Venue
AT&T Hotel and Conference Center
AT&T Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705, USA

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Event Date Tue Feb 21 CST - Thu Feb 23 CST (almost 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Feb 21 1:00am - Thu Feb 23 1:00am
Location AT&T Hotel and Conference Center
1900 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705, USA
Region Americas
Details

This summit will provide maximum insight into the directions these impending changes will drive the market, bringing policymakers together with utility, solar, wind, IPP, finance, and trading executives to explore the future of this massive power market. This group of leading players and decision-makers will examine the impacts on resource adequacy, power prices, project siting and bankability, and how to best meet the shifting needs of commercial, industrial and retail customers.

An unparalleled group of experts and insiders will:
• Assess how massive regulatory and market rule changes will impact ERCOT in 2023 and beyond
• Evaluate how the potential solutions to increase capacity and improve reliability could affect energy costs and asset profitability
• Understand how supply chain difficulties and fuel cost increases are affecting opportunities to deploy solar, wind and storage in ERCOT
• Hear how the energy strategies of sophisticated new customers are driving contracting strategies and opportunities for innovative joint ventures
• Learn what will be needed to assure the bankability of projects in ERCOT

Who Should Attend:
• Renewable Energy and Storage Developers
• Utilities
• Co-Ops
• Munis
• IPPs
• Traders & Power Marketers
• Financiers
• Policymakers
• Regulators
• Corporate Offtakers
• Lawyers
• Equipment Vendors
• Consultants
• Analytics

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Juliana Sersen
Partner, Baker Botts

John Nielsen-Gammon
Texas State Climatologist and Director, Southern Regional Climate Center, Texas A&M University

Cody Faulk
Partner, Spencer Fane LLP

Helen Brauner
Vice President, Business Development, Lightsource BP

Campbell Faulkner
Senior Vice President, OTC Global Holdings

Julia Harvey
Vice President, Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs, Texas Electric Cooperatives

Shalin Parikh
Senior Vice President, EIG

Jess Stiles
Co-Founder and COO, Gaiascope, Inc.

Daniel Crotzer
CEO, Fractal EMS Inc.

Oliver Kerr
Head of USA, Aurora Energy Research

Andrea Stover
Partner, Baker Botts

Rob Allerman
Senior Director of Markets, Enverus

Ned Bonskowski
Vice President of Texas Regulatory Policy, Vistra

Natalie Dubiel
Assistant General Counsel, Texas Railroad Commission

Randa Stephenson
Chief Commercial Officer, LCRA

Doug Lewin
Founder, STOIC Energy

Jeff Hanson, P.E.
Senior Director, Energy Supply Chain, Digital Realty Trust

Scott Hart
Senior Vice President / Head of Sales, NRG Business

Joe Hayden
Vice President of Revenue, Gridbeyond

Senior Representative
DNV

Cathy Webking
Partner, Spencer Fane LLP

Yashar Barut, Ph.D.
Founder, Power Market Solutions

Michael Lee
CEO, Octopus Energy

Salvatore Minopoli
President, North America, On.Energy

Joel Yu
Vice President of Policy, Enchanted Rock

Pablo Vegas
President & CEO, Ercot

Colin Leyden
Texas Political Director, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Katie Coleman
Attorney, Texas Industrial Energy Consumers

Arne Olsen
Senior Partner, E3

Emily Jolly
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Associate General Counsel, LCRA

