1. 28-Feb-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • General Info
  2. 02-Mar-2027
    • General Info
  3. 03-Mar-2027
    • Initiate
  4. 02-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Networking
  5. 04-Mar-2027
    • General Info
  6. 03-Mar-2027
    B206
    • Breakfast Roundtable
    • Networking
  7. 02-Mar-2027
    • Initiate
  8. 03-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • General Info
  9. 02-Mar-2027
    • General Info
  10. 03-Mar-2027
    • Networking
  11. 03-Mar-2027
    • General Info
  12. 01-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • General Info
  13. 01-Mar-2027
    • General Info
  14. 02-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • General Info
  15. 02-Mar-2027
    • Networking
  16. 03-Mar-2027
    Exhibitor Booths
    • Networking
  17. 02-Mar-2027
    TBD
  18. 03-Mar-2027
    • Networking
  19. 03-Mar-2027
    • General Info
  20. 04-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • General Info
  21. 04-Mar-2027
    • Initiate
  22. 04-Mar-2027
    • Networking
  23. 04-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • General Info
  24. 02-Mar-2027
    Exhibitor Booths
    • Networking
  25. 02-Mar-2027
    • Peer-to-Peer Roundtables
  26. 03-Mar-2027
    • Peer-to-Peer Roundtables
  27. 02-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Knowledge Hub
  28. 01-Mar-2027
    • Technical Tour
    Pre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Already registered? Visit the Resource Center to add it to your registration.  Go behind the scenes and experience the GSOC …
  29. 01-Mar-2027
    • Energy Storage
    • Microgrids
    • Technical Tour
    Pre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Already registered? Visit the Resource Center to add it to your registration. This exclusive technical tour takes you behind …
  30. 01-Mar-2027
    • Technical Tour
    Pre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Already registered? Visit the Resource Center to add it to your registration. Developed by the Georgia Tech Research Corpora …
  31. 04-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Knowledge Hub
  32. 03-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Knowledge Hub
  33. 02-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Affordability
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    • Grid Modernization
    • Keynote
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Join us as we kick off DTECH 2027 with our host utility, Southern Company, and presenting sponsor, Itron.   Then, we’ll explore a question that challenges us to think bigger: What does it mean to acce …
  34. 01-Mar-2027
    B314
    • NMS (Network Management System)
    • Advanced Operations
    • Partner Programming
    • Grid Edge
    • Digital Transformation
    • Communication Networks
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    • Scenario Clustering
    This immersive, interactive, hands-on workshop combines Plugfest-style demonstrations, real-world utility case studies, and peer collaboration to showcase how private broadband networks support critic …
  35. 01-Mar-2027
    B310
    • Partner Programming
    • Affordability
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Grid Modernization
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Join Utility 2030 (U2030) for The Human Grid Kitchen, an immersive, culinary-themed leadership simulation designed to help utility and technology leaders practice transformational leadership in a safe …
  36. 01-Mar-2027
    B305
    • Partner Programming
    • Affordability
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Microgrids
    The IAES Summit will bring together utility professionals, engineers, regulators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and community leaders to explore the future of energy access, affordability, and availabi …
  37. 01-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Advanced Operations
    • Partner Programming
    • Affordability
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Energy at the Edge
    • C&I and Data Centers
    As electricity demand rises rapidly (driven by factors including AI, data centers, and widespread electrification) grid flexibility has shifted from a ""nice to have"" to an absolute necessity for mod …
  38. 01-Mar-2027
    B313A/B
    • Advanced Operations
    • Partner Programming
    • Asset Management
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Vegetation Management
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Join UIGA for its 4th Annual Spring Forum, where utility professionals will explore emerging strategies, technologies, and best practices in imagery, geospatial, remote sensing, and asset inspection t …
  39. 01-Mar-2027
    B311
    • Partner Programming
    • Affordability
    • Digital Transformation
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    This half-day interactive workshop brings together utility, technology, and solution provider leaders to explore practical strategies for advancing grid flexibility, resilience, and operational intell …
  40. 01-Mar-2027
    • Workshop
    Energy acceleration is a global challenge. Behind the meter, EVs, rooftop solar, batteries, smart devices, and AI-driven load are transforming how customers use energy—often faster than utilities can …
  41. 03-Mar-2027
    B217
    • NMS (Network Management System)
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Successful technology transformation in utilities depends as much on people as it does on systems. Organizational Change Management (OCM) helps utilities prepare employees, leaders, and stakeholders t …
  42. 02-Mar-2027
    B203
    • Advanced Operations
    • Data Analytics
    • ADMS
    • Control Room Operations
    In 2023, DTE embarked on a 5-year transformative journey to enhance grid reliability and operational efficiency through the implementation of Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR) …
  43. 04-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Distribution Planning
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Modelers and engineers at Dominion Energy spend a meaningful share of their time not doing engineering, but hunting. Hunting through spreadsheets, enterprise planning documents, project documentation, …
  44. 01-Mar-2027
    B211
    • DER
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Transportation Electrification
    This session presents findings from the MassCEC V2X Program that funded approximately 1MW of bidirectional charging stations. The Mobility House (TMH) is the technology partner and optimizing both res …
  45. 02-Mar-2027
    B211
    • Affordability
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • DERMS
    • Grid Modernization
    • Transportation Electrification
    As load growth from electrification and AI data centers is driving increasing strain on secondary distribution infrastructure up to the bulk system, utilities need managed charging solutions they can …
  46. 02-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Distribution Planning
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Energy at the Edge
    The utility industry has invested heavily in digital twins, ADMS, OMS, and DERMS platforms to support an increasingly complex grid. Yet as distributed energy resources, electrification, and emerging A …
  47. 03-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Grid Modernization
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The ongoing workforce crisis in the U.S. energy sector has reached a critical inflection point, threatening our nation's economic growth and technological future. The demand for skilled labor is being …
  48. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Asset Management
    • Grid Edge
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cybersecurity
    Utilities are transitioning from first-generation AMI 1.0 toward AMI 2.0, a flexible, software-enabled edge platform that combines distributed intelligence, AI-driven analytics, and remote upgradeabil …
  49. 04-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Advanced Operations
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Control Room Operations
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As the bulk power system undergoes rapid transformation driven by electrification, extreme weather, resource transitions, and load growth from data centers and economic development, system operators a …
  50. 03-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Advanced Operations
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • ADMS
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Control Room Operations
    Infrastructure readiness, not application configuration, turned out to be the primary determinant of how fast PPL could move. That finding reshaped the program. PPL Corporation is in the middle of a m …
  51. 03-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Grid Modernization
