Clean Currents 2028

Annual national event for water power professionals. Programming includes CC Central exhibits and education, the Innovation Power House, plenary sessions, panel discussions, workshops, asset-owner-only sessions, technical presentations, roundtables, and hydro plant technical tours. The event brings together hydro asset owners and generators, C-suite and executive leadership, engineers, portfolio and general managers, plant operations personnel, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, federal and state resource agencies, regulators, research entities, academia, nonprofit organizations, and financial entities.

The programming focuses on regulatory, policy, market, and legislative issues affecting the North American water power industry. It includes educational programming, information exchange, and advocacy activities involving industry, government agencies, regulators, resource agencies, Tribes, and NGOs. Advocacy Day programming is intended to help industry representatives engage policymakers on Capitol Hill about water power policy priorities.

The conference brings together policymakers, experts, and corporate leaders across the clean energy value chain. Topics include wind, solar, storage, transmission, and dealmaking.

A business and education event for power generation professionals, including generator owner-operators, engineers, manufacturers, consultants, and service providers. Themes include operating and maintaining generation assets, new technologies, market shifts, operational challenges, managing costs, and bringing new capacity online.

The conference brings together public power leaders, policymakers, vendors, and partners to exchange strategies and discover solutions for long-term utility success. Its program addresses how changing policy, technology, and lifestyles are reshaping the energy industry and communities, with multiple tracks and sessions. The Industry Innovations Expo focuses on solutions and tools for utility decision-makers, and the conference also includes a public-power community service component.

Produced by IEEE PES and hosted by Georgia Power, the exposition includes a Data Center Stage track exploring how the rise of hyperscale and edge data centers is influencing grid planning, energy infrastructure and sustainable load management. The conference brings together the transmission and distribution ecosystem, including utilities, regulators, researchers and technology providers, with many manufacturers timing new product launches to coincide with the event.

Sessions cover Environmental, Generation & Fuels; Grid Modernization; Transmission & Distribution; and Reliability & Resilience. Conference attendees can also attend sessions in the concurrent Safety Summit. The conference focuses on practices for building and maintaining safe, reliable electric systems, and includes the Public Power NextTech Expo. The 2027 agenda has not been published.

The conference covers public power accounting and finance, human resources, rates and pricing, and risk management. Attendees may also attend concurrent summit sessions focused on public power cybersecurity and technology, including current practices, AI tools, utility resources, trends, and threats. The 2027 agenda is expected in early 2027.

The conference brings public power leaders together to exchange strategies and explore solutions for long-term success. Its content addresses how changing policy, technology, and lifestyles are reshaping the energy industry and communities, alongside an Industry Innovations Expo.