TechAdvantage

PowerXchange is an annual meeting of cooperative leadership focused on emerging technologies, rising demand, shifting consumer expectations, and the changing energy landscape. The program includes general sessions with nationally renowned speakers, education sessions on emerging issues, innovations and strategies, peer collaboration, and an expo featuring technologies and services for electric cooperatives. The event also includes NRECA's Annual Business Meeting, where voting delegates participate in the member resolutions process and consider proposed resolutions and amendments to the NRECA Bylaws.

TechAdvantage is a conference and expo for electric cooperative engineering, operations, information technology, purchasing and supply management professionals. Its stated focus includes grid resilience, cybersecurity, data, AI and emerging technologies, with content areas spanning engineering, broadband and supply chain. Program topic areas include advanced metering, distribution automation, distributed energy resource management systems, microgrids, resiliency, EV charging and electrification, GIS, grid visibility, communications and connectivity, IT operations and cloud infrastructure. Other areas include cybersecurity, risk and regulatory compliance; data, AI and analytics; procurement, supply-chain resilience, logistics, inventory and materials management; broadband deployment, fiber and wireless technologies; disaster recovery, storm response and business continuity; and workforce strategies and load growth. The expo features technologies and solutions for electric cooperatives.

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.

The conference combines superintendent and engineer meetings for presentations on new technology, standards, and industry regulations, alongside a joint product show featuring solutions from digital tools to bucket trucks. Agenda topics include automation, leadership, field testing for metering accuracy and hidden losses, AI tools for engineering and operations, advanced distribution operations and faster restoration, and relay testing. A group-led roundtable covers artificial intelligence in electric cooperatives, contractor requirements, dispatching, employee retention, right-of-way and line-extension policies, pole loading and guying, BESS, data center loads, electronic breakers, safety, equipment, and automation. Additional listed issues include ODOT projects, ground-grid and relay advancements, vegetation and asset management using LiDAR and drone mapping, protection engineering, utility construction coordination and constructability, and independent construction oversight and QA/QC. The business meeting includes the election of 2027 officers and new business.

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 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.

PowerXchange is an annual meeting of cooperative leadership focused on emerging technologies, rising demand, shifting consumer expectations, and the changing energy landscape. The program includes general sessions with nationally renowned speakers, education sessions on emerging issues, innovations and strategies, peer collaboration, and an expo featuring technologies and services for electric cooperatives. The event also includes NRECA's Annual Business Meeting, where voting delegates participate in the member resolutions process and consider proposed resolutions and amendments to the NRECA Bylaws.

Sessions address electric cooperative governance, strategic planning, and emerging industry issues. A discussion covers challenges, opportunities, and successes for electric cooperatives; other sessions examine the U.S. economy, financial markets, and electric industry outlook and their effects on cooperatives. General-session themes include planning for goals, assessing risk, preparing for adversity, and the role of heroism and service. Breakouts cover questions directors should ask about data centers, preventing electrical accidents, communicating with consumer-members, and artificial intelligence and the future of energy. Electrical-safety demonstrations illustrate the risks of high-voltage electricity and the equipment and practices used to protect cooperative employees and the public. The closing session includes an update from NRECA’s board of directors.

Annual conference and thought leadership forum with keynote discussions and breakouts focused on forces shaping the electric power industry. The intended audience includes electric company executives, government leaders, technology partners and innovators, policymakers, regulators, and industry stakeholders.

The gathering focuses on cooperative leadership and the changing energy landscape, including emerging technologies, rising demand, and shifting consumer expectations. Programming includes general sessions, education sessions on emerging issues, innovations, and strategies, an Expo featuring industry technologies and services, and the annual member business meeting. Voting members consider proposed resolutions and amendments to NRECA bylaws through the member resolutions process, which includes a Proposed Resolutions Forum.