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Microgrids
    • Bridge Power
    As utilities race to connect unprecedented load growth from AI, data centers, electrification, and industrial reshoring, a new bottleneck is emerging across the industry: Substations. Utilities are in …
  52. 02-Mar-2027
    B211
    • DER
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Transportation Electrification
    The rapid growth of electric vehicle (EV) fleets presents both opportunities and challenges for grid operators. This session will explore a pioneering partnership between Portland General Electric (PG …
  53. 01-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Digital Transformation
    • Communication Networks
    • Cybersecurity
    • Strategy and Workforce
    As utilities accelerate the transition from legacy telecom systems to private LTE and 5G networks, they face a fundamental challenge: how to rigorously justify these investments in the face of overlap …
  54. 02-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Advanced Operations
    • Affordability
    • Grid Edge
    • DERMS
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Energy Storage
    As distributed energy resources (DERs) scale rapidly, utilities must evolve beyond traditional control paradigms to unlock their full grid value. PG&E is advancing a DERMS-centric architecture that ex …
  55. 04-Mar-2027
    B211
    • Grid Edge
    • DERMS
    • Transportation Electrification
      Utilities face a common challenge: electrification demand is accelerating faster than traditional distribution upgrades can be delivered. EV charging plazas, fleet depots, data centers, batteries, a …
  56. 04-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Grid Edge
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid Modernization
    • Vegetation Management
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As electric distribution systems become increasingly complex, utilities require greater visibility beyond traditional data sources such as substation breakers and mid-line reclosers. Wide-area line se …
  57. 03-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Asset Management
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    PPL Pennsylvania's protection engineering team manages coordination across 80,000+ protective devices — spanning reclosers, circuit breakers, and fuses — across a continuously evolving distribution gr …
  58. 02-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Grid Edge
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Grid Modernization
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    • Vegetation Management
    Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) has long provided utilities with unprecedented visibility into grid conditions through outage notifications and alarm signals. While power outage alarms are wide …
  59. 03-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    • Control Room Operations
    • Grid Modernization
    During outage events, customers often have valuable real-time information about field conditions, yet utilities have traditionally relied on phone calls and manually reviewed reports to understand wha …
  60. 04-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Exelon is building an integrated AI suite that spans the full storm lifecycle—from outage prediction days before a storm, through crew mobilization planning, to real-time estimated time of restoration …
  61. 03-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid Edge
    • Data Analytics
    • DERMS
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    Utilities have generated enormous volumes of AMI data, but the real challenge is not collection — it is trust. As utilities shift from data accumulation to operational decision-making, the central que …
  62. 03-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    This panel presentation will provide an overview of Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s 36-month pilot using the ANYbotics ANYmal robot to assist with substation inspection.  The motivation of the …
  63. 03-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Customer Engagement
    • Data Analytics
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) investments have significantly increased data availability across utilities, yet many organizations continue to rely on these systems primarily for billing, leav …
  64. 03-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Microgrids
    • Scenario Clustering
    Abstract: EPB of Chattanooga and Oak Ridge National Laboratory present field results and a validated path toward utility microgrids with networked, dynamically reconfigurable boundaries for distributi …
  65. 03-Mar-2027
    B211
    • DER
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Energy Storage
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    • Transportation Electrification
    This presentation will highlight innovations and insights learned from SMUD’s 2026 Integrated Distribution Resources Plan (IDRP).  An IDRP helps a utility understand how their distribution system will …
  66. 01-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The integration of large exporting inverter-based distributed energy resources onto the distribution system introduces critical voltage regulation challenges. While IEEE 1547 establishes default smart …
  67. 01-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid Modernization
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    The grid's hardest emerging problems are high-frequency phenomena that the industry has largely been unable to see. Inverter-based resource instability, the volatile load of hyperscale data centers, i …
  68. 02-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Grid Modernization
    • Control Room Operations
    • Reliability and Resilience
    The rapid evolution of electric power systems—driven by inverter-based resources, distributed generation, large synchronized computational loads, and increasingly dynamic operating conditions—has expo …
  69. 03-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Grid Edge
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cybersecurity
    Electric utilities face a rapidly evolving threat landscape that includes physical sabotage, insider threats, copper theft, drone incursions, cyber risks, and sophisticated attacks against critical in …
  70. 02-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Control Room Operations
    • Vegetation Management
    • Reliability and Resilience
    When major storms hit, utilities can’t afford fragmented responses. Yet in many utilities, storm insights remain siloed — disconnected from control room systems and real-time grid operations. In this …
  71. 02-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Asset Management
    • Grid Modernization
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    In a world where leaders are asked to operate under constant “grid stress”—from digital transformation to workforce strain to rising customer expectations—resilience is no longer just about time manag …
  72. 02-Mar-2027
    B213
    • DER
    • DERMS
    • Grid Modernization
    • Policy and Regulation
    As utilities scale distributed energy resource programs, DERMS implementations are increasingly shaped by evolving regulatory requirements, overlapping use cases, and compressed delivery timelines. Th …
  73. 01-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Affordability
    • Data Analytics
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Utilities are replacing aging infrastructure, absorbing load growth that has outrun nearly every forecast, and hardening systems against climate hazards that keep getting worse. Most capital planning …
  74. 04-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Distribution Planning
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid Modernization
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Scenario Clustering
    As electric load growth accelerates due to large data center interconnections and generation retirements, utilities face increasing pressure to deliver transmission upgrades that often require years t …
  75. 01-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Asset Management
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • Cybersecurity
    As distributed energy resource (DER) plants continue to grow in size and complexity, power plant controllers (PPCs) have become central to achieving reliable and compliant operation. By coordinating m …
  76. 04-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Data Analytics
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Electric utilities are increasingly using models to understand the behavior, condition, and failure risk of critical overhead components such poles, towers, and conductors subjected to environmental l …
  77. 03-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Digital Transformation
