Grid Modernization
Regulators, utility leaders and key technology innovators meet to explore how to optimize smart grid investment to meet growing customer demands and operational needs.
Today’s aging grid does not have many of the capabilities needed to meet the expectations of “Amazon age” customers and manage the operational demands of a generation mix featuring increasing amounts of renewable power and BTM solar PV, storage and EVs. At the same time, the pace of technological advancement is outpacing the traditional regulatory cycle, while flat load growth is limiting a utility’s ability to explore all the technologies emerging to help manage an increasingly flexible two-way grid. No single utility can implement all of the available solutions but must be prepared to justify recommended investments to regulators concerned about the cost impacts on ratepayers.
Grid Modernization 2018 Summit will bring together regulators, utility leaders and key technology innovators to explore how to optimize grid investment to meet growing customer demands and operational needs.
Pre-Summit Workshop:
Attend the pre-summit workshop, State of the Art in Digitization, to get the latest information on the emerging tools and technologies that will support the two-way grid of the future. Learn from pioneering utilities, and leading technology and service providers where the state of the art lies today for energy blockchain, data analytics, software platforms and cybersecurity.
In addition, the State of the Art in Digitization workshop now features a personal tour of the award-winning Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) on the NREL campus, where much of the DOE’s cutting-edge research into where digitization is heading happens every day.
2018 Featured Speakers
Murali Baggu, Ph.D
Laboratory Program Manager for Grid Integration
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY (NREL)
Tom Bonner
Manager, State Government Affairs
EXELON
Jon Creyts
Managing Director
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE
Erik Ellis
Manager, Technology Assessment and Integration
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE
Peter Flynn
Principal
BOSTONIA PARTNERS
Anastasios Golnas
Ph.D., Technology Manager, Systems Integration
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Cynthia B. Hall
Commissioner
NEW MEXICO PUBLIC REGULATION
Brian Harrell
Managing Director, Enterprise Protective Services
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Juliet S. Homer
Senior Energy Research Engineer
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY
Michael Horwitz
Partner
GREENTECH CAPITAL ADVISORS
Michael Huebsch
Former Commissioner
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
Patrick Kelly
Director, Microgrid Development
EDF RENEWABLES
Claudio Lima
Ph.D., Co-Founder
BLOCKCHAIN ENGINEERING COUNCIL
Steven Malena
PMP, Program Manager – Grid Modernization & Distributed Resource Integration
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Greg Martin
Engineering Group Manager
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY (NREL)
Macky McCleary
Administrator
RI DIVISION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Nayeem Mohammad Abdullah
Principal Project Manager – Smart Grid & Innovation
COMMONWEALTH EDISION
Eli Morris
Lead Planning Manager, Customer Solutions
PACIFICORP
Lawrence Orsini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
LO3 ENERGY
Ed Rossier
Vice President, Director of Project Management – Renewable Energy Investments
U.S. BANK
Scott T. Rupp
Commissioner
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Brien J. Sheahan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ILLINOIS COMMERCIE COMMISSION
Howard Smith
Manager, DER Policy
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES
Brooke A. Trammell
Regional Vice President, Rates and Regulatory Affairs
XCEL ENERGY
2018 Participating Organizations
- Arizona Public Service
- Blockchain Engineering Council
- Bostonia Partners
- California Public Utilities Commission
- Commonwealth Edison
- Consolidated Edison Company of New York
- Duke Energy Corporation
- EDF Renewables
- Exelon
- Greentech Capital Advisors
- Illinois Commerce Commission
- LO3 Energy
- Missouri Public Service Commission
- National Grid
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Navigant
- New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
- Oregon Department of Energy
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Pacificorp
- PECO
- Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
- Roseville Electric Utility
- Southern Company Services
- The Rocky Mountain Institute
- U.S. Bank
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Wisconsin Public Service Commission
- XCEL Energy
2018 Media Partners
