EnergyTech Connect & Networking Reception

This event is IN-PERSON and NOT Livestreamed!

12:00 PM – 12:05 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Mark W. Menezes, United States Energy Association

12:10 PM – 12:55 PM: Power Producers Perspectives on Demand Growth

  • Moderator: Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association
  • David O. Dardis, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Policy Officer, Constellation
  • Todd Snitchler, President & CEO, Electric Power Supply Association

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Networking Lunch

1:35 PM – 2: 35 PM: Powering the AI Era - How Load Growth Is Transforming the Energy Landscape

  • Moderator: Rich Powell, President & CEO, Clean Energy Buyers Association
  • Tom Falcone, President, Large Public Power Council
  • Levi Patterson, Director of Energy, Science, and AI Infrastructure Policy, Nvidia
  • Brianne Miller, Energy and Sustainability Policy Director, Microsoft
  • Clay Rikard, Vice President of System Planning, Southern Company

2:40 PM – 3:25 PM: Conversation with Commissioners'

  • Moderator: Kimberly Duffley, Senior Director of Energy Policy and Legal Counsel, NARUC
  • President Tricia Pridemore, Commissioner, Georgia Public Service Commission
  • Dennis Deters, Commissioner, Ohio Public Utilities Commission
  • Judge Kelsey Bagot, Commissioner, Virginia State Corporation Commission

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Flex Forward - Unlocking Grid Flexibility Through Data Center Demonstrations

  • Moderator: Morgan Scott, Vice President of Global Partnerships & Outreach, EPRI
  • Judge Jehmal Hudson, Commissioner, Virginia State Corporation Commission
  • Varun Sivaram, Founder and CEO, Emerald AI
  • Mike Kramer, Vice President of Data Economy Strategy, Constellation

4:20 PM – 4:50 PM: Keynote Conversation

  • Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association
  • TBA