May 27-29, 2025 | San Jose, CA

Grid Resilience and Reliability

This topic explores strategies to maintain grid stability and reliability as data centers drive unprecedented load growth and complexity. This includes highlighting innovative solutions, AI-equipped technologies, operational practices, and collaborative efforts to ensure resilient energy delivery in an increasingly constrained energy landscape. 

*This schedule is filtered with Grid Resilience and Reliability sessions.

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10:15 AM
  1. Gold
    45 mins
    The growth of AI-driven applications and data centers is creating new challenges and demands on our power infrastructure. Load serving entities and grid planners must grapple with the urgent need to s …
1:15 PM
  1. Imperial Ballroom
    60 mins
    In this keynote, regulatory leaders will explore the critical role of policy and regulation in addressing the surging energy demands of data centers. Panelists will discuss how evolving regulations ca …
2:30 PM
  1. Imperial Ballroom
    45 mins
    The proliferation of data centers and other large, voltage-sensitive loads introduce unique challenges for grid reliability and stability, especially in markets unaccustomed to high demand growth. Whe …
1:15 PM
  1. Crystal
    45 mins
    Utilities face growing pressures to modernize the grid, but budgetary constraints, rapid load growth from technologies like AI, and competing priorities make it critical for utility leaders to direct …
2:15 PM
  1. Crystal
    45 mins
    By 2030, AI-driven data centers could consume up to 9% of U.S. electricity generation—equivalent to powering 40 million homes—raising serious concerns about AI’s role in the climate crisis. Yet, AI is …