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September 9 - 10, 2026  |  Hilton Salt Lake City Center  |  Salt Lake City, UT

Meeting the Mountain West's Surging Power Demand Through Infrastructure, Investment & Innovation

The Mountain West is experiencing unprecedented growth in electricity demand, driven by AI, data centers, electrification, and advanced manufacturing. Meeting this demand will require significant investment in new generation, transmission, energy storage, and grid infrastructure.

Infocast's Mountain West Renewables brings together utilities, developers, investors, policymakers, technology providers, and other industry leaders to explore the strategies, investments, and partnerships needed to power the region's future.

What You'll Learn:

Meeting AI & Data Center Load Growth

How utilities, developers, and large energy users are preparing for unprecedented electricity demand.

Permitting & Development

Best practices for developing projects across federal, state, and tribal lands.

Transmission Expansion & Grid Modernization

Strategies to overcome congestion, accelerate new infrastructure, and improve reliability.

Western Power Market Outlook

Regional policy, market developments, and the evolving role of utilities across the Mountain West.

Interconnection Reform

Navigating evolving queue reforms and connecting projects to the grid faster.

Energy Storage & Grid Reliability

Deploying storage to improve system flexibility and support growing demand.

Project Finance & Procurement

Investment trends, financing strategies, and evolving procurement models shaping new energy infrastructure.

Executive Networking

Connect with utility leaders, developers, investors, regulators, and technology providers driving the region's energy transformation.

Join the executives making critical decisions on infrastructure investment, project development, grid modernization, financing, permitting, and market strategy—and build the partnerships that will power the Mountain West's next era of growth!

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and market stakeholders

16
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FEATURED SPEAKERS

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Speaker profile image for Jeff Droubay

Jeff Droubay

President and Chief Executive Officer, WESTERN ELECTRICITY COORDINATING COUNCIL (WECC)
Speaker profile image for John Hammond

John Hammond

Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Speaker profile image for John S. Harvey, Ph.D.

John S. Harvey, Ph.D.

Commissioner, Utah Public Service Commission
Speaker profile image for Natasha Henderson

Natasha Henderson

Senior Director, Strategic Policy and Grid Integration, Southwest Power Pool
Speaker profile image for Neil Millar

Neil Millar

Vice President of
Transmission Planning & Infrastructure Development,
CAISO
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    Speaker profile image for Dareem David

    Dareem David

    Vice President, Finance, Primergy
    Speaker profile image for Cory Draper

    Cory Draper

    Vice President, Asset Management, GREENFIRE ENERGY
    Speaker profile image for Robbie Heath

    Robbie Heath

    Executive Director, Renewable Energy and Environmental Finance, WELLS FARGO
    Speaker profile image for Ryan Hubbard

    Ryan Hubbard

    Vice President,
    Transmission Planning & Policy,
    TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION
    Speaker profile image for Sam Malin

    Sam Malin

    Senior Vice President, Origination, JUPITER POWER
    Speaker profile image for Sean Marceau

    Sean Marceau

    Senior Manager of Forecasting and Load Research, Salt River Project (SRP)
    Speaker profile image for John Mayhew

    John Mayhew

    Senior Manager, Market Analysis & Operational Strategy, Public Service Company of New Mexico
    Speaker profile image for Rachel McLaughlin

    Rachel McLaughlin

    Chief Commercial Officer, FOREFRONT POWER
    Speaker profile image for Ajay Pappu

    Ajay Pappu

    Vice President Interconnections and Grid Analysis, INVENERGY
    Speaker profile image for Bhaskar Ray

    Bhaskar Ray

    SVP and Head of Transmission and Interconnection, SAMSUNG RENEWABLES
    Speaker profile image for Rikin Shah

    Rikin Shah

    Director – Area Transmission Planning/Development, PacifiCorp
    Speaker profile image for Ryan Sherlock

    Ryan Sherlock

    Director of Origination, AVANGRID
    Speaker profile image for Suzanne Singer, PhD

    Suzanne Singer, PhD

    Co-Founder, Executive Director, NATIVE RENEWABLES
    Speaker profile image for Paul Turner, Ph.D

