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ETS27

Energy Thought Summit
May 3–6, 2027 · the fourteenth

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Who's speaking Tuesday

Tuesday is the summit's longest day: fifteen sessions from breakfast to the evening reception, and 28 people on stage. Below, in order, with who is talking. The ETS27 lineup is not announced; these are ETS26's speakers standing in.

  1. 9:00–9:15Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraNancy Bui-Thompson, SMUD; Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme and Froliq (moderator)
  2. 10:00–10:15The Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityTalvis Love, National Grid
  3. 10:30–11:15The Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is DistributedDeeAnne Norris, Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association; Jen Szaro, AESP; Deepak Garg, SEW; Paul Lau, SMUD; Marc Spieler, NVIDIA
  4. 11:50–12:20AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI StrategyCarlos Thomas, Oracle; Anand Vedapuri, CPS Energy
  5. 13:30–14:15Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeGreg Brown, New Braunfels Utilities; Richard A Ramirez, National Grid; Erin Autin, EA Collective (moderator)
  6. 13:30–14:15Breakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid InvestmentSam Chang, CenterPoint Energy; Bashir Bseirani, Avertra; Damali Harding, Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting; Joyce Deuley, Team b. Strategy + (moderator)
  7. 14:15–15:00Breakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That StickAmy Atchley, Austin Energy; Angie Ostaszewski, SEEL, LLC; Ricky Murray, Doer/Maker (moderator)
  8. 15:30–15:45How AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetTolu Omotoso, SECO Energy
  9. 15:45–16:00Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsJanet Rehberg, EPB
  10. 16:00–16:45AI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridJulia Zhu, Alectra; Dan Schnitzer, Honeywell; Kevin Monagle, Bridgewater Consulting Group; Evan O'Mahoney, CPS Energy; Joyce Deuley, Team b. Strategy +
  11. 16:45–17:15Power Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status QuoRaiford Smith, Google; Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme and Froliq (moderator); Chad Horton, AES Clean Energy (moderator)

¹ Source: ETS26 agenda via Whova, relabelled to ETS27 dates · sample data · snapshot 2026-10-13 · times are Austin's.

Themethe fourteenth Energy Thought Summit

FreeYourMind

The future doesn't belong to those who move the fastest; it belongs to those who create the space to think differently. ETS is the energy industry's ideas summit: four days in Austin for the people who run utilities and grids, the founders building on them, the policy people regulating them, and the artists and musicians ETS has always kept in the room.

Theme: Free Your Mind · tagline: Free Your Mind. Shape the Future. · #LoveYourEnergy
Hosted by Zpryme, the Austin research firm behind ETS since 2013.

Lineup77 speakers at ETS26, standing in until ETS27 announces · sample data · the square before each name is the day they spoke

Lineup

Chief executives of CPS Energy, SMUD and EPB; the chief data, security and digital officers of CenterPoint, National Grid and PSEG; founders; Google, NVIDIA, Oracle and SAP on the grid; a former president of SXSW. Hover a name for the face.

