennington, Technical Services Manager, Northcentral Electric Cooperative​​​​​

Keynote Discussion Panels

Session: Investing Ahead of Demand: Who Pays, Who Bears the Risk, and What Gets Built First?

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Executive discussion: utility investment, transmission planning and regulatory certainty

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  • Prioritising investment when capital, customer affordability and delivery capacity conflict: what must proceed now, and what can wait?

  • Planning infrastructure before demand becomes certain: what customer commitments, forecasts and financial safeguards justify early investment?

  • Allocating the costs of delayed or unrealised large loads: how should utilities protect existing customers while enabling economic growth?

  • Closing the gap between planning, regulatory approval and construction: which changes would most improve the timely delivery of critical infrastructure?

  • Aligning individual customer commitments with system-wide reliability: how should utilities, transmission owners and system operators coordinate large-load connections, demand assumptions and the resources required to serve them?

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Panellist Perspectives

Enterprise priorities: balancing growth, investment, reliability and affordability

 Kelly Tomblin, President & CEO |  El Paso Electric

Cost recovery, customer protections, regulatory frameworks and investment certainty

Jason Ryan, EVP, Regulatory Services & Government Affairs | CenterPoint Energy

Demand scenarios, planning thresholds and the consequences of building too early or too late

Vinit Gupta, Vice President, Transmission Planning |  ITC Holdings

System-wide reliability, market rules and coordination as large loads seek connection

Chad Seely, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy | ERCOT​​​​​

Session: From Technology Investment to Utility Performance: What Scales, What Delivers, and What Must Change?

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Executive discussion: AI, organisational transformation and measurable customer value

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  • Separating promising pilots from proven operational value: which AI, analytics and automation applications have delivered measurable improvements, and what prevents others from scaling?

  • Prioritising technology alongside physical infrastructure: how should utilities assess competing investments against reliability, productivity and customer affordability?

  • Changing how the utility operates: what must evolve in investment governance, accountability, workforce capabilities and day-to-day decision-making?

  • Measuring success and acting on underperformance: what evidence supports expanding, redesigning or stopping a transformation initiative?

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Panellist Perspectives

The executive and customer test: whether transformation merits investment alongside essential infrastructure under affordability constraints

Marilyn D. Gilbert, General Manager & Chief Executive Officer | Brownsville Public Utilities Board & President-Elect | Texas Public Power Association

Digital implementation, AI, data foundations and measurement of technology performance

Jason Richard Donaldson, SVP & Chief Information Officer | Duke Energy

Enterprise strategy, investment governance and organisational change

Khalil Shalabi, Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Transformation | Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)​​

Session: Nuclear for America’s Next Demand Wave: From Deployment Ambition to Utility Investment

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  • Defining nuclear’s role in future power portfolios: where can existing nuclear, SMRs and microreactors meet the needs of utilities, industrial customers and data centres?

  • Moving from interest to an investable project: what must be demonstrated on cost, licensing, delivery schedules and customer commitments before utilities commit?

  • Preparing the grid and the market: aligning nuclear development with transmission capacity, connection requirements, reliability needs and appropriate market arrangements.

  • Allocating risk while protecting affordability: how should developers, utilities and large-load customers share construction, schedule and demand uncertainty?

  • Matching deployment timelines to demand: what can nuclear realistically contribute, and how should utilities plan for the capacity needed before projects enter service?

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Panellist Perspectives

Nuclear development strategy, SMRs, deployment readiness and regulatory engagement.

Christopher Nolan, Senior Advisor | PowerN
Former Vice President, New Nuclear Generation Strategy & Regulatory Engagement | Duke Energy

Governing nuclear reliability: oversight, risk and operational excellence in an era of Rising power demand​

John Austin, Director, Governance and Oversight | STP Nuclear Operating Company

Utility procurement, resource adequacy and the requirements nuclear must meet to earn a place in a power-supply portfolio

Gary Stephenson, Senior Vice President, Power | Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)

Grid integration, transmission policy and interconnection requirements

Vandan Divatia, Vice President, Transmission Policy, Interconnections & Compliance | Eversource Energy​​

Power-market economics, computational demand and how flexible loads affect the value and utilisation of firm generation

Hakan Balci, Director, Power Fundamentals – CAISO & MISO | Vistra Corp.

Day by Day Agenda Structure

Tuesday 1st of December
Executive Exchange & Welcome Dinner

Starting at 2pm on Open discussion involving attending delegates, potentially supported by two or three focused workshops or specialist sessions, followed by the opening 'All Attendees Welcome Dinner'.

Wednesday 2nd of December
Main Summit Sessions | Lunch & Networking | Private Discussion Roundtables

The core keynote presentations, executive panels and networking programme

Thursday 3rd of December
Executive Breakfast Series & Farewell Lunch

Breakfast presentations and moderated discussion, accommodating additional speaker contributions and continued delegate exchange.

International Power Speakers & Advisory Board

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Expertise: Future-Proofing Distribution & Transmission Grids | Strategic Innovations for a Resilient Energy Transition

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  • Managing the challenges of integrating renewable energy sources into the control center operations.

  • DSO interfacing challenges and solutions, experiences and case-studies

  • Best practices for managing and optimizing control center performance.

  • The importance of real-time monitoring and data analytics in control center operations.

  • The role of advanced technologies in control center operations such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning.