Resmi Surendran
Vice President, Regulatory Policy, Shell Energy North America

Tom Kleckner
ERCOT/SPP Correspondent, RTO Insider

Ian Haley
Senior Director, ERCOT Regulatory Policy, Vistra

Kevin Hanson
Principal Analyst – Strategy Development, National Grid

Dr. Karl Meeusen
General Manager, Market Development, North America, Wartsila

Katie Rich
Manager, Regulatory & Market Advocacy, Golden Spread Electric Coop

Neil Shea
Senior Business Development Manager, Ingeteam

David J.Detelich
PE, Principal QSE Operations Support, CPS Energy

Michael Eyman
Managing Director, Origis Services

Bob Helton
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Engie

Nitika Mago
Manager of Balancing Operations, Ercot

Can Zhao
CMO, JDK Capital Limited

Landon Lill
Senior Associate, Baker Botts

Shaun Connell
Executive Vice President, Power, Lancium

Jesse Peltan
Founder & Partner, HODL Ranch

Fred Thiel
Chairman and CEO, Marathon Digital Holdings

Eric Tooley
Co-Founder, JDK Capital Limited

Cody Guidry
Senior Director, Business Development, STEM

Amy Heart
Vice President, Policy, Sunrun

Matt O'Keefe
Group Vice President, Head of Opower, Oracle Energy And Water

Tuan Pham
Managing Director, Silverpeak

Sandip Sharma
Vice President, Demand Response and Markets, Shell Energy Solutions

Maura Yates
Co-Founder, Manager, Mothership Incubator LLC

Patrick Leahy
Senior Associate, Baker Botts

Kip M. Fox
President, Electric Transmission Texas, LLC

Prabhu Gnanam
Director, Grid Planning, Ercot

Madeline Gould Laughlin
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs, Enel

Brad Schwarz
Director of System Planning, Hunt Utility Services

Terry Embury
Vice President of Trading and Market Operations, AES

Chris Reeder
Board Member, CleanTX

Mark Bell
President, Association Of Electric Companies Of Texas (AECT)

Erika Bierschbach
Vice President, Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning, Austin Energy

Carrie Bivens
Vice President, ERCOT IMM Director, Potomac Economics

Claudia J. Morrow
Senior Vice President, Development, Vistra Corp

Michele Richmond
Executive Director, Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA)

Judy McElroy
CEO, Fractal Energy Storage Consultants

Carl Fleming
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Isabelle Christensen
Head of Energy Storage Sourcing, Anza

Doug Moorehead
Chief Operating Officer, Broad Reach Power

Brock Mosovsky, Ph.D.
Vice President of Analytics, Cquant.io

Kate Sherwood
Energy Business Director, Energy Storage, Wartsila

Caitlin Smith
Senior Director, Regulatory, External Affairs & ESG, Jupiter Power

Andrew Waranch
Founder, President, and CEO, Spearmint Energy

Dr. Brent Nelson
Director of Market Intelligence, Ascend Analytics

Jonathan Grammer
Land/General Counsel, Grammer Land & Exploration Corp. and Board Member, CleanTX

Scott Bruns
Director of Markets, Enverus

Venkatesh Inti
Vice President of Business Development, Q Cells USA Corp.

Kurtz Stowers
Vice President – Origination, Avantus

Eli Hinckley
Partner, Baker Botts

Carl Cho
Director, Power & Alternative Energy, Corporate Banking, Citigroup, Inc.

Sondra Martinez
Managing Director, Nord/LB

Danny Mintzer
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Adil Sener
Partner, PEI Global Partners

Rubiao Song
Managing Director, Energy Investments, J.P. Morgan

Brandon Wax
Managing Director, Arroyo Investors

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Baker Botts
• Enverus
• JDK Capital
• Wartsila

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Anza
• Ascend
• cQuant.io
• Fractal Energy Storage Consultants
• McDermott Will and Emery
• National Grid Renewables
• STEM

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Aurora Energy Research
• Gaia Scope
• Fractal EMS
• On Energy
• Origis Services
• Spencer Fane

LUNCHEON SPONSOR:
• Ingeteam

RECEPTION SPONSORS:
• AES
• DNV

BADGE SPONSOR:
• Avantus

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Customized Energy Solutions

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Next Era Energy

HOSPITALITY SPONSORS:
• Empower Energies
• US Bank

EXHIBITORS:
• Radian Generation
• RenewaFi

MEDIA PARTNER:
• RTO Insider