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Policy and Regulation
    For most of three decades, Dominion Energy managed every transmission facility rating subject to compliance monitoring in a legacy spreadsheet application. Engineers calculated the limiting rating by …
  78. 02-Mar-2027
    B213
    • DER
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid Modernization
    • Microgrids
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Scenario Clustering
    As electrification, distributed energy resources (DERs), energy storage, and microgrids continue to grow, utilities are facing new challenges in modernizing underground (UG) network systems originally …
  79. 02-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Advanced Operations
    • Communication Networks
    • Grid Modernization
    ComEd has invested in advanced communications infrastructure to support clean energy and grid modernization objectives, delivering a high-speed, high-bandwidth, secure, redundant, and resilient networ …
  80. 03-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Affordability
    • Grid Edge
    • Customer Engagement
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    The grid edge is generating more data than ever before: from advanced meters to distributed energy resources, but most utilities still struggle to turn that data into timely, actionable decisions. Thi …
  81. 03-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Affordability
    • Digital Transformation
    • Customer Engagement
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Customer engagement has long been "table steaks" for utilities, but today, the stakes have never been higher, particularly as AMI modernization, distributed energy resource growth, and affordability p …
  82. 01-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Electric utilities are under pressure to move beyond AI pilots and deliver measurable operational value, yet many struggle to integrate advanced analytics into day-to-day grid decision-making. This se …
  83. 03-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Affordability
    • Customer Engagement
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Policy and Regulation
    Exelon’s transformational delivery model is designed to modernize complex utility operations through an agile, incremental approach that aligns business process, technology, data, and change enablemen …
  84. 01-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Affordability
    • Digital Transformation
    • Control Room Operations
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Utilities are facing a convergence of workforce challenges at the same time grid complexity, capital investment, and operating cost pressures are accelerating. As experienced workers retire, turnover …
  85. 04-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Data Analytics
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As increased low carbon generation is connected to the grid, changes in load profile driven by this evolving usage means that traditional approaches to assessing transformer asset health may be out of …
  86. 03-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Asset Management
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Vegetation Management
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Wildfire risk is growing for the U.S. electric utilities and the customers and communities they serve. Extreme wildfire activity has more than doubled worldwide over the last two decades and has evolv …
  87. 03-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Affordability
    • Grid Modernization
    • Policy and Regulation
    As the energy transition accelerates and capital expenditures rise, the industry is facing significant challenges when it comes to balancing necessary grid modernization with ratepayer affordability. …
  88. 03-Mar-2027
    B214
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • ADMS
    • DERMS
    • Grid Modernization
    Operational Technology applications like ADMS and DERMS sit at the heart of modern grid operations, yet deploying or upgrading them directly in production carries significant risk to reliability, safe …
  89. 02-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Communication Networks
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications are rapidly evolving from an emergency communications capability into a potential extension of utility operational technology (OT) and workforce connect …
  90. 02-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Distribution Planning
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Control Room Operations
    As extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe, the utility sector is moving beyond isolated AI pilots into full-scale enterprise deployment. The ability to predict grid impacts, prepare proactiv …
  91. 03-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Distribution Planning
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    Utilities are under pressure to modernize asset management, integrate DERs, support flexible connections, evaluate non-wires solutions, prepare for energy markets and apply AI to planning and operatio …
  92. 03-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Communication Networks
    • Reliability and Resilience
    LCRA operates at significant scale- managing the lower 600 miles of the Texas Colorado River, delivering water to more than 1.4 million people, and supplying power to over 30 retail electric cooperati …
  93. 01-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Control Room Operations
    Utilities want agentic capabilities that improve daily work: faster triage, consistent investigations, reliable reporting, and guided decision support. However, those outcomes depend on whether operat …
  94. 01-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Digital Transformation
    • Customer Engagement
    • Grid Modernization
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Four generations are sharing the workforce—each bringing different experiences, expectations, and perspectives on leadership. At the same time, women are playing an increasingly influential role in sh …
  95. 03-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Affordability
    • Grid Edge
    • Customer Engagement
    • Transportation Electrification
    As electric vehicle (EV) adoption accelerates, utilities face increasing pressure to manage electrification impacts on local distribution systems while maintaining affordability, reliability, and cust …
  96. 03-Mar-2027
    B203
    • Advanced Operations
    • Distribution Planning
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    Advanced metering infrastructure was once defined by what it replaced: manual reads and estimated bills. AMI 2.0 represents something fundamentally different—a distributed sensing, communications, and …
  97. 02-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Grid Edge
    • Digital Transformation
    • Communication Networks
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    • Policy and Regulation
    As utilities modernize the grid, communications networks are becoming critical infrastructure. Increasingly, utility leaders are looking beyond single-network strategies and toward communications arch …
  98. 01-Mar-2027
    B212
    • ADMS
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Control Room Operations
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Improving electric system reliability and resiliency increasingly depends on how effectively field crews can see, assess, and respond to outages in real time. This panel brings together speakers from …
  99. 03-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Advanced Operations
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid Modernization
    • C&I and Data Centers
    Large-load and data-center interconnection requests are surging, and the studies that tell developers where the grid can absorb new load have become the bottleneck. At Dominion Energy, a full-area hos …
  100. 04-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • ADMS
    • Control Room Operations
    • Grid Modernization
    • Scenario Clustering
    Hydro One implemented a Real-Time Load Transfer Study (RTLTS) capability within its Schneider Electric EcoStruxture Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) to modernize outage response and impr …
  101. 02-Mar-2027
    B213
    • DER
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Energy Storage
    • Microgrids
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Scenario Clustering
    Distribution reliability and resilience reporting is at an inflection point. Traditional service interruption indices are not enough to quantify gray-sky and high-impact events, the customer-level imp …
  102. 01-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Distribution Planning
