| Digital modernization is increasingly necessary as plants face tighter margins, more complex operating demands and pressure to do more with leaner teams. This topic explores the upgrade of controls, software, connectivity, workflows and digital tools that improve visibility, execution and decision-making across operations, maintenance and engineering. The emphasis is on practical modernization that supports reliability, performance and long-term operational resilience.
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Digital Modernization Educational Opportunities
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250B180 minsThese courses are included for all-access badge holders. You can pre-register for your preferred course; however, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This c …
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251D240 minsPre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. Please note: This is a separate co-located event …
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250E50 minsGeneration plants that have been repowered or operated across multiple technology eras accumulate a common problem: the information needed to plan, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain the facility exi …
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251B50 minsOperational conflicts discovered during commissioning are expensive. The schedule pressure is real, the options are limited, and the design is already locked. Simulation-assisted engineering (SAE) add …
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250E50 minsAs load profiles grow more complex and grid conditions more dynamic, the commercial models that utilities and IPPs have relied on are under pressure. This session examines how Constellation's Modern S …
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250C50 minsReplacing analog safety systems with digital instrumentation and controls at a commercial nuclear reactor is a first-of-a-kind undertaking for most utilities. The engineering is complex, but the licen …
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250E50 minsThe electric sector is entering a new cyber-physical risk era. Generation, transmission, distribution, substations, distributed energy resources, data centers, private generation, vendors, cloud platf …
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250B50 minsThis session presents HDR's phasor monitoring unit implementation strategy for a large utility, replacing periodic field testing with continuous synchrophasor data capture across its gas fleet. The ap …
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250E50 minsMRO inventory is where equipment reliability and working capital intersect. Overstocking creates obsolescence risk and ties up capital. Understocking drives stockouts, expedited freight, and extended …Chairperson
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Exhibit Hall - Thermal & Nuclear Zone Booth #123850 minsConstellation is modernizing nuclear operations by embedding digital tools directly into the way work is planned, scheduled, and executed. Through Project Atlas, this session will explore the journey …
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250D50 minsGeneration fleet operators are sitting on years of operating data: alarm histories, historian records, maintenance logs, OEM documentation, work orders, and diagnostic reports spread across systems th …Chairperson
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250B50 minsEvery major U.S. nuclear utility is now planning or executing large-scale digital instrumentation and control upgrades. Aging analog infrastructure, subsequent license renewals extending plant life to …Chairperson
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People on the Move: Southern Company, Fluence Energy welcome new executive leaders
Leadership changes are reshaping the power industry as winter approaches, with Southern Company, Fluence Energy, GE Vernova and Caterpillar announcing executive appointments, transitions and retirements across utility generation, energy storage and manufacturing.
November 09, 2026



