2026 SPEAKERS
Dor Abuhasira
CEO
Percepto
Peter Ambler
VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Pano.AI
Chris Anderson
General Counsel
Rayburn Electric Cooperative
Lora Anguay
Chief Energy Resource Officer
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Chris Ayers
Executive Director
NCUC Public Staff
Elaina Ball
Chief Strategy Officer
CPS Energy
Hala Ballouz
Founder, Board Chair, Chief Vision Officer
Electric Power Engineers, LLC
Kelsey Bagot
Commissioner
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Jeff Bladen
Chief Energy & Policy Officer
Verrus Data Centers
Kevin Book
Co-Founder and Director of Research
ClearView Energy Partners, LLC
Judy Chang
Commissioner
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Caroline Choi
EVP, Public Policy & Corporate Affairs
Edison International and Southern California Edison
Jeffrey Connor
Chief Operating Officer
NRECA
Scott Corwin
President & CEO
American Public Power Association
Jonathan Elkind
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)
School of International and Public Affairs
Alex Fitzsimmons
Acting Under Secretary of Energy and CESER Director
U.S. Department of Energy
Seth Frader-Thompson
President & Co-Founder
EnergyHub
Lakin Garth
Director, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA
Sheri Givens
President & CEO
SEPA
Greg Gordon
Senior Advisor
Moelis & Company
Francesco Maria Graziani
Climate and Energy Counsellor
Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Bryan Hannegan
President & CEO
Holy Cross Energy
Scott Harden
CTO for Global Innovation
Schneider Electric
Doreen Harris
President and CEO
NYSERDA
Casey Herman
Board Member
CenterPoint Energy
Lesley Jantarasami
Vice President, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA
Nick Damgaard Jensen
Energy Counselor
Royal Danish Embassy
Catherine Jereza
Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity
Francisco Lacerda Machado
Economic Attaché/Advisor
Embassy of Portugal
Jared Leader
Senior Director, Resilience & Globe, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA
Drew Maloney
President & CEO
Edison Electric Institute
Tommy McFly
Founder / Creative Director
Real Fun Content
Peter Muhoro
Chief Strategy, Technology, and Innovation Officer
REC
Daniella Piper
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
New York Power Authority
Pedro J. Pizarro
President and Chief Executive Officer
Edison International
Heather Reams
President & CEO
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions
Jeff Ressler
CEO
Clean Power Research
Chris Roe
Head of Energy and Sustainable Operations
Amazon
Amy Roma
Partner
Orrick
Eilif Rosok
Executive Chef
Royal Norwegian Embassy
Morgan Scott
Vice President, Global Partnerships & Outreach
EPRI
Kelly Speakes-Backman
Director
Maryland Energy Administration
David Springe
Executive Director
NASUCA
Angela Strickland
Chief Experience Officer
SEPA
Kate Strickland
Director, Strategic Projects, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA
Mishal Thadani
CEO and Co-Founder
Rhizome
Emile Thompson
Chairman
Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia
Monica Trauzzi
Chief Communications Officer
SEPA
Michelle Vargo
SVP, Energy Operations
Puget Sound Energy
Clint Vince
Partner
Dentons US LLP
Melissa Washington
SVP, Government, Regulatory
and External Affairs
ComEd
Chris VanLokeren
CIO
NCEMC
Jon Wentzel
SVP, Communications
Nuclear Energy Institute
Robert Yeager
President, Power and Water Solutions
Emerson
David Zipkin
SVP, Product
Technosylva






















































