Southeast Power NEXT

November 4 - 6, 2026  |  Sheraton & Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel Complex  |  Charlotte, NC
 

Policy Makers, Utilities & Generators Meet to Chart the Next Steps to Power Large Loads Across the Southeast

Unprecedented energy demand growth is accelerating across the Southeast, driven by new data centers and manufacturing facilities. Southeastern states and major utilities are dramatically — and quickly — ramping up their search for where to seek power next.

However, while this is a huge opportunity for the energy industry, challenges multiply. How will affordability and reliability concerns affect public service commission and state policies governing interconnection, cost allocation, power procurement, and customer green tariffs? How will renewables be affected by plans to rapidly add gas-fired capacity? How can increasing local opposition to siting and permitting projects be overcome? What strategies can developers adopt to grow in a post-ITC world? What are the potential impacts of the November election on energy and how will developer strategies be affected?

Infocast’s Southeast Power NEXT, is the ONLY conference that gets “everyone in the room” from across the entire region to explore the next steps to power the Southeast. Featuring key state policymakers, critical decision-makers, leading utility executives, financiers and renewable energy players, the event does a critical survey of the most dynamic states in the region — including North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi — to provide definitive updates on the issues you will need to understand to seize the very best opportunities. 

Join 500 of the Southeast’s leading energy executives to tackle the questions defining what comes next for the region’s power market:

  • How will huge increases in data center demand be met with power procurements and investments?
  • How are utility commissions responding to large load speed to power needs as the populace increasingly worries about affordability and environmental issues?
  • How do utilities across the region plan to balance their decarbonization commitments with reliability concerns in procurements?
  • Where and how and by whom will standalone and co-located storage be deployed to boost reliability and resilience?
  • What are the most effective methods to deal with local opposition to siting and permitting?
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20
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FEATURED SPEAKERS

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Speaker profile image for Sy Allen

Sy Allen

Strategic Negotiator, Energy Market Development, GOOGLE
Speaker profile image for Commissioner Jehmal Hudson

Commissioner Jehmal Hudson

VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
Speaker profile image for Wilson Mallard

Wilson Mallard

Director,
Renewable Development,
Georgia Power
Speaker profile image for Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald

Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald

GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Speaker profile image for William "Bill" Murray

William "Bill" Murray

Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Communications, Dominion Energy
Speaker profile image for Commissioner De'Keither Stamps

Commissioner De'Keither Stamps

MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Speaker profile image for Commissioner Andrew Wood

Commissioner Andrew Wood

KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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    Speaker profile image for Christopher J. Ayers

    Christopher J. Ayers

    Executive Director, NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC STAFF
    Speaker profile image for Jamie Barber

    Jamie Barber

    Director,
    Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Unit,
    GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
    Speaker profile image for Wes Barber

    Wes Barber

    Transmission Services Manager, SOUTHERN COMPANY
    Speaker profile image for Andrew Bateman

    Andrew Bateman

    Executive Director, SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF
    Speaker profile image for Maura Farver

    Maura Farver

    State Energy Policy Director, NC, DUKE ENERGY
    Speaker profile image for Todd R. Flowers

    Todd R. Flowers

    Director – Generation Development, Dominion Energy
    Speaker profile image for Elizabeth Ingram

    Elizabeth Ingram

    Director, Regulatory Strategy, ENTERGY
    Speaker profile image for Jeff Jacobs

    Jeff Jacobs

    Director of Development, EDP
    Speaker profile image for Laurel Meeks

    Laurel Meeks

    General Manager, Distributed Energy Group, DUKE ENERGY
    Speaker profile image for Ben Oberman

    Ben Oberman

    Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Customer Solutions, SILICON RANCH
    Speaker profile image for Geoff Penland

    Geoff Penland

    Senior Director,
    State and Federal Government Relations,
    SANTEE COOPER
    Speaker profile image for JJ Petti

    JJ Petti

    Director, Interconnection and Grid Strategies, TERRAFORM POWER
    Speaker profile image for William Rankin

    William Rankin

    Director, Origination, ORIGIS ENERGY
    Speaker profile image for Grant Redding

    Grant Redding

    Manager, Capacity Procurements, SOUTHERN COMPANY
    Speaker profile image for Katie Southworth

    Katie Southworth

    Utility Regulation, Resource Planning, and Electricity Markets, CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (CEBA)
    Speaker profile image for Bret Sowers

    Bret Sowers

    Vice President, Government Affairs and Strategy, ENERGYRE
    Speaker profile image for Peter Toomey

    Peter Toomey

    Chief Development Officer, CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES
    Speaker profile image for Lynnae Willette

    Lynnae Willette

    Director, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, EDF POWER SOLUTIONS

