| Monday, March 23 | Tutorial Title | Room |
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| 8:30 - 9:30 | Tutorial #1: Energy Regulation 101 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Tutorial #2: Cost of Service Regulation vs. Performance-Based Regulation | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C |
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Tutorial #3: Non-Wires Alternatives for Distribution Systems: State Requirements and Engineering Practices | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C |
| 3:30 - 5:30 | Tutorial #4a: Demystifying Transmission Planning and Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C |
| 3:30 - 5:30 | Tutorial #4b: Energy Storage Regulation 201: Mapping Process for Regulation | Gallery Ballroom I-III |
| Tuesday, March 24 | Room | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Registration opens |
| 8:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Conference opening by Summer Ferreira, Conference Chair |
| 8:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Advanced Nuclear Speaker: Dr. Rian Bahran, DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors Speaker: Jason Remer, Nuclear Policy Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| 9:00 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Role of SMRs in Future Energy Security and Independence Moderator: Ritesh Kumar Singh, Senior Director, Tetra Tech Panelists: • Bradley Justin Williams, Senior Policy Advisor and Lead for Energy Policy and Strategic Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory • Stewart Forbes, Counsel at Hogan Lovells • William Newton, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth • Mark Browne, Director of Nuclear Engineering, Tetra Tech |
| 10:00 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 10:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Big Loads, Small Bills: Navigating Utility Affordability in an Era of Large Load Growth Moderator: Peter Cappers, Strategic Advisor, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory Panelists: • Molly Knoll, Senior Advisor, Align Energy Advisors • Ryan Wiser, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Sherry Stout, Program Manager, National Laboratory of the Rockies • Jason Stanek, Executive Director for Governmental Services, PJM Interconnection |
| 11:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Break and chat with panelists |
| 11:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Harnessing Geothermal Potential: Bridging Policy, Technology, and Energy Integration Moderator: Giorgia Bettin, Geothermal Research Manager, Sandia National Laboratories Panelists: • Lauren Boyd, DOE Geothermal Technologies Office • Vanessa Robertson, Geothermal Rising • Ben Brenner, Director of Federal Affairs, Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals Inc. • Tom Erb, Government Affairs and Policy Manager, Fervo Energy Co. |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | |
| 1:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Meeting Emerging Demands Keynote Maria Robinson, VP of North America Region, Hitachi Energy |
| 2:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 2:30 | Delivering speed to power in a capacity-constrained grid: The role of flexible interconnections Moderator: Guillermo Pereira, Policy Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Panelists: • Hugo Bashualdo, Director, Danovo Energy • Farzam Nejabatkhah, Lead Engineer, Eversource Energy • Brian Lydic, Chief Regulatory Engineer, IREC |
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| 3:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 3:45 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Orchestrating the Digital Grid: Managing Load Growth Moderator: Poorani Ramachandran, Director, Technical & Regulatory Analysis, DC Public Service Commission Panelists: • Emile C. Thompson, Chairman, DC Public Service Commission • Lesley Jantarasami, VP Research and Strategy, SEPA • Richard Caperton, VP Public Policy, SPAN • Divesh Gupta, Director of Clean Energy Solutions, BGE |
| 5:30-7:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer & Solarium | Research and Innovation Poster Showcase Reception (Light snacks provided), sponsored by Battery Council International (BCI) |
| Wednesday, March 25 | Room | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Registration opens |
| 8:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Large Loads Speaker: Catherine (Katie) Jereza, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity (OE) |
| 9:00 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Large Load Growth Market Development and Utility Perspectives Moderator: Huiyi Jackson, Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Panelists: • Aftab Khan, Chief Strategy Officer, PJM • Tianna Raby, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Entergy Mississippi • Matt Pawlowski, Vice President of Development, NextEra Energy Transmission • LaMont Durr, Manager of Op-Co Planning, ITC Holdings Corp • Nekabari Goka, Regional Lead, Global Infrastructure and Energy at Google |
| 10:00 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 10:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Large Load Interconnection Challenges Moderator: Julia Matevosyan, Associate Director and Chief Engineer at ESIG Panelists: • Eric Meier, Supervisor - Planning Model Administration, ERCOT • Rahul Anilkumar, Vice President, Danovo Energy • Kyle Thomas, Vice President, Elevate Energy Consulting • Khundmir Syed, Director, Power and Grid Strategy, Diode Ventures |
