Power & Utilities Conferences & Events in the US — 2027

Highlighted events

• JAN

  18

  MON

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  JAN

  21

  THU

  POWERGEN 2027

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  POWERGEN International · Salt Lake City, UT

  Batteries & Energy Storage · Nuclear · Power & Utilities

  POWERGEN 2027 is a power-generation conference for utilities, independent power producers, EPCs, OEMs, engineers, manufacturers, consultants, and service providers. The program addresses load growth, new capacity, reliability, supply-chain and permitting constraints, and the data-center boom. Keynote sessions include “Supply, Demand and the Next Build Cycle: A CEO and COO Conversation,” “Securing the Grid in the Age of AI,” and “When the Grid Needs It Most: Reliability, Readiness and the Performance Gap.” Technical tracks cover gas turbine and combined cycle, data centers, nuclear, resource and capacity planning, markets and load growth, interconnection, project development and delivery, onsite power, digital modernization, supply chain and procurement, energy storage and hybrids, hydropower, cybersecurity, carbon capture, and workforce, safety and compliance. Featured sessions include “A National Pulse Check on the U.S. Gas Turbine Fleet: Performance, Upgrade Potential and Lead-Time Trends,” “Advanced Cybersecurity: Beyond Traditional Firewalls, AI Threats and IT/OT Convergence,” “Advanced Reactors and TRISO Fuel: Project Pele, Production Scale and the Path to Deployment,” “Advancing Post-Combustion Carbon Capture: Pilot Results and Integration Considerations for Honeywell's ASCC Process,” “AI Data Center Load Impacts on Synchronous Generators: EMT Analysis and Voltage Support Technology Comparison,” “Battery Storage Accreditation: Navigating ELCC, UCAP and Capacity Market Value,” and “Connecting Grid Planning Decisions to Control-Room Reality.” Partner programming includes the 44th Electric Utility and Cogeneration Chemistry Workshop, Coal Users Group, POWERGEN University, and Fleet Operations Forum.

  Matt Gardner

  Dick Garlish

  Brian Harrell

  David Kezell

  Puesh Kumar

• JAN

  19

  TUE

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  JAN

  21

  THU

  Projects & Money 2027

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  Infocast · New Orleans, LA

  Batteries & Energy Storage · Nuclear · Power & Utilities

  The program brings senior developers, investors, lenders, utilities, energy buyers, and strategic capital providers together across two connected tracks: Projects & Money and NextGen Energy Investment. Core topics include debt, tax equity, private credit, policy, transferability, project economics, investor sentiment, capital allocation, execution, insurance, and bankability. The NextGen track addresses advanced nuclear, geothermal, long-duration energy storage, grid modernization, distributed energy, and AI-driven power solutions. Agenda sessions include “Projects & Money Roundtable: What New Trends Are Dealmakers Seeing?”, “What Macro Forces Are Driving Market Trends?”, “Deploying Capital at Scale: Finding Opportunity in Energy's Next Growth Cycle,” “The Return of Reliability: Financing Firm Power for a New Era of Electricity Demand,” “Tax Equity and Tax Credit Transfer Market Dynamics,” “Financing the Future: The Asset Classes Powering the Next Decade of Energy Growth,” “Project Finance Perspectives: Financing the Power Race and Digital Infrastructure Boom,” “Policy, Permitting & the Real Barriers to Scaling NextGen Energy,” “Private Credit: Risk vs. Reward,” “Lenders' Perspectives on the 2027 Financing Outlook,” and “SMR Economics: Evaluating Regulatory Hurdles, Unit Economics & Bankable Construction Timelines.”

  Ken Young

  Angelin Baskaran

  Mit Buchanan

  Jack Cargas

  Shane Easter

• FEB

  3

  WED

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  FEB

  5

  FRI

  2027 NAPE Summit

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  NAPE (North American Prospect Expo) · Houston, TX

  Mining & Metals · Oil & Gas · Power & Utilities

  A marketplace for buying, selling, and trading prospects and producing properties, with programming spanning oil and gas, critical minerals, data centers, geothermal, minerals and non-operated assets, bitcoin mining, renewable energy, and offshore opportunities. The Energy Business Conference includes “US/World Energy Outlook 2027,” covering commodity pricing, production outlooks, geopolitical volatility, regulatory developments, LNG growth, capital discipline, energy security, and demand from AI infrastructure and industrial expansion. “Power Grid, Data Centers & AI Infrastructure” examines grid capacity, data-center siting, water and electricity costs, and AI-driven power demand. “AI & Technology in Energy” addresses scaling AI, governance, and innovation. “Energy During Wartime/Government View of Wartime Energy” covers energy security, critical-infrastructure resilience, global LNG, strategic minerals, military demand, cyber threats, and supply-chain disruption. “CEO Fireside Chat: Leading Energy Forward” focuses on AI adoption, workforce strategy, commodity markets, and geopolitical developments. The Technical Track features “AI for Subsurface Energy,” including generative AI for geospatial maps, OSDU and harmonized datasets, seismic interpretation, and data workflows. “New Opportunities in Traditional Legacy Oil and Gas Basins” covers direct lithium extraction from Arkansas’s Smackover Formation, geothermal co-production in the Bakken, helium and hydrogen resources, stacked-pay development, and San Andres horizontal drilling. The Capital Track addresses capital allocation, consolidation, public and private financing, infrastructure investment, underwriting energy types, and expected returns. Additional programming includes a Government Affairs Session on regulatory changes, advocacy, and policy trends, plus expo hubs focused on prospects, critical minerals, renewable energy, offshore activity, minerals and non-operated assets, data centers, and bitcoin mining.

  Kim Padeletti

  Bryan Loocke

  Kristin Whitman

  Debnil Chowdhury

  Bob Fryklund