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    As distributed energy resources (DERs) and electric vehicle (EV) charging continue to expand across distribution networks, utilities are facing increasing voltage variability and hosting capacity limi …
  103. 03-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid Edge
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    While often overlooked, momentary outages can serve as a positive indicator of grid performance—signaling that protective devices successfully isolated faults and prevented longer, sustained interrupt …
  104. 03-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Cybersecurity
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is focused on expanding their patching of all devices beyond those that are required to be updated under CIP-007 R2.  With the expanded population of equipment re …
  105. 02-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid Edge
    • Digital Transformation
    • Grid Modernization
    • Control Room Operations
    For decades, utility protection and control (P&C) engineers maintained absolute authority over the substation through physical isolation and hardwired copper loops. That era of pure isolation is endin …
  106. 01-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Asset Management
    • Grid Edge
    • Data Analytics
    • Storms and Wildfires
    Electrical discharge on transmission infrastructure, including corona, surface discharge, and arcing, can precede insulator failure by months or years. These early fault indicators are difficult to ca …
  107. 02-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Distribution Planning
    • Digital Transformation
    • Grid Modernization
    At Duquesne Light Company (DLC), serving more than 600,000 customers across an 812 square‑mile territory in Pennsylvania, we reached a point where grid planning work was being slowed by manual data ex …
  108. 02-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • C&I and Data Centers
    As distributed energy resources (DERs) continue to scale rapidly across distribution systems, utilities are encountering a growing and often unexpected challenge: power quality and stability issues in …
  109. 01-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • Distribution Planning
    • Digital Transformation
    • Energy Storage
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Utilities across North America are increasingly turning to battery energy storage systems (BESS) to address a growing range of grid challenges, including distribution capacity constraints, acceleratin …
  110. 01-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Control Room Operations
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Dominion Energy plans to grow Virginia's transmission capacity by roughly 100% over the next decade, investing on the order of $2 billion a year, and nearly every one of those projects needs a planned …
  111. 04-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Strategy and Workforce
    For utilities, contractor invoice review is more than an administrative task. It is a frontline financial control.At PPL, a single team can process more than 400 contractor invoices each month, with e …
  112. 01-Mar-2027
    B210
    • Advanced Operations
    • Digital Transformation
    • Grid University
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    This intensive four-hour course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of modern Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), its evolution, future direction, and best practices for successfu …
  113. 04-Mar-2027
    B203
    • Asset Management
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid University
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Utilities are sitting on more asset data than ever — yet most organizations still manage their infrastructure reactively, responding to failures rather than preventing them. This hands-on, half-day co …
  114. 04-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Grid Modernization
    • Grid University
    Enterprise Architecture (EA) is one of the most misunderstood disciplines in business, often mistaken for designing buildings rather than shaping digital infrastructure, data flows, and how work actua …
  115. 04-Mar-2027
    B210
    • DER
    • Cybersecurity
    • DERMS
    • Grid University
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Transportation Electrification
    Practical course on developing Technical Interconnection and Interoperability Requirements (TIIRs) for DER integration Focus on translating IEEE 1547-2018 interoperability requirements into clear, enf …
  116. 01-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid University
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    • Microgrids
    • Bridge Power
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The explosive growth of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hyperscale infrastructure has made data centers one of the fastest-growing and most power-intensive load segments on the grid. Mee …
  117. 01-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Cybersecurity
    • ADMS
    • DERMS
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid University
    As electric utilities modernize their operations and prepare for increasing levels of distributed energy resources (DERs), Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) and Distributed Energy Resour …
  118. 04-Mar-2027
    B212
    • DER
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Communication Networks
    • Grid University
    As utilities modernize for a more distributed, data-intensive grid, Private LTE (PLTE) is evolving from a communications solution into a foundational platform for real-time grid operations. However, m …
  119. 01-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Distribution Planning
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid University
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Strategy and Workforce
    As utilities face accelerating load growth, increasing renewable penetration, aging infrastructure, and growing reliability and resiliency requirements, battery energy storage systems (BESS) have beco …
  120. 01-Mar-2027
    B210
    • Asset Management
    • Affordability
    • DER
    • Digital Transformation
    • DERMS
    • Grid University
    • Policy and Regulation
    Utilities are under growing pressure to modernize infrastructure, strengthen reliability and resilience, and manage rising system complexity, all while demonstrating affordability and accountability t …
  121. 01-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Cybersecurity
    • Grid University
    • Scenario Clustering
    • Strategy and Workforce
    This Grid University course presents a focused review of five core cybersecurity controls for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) as published by the SANS institute in 2022, namely incident response, def …
  122. 01-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid Modernization
    • Grid University
    • Policy and Regulation
    Note to program committee: Project 2026-02 is an active NERC standards-development effort, and several milestones referenced here (Board adoption, regulatory approval, threshold finalization, and the …
  123. 04-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Grid Edge
    • Cybersecurity
    • Reliability and Resilience
    With the spillover of cyberattacks from the conflict in Ukraine and the increasing threat vectors from DERs, cybersecurity has become a critical consideration in resilience planning. As DERs prolifera …
  124. 01-Mar-2027
    B211
    • Customer Engagement
    • DERMS
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Transportation Electrification
    As utilities and their partners evolve their managed charging solutions from small-scale demonstration pilots to early stage programs, key operational challenges, and solutions, have emerged. This pan …
  125. 03-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Data Analytics
    • Energy Storage
    How do you turn a torrent of SCADA signals into decisions that actually move the needle on reliability and cost? In this session, the Digital Operations Manager from AES will share the inside story of …
  126. 02-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid Modernization
    As utilities address aging infrastructure, increasing grid complexity, and rising DER penetration, asset management is evolving toward more intelligent, data-driven approaches. This session brings tog …
  127. 03-Mar-2027
    B212
    • DER
    • DERMS
    • Transportation Electrification
    The growing penetration of distributed generation (DG) alters power flow in distribution networks, introducing operational challenges such as voltage rise, transformer overload, and reverse power flow …
  128. 03-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Affordability
    • Grid Modernization
