January 20 | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

State of the Industry: Executives Discuss

The POWERGEN Opening Keynote will feature a “state of the industry” panel that brings together executives from across the power generation value chain. This conversation will provide a big-picture view of today’s rapidly evolving energy landscape, offering diverse perspectives on market drivers, investment strategies, key technologies and regulatory challenges.

Additional presenters include Michael Caravaggio from EPRI.

Tuesday, Jan 20 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM

With explosive load growth projected from data centers, manufacturing and electrification, grid operators are warning of looming capacity shortfalls. At the same time, generators face mounting pressure to adapt to evolving market structures, seasonal reliability risks and shifting regulatory expectations.

In this Keynote, executive leadership from ERCOT, PJM and SPP will share how their regions are responding to these challenges: Implementing market reforms, rethinking capacity accreditation and rebalancing risk across market players. The panel will explore what these changes mean for utilities and IPPs seeking to stay competitive and reliable in a grid under strain.

Wednesday, Jan 21 | 8:15AM - 9:15AM

As artificial intelligence and data centers reshape the energy landscape, power providers are racing to meet soaring electricity demand with speed, reliability and sustainability in mind. This keynote brings together industry leaders driving that transformation to explore how the sector is rethinking resource planning, generation strategy and customer partnerships to keep pace. Hear how utilities, developers and data center operators are aligning around new business models for reliability and growth, and how these shifts are redefining the generation mix and influencing which technologies will power the grid of the future.
 

Wednesday, Jan 21 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Explosive electricity demand is colliding with the industry’s long-standing bottlenecks. Critical equipment like turbines, transformers and switchgear remains in short supply. Interconnection queues are backed up for years, and permitting uncertainty continues to stall progress. Even as technology advances, policy and procurement hurdles still define how fast new capacity can come online.

This keynote offers a high-level discussion on the real-world barriers slowing new generation and upgrade projects and what the industry is doing to overcome them. Hear from leading utilities, IPPs, EPCs and others on how they are rethinking procurement, standardizing equipment and streamlining construction to speed up delivery. Learn how shifts in policy, planning and project execution are reshaping schedules, plant upgrades and workforce readiness across the power sector.