  1. Jeremy Adelman Tucson Electric Power
  2. Jody Allison Xcel Energy
  3. Lora Anguay SMUD
  4. Amy Atchley Austin Energy
  5. Erin Autin EA Collective
  6. Carlos Ayala Mentora LLC
  7. Abhishek Balakrishnan ANB Systems, DNV
  8. Elaina Ball CPS Energy
  9. Jeffrey Banks CenterPoint Energy
  10. Sabah Bayatli OCI Energy
  11. Kimberly Britton Britton Strategies
  12. Greg Brown New Braunfels Utilities
  13. Bashir Bseirani Avertra
  14. Nancy Bui-Thompson SMUD
  15. Zac Canders DataCapable
  16. Andres Carvallo CMG Consulting
  17. Sam Chang CenterPoint Energy
  18. Chimaobi Chijioke Georgia Power
  19. Gerardo Delgado Nicor Gas
  20. Joyce Deuley Team b. Strategy +
  21. Vanessa Edmonds Utility 2030
  22. Seyi Fabode Asha Labs
  23. KJ Feder CPS Energy
  24. Bob Flaherty DataCapable
  25. Hugh Forrest SXSW
  26. Deepak Garg SEW
  27. Rudy Garza CPS Energy
  28. Janie Gonzalez Webhead, CPS Energy
  29. Chris Guttman-McCabe Anterix
  30. Damali Harding Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting
  31. Chad Horton AES Clean Energy
  32. Jeff Jerome BGE/Exelon
  33. Josh Keeling UtilityAPI
  34. Rebecca Klein Klein Energy LLC
  35. Navin Kumar Prasannam SAP
  36. John Kupcinski PSEG Long Island
  37. Paul Lau SMUD
  38. Joon Lee Navion Energy
  39. Talvis Love National Grid
  40. Tasha McCarter RWE
  41. Christine Miles Paymentus
  42. John Miri Bedrock Strategy Group
  43. Kevin Monagle Bridgewater Consulting Group
  44. Karthik Moorthy Bidgely
  45. Ricky Murray Doer/Maker
  46. DeeAnne Norris Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association
  47. Evan O'Mahoney CPS Energy
  48. Christina Oliver LCRA
  49. Tolu Omotoso SECO Energy
  50. Cody ONeil Holy Cross Energy
  51. Angie Ostaszewski SEEL, LLC
  52. Denise Owusu Motive Power, NPUC
  53. John Padalino Bandera Electric Cooperative
  54. Quinn Parker Encolor
  55. Danny Petrecca Itron
  56. Tim Pianta Base Power Company
  57. Zach Pollock Xcel Energy
  58. Bill Potter DataCapable
  59. Richard A Ramirez National Grid
  60. Mitch Rappard Palo Alto Networks
  61. Janet Rehberg EPB
  62. Matt Rettagliata Google Cloud
  63. Teresa Ringenbach Bloom Advisory Partners
  64. Jason Rodriguez Zpryme and Froliq
  65. Jason Ryan CenterPoint Energy
  66. Mandip Samra Burbank Water & Power
  67. Dan Schnitzer Honeywell
  68. Brad Smith Gridsight
  69. Raiford Smith Google
  70. Marc Spieler NVIDIA
  71. Jen Szaro AESP
  72. Carlos Thomas Oracle
  73. Jonathan Tijerina CPS Energy
  74. Venkat Tirupati ERCOT
  75. Anand Vedapuri CPS Energy
  76. Todd Wiedman Landis+Gyr
  77. Julia Zhu Alectra

May 3–6

2027 · Monday to Thursday · Austin, Texas

The summit is a quarter of the window: the panes at one, two, three and four o'clock. Fifty sessions, three days and a morning.

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MonMay 3, 2027 · day 1 of 4 · 13 sessions

Monday

Opening remarks, policy and data-center load panels, customer experience and grid security, opening reception.

  1. 8:15–17:00Registration Opens
  2. 9:15–9:25ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/ Rudy GarzaRudy Garza, CPS Energy
  3. 9:25–9:35How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27Hugh Forrest, SXSW
  4. 9:35–9:45Premier: MLK Community Center Microgrid Story
  5. 10:30–11:15The Policy Singularity: When Innovation Outpaces RegulationJason Ryan, CenterPoint Energy; Rebecca Klein, Klein Energy LLC; Chris Guttman-McCabe, Anterix; Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme and Froliq
  6. 11:15–12:00Megawatt Reckoning: Hacking the Data Center Load CurveJonathan Tijerina, CPS Energy; Tim Pianta, Base Power Company; Gerardo Delgado, Nicor Gas; Denise Owusu, Motive Power, NPUC (moderator)
  7. 12:00–13:00Networking Lunch
  8. 13:00–13:15The Engagement Hack: Making Grid Optimization a Customer GameChimaobi Chijioke, Georgia Power
  9. 13:45–14:15The CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer OperationsBashir Bseirani, Avertra; Jody Allison, Xcel Energy; Vanessa Edmonds, Utility 2030
  10. 14:15–15:00Beyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry PointsTodd Wiedman, Landis+Gyr; Mitch Rappard, Palo Alto Networks; John Miri, Bedrock Strategy Group; Janie Gonzalez, Webhead, CPS Energy; Greg Brown, New Braunfels Utilities
  11. 15:00–15:30Networking Break
  12. 15:30–16:15The New Energy Trilemma: Customer Affordability, Wildfires, and the AI Power SurgeGerardo Delgado, Nicor Gas; Zach Pollock, Xcel Energy; Cody ONeil, Holy Cross Energy; Brad Smith, Gridsight; Kimberly Britton, Britton Strategies (moderator)
  13. 19:00–21:00ETS27 Opening Networking Reception
TueMay 4, 2027 · day 2 of 4 · 15 sessions