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Hyperscale
    • Scenario Clustering
    For the T-Flex initiative, PG&E is focused on delivering an initial Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that improves transmission interconnection speed-to-power through enhanced system monitoring, automatio …
  129. 02-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As electric utilities face increasing pressure to improve grid reliability, reduce operational costs, and mitigate wildfire risk, traditional inspection programs are being challenged by the scale and …
  130. 01-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • DERMS
    As distributed energy resources (DERs) continue to scale, stakeholders across the ecosystem—including utilities, aggregators, VPP providers, DER vendors, and gateway manufacturers—face growing challen …
  131. 02-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Affordability
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has published typical time frames for data centers, generation, and transmission development. While the specific times to build infrastructur …
  132. 02-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Asset Management
    • Affordability
    • Distribution Planning
    • DER
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Grid Modernization
    Power Distribution systems are evolving rapidly as electrification, data‑center growth, and widespread DER adoption reshape both the scale, temporal and locational patterns of demand. Traditional dist …
  133. 01-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    Southern Company has no shortage of data. The harder challenge is making that data trusted, governed, and usable across business units, operating companies, and a growing set of analytics and AI use c …
  134. 01-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • NMS (Network Management System)
    • Data Analytics
    • ADMS
    As utilities deploy and expand Advanced Distribution Management Systems, model quality becomes a critical success factor—but validating that model is often treated as an in-house, manual process, or a …
  135. 04-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Affordability
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Utilities and states are investing billions in incentives for heat pumps, EV charging, panel upgrades, and weatherization — counting on those programs to drive efficiency and decarbonization. Yet many …
  136. 03-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Grid Edge
    • Communication Networks
    • Cybersecurity
    • Reliability and Resilience
    The modern utility network is more distributed, dynamic, and exposed than ever before. As operational technology converges with IT infrastructure, thousands of edge devices now serve as critical conne …
  137. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Affordability
    • Asset Management
    • Distribution Planning
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Strategy and Workforce
    In this panel discussion, utility and industry leaders from Pacific Gas & Electric, SA Power Networks, Hatch Consulting, and Black & Veatch will discuss how leading organizations are defining value, e …
  138. 01-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Advanced Operations
    • Grid Edge
    • DERMS
    • Energy Storage
    • Microgrids
    NCEMC is a G&T cooperative serving 25 member-owned distribution cooperatives which in turn deliver power to over 2.5 million North Carolinians. NCEMC has a combined ~600MW of DER and DR capacity, incl …
  139. 04-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Advanced Operations
    • Communication Networks
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    As utilities scale AMI 2.0 across mesh, cellular, and hybrid architectures, traditional traffic models and macro-level network KPIs are proving insufficient. High-level metrics like throughput and lat …
  140. 02-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Advanced Operations
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • C&I and Data Centers
    Utilities across North America are interconnecting a rapidly growing fleet of transmission-connected inverter-based resources (IBRs) and large computational loads. Each is studied and required to meet …
  141. 04-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • DERMS
    • Grid Modernization
    The next frontier for virtual power plants is not proving that distributed energy resources can respond to a dispatch signal. Many utilities have already done that. The harder question is how to insti …
  142. 01-Mar-2027
    B211
    • Grid Edge
    • Customer Engagement
    • DERMS
    • Transportation Electrification
    This multi-utility session brings together Tampa Electric and Sacramento Municipal Utility District to explore how customer engagement strategies are shaping the next phase of EV and DER program growt …
  143. 02-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Affordability
    • Distribution Planning
    • DER
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Scenario Clustering
    This session explores how utilities are leveraging automated solutions analysis to scale time-series distribution planning and help planners automatically identify, evaluate, and compare mitigation al …
  144. 03-Mar-2027
    B203
    • Advanced Operations
    • ADMS
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Control Room Operations
    Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) implementations frequently meet technical requirements but still struggle to deliver expected operational outcomes. One common gap is operator readiness. …
  145. 02-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    As distributed energy resource adoption accelerates, utilities are under increasing pressure to process interconnection applications faster while maintaining grid safety, regulatory compliance, and a …
  146. 04-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Asset Management
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Strategy and Workforce
    As utilities race to deploy advanced analytics and AI, they inevitably hit a fundamental wall: legacy data is rarely mature enough to power true asset intelligence. Building a trustworthy Asset Health …
  147. 03-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Energy at the Edge
    • DERMS
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid Modernization
    Starting in 2022, Evergy initiated a Residential Battery Energy Storage (RBES) Pilot through its Missouri rate case to evaluate both customer savings and distribution system benefits of behind-the-met …
  148. 03-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Affordability
    • Grid Edge
    • Customer Engagement
    • Transportation Electrification
    Building EV managed charging programs that move the needle on grid reliability and energy affordability requires automakers, utilities, and platforms working in coordination to orchestrate for constra …
  149. 03-Mar-2027
    B211
    • DER
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Transportation Electrification
    Bidirectional electric vehicles (EVs) are proliferating with more and more OEMs coming to market with the technology in their next EV models. As of Q2 2026, Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) manufactured ov …
  150. 03-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Asset Management
    • Data Analytics
    • Vegetation Management
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    As utilities work to improve reliability performance and reduce repeat outages, a critical but often underrepresented function is the role of field-based reliability engineering in identifying and res …
  151. 03-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is a privately owned, vertically integrated electric utility company (generation, transmission and distribution), and the sole distributor of electricity in the island of …
  152. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Affordability
    • Distribution Planning
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The policy and regulatory landscape shaping the electric grid continues to evolve in response to sustained load growth, accelerating electrification, rising data center and industrial demand, and the …
  153. 04-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Communication Networks
    • Cybersecurity
    • Grid Modernization
    As utilities deploy private LTE, fiber, and hybrid communications networks to support modern grid applications, the complexity of designing, operating, and maintaining these systems continues to grow. …
  154. 02-Mar-2027
    B215
    • DER
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    FortisAlberta, a Canadian utility recognized with Electricity Canada’s Centre of Excellence Award for its solar interconnections process solution, will share how it modernized its customer portal and …
