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| Policy and regulation in the power sector is affected by administration changes, clean energy goals, shifts in electricity demand and other market factors. At POWERGEN, sessions will examine the latest policy trends and their impact on the industry—from the White House to the local level—including financial incentives, permitting, and emissions and environmental regulations affecting plant operators.
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POWERGEN University
Retrofitting Emergency Standby Generators with Emissions Controls in Utility DSG Programs
January 19, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 301A
This Powergen University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com.
This course provides a detailed, step-by-step overview of how to retrofit emergency standby diesel generators (gensets) with emissions abatement systems such as Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) units. Drawing on experience from over 35 retrofit installations, participants will learn the technical, regulatory, and operational requirements for upgrading gensets in mission-critical facilities including hospitals, data centers, and emergency centers.
Opening Keynote
January 20, 2026 | 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Exhibit Hall - Hall 1
The POWERGEN Opening Keynote will feature a 45-minute “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.
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- Nuclear's Evolution
- Keynote
- Powering the Future
- Energy Storage Deployments
- Exploring Trends in Hydropower
- Center Stage
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This Powergen University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. Learn …
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State of the Industry: Executives Discuss
The POWERGEN Opening Keynote will feature a 45-minute “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.
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Hydrogen has been hailed as a cornerstone of the energy transition, yet its deployment in power generation is proving slower and more expensive than expected. This opening session of the Hydrogen and …
11:30 AM
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Despite significant progress, the path to commercial deployment for carbon capture remains complicated by technical, economic and regulatory hurdles. This panel brings together a uniquely diverse grou …
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Hydropower remains the backbone of renewable baseload generation—but reinvestment in aging assets and new development hinges on clear policy signals and creative financing. This session explores how e …
01:00 PM
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All badge holders are eligible to attend. With explosive load growth projected from data centers, manufacturing and electrification, grid operators are warning of looming capacity shortfalls. At the s …
02:15 PM
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As data centers continue to expand, securing sufficient power from the grid has become a growing challenge, driving interest in onsite generation. Many developers are turning to simple-cycle natural g …
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Securing reliable onsite generation for data centers is often complicated by air permitting requirements that can impose operational restrictions and delay construction schedules. New fossil fuel-fire …
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Even the most technically sound battery storage project cannot advance without the sign-off of local regulators, known as Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs). This panel brings together national co …Chairperson
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This panel will showcase the clear, quantifiable success of the Texas power grid's weatherization efforts. We will move beyond the past crisis to highlight the proven effectiveness of the new prepared …
08:15 AM
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All badge holders are eligible to attend. As artificial intelligence and data centers reshape the energy landscape, power providers are racing to meet soaring electricity demand with speed, reliabilit …
09:30 AM
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Utilities are searching for solutions to decarbonize natural gas that don’t depend on massive new infrastructure investment. Modern Hydrogen offers a new solution, piloted with utility partners across …
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With technologies ranging from gigawatt-scale plants to modular reactors as small as 10 MW, nuclear solutions are emerging for applications as varied as data centers, chemical production, defense and …
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As renewable energy projects mature, decommissioning has shifted from an afterthought to a critical permitting and stakeholder issue. Between 2016 and 2023, the number of states with formal decommissi …
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2025 was a year of change. With a new President, regulatory repeals and reconsiderations affecting the power sector swiftly dropped, while courts put many Biden-era challenges on hold. The year closed …
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Behind-the-meter (BTM) nuclear projects are emerging as a way for end-users to directly benefit from reliable, carbon-free generation. Co-located facilities, such as data centers and industrial plants …Chairperson
01:00 PM
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All badge holders are eligible to attend. Explosive electricity demand is colliding with the industry’s long-standing bottlenecks. Critical equipment like turbines, transformers and switchgear remains …
01:30 PM
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In June 2024, New York’s Public Service Commission set a new target of 6,000 MW of energy storage by 2030. Learn how the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) is advancing t …Chairperson
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The power generation sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by evolving technologies, shifting regulations and tariffs, and changing customer demands. This session will provide industry lea …Chairperson
02:15 PM
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Growing load is straining electric grid resources, impacting grid stability and threatening blackouts. Backup generators at data centers could be dispatched during generation shortfalls, but current E …
02:30 PM
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The U.S. electric grid is being tested like never before, strained by surging demand, aging infrastructure, renewable integration, rapid technological change and shifting regulations. Ensuring reliabi …
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) secured key incentives for BESS, including a standalone ITC and stronger domestic content provisions. This session unpacks how developers can align their supply …
08:00 AM
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Full-conference badge is required for admittance. You can pre-register for this event, however, seats are first-come, first-served.Visit your Visitor Hub to add this event onto your badge. Join us on …
09:30 AM
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Global geopolitics, supply constraints and advancing technologies are reshaping the nuclear fuels landscape at a time when demand for carbon-free baseload power is accelerating. This session will prov …
10:30 AM
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As renewable energy takes on a larger share of generation, grid operators are under pressure to keep systems reliable, flexible and fair. The growth of wind, solar and distributed generation, along wi …
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The U.S. is facing unprecedented electricity demand growth over the next decade, putting new pressure on supply chains and generation assets. As the backbone of the grid, dispatchable gas turbines wil …Chairperson
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The plant is in an area under Russian control since early in Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is not in service, but it needs reliable power to cool its six shutdown reactors and spent fuel, to avoid any catastrophic nuclear incidents.
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