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12:30 PM
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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 Summit is designed to equip utility leaders, engineers, and planners with the practical, multi-faceted look necessary to effectively analyze, mitigate, and manage the growing threat of wildfires, integrating strategy, technology, and prudent investment. SUMMIT AGENDA Ope …
4:00 PM
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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. Participants will be able to address and discuss the region’s unique energy challenges in …
5:00 PM
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This reception is complimentary and included with your registration; no add-on required.
8:15 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
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As climate-related hazards including storms, hurricanes, and wildfires grow in frequency and intensity, electric utilities face an increasingly difficult investment challenge: how to balance traditional reliability investments with the broader, longer-horizon demands of resilience. This panel brings together executives and operational leaders from leading utilities to explore how their organizations are making strategic infrastructure decisions under conditions of deepening uncertainty. Panelist …
11:00 AM
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Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), which supplies electric power to an area of 900,000 people in Omaha, NE, has a vision of Power the Future 2050 where we strive to achieve perfect power by increasing resiliency and reliability, through using advanced technology that can monitor load usage and detect distributed energy resources. To help achieve this goal, OPPD has embarked on an overhead and underground line sensor program to gain visibility on worst performing distribution circuits. This v …
11:45 AM
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Lunch is complimentary and included with your registration; no add-on required.
1:45 PM
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The session will discuss the utility’s plans and strategies for addressing: Capacity Reliability and resiliency DER integration To successfully navigate these critically intertwined industry challenges, utilities and their customers must work collaboratively. The more both sides understand each other’s needs and priorities, the more effectively they can achieve shared goals. A key overarching consideration is maintaining a strong focus on affordability while continuing to address these evolving …
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
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As energy costs rise nationwide, understanding how households perceive and experience affordability is becoming increasingly urgent. This presentation will draw on a nationwide survey of 4,000 Americans to examine whether consumers recognize bill increases, understand the drivers behind them and feel equipped to manage their energy use at home. By analyzing affordability metrics across demographics and identifying barriers faced by vulnerable populations, this presentation will highlight opportu …
4:00 PM
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The increasing frequency and severity of major events driven by climate change is creating significant challenges for distribution systems around the world. These challenges vary by region, for instance, in the U.S., they include wildfires in the West Coast, major hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, East Coast, and the Caribbean, winter storms in the Northeast, and heat waves all over the country. Electric utilities are implementing a variety of initiatives to improve resilience and reliability, i …
4:45 PM
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This reception is complimentary and included with your registration; no add-on required.
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:45 AM
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As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, utilities are under increasing pressure to improve the resilience of their distribution systems. In 2014, Ameren Missouri implemented a targeted storm hardening strategy on a critical distribution line segment by strategically placing composite poles along the line. These poles, with their high rotational deflection and durability, effectively absorb the impact of severe storms while preventing cascading failures that typically cause wid …
11:30 AM
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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. Lunch is complimentary and included with your registration; no add-on required.
12:45 PM
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As aging grid infrastructure struggles to keep pace with rising operational complexity and rapid load growth, utilities face increasing pressure to maintain reliability while integrating advanced digital technologies and distributed energy resources. In this session, Idaho National Lab (INL), Sandia National Lab (SNL), and Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) will share a strategic roadmap developed with DOE’s Grid Deployment Office to help utilities deploy emerging digital technologies that im …
1:45 PM
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As utilities accelerate their grid modernization efforts, Tampa Electric Company (TECO) is leading the charge with its Advanced Distribution Infrastructure (ADI) program—an ambitious initiative aimed at enhancing grid reliability, flexibility, and visibility. This presentation will explore the early lessons learned from TECO’s large-scale deployment of field devices, including smart sensors, reclosers, and advanced communication networks.Join TECO leaders and industry experts as they share candi …