    Paul Turner, Ph.D

    Chief Strategy Officer, HECATE ENERGY
    Speaker profile image for Kevin Yates

    Kevin Yates

    Senior Director Origination, CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP

      HEAR FROM THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS & EXPERTS

      • ACMEWERX
      • Avangrid
      • Avantus
      • Baker Botts
      • Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.
      • BluEarth Renewables
      • CAISO
      • Center for Resource Solutions
      • California Community Power (CC Power)
      • Clearway Energy
      • Colorado's Electric Cooperatives
      • Cypress Creek Energy
      • Davies
      • EDF Renewables North America
      • Elevate Renewables
      • Energy GPS
      • Engie North America
      • esVolta
      • ForeFront Power
      • Form Energy
      • From the Light Consulting
      • GreenFire Energy
      • Hanwha Renewables
      • HEAL Utah
      • Hecate Energy
      • Holland & Hart
      • Idaho Public Utilities Commission
      • Invenergy
      • IOWN
      • Interwest Energy Alliance
      • Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor and Pascoe
      • Jupiter Power
      • MUFG
      • Nano Nuclear Energy
      • Native Renewables
      • NextEra Energy Resources
      • Nova Clean Energy
      • Office of the Governor, State of Nevada
      • PacifiCorp
      • Primergy Solar
      • Public Service Company of New Mexico
      • S&P Global
      • Sage Geosystems
      • Salt River Project (SRP)
      • Samsung Renewables
      • Solariant Capital
      • Southwest Power Pool
      • Sunrun
      • Sunwest Bank
      • The Western Transmission Consortium
      • Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
      • Utah Office of Energy Development
      • Utah Public Service Commission
      • Vesper Energy
      • Walker Blue
      • Water Wise Solar
      • WATT Coalition
      • Weber County Economic Development Department
      • Wells Fargo
      • Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

      WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

      Solar, Storage, Wind & Transmission Developers

      Corporate Offtakers

      Energy Risk Management Services / Insurance

      Investors, Banks, Lenders & Financiers

      Analysts & Consultants

      Utilities, Munis, Co-ops, & other Energy Procurers

      EPCs, Construction, and Equipment

      Local, State, Regional and Federal Energy Regulators

      City, State, Tribal, and Regional Governments

      Law Firms

      PAST PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

      • 174 Power Global
      • Accelergen Energy
      • Acciona Energy
      • Adapture Renewables
      • AES
      • Allium Renewable Energy
      • Alpha Omega Power
      • Ameresco
      • Apex Clean Energy
      • Arevon
      • Aspenall Energies Services, LLC
      • Avangrid Power
      • Avangrid Renewables
      • Avantus
      • Aypa Power
      • B.Grimm Power
      • Balanced Rock Power
      • BayWa r.e
      • Bechtel
      • Bechtel Clean Energy Development
      • Black Mountain Energy Storage
      • Blue Cat Energy
      • BOW Renewables LLC
      • BrightNight
      • Candela Renewables
      • Canigou Capital
      • Carbon Vault Holdings LLC
      • Clean Development International
      • Clearway
      • Clenera
      • ConnectGEN
      • Copia Power
      • Cordelio Power
      • Doral Renewables
      • Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
      • Eavor Technologies Inc
      • EDF Renewables
      • EDP Renewables
      • EIP Storage
      • Enbridge
      • Enbridge, Inc.
      • Enchant Energy Corp
      • ENGIE
      • Enyo Renewable Energy
      • Eolus
      • Epic Star Energy
      • Estuary Power
      • esVolta
      • Exus Renewables
      • Ferrovial Energy, US
      • Fervo Energy
      • Fluence
      • Galehead Development
      • GenPro Energy Solutions, LLC
      • Green Box Solar
      • Grid Connected Infrastructure (GCI)
      • GridStor
      • Hadron Energy Inc
      • Hanwha Qcells USA
      • Hanwha Renewables
      • Hexagon Energy
      • Hyde Renewables
      • Idemitsu Renewables
      • Innergex Renewable Energy
      • IOWN
      • Jupiter Power
      • Korsail Energy
      • Leeward Renewable Energy
      • Lightsource BP
      • Longroad Energy
      • LRE
      • National Grid Renewables
      • National Renewable Solutions
      • National Renewables Solutions (NATRS)
      • Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC
      • Navajo Power
      • Nexamp
      • NextEra Energy Resources
      • NHOA Energy
      • Nova Clean Energy LLC
      • NRS
      • OCI Solar Power
      • OnPeak Power
      • Onyx Renewables
      • Open Mountain Energy
      • Orennia
      • Ormat Energy Storage
      • Orsted Americas
      • Our Next Energy (ONE)
      • Panamint Capital LLC
      • Pine Gate Renewables
      • Pivot Energy
      • PNE USA, Inc.
      • Potentia Renewables Inc.
      • Primergy
      • Private Energy Partners
      • PVcase
      • Radia
      • Reactivate
      • Recurrent Energy
      • Redeux Energy
      • Renewable America
      • Renova inc.
      • Repsol Renewables NA
      • Rev Renewables
      • Rodatherm Energy Corporation
      • rPlus Energies
      • RWE
      • Salamander Power
      • Samsung C&T Renewables
      • SB Energy
      • Scale Microgrids
      • Scout Clean Energy
      • Silicon Ranch Corporation
      • Sofos Power
      • Sol Systems
      • SolAmerica Energy
      • SolarBloom Energy LLC
      • Solariant Capital, LLC
      • Sonnedix
      • Stellar Renewable Power
      • Strata Clean Energy
      • Subterra Renewables
      • Sunpin
      • Syrcuit Energy Solutions
      • TED Renewables
      • Tenaska Power Services Co.
      • TransAlta Corporation
      • US Solar
      • Valor Infrastructure Partners
      • Vistra Corp
      • X-elio
      • XGS Energy
      • Zanskar Geothermal