Tuesday

AI and data talks, parallel breakouts, grid-edge and metering panels, evening reception.

  1. 8:15–9:00Networking Breakfast
  2. 9:00–9:15Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraNancy Bui-Thompson, SMUD; Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme and Froliq (moderator)
  3. 10:00–10:15The Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityTalvis Love, National Grid
  4. 10:30–11:15The Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is DistributedDeeAnne Norris, Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association; Jen Szaro, AESP; Deepak Garg, SEW; Paul Lau, SMUD; Marc Spieler, NVIDIA
  5. 11:50–12:20AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI StrategyCarlos Thomas, Oracle; Anand Vedapuri, CPS Energy
  6. 12:20–13:30Networking Lunch
  7. 13:30–14:15Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeGreg Brown, New Braunfels Utilities; Richard A Ramirez, National Grid; Erin Autin, EA Collective (moderator)
  8. 13:30–14:15Breakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid InvestmentSam Chang, CenterPoint Energy; Bashir Bseirani, Avertra; Damali Harding, Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting; Joyce Deuley, Team b. Strategy + (moderator)
  9. 14:15–15:00Breakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That StickAmy Atchley, Austin Energy; Angie Ostaszewski, SEEL, LLC; Ricky Murray, Doer/Maker (moderator)
  10. 15:00–15:30Networking Break
  11. 15:30–15:45How AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetTolu Omotoso, SECO Energy
  12. 15:45–16:00Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsJanet Rehberg, EPB
  13. 16:00–16:45AI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridJulia Zhu, Alectra; Dan Schnitzer, Honeywell; Kevin Monagle, Bridgewater Consulting Group; Evan O'Mahoney, CPS Energy; Joyce Deuley, Team b. Strategy +
  14. 16:45–17:15Power Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status QuoRaiford Smith, Google; Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme and Froliq (moderator); Chad Horton, AES Clean Energy (moderator)
  15. 18:30–20:00Day 2 Networking Reception
WedMay 5, 2027 · day 3 of 4 · 13 sessions

Wednesday

Outage intelligence, AI keynotes and panels, workshop, planning and reliability, closing reception.