  155. 04-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Affordability
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Policy and Regulation
    The US Department of Energy Office of Electricity is developing a Grid Modernization Investment Framework, (GMIF) a structured, adaptable, in-depth maturity model guide that sets a benchmark approach …
  156. 03-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Advanced Operations
    • ADMS
    • DERMS
    As utilities accelerate distributed energy resource deployment, they must define how Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) work tog …
  157. 03-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    In an era of explosive load growth, DER proliferation, AI-driven operations, and relentless pressure to modernize the grid, siloed data systems remain the single biggest barrier to speed, scale, and r …
  158. 01-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid Modernization
    • Scenario Clustering
    The New York Power Authority (NYPA), New York’s largest public power utility and a central contributor to the state’s clean‑energy transition, aligned its data strategy with New York State’s statutory …
  159. 01-Mar-2027
    B201
    • NMS (Network Management System)
    • Asset Management
    • Communication Networks
    • Data Analytics
    With the modernization of grid infrastructure, the need for accurate, scalable, and current-time telecom asset management has become increasingly critical. The Telecom Operations Management system (TO …
  160. 03-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Communication Networks
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Forward-looking utilities are upgrading their connectivity and taking control of it. As grid complexity accelerates, the performance of the communications network is becoming as critical as the grid i …
  161. 02-Mar-2027
    B201
    • Grid Edge
    • Communication Networks
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    As electric utilities transition toward decentralized, data-intensive grid operations, Private LTE (PLTE) is no longer just a connectivity upgrade—it is emerging as a foundational operational platform …
  162. 01-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Asset Management
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    When a field crew member can confirm a job and pull asset history without leaving the truck cab, a digital transformation has moved beyond rollout and into real adoption. Dominion Energy reached that …
  163. 03-Mar-2027
    B207
    • Grid Edge
    • DERMS
    • Energy Storage
    • Bridge Power
    • Transportation Electrification
    Building the On-Ramp to Scale EV Flexible Service Connections  Lessons from a Commercial EV Dynamic Flexible Service Connection Pilot Built Across Disparate Protocols and Technology Readiness Levels  …
  164. 02-Mar-2027
    B203
    • Advanced Operations
    • Distribution Planning
    • Control Room Operations
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Transformational Grid Modernization Achievement: Tampa Electric Company (TEC), in partnership with Peoples Gas System (PGS), successfully delivered the Bearss Operations Center (BOC) and Energy Manage …
  165. 02-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Advanced Operations
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Distribution grid operators worldwide are caught in a perfect storm: skyrocketing electrification demand colliding with volatile, extreme weather events and the operational bottleneck of manual asset …
  166. 02-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Digital Transformation
    • Communication Networks
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    • ADMS
    • Storms and Wildfires
    When a line of severe storms tears across southeastern Wisconsin after midnight, or when wildfire conditions force a Public Safety Power Shutoff in San Diego County, the first thing hundreds of thousa …
  167. 03-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    When APS set out to modernize grid operations, the first challenge was not technology. It was knowing which capabilities to build, in what order, and why. As Arizona's largest electric utility serving …
  168. 02-Mar-2027
    B212
    • DER
    • DERMS
    • Grid Modernization
    • Control Room Operations
    • Scenario Clustering
    Grid modernization spend keeps growing, but the evidence behind it lags. Utilities are putting more DER and large loads on the same feeders, replacing relays, and modernizing control rooms. Most of th …
  169. 04-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Abstract The continued growth in residential, commercial and industrial electricity demand is placing increased pressure on existing transmission infrastructure and accelerating the need for innovativ …
  170. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • DER
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Grid Modernization
    • Policy and Regulation
    New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) set out goals to have 70% of the state’s electricity generated by renewable energy by 2030 and 100% zero-emissions electricity …
  171. 03-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Cybersecurity
    • Control Room Operations
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Cloud migration is no longer a theoretical question for utility operations. Asset owners are actively evaluating and intend on deploying cloud-hosted control systems, and asking a harder question alon …
  172. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Co-Location
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    • Data Analytics
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Bridge Power
    The sudden emergence of Large Hyperscalers brought to the forefront a term that is as old as the grid itself-Affordability.  The grid has always been a shared infrastructure that answered major criter …
  173. 03-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Strategy and Workforce
    As the U.S. power system evolves toward greater electrification, renewable integration, and distributed energy resource (DER) adoption, demand-side flexibility is becoming a key enabler of reliability …
  174. 01-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Wildfire risk is a shared threat, but the tools and resources utilities have available to them, and the regulatory environments they operate in, vary widely. This session will examine how utilities tr …
  175. 02-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Microgrids
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Strategy and Workforce
    As distribution systems evolve with increasing penetration of inverter-based distributed energy resources (DERs), the grid is becoming more dynamic and complex. Many of the emerging challenges—such as …
  176. 03-Mar-2027
    B212
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Microgrids
    • Bridge Power
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As inverter-based resources continue to replace conventional generation, utilities are exploring how advanced inverter controls can support system stability, power quality, and resilience. Grid-formin …
  177. 03-Mar-2027
    B213
    • Asset Management
    • Affordability
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Vegetation Management
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Wildfire is no longer only a Western utility problem. As ignition risk expands into new geographies, utilities outside California are facing a question they weren't originally designed to answer: how …
  178. 01-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Advanced Operations
    • Affordability
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • DERMS
    • Control Room Operations
    • Grid University
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Microgrids
    • Policy and Regulation
    In this course, we’ll explore the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of DER management: What are DER What issues arise as DER proliferates Mitigating these issues with DER grid support functions  How to manage DER to p …
  179. 01-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Asset Management
    • Distribution Planning
    • Co-Location
    • Data Analytics
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid University
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    • Bridge Power
    • Scenario Clustering
    As utilities, system operators, and planners face unprecedented growth in hyperscale, cloud, and AI-driven data centers, accurately representing these facilities in power system studies has become a c …
  180. 01-Mar-2027
    B214
    • Co-Location
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid University
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    • Bridge Power
