Event Agenda

Explore the full event schedule to plan your experience and make the most of every session, speaker, and networking opportunity.

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2:00 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom C&D
    120 mins

    To attend this event, you must register separately. This event is free to attend and can be added to your registration when registering, or by visiting the registration resource center to review your existing registration.

    Today’s extreme weather events continue to underscore the criticality of planning a future power system that can withstand and be resilient to present and future climate conditions. Climate READi© was launched in 2022 to develop a consistent, comprehensive framework for assessing physical climate risk to the power system – and that Framework was published in the Spring of 2025. Informed by over 40 power companies and 100 global stakeholders, the Framework provides the methodological foundation for power companies to analyze risk and prioritize investments that can enhance the climate readiness of their assets and systems for decades to come.

    This workshop will introduce participants to the Climate READi framework: what it contains, how to apply it, and how to customize it to address the questions that your organization is asking. 

    Topics include: 

    • Physical climate data and guidance, focusing on sourcing the right data and approaches to ensure fit-for-purpose climate data integration within power system assessments and modeling exercises
    • Asset vulnerability and adaptation, focusing on climate-related vulnerabilities and potential adaptation options across a broad set of asset classes
    • System modeling, focusing on how and where power system planning and simulation processes need to change to consistently consider climate risks in an integrated modeling environment
    • Investment prioritization, focusing on the technically rigorous evaluation and comparison of adaptation strategies to justify resilience investments

    Throughout, participants will be introduced to guidance materials, technical references, and tools that support various aspects of framework implementation. This will be a learning session with the goal that all attendees come away with the knowledge of what it takes to bring physical climate risk considerations into power system planning and decision making. 

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3:30 PM
  1. Elm 1&2
    90 mins
4:00 PM
  1. Commonwealth Ballroom A
    60 mins

    To attend this event, you must register separately. This event is free to attend and can be added to your registration when registering, or by visiting the registration resource center to review your existing registration.

    This utility-only roundtable is a closed-door, high-level networking event that has been designed to foster collaboration among utility executives, engineers and business leaders across the Northeast. Participants will be able to address and discuss the region’s unique energy challenges in a candid, confidential setting.

    Topics will focus on a number of critical issues, including grid modernization efforts to integrate renewables, what it means to approach investment required for electrification, and how utilities are building resilience to withstand extreme weather events. Discussions will also explore what it means to keep energy affordable for all customers while navigating complex policy and regulatory hurdles.

    Join this discussion to help build consensus and shared understanding among key players in the Northeast that will help shape and define a more resilient energy future across the entire region.

    This discussion is exclusively for utilities. Participation is not permitted for non-utility attendees.

5:00 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    60 mins
7:45 AM
  1. Elm 1&2
    555 mins
9:45 AM
  1. Commonwealth Ballroom A
    45 mins
    Bad actors do not discriminate.  They look for ways to disrupt.  Most often it is a matter of when, not if, your organization could experience a breach.   Energy utilities need the ability to see and …
  2. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    Field workers are notoriously practical people. Having a visionary discussion about AI can be tough when many of them feel lucky just to get spreadsheets instead of clipboards. What can you do for the …
  3. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    Con Edison has achieved a 20-fold increase in enrollments in its demand response programs through strategic use of advanced Demand Response Management System (DRMS) software. This platform has been in …
10:45 AM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    Last year, this panel came together to discuss progress and lessons learned from Phase 1 of the Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP) program in Massachusetts. The ESMP approved in 2024 for each o …
  2. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    Utilities throughout the country are looking for ways to unlock the value of Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) in a timely and effective manner to support the clean energy transiti …
12:30 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    75 mins
1:45 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    As threats to core utility systems continue to evolve rapidly, the importance of having a strategy to anticipate, withstand, and recover from adverse operating conditions has never been greater. In th …
  2. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    As wildfire threats grow in scale and frequency, utilities are building more integrated, forward-looking approaches to grid resilience. This session will explore how utilities can align technologies a …
2:45 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    The Northeast energy system is undergoing a major transformation driven by rising load, extreme weather, retirements of older generating fuels, the growth of renewable resources, and the electrificati …
3:45 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    In today's rapidly evolving energy landscape, efficient interconnection processes are more critical than ever. This session will explore the latest advancements in AI-augmented workflow automation, ta …
  2. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
     This presentation will outline a novel architecture for managing flexible and resilient microgrids using semantic knowledge graphs to abstract and coordinate distributed energy resources (DERs).  In …
4:30 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    60 mins
     
7:45 AM
  1. Elm 1&2
    315 mins
8:30 AM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    60 mins
    From newly enabled transmission projects to the integration of renewables, a significant transformation of the grid is taking place across the Northeast. However, these changes are being realized in d …
9:45 AM
  1. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    So you have a load management program that could perform better. How can its performance be supercharged? Learn lessons from running EV peak reduction programs for nearly a decade in New England. New …
10:45 AM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    Dive into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled meter data disaggregation, analytics, and grid-edge intelligence enabled by second-gen AMI. This session will explore: Ho …
11:30 AM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    75 mins
    Join us as we recognize and celebrate the innovators, leaders, and projects driving transformation across the electric grid. Enjoy lunch while honoring this year’s Grid Changer Award recipients.
12:45 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
     While the West Coast is known for its sunshine and the East Coast for its seasonal chills, utilities in both regions face similar, significant challenges. From extreme weather events to the increasin …
1:45 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
     As grid complexity intensifies across the Northeast, electric utilities are increasingly turning to real-time operational data and advanced analytics—not just to keep pace, but to stay ahead. This se …
  2. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    From ride-hail to last-mile and long-haul, businesses are increasingly prepared to scale up electric vehicle fleets. In many regions, the pace of fleet electrification is constrained by the time requi …
2:45 PM
  1. Grand Ballroom A&B
    45 mins
    Innovation is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. Climate change demands $4 trillion in annual investment through 2030. Meanwhile, the energy grid faces $50 billion per year in modernization needs ju …
  2. Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    Virtual Protection and Control (VPAC) systems are transforming the management of power systems by leveraging software-based solutions for enhanced flexibility and efficiency. This presentation explore …