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Energy storage is a critical tool for electric utilities navigating the demands of a more dynamic, distributed, and decarbonized grid. This topic explores how utilities are testing and deploying storage to enhance grid flexibility, support peak load management, enable renewable integration, and provide fast-responding ancillary services. Sessions will highlight storage applications across transmission, distribution, and behind-the-meter contexts—along with evolving business models, ownership structures, and regulatory considerations. Learn how utilities are leveraging storage as a strategic asset to improve reliability, reduce system costs, and accelerate the transition to a cleaner energy future
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On-Site Energy Solutions for Sustainable and Reliable Data Centers: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
February 05, 2026
This panel will explore a range of on-site energy solutions, showcase real-world use cases in the data center context, and discuss how they can leverage these technologies to manage growing, AI-driven energy loads.
Energy storage educational opportunities
11:00 AM
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ComEd’s Voltage Management Demonstration (VMD) project is a targeted initiative focused on enhancing grid performance under contingency conditions in areas with high DER penetration. It leverages the …Chairperson
10:00 AM
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This panel will challenge conventional grid planning processes and discuss how Virtual Power Plants are delivering hundreds of reliable megawatts across North America. Unlike traditional peaker plants …
11:00 AM
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As clean energy goals accelerate in the United States and around the world, renewable energy (e.g., PV, wind) penetration continues to increase in electric power systems. Conventional synchronous mach …
9:00 AM
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Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) is Oklahoma's largest electric company, serving more than 907,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The utility is anticipating the rapid adoption of flexibl …SpeakersChairperson
11:00 AM
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Overview: In this session, 3 utility panelists will share real-world experiences and insights from commissioning and operating utility-owned microgrids. As more utilities move from planning to impleme …SpeakersChairperson
1:00 PM
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The line between distribution system planning and operations is quickly disappearing as utilities modernize the grid. With growing pressure from electrification, customer-side technologies, and extrem …SpeakersChairperson
2:15 PM
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District Energy Systems are evolving to incorporate assets like waste, renewable heat sources, heat pumps, storages, electric boilers, and chilling units to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The volati …Chairperson
3:00 PM
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The utility sector is undergoing a transformative shift as next-generation AMI technologies and smart meter data analytics redefine how energy system are managed. With the emergence of AMI 2.0 – featu …SpeakersChairperson
10:00 AM
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Texas’ ERCOT grid – independent, energy-only, and increasingly distributed – has become a proving ground for DER aggregation. Since 2021, ERCOT’s ADER Pilot Program has tested how aggregated distribut …Speakers