      • Arizona Corporation Commission
      • CAISO
      • Clark County, Nevada
      • Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission
      • Colorado Energy Office
      • Department of Natural Resources
      • Department of Sustainability, Salt Lake City Corporation
      • Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department of New Mexico
      • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
      • LADWP
      • Los Alamos National Laboratory
      • Montana Public Service Commission
      • New Mexico Department of Transportation
      • New Mexico Energy Conservation and Management (ECAM)
      • New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
      • Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative
      • Provo City
      • Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
      • State of New Mexico - NMDOT
      • State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
      • U.S. Department of Energy
      • U.S. Department of the Interior
      • University of Illinois, Illino
      • US Energy Information Administration
      • UT House of Reps
      • Utah Department of Transportation
      • Utah Office of Energy Development
      • Utah Public Service Commission, WEIM-BOSR
      • Utah State Senate, District 13
      • Weber County Economic Development Department
      • WECC
      • Western Area Power Administration
      • Western Freedom
      • Western Interstate Energy Board WIEB
      • Western Power Pool (WPP)

      • Arizona Public Service
      • Black Hills Corporation
      • Bonneville Power Administration
      • California Community Power
      • City of Albuquerque
      • City of Boulder
      • Colorado Rural Electric Association
      • Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association of Arizona (IEDA)
      • ITC Great
      • Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc.
      • La Plata Electric Association
      • Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
      • OTT HydroMet
      • Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
      • PacifiCorp
      • Platte River Power Authority
      • PNM
      • Powerex
      • Salt Lake City Corporation
      • Salt River Project
      • SMUD
      • Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
      • Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS)
      • United Power

      • Aspenall Energies
      • Bildmore LLC
      • BluePath Finance
      • CleanCapital
      • Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A.
      • CohnReznick
      • Collective Clean Energy Fund
      • Denham Capital
      • DevEngine
      • Dynasty Power
      • Excelsior Energy Capital
      • KeyBanc
      • Keybanc Capital Markets
      • Legacy Bank & Trust
      • Live Action
      • Marathon Capital
      • Mercuria Energy America
      • MUFG
      • National Cooperative Bank
      • Prudential Private Capital
      • Rabobank
      • Raymond James
      • Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
      • SolaREIT
      • Solaris Energy, Inc.
      • SolRiver Capital
      • Stockbridge
      • STX Commodities
      • Sunwest Bank
      • SustainEnergyFinance
      • The Pew Charitable Trusts
      • Valiant Peregrine
      • Wells Fargo