      HEAR FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS AND EXPERTS

      • A Better Choice Consulting, LLC
      • Advanced Energy United
      • Advanced Power Alliance
      • Base Power Company
      • Brown & Brown
      • Carolina Solar Energy
      • Chaberton Energy
      • Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
      • Cushman & Wakefield
      • Cypress Creek Energy
      • Dominion Energy
      • Duke Energy
      • EDF Power Solutions
      • EDP
      • Energy Right
      • energyRe
      • Entergy
      • EOS Capital Advisors
      • Ferrell Ranch
      • Foss & Company
      • Georgia Power
      • Georgia Public Service Commission
      • Google
      • Green Power EMC
      • Greenlight America
      • Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association
      • Headwater Energy
      • Invenergy
      • J.P. Morgan
      • Kentucky Public Service Commission
      • Key Capture Energy
      • Lazy Tee Reverse Cee
      • Madison Energy Infrastructure
      • Mahoning County, Ohio
      • McGuireWoods
      • Mississippi Public Service Commission
      • NC Clean Energy Technology Center
      • New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts
      • NC Sustainable Energy Association
      • North Carolina Public Staff
      • Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
      • Origis Energy
      • Parker Poe
      • Property Rights Ohio
      • Renewable Energy Farmers of America
      • Renu Energy Solutions
      • Santee Cooper
      • SERC Reliability Corporation
      • Silicon Ranch
      • Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
      • South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
      • Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
      • Southern Company
      • Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)
      • Swift Current Energy
      • Terracon
      • TerraForm Power
      • The Colfax Soil & Water Conservation District
      • The Land Institute
      • Treaty Oak Clean Energy
      • United Community Bank
      • Virginia Alliance for Clean Energy
      • Virginia State Corporation Commission

      WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

      Utilities

      Munis

      Consultants

      Developers

      Regulators

      Equipment Providers

      G&T’s

      Corporate Energy Buyers

      EPCs

      Co-ops

      Attorneys

      Vendors

      PAST SOUTHEAST RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTICIPANTS

      • 1898 & Co.
      • ABB Inc.
      • ACCURE Battery Intelligence
      • Aderis Energy, LLC
      • Advanced Energy Economy
      • AES
      • Ampyr Energy USA
      • Apex Clean Energy
      • Apogee
      • Arkansas Public Service Commission
      • Avangrid Renewables
      • Babcock & Wilcox
      • Balch and Bingham LLP
      • Beaufort Rosemary LLC
      • Beltline Energy
      • Black Mountain Energy Storage
      • Blue Ridge Power
      • Bluestem Energy Solutions
      • Booth & Associates, LLC
      • Bowman Consulting
      • Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
      • BrightNight Power
      • Brown & Brown
      • Burns & McDonnell
      • Burr & Forman LLP
      • CAC Specialty
      • Candela Renewables
      • Capital Power
      • Carolina Solar Energy
      • Castle Energy Group
      • CFEX
      • Charlotte Business Journal
      • CleanChoice Energy
      • ClearGen
      • Cleco
      • Cobb EMC
      • Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses
      • Cornerstone Systems, Inc.
      • cQuant.io
      • CREADIS Inc.
      • CWP Energy Solutions
      • Cypress Creek Renewables
      • Davey Resource Group, Inc.
      • Davidson College
      • Davis Hill Development
      • Daymark Energy Advisors, Inc.
      • DHL Industrial Projects
      • Dominion Energy
      • Doosan GridTech
      • Duke Energy
      • E2
      • East Point Energy
      • ECS Southeast, LLP
      • EDF Renewables, Inc.
      • EDP Renewables
      • Electric Power Engineers, LLC
      • Empower Energies
      • Enerfin Renewables
      • Energy and Policy Institute
      • Energy Exemplar
      • energyRe
      • Enertis Solar Inc.
      • Entergy Louisiana
      • Enverus
      • EOS Capital Advisors
      • ERM
      • Erthos
      • Essense Partners
      • Federal Pacific
      • First National Bank of PA
      • First Solar
      • FORVIS
      • FORVIS LLP
      • Fox Rothschild
      • Fractal Energy Storage Consultants
      • Freestone Renewables
      • GAI Consultants, Inc.
      • GameChange Solar
      • Gemma Power Systems
      • Georgia Power Company
      • Georgia Public Service Commission
      • Green Lantern Solar
      • Green Power EMC
      • GreenFront Energy Partners
      • GreenGo Energy US, Inc.
      • Greenleaf Power
      • GreenStruxure
      • Greenvolt Power Actualize
      • HDR Engineering
      • Headwater Environmental
      • Heelstone Renewable Energy, LLC
      • hep
      • Holland & Knight LLP
      • Holocene Clean Energy
      • Houlihan Lokey
      • Hy Stor Energy LP
      • Ingeteam
      • Integrated Media Publishing
      • Invenergy LLC
      • Jiachi West, LLC
      • JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.
      • Johnson Controls
      • JST Power Equipment
      • Kairos Government Affairs
      • Kale Construction Supply
      • Kentucky Conservation Committee
      • Kentucky Office of Energy Policy
      • Key Equipment Finance
      • Kilpatrick Townsend
      • Kimley-Horn Associates
      • KPMG
      • LaBella Associates
      • Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
      • Leeward Renewable Energy
      • Leyline Renewable Capital, LLC
      • Liberty Utilities
      • Longroad Energy
      • LS Energy Solutions
      • Madison Energy Investments
      • Mainstream Renewable Power
      • Mangum Economics
      • Manulife Investment Management
      • McAdams
      • McGriff Insurance
      • McGuireWoods Consulting LLC
      • McGuireWoods LLP
      • Mercer Thompson
      • Meta
      • Milliken
      • MISO
      • Mississippi Power Company
      • Mississippi Public Service Commission
      • Mitsubishi Electric
      • Mountain Association
      • MUFG
      • National Grid Renewables
      • NC Clean Energy Technology Center
      • NCSEA
      • Nelson Mullins
      • Nexceris (Li-ion Tamer)
      • NextEra Energy, Inc.
      • North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
      • North Carolina Utilities Commission
      • Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
      • Novis Renewables LLC
      • Nucor Corporation
      • Oakhurst Energy Development
      • Olsson
      • Origis Energy
      • Origis Services, LLC
      • ORIX Corporation
      • Palmetto Power
      • Parker Poe
      • Pathward, National Assoication
      • Pattern Energy
      • Pathward
      • Pine Gate Renewables
      • Pinnacle Financial Partners
      • Plus Power, LLC
      • PNE USA
      • Powder Day Capital, LLC
      • Primergy Solar
      • QE Solar
      • Radiance Solar
      • Rayonier
      • Recurrent Energy
      • Redeux Energy
      • Renewco Power Ltd.
      • RES
      • RockBridge Energy
      • RPS
      • RWE Renewables
      • S&ME, Inc.
      • SAM Companies
      • Sargent & Lundy
      • Savion Energy
      • ScottMadden
      • SEEM
      • SERC
      • Silicon Ranch
      • Sofos Harbert Renewable Energy
      • Sol Systems
      • SolAmerica Energy
      • Solar Provider Group
      • Solar4America
      • Sol-REIT
      • Solterra Energy, LLC
      • SolUnesco
      • Southeast Sustainability Directors Network
      • Southeastern Wind Coalition
      • Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
      • Southern Company
      • Southern Environmental Law Center
      • Southern Renewable Energy Association
      • Southface
      • Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
      • Staubli
      • Stellar Renewable Power
      • Stewart Title Guaranty Company
      • Strata Clean Energy
      • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
      • Sun Tribe Development
      • SunEnergy1
      • SWCA Environmental Consultants
      • Swell Energy
      • TenneSEIA
      • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
      • The Hawthorn Group
      • Thompson McMullan, P.C. and Chair of Board, Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance
      • Tidwell Group
      • Timberland Investment Resources
      • Today's Power, Inc.
      • TotalEnergies USA
      • Treaty Oak Clean Energy
      • Treehouse Investments
      • Triple Oak Power
      • Troutman Pepper
      • True Green Capital
      • TVA
      • Ulteig
      • United Community Bank
      • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
      • Urban Grid Solar
      • USDA
      • ViewPoint Solutions Group, LLC
      • Vitis Energy
      • VSUN
      • Wattch
      • Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking
      • Weyerhaeuser
      • Wind Works Power
      • Wood Mackenzie
      • Wood PLC
      • WSP USA
      • Zorya Energy Advisors

      SOUTHEAST RENEWABLE ENERGY 2025 RECAP

      325+
      Event Participants
      78
      Expert Speakers
      20
      Content-Packed Sessions
      Audience demographics for last year's event
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      "Our team was pleased that the people they wanted to see were there, and the venue had just the right number of attendees. Most of our team have already informed me that we must go again."

      — Melissa Stepinski, EIPAF

       

      "It was an excellent time to reconnect with clients, meet new people, and in a short period of time, get a pulse on changes in the industry."

      — Allen Kramer, CRUX CLIMATE

       

      "The panelists did a great job covering all aspects of the industry and the networking times were very valuable to myself and my company. So many new relationships that are turning into partnerships with us. Great event!"

      — Eric Dillavou, DOOSAN GRIDTECH

      "If you want to know what's going on in the Southeast, you've got to attend this event."

      — Simon Mahan, SOUTHERN RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION

       

      "This is my go-to conference to catch up on recent developments in renewable energy at the local, state, and federal levels in the Southeast, and to make contacts that I can use as referral sources and as potential clients."

      — Cliona Robb, VIRGINIA RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE

       

      "The size of the conference and access to the panelists were great. I pulled away several meaningful ideas for my team in just a couple of days."

      — Mike Casey, STELLA ENERGY SOLUTIONS

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      venue

      Sheraton Charlotte
      Sheraton Charlotte lobby
      Sheraton Charlotte Ballroom

      Sheraton & Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel Complex
      555 S McDowell St.
      Charlotte, NC 28204

      Room Rate: $249 per night
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      Cutoff Date: Tuesday, October 13th


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