  1. 8:15–8:55Networking Breakfast
  2. 8:55–9:10Hack the Outage: Grid Down. Customer First. How the Energy Industry is Rewriting the Rules of Outage IntelligenceJason Ryan, CenterPoint Energy; Zac Canders, DataCapable; Bill Potter, DataCapable; Bob Flaherty, DataCapable
  3. 9:15–9:30Hacking the Bottleneck: How AI Returns Attention to the Experts Who MatterAbhishek Balakrishnan, ANB Systems, DNV
  4. 9:30–9:45Power Hungry: A Day in the AI Powered world of 2040Jeff Jerome, BGE/Exelon
  5. 10:00–10:30Trusted AI for Your RealityKarthik Moorthy, Bidgely; John Kupcinski, PSEG Long Island
  6. 11:00–11:30Hacking the Distribution UtilityJohn Padalino, Bandera Electric Cooperative; Carlos Ayala, Mentora LLC; Teresa Ringenbach, Bloom Advisory Partners
  7. 11:30–12:00Who Wins the Race: AI Speed or Grid Stability?Jeffrey Banks, CenterPoint Energy; Matt Rettagliata, Google Cloud; Vanessa Edmonds, Utility 2030
  8. 12:30–13:30Networking Lunch
  9. 13:30–14:15Breakout G: The Next Era of DSM: From Short-Term Savings to Long-Term ChangeQuinn Parker, Encolor
  10. 15:00–15:25Networking Break
  11. 15:35–16:20Conducting the Grand Symphony: Sustainability, Reliability, and AffordabilityLora Anguay, SMUD; Mandip Samra, Burbank Water & Power; Navin Kumar Prasannam, SAP; Erin Autin, EA Collective (moderator)
  12. 16:20–17:05Grid Games: How AI is Both the Defender and the InvaderJohn Kupcinski, PSEG Long Island; Jeffrey Banks, CenterPoint Energy; Josh Keeling, UtilityAPI; John Miri, Bedrock Strategy Group; Joyce Deuley, Team b. Strategy + (moderator)
  13. 18:30–20:00Closing Day 3 Networking Reception
ThuMay 6, 2027 · day 4 of 4 · 9 sessions

Thursday

Half day: storage and trust keynotes, capacity and resilience conversations, closing session.

  1. 8:30–9:30Breakfast & Networking
  2. 9:15–9:30Supergrid Rising: Can Energy Storage Save the Planet?Joon Lee, Navion Energy
  3. 9:30–9:45The Trust Hack: You Can Pilot Without It, But You Can’t Scale Without ItEvan O'Mahoney, CPS Energy; Janie Gonzalez, Webhead, CPS Energy
  4. 9:45–10:00The Software-Defined Power GridAndres Carvallo, CMG Consulting
  5. 10:00–10:45Unlocking Capacity in an Age of ExtremesElaina Ball, CPS Energy; Christina Oliver, LCRA; Venkat Tirupati, ERCOT; Sabah Bayatli, OCI Energy; Seyi Fabode, Asha Labs (moderator)
  6. 10:45–11:30Future Forward: Re-Examining Sustainable Resilience in the Era of AIDanny Petrecca, Itron; Tasha McCarter, RWE; Jeremy Adelman, Tucson Electric Power; Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme and Froliq (moderator)
  7. 11:30–12:15Hack the Customer: Real Stories and Real Impact from Utilities at the Forefront of Addressing the Affordability ChallengeCarlos Ayala, Mentora LLC; KJ Feder, CPS Energy; Christine Miles, Paymentus (moderator)
  8. 12:15–12:25Closing Session: ETS27 Ultimate Hacks
  9. 12:25–12:30Event Close
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VenueAustin, Texas · May 3–6, 2027

Austin

Venue announced soon. The hotel block and travel details come with it. ETS26 was at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio; ETS27 brings the summit home to Austin, where Zpryme is based and where ETS began.

Get around on Cap Metro, rideshare, e-bike, e-scooter or on foot, as the ETS sustainability promise asks. Bring a reusable bottle.

Partners39 ETS26 partners, standing in · sample data · none confirmed for ETS27

Partners

Platinum Avertra, SEW · Vanguard NVIDIA and Oracle · Trident Kraken · Gold Bridgewater Consulting Group, ELM MicroGrid, Landis+Gyr, Esri, DNV, Honeywell, Bidgely, SAP, Envelio, Integral Analytics · Silver LCRA, Sendero, Anterix, Skydio, SBS, National Grid Ventures, Motive Power and NPUC, Google Cloud · Bronze OCI Energy, Aggreko, CPS Energy, Austin Energy, Engineered Intelligence, RWE, EDO, EDMI, Bloom, Locusview, Gridsight, UtilityAPI, Base Power, Doer/Maker, Vision, DataCapable, Itron

Sponsor ETS27: ets@zpryme.com · +1 888-908-2522.

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