      • 3Degrees
      • ACT Group
      • Advanced Energy United
      • AESI
      • Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
      • Alta Environmental and Infrastructure
      • Altis Energy Services LLC
      • American Solar Energy Society
      • American Wire Group (AWG)
      • Americans for a Clean Energy Grid
      • Ampacity
      • Ampt
      • Analysis Group, Inc.
      • Arcosa Wind Towers
      • Arizona Energy Consortium
      • Aubrey Silvey Enterprises
      • Audi of America
      • Aurora Energy Research
      • Bamert Seed Company
      • Barr Engineering Co.
      • Bell Kearns, Ltd.
      • Beta Engineering
      • BHI
      • Blink Charging
      • BloombergNEF
      • Boviet Solar
      • Boyd Jones
      • Brown & Brown
      • Busch Law Firm PLLC
      • Carbon Rivers
      • CEBA
      • CES
      • Chronicle Heritage
      • Clark Bros, Inc.
      • Coldwell Solar
      • Colorado Solar & Storage Association (COSSA)
      • CPS America
      • Crusoe Energy Systems LLC
      • Customized Energy Solutions
      • Davies
      • DDH North America - GDA
      • DEPCOM Power
      • Doosan GridTech
      • Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke
      • Edison Energy, LLC
      • Electric Power Engineers
      • Empowered Energy
      • Energy Exemplar
      • Energy Project Solutions
      • Enertis Applus+
      • Environmental Defense Fund
      • Environmental Science Associates
      • Eocene Environmental Group, Inc.
      • ES Foundry Corp
      • ESA
      • Fidelity National Title
      • First American Title
      • Fisher Associates, P.E., L.S., L.A., D.P.C.
      • FlexGen
      • Foss & Company
      • Great Basin Energy
      • GTI Fabrication
      • Guidehouse
      • Guzman Energy
      • H & N Wind
      • HEAL Utah
      • Hi Tech Solutions
      • High to Low Voltage
      • Hiller Fire - Southwest Region
      • Holland & Hart
      • Honeywell
      • Husch Blackwell LLP
      • Huwa Enterprises, LLC
      • IBEW
      • Interwest Energy Alliance
      • Japan Electric Power Infomation Center, USA
      • JMS Energy
      • JUWI Inc
      • Laborers' Health and Safety LiUNA
      • Landgate
      • LCPtracker
      • Lear & Lear PLLC
      • Leitwind
      • LevelTen
      • Low Carbon Fuels Coalition
      • M.A. Mortenson Company
      • Mangum Economics
      • MEPPI
      • Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc
      • Moss Adams
      • National Renwable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
      • neuroGrid
      • Nevados Engineering
      • New Energy Equity
      • nFront Consulting
      • NW Laborer's-Employers Cooperation and Education Fund
      • ORC U&I Land Services
      • Perkins Coie
      • PGM
      • POWER Engineers
      • Prevalon Energy
      • PTS Advance
      • QTS Data Centers
      • R2 Contractors
      • Renewable Northwest
      • Risk Strategies
      • RMI
      • Siemens PTI
      • Silverline
      • Sinovoltaics
      • SMA-America
      • Snell & Wilmer
      • Strategic Economic Research
      • SWCA Environmental Consultants
      • SYSO Technologies
      • Taber International
      • Talesun Solar
      • The Energy Authority
      • The Engineering Partners, Inc
      • The Nature Conservancy
      • The Nuclear Company
      • The University of Utah
      • Think Microgrid
      • Transcon Environmental, Inc.
      • Tribal Energy Alternatives
      • Tri-Merit
      • Troutman Pepper
      • TurnKey Logistics, LLC
      • UES
      • Unicorn Solar Inc
      • US Solar Value
      • Utah Clean Cities Coalition (UCCC)
      • Utah Clean Energy
      • Vermont Law School
      • Volvo Energy
      • Vote Solar
      • Western Resource Advocates
      • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
      • World Resources Institute
      • Yamamoto Caliboso Hetherington LLLC

      2025 RECAP

      230+
      Event Participants
      79
      Expert Speakers
      19
      Content-Packed Sessions
      Audience demographics for last year's event

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      Aerial view of Salt Lake City

      Hilton Salt Lake City Center
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      Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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      Cutoff Date: Monday, August 17, 2026
      Group Name: Mountain West Renewables 2026


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