    This Utility University course presents a collaborative case study developed by a team of engineers at K&A Engineering Consulting in coordination with utility engineers and industry engineers. The stu …
  181. 01-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Advanced Operations
    • DER
    • Digital Transformation
    • DERMS
    • Control Room Operations
    • Grid University
    • Transportation Electrification
    In this course, we’ll explore ‘how’ to manage distributed energy resources (DER): Overview of the industry’s most successful DER management programs Navigating DER communication protocols - best pract …
  182. 01-Mar-2027
    B204
    • NMS (Network Management System)
    • Distribution Planning
    • Grid University
    Strategic GoalThe strategic goal of this course is to enable participants to deliver reliable, real-time, end-to-end electrical network models that serve as a true digital twin—empowering utility plan …
  183. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Cybersecurity
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    The power industry needs a new set of cyber-security technologies, and soon.  In fifteen years or less, experts predict that quantum computers will be able to break most of the cryptographic mechanism …
  184. 03-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Asset Management
    • Digital Transformation
    • Data Analytics
    • Grid Modernization
    For a large transmission system, the processing power required to reconstruct the thermal history of tens of thousands of conductors isn't a software problem. It's an engineering problem at a scale ut …
  185. 01-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Affordability
    • Customer Engagement
    • Strategy and Workforce
    In today’s utility environment, affordability is one of the most urgent and visible drivers of customer trust, satisfaction and demand behavior. Yet many organizations still approach it as a collectio …
  186. 01-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Affordability
    • Customer Engagement
    • Grid Modernization
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Keeping Electricity Affordable – Balancing Reliability, Resilience, and Cost in a High-Growth Era While there is broad consensus on the critical need for affordable electricity, utilities recognize th …
  187. 03-Mar-2027
    B215
    • Advanced Operations
    • Digital Transformation
    • Customer Engagement
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Vegetation Management
    • Strategy and Workforce
    Delivering electricity across a service territory that has an estimated population of 14 million people and spanning more than 54,000 square miles, Oncor operates the largest pure-play wires utility i …
  188. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Cybersecurity
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Panel Description: As utilities accelerate grid digitization, integrating IT and OT environments introduces unprecedented cyber risk across field devices, control systems, and cloud-connected infrastr …
  189. 03-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Affordability
    • Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET)
    • Grid Modernization
    • Reliability and Resilience
    CELESC (Centrais Elétricas de Santa Catarina S.A.) is the Brazilian electric power distribution utility responsible for serving almost the entire territory of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It s …
  190. 03-Mar-2027
    B218
    • Advanced Operations
    • ADMS
    • Energy at the Edge
    • DERMS
    • Control Room Operations
    • Reliability and Resilience
    Utilities across North America are under increasing pressure to modernize the distribution grid, needing to improve reliability and resilience with faster restoration, hold greater operational visibil …
  191. 03-Mar-2027
    B216
    • Asset Management
    • Data Analytics
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Grid Modernization
    This presentation introduces Oncor’s enterprise data analytics platform and highlights several predictive analytics use cases developed for Operations. These capabilities are rooted in the large-scale …
  192. 02-Mar-2027
    B209
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • Communication Networks
    • Cybersecurity
    • DERMS
    IEEE 2030.5 is rapidly emerging as a leading protocol for DER management, driven by increasing utility adoption and regulatory momentum. However, a consistent and growing challenge has begun to surfac …
  193. 02-Mar-2027
    B204
    • Asset Management
    • Distribution Planning
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Analytics
    • Reliability and Resilience
    From Asset Monitoring To Asset Performance: A Risk-Based APM Case Study at Humboldt Utilities   The problem is not data. It is the absence of standardized decisions.   Most utilities have deployed onl …
  194. 02-Mar-2027
    B218
    • DER
    • Grid Edge
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer Engagement
    • Energy at the Edge
    • Energy Storage
    • Grid Modernization
    As rapid electrification accelerates, utilities face unprecedented demands on distribution assets—specifically at the feeder and secondary transformer level. Traditionally, these increases in peak loa …
  195. 02-Mar-2027
    B213
    • DER
    • DERMS
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As VPPs move from pilot programs to widespread grid resources, custom one-off integration between thousands of aggregators and utilities is becoming too costly, too slow, and too complex to scale. Dis …
  196. 01-Mar-2027
    B217
    • Advanced Operations
    • Affordability
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Control Room Operations
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The electric utility operating model is under pressure. Distribution systems are becoming more complex, customer expectations are rising, data center and electrification-driven load growth are acceler …
  197. 02-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Keynote
    • Strategy and Workforce
    AI can process more data, move faster, and transform how we work—but it can’t replace the one advantage we have: lived experience. In this keynote, Jessica shares her journey from building an energy t …
  198. 03-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Keynote
    Every utility leader knows the grid is being asked to move faster than it ever has. Fewer name the real constraint. It is not technology, and it is not capital. It is trust. An operator will not act o …
  199. 03-Mar-2027
  200. 02-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Meet ups
    • Networking
  201. 03-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Meet ups
    • Networking
  202. 03-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Meet ups
    • Networking
  203. 02-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Meet ups
    • Networking
  204. 02-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Meet ups
    • Networking
  205. 03-Mar-2027
    More details coming soon!
  206. 02-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Meet ups
    • Networking
  207. 03-Mar-2027
    Exhibit Hall
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Grid Modernization
    • Keynote
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Policy and Regulation
    The conversation around data centers is everywhere, but as massive AI developments move from planning to construction, that conversation is becoming a reality—fast. As demand for computing power grows …
  208. 04-Mar-2027
    B312-B316
    • Workshop
    The Data Center Leadership Summit at DTECH® brings together leaders from across the energy, utilities, AI, and digital infrastructure to address one of the defining challenges of the digital economy: …
  209. 03-Mar-2027
    B202
    • Communication Networks
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Grid Modernization
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    Utilities generate massive amounts of operational data, but the greatest value comes from connecting that data into a complete decision-making ecosystem. This panel will explore how modern wired (fibe …
  210. 01-Mar-2027
    • Energy Storage
    • Microgrids
    • Technical Tour
    Pre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Already registered? Visit the Resource Center to add it to your registration. Step inside the future of energy and explore h …
  211. 04-Mar-2027
    B312-B314
    • Data Center Summit
    • Networking
    Take this time to unwind and enjoy lunch while building meaningful connections with your peers. Share ideas, exchange insights, and discover new opportunities in a casual setting. "
  212. 04-Mar-2027
    Foyer
    • Data Center Summit
    • Networking
    Recharge, connect, and discover! Meet sponsors and fellow leaders, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed atmosphere.  