| 11:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 11:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Enabling Large Loads with Energy Storage Moderator: Ray Byrne, Grid Energy Storage Manager, Sandia National Laboratories Panelists: • Richard Baxter, President, Mustang Prairie Energy • Russ Weed, President, CleanTech Strategies • William McNamara, Sandia National Laboratories • Jeremy Twitchell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| 12:30 | Gallery Ballroom I-III | Lunch provided, Sponsored by CleanTech Strategies, Platinum Plus sponsor |
| 1:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Evolving Electric Loads and Rapid Interconnection Moderator: Arvind Tiwari, Mission Leader – Electrification, GE Vernova Advanced Research Panelists: • Julia Matevosyan, Associate Director and Chief Engineer at ESIG • David G Hart, Senior Vice President Protection, Control and Automation at Quanta Technology, • Michael Caravaggio, Vice President, Energy Supply, Fleet Reliability, EPRI • Vandan Divatia, Vice President, Transmission Policy, Interconnections and Compliance, Eversource Energy • Sunish Mathew, Transmission Planning General Manager, Southern Co |
| 2:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 2:45 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Resource Planning for Flexible Capacity: Aligning Customer Load, Generation, and Innovative Modernization Methods in Grid Planning Moderator: Tala Goudarzi, Partner, The Torridon Group Panelists: • Jess Miley, ComEd • Karan Patel, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative • Natalie Mims Frick, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Shaun Moran, Grid Co Partners • Monish Mukherjee, PNNL |
| 3:45 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 4:00 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Building a Big Data Economy in the Electric Sector Moderator: Chris Irwin, U.S. Department of Energy Panelists: • Supriya Chinthavali, Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Venkat Banunarayanan, Vice President, Integrated Grid, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association • Young Ngo, Chief Technology Officer, Survalent and President, Themis Intelligence • Scott Hinson, CTO, Pecan Street Inc. |
| Thursday, March 26 | Room | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Registration opens |
| 8:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Fireside Chat - Capacity Expansion and Load Growth Moderator: Summer Ferreira, Chair of the 2026 PES Energy & Policy Forum, and Manager at Sandia National Laboratories Speakers: • James Robb, Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) • Branden Sudduth, Vice President, Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) • Masood Parvania, Chair of the Inaugural (2025) PES Energy & Policy Forum, and Professor at the University of Utah • Kal Ayoub, Director, Office of Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) |
| 9:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Money Talks: Smart Policies to Attract Investment Moderator: Annika Moman, Summa Equity Panelists: • Andrew Marino, Summa Equity • Steve Burns, Institute for Security and Technology • Jim Kapsis, The Ad Hoc Group |
| 10:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 10:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Supporting Congress on Energy and Policy: New Insights from the U.S. Government Accountability Office Panelists: • Sterling Thomas, Chief Scientist, U.S. Government Accountability Office • Anna Maria Ortiz, Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office • Franklin Rusco, Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office |
| 11:15 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 11:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Grid Resilience in Practice Moderator: Ryan Burg, Group Manager, Resilient Infrastructure Science and Applications, National Laboratory of the Rockies Panelists: • Alexandre Nassif, Senior power systems research engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Holly Eagleston, CEO and Founder, Firescape • Michael Levy, Partner, Baringa • Shaun Moran, GridCo • Richard Hartman, Chief Innovation Officer (CINO), Air Force Office of Energy Assurance (OEA) |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | |
| 1:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Resilience as a Strategic Imperative: Bridging Advanced Solutions with Investment Frameworks Moderator: Sandra Jenkins, U.S. Department of Energy Panelists: • Gina Yi, Senior Resilience Strategist, Hawaiian Electric • Monish Mukherjee, PNNL • Roshi Nateghi, Georgetown University • Myles Collins, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory |
| 2:30 | L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer | Break and chat with panelists |
| 2:45 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Interconnected Grids at a Crossroads: Policy Pathways for Reliability, Safety, Economic Efficiency and the Young Practitioner Moderator: Sajith Wijesuriya, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) Panelists: • Kristine Madden, Past President, International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) • Avery Barnett, Princeton University • Chiranjeevi Kotharu, Burns & McDonnell • Gabriela Carrasco, DatacenterDynamics • Jigar Shah, Director of Energy Services, Electrify America |
| 3:45 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Best poster award announcement and closing |
| 3:55 | L'Enfant Ballroom A-C | Conference Adjourns |