POWERGEN 2028

The program covers power-generation operations, grid reliability and security, project development, and changing electricity demand. Keynote sessions address supply, demand and the next build cycle; securing the grid amid AI-related threats; and reliability, readiness and the performance gap. Technical sessions include gas-turbine fleet performance and upgrade potential; advanced reactors and TRISO fuel; carbon-capture integration; battery storage and capacity-market accreditation; data-center power demand and flexibility; long-duration storage; nuclear digital modernization; renewable integration; and power-project delivery. Additional program areas include CHP, cybersecurity, grid planning, emissions, and operations and asset reliability.

The conference is for public power professionals who design, develop, and maintain the electric system. Program themes include Environmental, Generation & Fuels; Grid Modernization; Transmission & Distribution; Reliability & Resilience; and Safety. The audience includes vice presidents, superintendents, directors, managers, engineers, safety and training specialists, electric utility directors, city managers, and emerging leaders.

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.

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.

Theme: “Grid Modernization: Scaling the Grid for Emerging Demand.” The IEEE PES flagship annual conference provides a forum for power engineers and academics to share research and innovations in power systems and energy technologies, discuss grid and utility challenges, establish technical directions and standards, and connect academia, industry, utilities, and government.

The conference focuses on the customer-utility interface, including planning, demand management, distributed energy resources, storage, DERMS, energy efficiency, interconnection, standardization, scalability, AI, data center growth, and next-generation loads. The program includes tutorials, technical tours, welcome and opening remarks with a keynote, breakout sessions, exhibits, stage presentations, startup lightning pitches, a poster session, and a closing session. Super Sessions address generation mix and grid reliability; data center growth and the AI economy; flexible load management; AI for planning, operations, and reliability; and asset management for an affordable grid. The program also includes an invite-only Innovation Challenge and brings together utility engineers, planners, consultants, developers working on large-load interconnections, AI and data-center leaders, DER providers, policymakers, regulators, and researchers in data, cybersecurity, and grid-edge systems. PacifiCorp is the host utility.

Topics include electrical safety and high-risk work environments; serious-incident reviews and lessons learned; human performance and error reduction; contractor safety; confined-space, work-at-height, and rescue practices; and emergency response, thermal runaway, and fire preparedness for battery energy storage systems. Operations and asset-performance topics include predictive maintenance, reliability optimization, advanced analytics, major-component reliability for gearboxes, blades, inverters, and BESS, aging fleets, asset-life extension, hybrid wind, solar, and storage operations, and operational readiness and commissioning. Workforce themes include fatigue management, technician readiness, apprenticeships, cross-training, frontline leadership, knowledge transfer, and succession planning. The PowerCast Stage features practical presentations on operational experiences, demonstrations, emerging technologies, and best practices.

The annual IEEE PES General Meeting is a forum for power engineers and academics to share research and developments in electrical power engineering. Its broad focus includes power systems and energy technologies, challenges facing electric grids and utilities, and technical direction and standards within IEEE PES.

The official water power trade show and conference of the National Hydropower Association, covering the water power industry. The event focuses on sustainability, security, and scalability strategies to meet demand driven by electrification, data center expansion, and climate impacts, with hydropower, pumped storage, infrastructure, and renewable energy among its themes. Hosted by Georgia Power.