  213. 04-Mar-2027
    B316
    • Grid Edge
    • Digital Transformation
    • Data Center Summit
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Strategy and Workforce
    The rapid acceleration of the energy transition, paired with explosive hyperscale load growth, has turned long-standing industry best practices on their head. Not long ago, data center demand was trea …
  214. 04-Mar-2027
    B312-B314
    • Data Center Summit
    • C&I and Data Centers
    Join us for five fast-paced, five-minute presentations featuring high-value takeaways from industry innovators on emerging technologies, key trends, and actionable insights shaping the future of data …
  215. 04-Mar-2027
    B312-B314
    • Advanced Operations
    • Data Center Summit
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Reliability and Resilience
    As power availability becomes the primary bottleneck for digital infrastructure, electric utilities and data center operators must pioneer new operational partnerships to keep pace with demand. This e …
  216. 04-Mar-2027
    Foyer
    • Data Center Summit
    • Networking
    Recharge, connect, and discover! Meet sponsors and fellow leaders, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed atmosphere.  
  217. 04-Mar-2027
    B312-B314
    • Data Center Summit
    • Grid Modernization
    To cap off a full day of cross-industry dialogue, this closing session brings together summit leaders to synthesize the core takeaways, breakthroughs, and immediate action items established across the …
  218. 04-Mar-2027
    B315
    • Co-Location
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Data Center Summit
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Bridge Power
    As AI, cloud computing, and high-performance workloads drive unprecedented energy demand, electric utilities face a critical challenge: balancing digital infrastructure expansion with grid reliability …
  219. 04-Mar-2027
    Foyer
    • Networking
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Recharge, connect, and discover! Meet sponsors and fellow leaders, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed atmosphere.
  220. 04-Mar-2027
    Foyer
    • Networking
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Recharge, connect, and discover! Meet sponsors and fellow leaders, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed atmosphere.
  221. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Wildfire & Resiliency Summit
    To cap off a day of insights and lessons learned, this closing session brings together summit leaders to synthesize key takeaways, technology breakthroughs, and outline immediate action items for grid …
  222. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Wildfire & Resiliency Summit
    Join us for five fast-paced, five-minute presentations featuring high-value takeaways from industry innovators on emerging technologies, key trends, and actionable insights shaping the future of wildf …
  223. 04-Mar-2027
    Foyer
    • Networking
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Recharge, connect, and discover! Meet sponsors and fellow leaders, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed atmosphere.
  224. 04-Mar-2027
    B311
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Our industry knows the common tools of resilient infrastructure; undergrounding, covered conductor, hardened poles, weather forecasting, and condition-based investments but, how are these grid investm …
  225. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Affordability
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Many utilities are spending less than 1% of asset replacement value annually on their aging grid; a 100-year renewal rate with a $600B price tag over the next decade. We need innovation to help balanc …
  226. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Networking
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Take this time to unwind and enjoy lunch while building meaningful connections with your peers. Share ideas, exchange insights, and discover new opportunities in a casual setting.
  227. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Storms and Wildfires
    • Reliability and Resilience
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    Wildfires represent one of the most significant and rapidly evolving risks facing electric utilities today. With fire season now a year-round threat, the dramatic rise in wildfire frequency and intens …
  228. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Wildfire & Resliency Summit
    More details coming soon! Check back regularly for updates, including session topics, speakers, and additional information.
  229. 04-Mar-2027
    B308/309
    • Workshop
    The Wildfire & Resiliency Strategy Summit at DTECH® brings together utility leaders, emergency preparedness professionals, technology providers, and industry partners to strengthen strategies for wild …
  230. 02-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Workshop
    *  Pre-Registraion Required. *   As thousands of miles of high-voltage transmission lines move from planning to field execution, traditional project delivery models are being tested by unprecedented s …
  231. 03-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Workshop
    * Pre-Registration Required * As electrification, data center growth, and rapid DER adoption strain global transmission and distribution networks, utilities face increasing pressure to expand infrastr …
  232. 01-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Workshop
    The course Introduction to IEEE 1815 (DNP3) is intended to provide an overview of various aspects of the Distributed Network Protocol, also known as DNP3, which is defined in IEEE Standard 1815. DNP3 …
  233. 01-Mar-2027
    TBD
    • Workshop
    The course IEEE 1815 (DNP3) Advanced Topics is intended to expand on knowledge provided in the course Introduction to IEEE 1815 (DNP3) by drilling into additional detail of message structures,interope …
  234. 01-Mar-2027
    B302
    • Partner Programming
    • Affordability
    • Asset Management
    • DER
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Microgrids
    • Workshop
    New to SCADA? No prior SCADA experience is required. This course provides a practical introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and their essential role in electric util …
  235. 01-Mar-2027
    B302
    • Partner Programming
    • DER
    • Digital Transformation
    • Energy Storage
    • Talent Pipelines
    • Microgrids
    • Policy and Regulation
    • Strategy and Workforce
    • Workshop
    Ready to build on your SCADA fundamentals? This course takes the next step by exploring how SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system information, functionality, and secure networ …
  236. 01-Mar-2027
    B203
    • Co-Location
    • Digital Transformation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Grid University
    • Bulk Power and Energy Markets
    • C&I and Data Centers
    • Hyperscale
    • Bridge Power
    As hyperscale, colocation, and industrial data centers continue to expand in scale and power density, electrical infrastructure has become a critical determinant of availability, operational resilienc …
  237. 01-Mar-2027
    B206
    • General Info
  238. 03-Mar-2027
    B201
    • DER
    • DERMS
    • Grid Modernization
    • Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    As utilities accelerate the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) are becoming a foundational capability for enabling visibility, c …
  239. 04-Mar-2027
    • Data Center Summit