Full Schedule

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM CT

Power Up 5K & 2.5K Walk

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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

Registration Open

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT

Networking Breakfast

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT

Exhibit Hall Open

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM CT

PowerTalk with Jason Grumet Featuring NARUC Leaders

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) & Commissioner, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission

Speaker: – Commissioner, Virginia State Corporation Commission

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT

All of the Above: How Diverse Energy Sources Are Meeting America’s Growing Demand

Location: Knowledge is Power Stage (Booth #2453)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – EDP Renewables North America LLC

Speaker: – American Petroleum Institute (API)

Speaker: – Enbridge Inc

Knowledge is Power

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Energy Market Outlook: Meeting Demand in a Multi-Resource Future

Location: Energy Elevation Stage (Booth #330)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Halcyon

Speaker: – Wood Mackenzie

Speaker: – Aurora Energy Research

Energy Elevation

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Leveling the Playing Field: Aligning Storage Policy Across Energy Markets

Location: Charge Up Stage (Booth #5132)

Moderator: – Grid Strategies LLC

Speaker: – Chief Executive Officer, REV Renewables

Speaker: – Advanced Power Alliance (APA)

Speaker: – NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research & Development Authority)

Charge Up

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Clean Power Insights: Building a Resilient U.S. Solar Ecosystem—Sites, Supply Chains, and End-of-Life

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Solar Energy

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Solar: It's a Land-Based Business

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Lightsource bp

Solar Energy

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

From Brownfield to Utility-Scale Renewable Energy: Implementing a Back to Basics Approach in Technology

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Competitive Power Ventures

Solar Energy

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Onshoring the Silicon Backbone of U.S. Solar: Expectations vs. Reality

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Intertek CEA

Solar Energy

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

How PERC, TOPCon, HJT, and Back-Contact Will Shape Domestic Manufacturing

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – ES Foundry

Solar Energy

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Pick, Place and Perform: Navigating Domestic Content in a Modular, Mix-and-Match Market

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Bila Solar, Inc.

Solar Energy

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Powering Circularity: Collaborative Solutions for Responsible Decommissioning, Repowering, and End of Life

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – SOLARCYCLE

Solar Energy

11:20 AM - 11:45 AM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT

EmpowHER Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: – Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)

Moderator: – Volt Energy Utility

Panelist: – EDP Renewables North America LLC

Panelist: – WECS Renewables

Panelist: – DNV

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1:00 PM - 1:25 PM CT

PowerTalk with Jason Grumet Featuring FERC & Avangrid

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Speaker: – Avangrid

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Confronting Attacks on Clean Energy with Digital Tools

Location: Energy Elevation Stage (Booth #330)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – AES Clean Energy

Speaker: – GoodPower

Speaker: – EDP Renewables North America LLC

Energy Elevation

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Ranchers, Farmers, and Clean Power—Landowner Perspectives on Energy Development Partnerships

Location: Knowledge is Power Stage (Booth #2453)

Moderator: – Renewable Energy Farmers of America (REFA)

Speaker: – Renewable Energy Farmers of America (REFA)

Speaker: – EDP Renewables North America LLC

Knowledge is Power

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Speed to Power: Next-Generation Solar and Storage Meeting Rising Demand

Location: Charge Up Stage (Booth #5132)

Charge Up

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Clean Power Insights: Grid Resilience—Cyber Defense, Safety, and Operational Intelligence

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Grid Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Public Safety

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Morrison & Foerster LLP

Grid Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Cybersecurity: Green Energy, Red Alerts—Understanding the Current Renewable Cyber Threat Landscape

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Ørsted

Grid Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Gap in the Grid: Why NERC CIP Compliant Stacks Fail Against Advanced Phishing like AiTM

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Women in Cybersecurity, Austin

Grid Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Secure Networks and Remote Access in Renewable Generation

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Black & Veatch

Grid Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Remaining Useful Life: Forecasting Wind Turbine Component Failures

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Onyx Insight

Grid Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

How Holistic Optimization Can Save your Megaproject $100,000,000

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Ulteig

Grid Resilience

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Networking Break & Exhibits

2:30 PM - 2:55 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Building Local Support for Energy Storage Projects

Location: Charge Up Stage (Booth #5132)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – AES Clean Energy

Speaker: – Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council (MIEIBC)

Charge Up

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Retention is the New Recruitment: Frontline Worker Retention

Location: Knowledge is Power Stage (Booth #2453)

Moderator: – Clean Power Institute

Speaker: – Mortenson

Speaker: – GE Vernova

Knowledge is Power

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

State Leadership in Action: Regional Strategies to Meet Energy Demand

Location: Energy Elevation Stage (Booth #330)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Apex Clean Energy

Speaker: – Pattern Energy

Speaker: – Fluence

Energy Elevation

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Clean Power Insights: From Procurement to Cash Flow—Making Clean Power Projects Bankable

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Tax, Finance & Markets

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Clean Power’s Missing Middle: Why Early Projects Stall

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – ACORE

Tax, Finance & Markets

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Independent Engineering in a Topology-Constrained Grid: Why Local System Realities Now Define Project Risk

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Electric Power Engineers

Tax, Finance & Markets

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

From Procurement to Cash Flow: Optimizing Storage Revenues for Project Financing

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Fluence

Tax, Finance & Markets

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

ITC Start of Work Certificates: Perspectives for Risk Mitigation

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Wood Group

Tax, Finance & Markets

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

From Friction to Flow: How Supply Chain Communication Makes Renewables Bankable

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Consultant

Tax, Finance & Markets

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

GREASE Lightning: How States Can Win in the Electro-Industrial Era

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

Tax, Finance & Markets

3:30 PM - 3:55 PM CT

PowerCast

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Clean Power Insights: Powering the Next Phase of the Grid—Interconnection, Load Growth, and AI

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Electricity Markets & Transmission

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Interconnection Without the Wait

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – GQS New Energy Strategies

Electricity Markets & Transmission

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Identifying Barriers to Solar and Storage Hybrids

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)

Electricity Markets & Transmission

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Load Growth Surges Again This Year: Is Our Grid Ready?

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Grid Strategies LLC

Electricity Markets & Transmission

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Streamlined Transmission Siting Consistent with Existing State and Federal Environmental Laws

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – American Integrated Resources

Electricity Markets & Transmission

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Interconnection After FERC's Efficiency Workshop: What Developers Are Seeing Across Load, Markets, and Risk

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Clean Grid Alliance

Electricity Markets & Transmission

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Where Renewables Go from Here

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Cypress Creek Renewables

Electricity Markets & Transmission

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Exhibit Hall Happy Hour

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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Poster Reception

Location: E-Poster Gallery (#4301)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

PowerVets Reception

Location: PowerVets Lounge (Booth #1949)

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