  • Case studies of successful control center optimization projects and their impact on the integrated energy system

 

 Jan Vorrink, Head of Future Design System Operations & Senior Advisor for International Affairs, TENNET*

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Expertise: Leading Large-Scale Grid Expansion and Digital Transformation in an Era of System Complexity

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  • Managing large-scale grid expansion and modernisation programmes across the Netherlands to support electrification and decentralised generation growth

  • Integrating physical grid infrastructure with advanced digital and OT systems while safeguarding operational reliability

  • Embedding cybersecurity as both an operational safeguard and a governance priority within distribution system operator strategy
    Strengthening executive decision-making frameworks amid rising system complexity, congestion, and regulatory pressure

  • Maintaining societal trust and stakeholder confidence during critical infrastructure transformation

 

Inv. Speaker: Joost Van Gemeren, Head of Engineering & Advisory Office | Stedin*​​

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Expertise: Resilient by Design: Embedding Climate Strategy and Sustainability into Distribution Networks

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  • How Westnetz is engineering climate-resilient distribution networks, embedding extreme-weather modelling and long-term asset resilience directly into grid investment planning

  • Transitioning to SF₆-free switchgear and lower-carbon grid equipment while maintaining reliability across one of Europe’s largest distribution networks.

  • Using advanced grid data and digital network models to manage accelerating DER growth, electrification demand, and increasingly dynamic power flows.

  • Delivering nature-positive network expansion, balancing biodiversity protection with the urgent need for faster grid reinforcement and permitting approvals.

  • Preparing the distribution system for sector coupling, hydrogen infrastructure and large-scale electrification, redefining the role of the DSO in Europe’s future energy system

 

Inv. Speaker: Alexandra Mateeva, Head of Sustainability & Resilience | Westnetz*​​

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Expertise: And - Not Or: How Data Centres Accelerate Sustainable Cities, Just Not the Way You Think

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  • Utilising data centres to anchor investors in shared urban energy infrastructure: funding grid and heat networks that communities alone cannot justify

  • The difference between location-flexible and latency-sensitive compute, and why it matters for city planning

  • Real-world evidence from E.ON’s integrated data centre district energy projects

  • How integrated local energy systems with features such as private wire, waste heat recovery, battery storage can resolve the false choice between powering cities and powering data centres

  • Why the mutual acceleration case - faster development for both data centres and urban communities - is the new frontier

 

Inv. Speaker: John Hatton, Data Centre Energy Solutions | e.on*​​

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Expertise: From Curtailment to Revenue: How Utilities Are Monetising Power-to-Heat + Thermal Storage

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  • Driving innovation through P2H + Thermal Storage: dispatching a 15,6 MW, ~4 hrs depth, hybrid system with direct electrical heaters and thermal energy storage at Pepsico in North Holland - the largest operational system in Europe.

  • Growing policy support: Government subsidies for electrification are increasing, which is important as they are necessary (alongside long-term partnerships) for large CAPEX electrification solutions

  • Optimizing flexibility: Using Eneco's large VPP and a Liander flexible grid contract allowing use of flexibility in the power markets to optimize the business case

  • Providing optionality: Adding ~4hrs thermal storage depth decouples heat demand and renewable power production enabling higher utilisation and adds optionality on congested grids

 

Inv. Speaker: Bram Smeets, Director Flexible Generation & Storage | ENECO*​​

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Expertise: Delivering a Fossil-Free Future: Vattenfall’s Blueprint for Grid Decarbonisation & Sector Electrification in the Netherlands

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  • Accelerating electrification across heavy industry, heating and transport to reduce fossil dependency and enable sector integration

  • Advancing smart grid investments, storage solutions and digital innovation to address congestion and optimise renewable integration

  • Leveraging strategic partnerships, regulatory alignment and long-term infrastructure planning to achieve net-zero targets

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Inv. Speaker: Cindy Kroon, CEO | Vattenfall (Netherlands)*

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Expertise: Lessons, Investments & Partnerships to Future-Proof Power Networks

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  • How to turn the Iberian blackout’s lessons into actionable strategies for building flexible, failure-resistant grids.

  • How Elektrilevi leverages two-way power flows with over 21,000 producers feeding renewables back into the network.

  • Utilizing AI-driven automation and real-time analytics to predict faults and balance fluctuating renewable inputs.

  • Elektrilevi’s €1.6B weatherproofing blueprint to future-proof networks against climate risks.

  • Leveraging collaborative partnerships among DSOs, TSOs, tech providers, and regulators to accelerate grid modernization.

  • How to capitalize on Europe’s €170B digitalization drive to deploy breakthrough technologies across power networks.

 

Speaker: Mikhel Härm, CEO, Elektrilevi*​​

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Expertise: World Energy Outlook: Geopolitical Security Risks, Fuel Supply & Resilience Challenges | New Energy Price Dynamics & Implications for Power Utilities and Energy Systems

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  • Balancing fuel sourcing risks with affordable power production and emissions goals.

  • Outlook for energy demand, electricity & fuel supply.

  • How recent events may impact gas, coal and nuclear as the baseload fuels of choice alongside solar and wind power expansion.

  • Recommendations for the power utility and energy sector.

 

Inv. Speaker: Brent Wanner. Head of the Power Sector Unit for the World Energy Outlook | International Energy Agency*

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​Austin, Texas | 1st - 3rd December 2026​​

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