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Austin, Texas · May 3–6, 2027Tickets, on sale →

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The energy industry’s ideas summit, fourteenth edition: four days in Austin with the people who run utilities and grids, the founders who build on them, and the policy minds.

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Who’s speaking Tuesday

15 sessions on Tuesday 4 May, 28 people on stage. The morning is a leadership fireside and two AI keynotes, the afternoon splits into breakouts on security, rate design and customer experience, and the day closes with the AMI panel, the Google and AES fireside and the reception.1

  1. 08:15–09:00Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. 09:00–09:15Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraFireside chat · Nancy Bui-Thompson SMUD · Jason Rodriguez Zpryme and Froliq, moderator
  3. 10:00–10:15The Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityKeynote · Talvis Love National Grid
  4. 10:30–11:15The Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is DistributedPanel · DeeAnne 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 StrategyFireside chat · Carlos Thomas Oracle · Anand Vedapuri CPS Energy
  6. 12:20–13:30Networking LunchMeal
  7. 13:30–14:15Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeBreakout · Greg 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 InvestmentBreakout · Sam 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 StickBreakout · Amy Atchley Austin Energy · Angie Ostaszewski SEEL, LLC · Ricky Murray Doer/Maker, moderator
  10. 15:00–15:30Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. 15:30–15:45How AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetETS Talk · Tolu Omotoso SECO Energy
  12. 15:45–16:00Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsETS Talk · Janet Rehberg EPB
  13. 16:00–16:45AI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridPanel · Julia 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 QuoFireside chat · Raiford Smith Google · Jason Rodriguez Zpryme and Froliq, moderator · Chad Horton AES Clean Energy, moderator
  15. 18:30–20:00Day 2 Networking ReceptionEvening reception

1 Source: the programme as published on 2026-10-13, day 2 of 4 · 15 sessions, 28 speakers and moderators · the ETS26 Tuesday relabelled to ETS27 dates · sample data, nobody is confirmed for ETS27 yet.

May 3–6

4 days · Austin, Texas · May 3–6, 2027 · Free Your Mind

The themeFree Your Mind

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: keynotes of ten minutes, ETS Talks, fireside chats and panels with the people running utilities and grids, the founders building on them and the policy people around them. It has leaned on music, art and conversation since the first edition, and it returns to Austin for the fourteenth.

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  3. 2025San Antonio · Boeing Tech CenterEthos
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  5. 2027Austin · venue announced soonFree Your Mind

The lineupSample data: the ETS26 lineup, 77 of 147 names. Nobody is confirmed for ETS27 yet.

77

Utility chiefs, grid operators, founders and regulators, with the moderators who keep them honest. Every name here took the ETS26 stage.

26 portraits on file, in ledger order, Anguay to Tirupati

The programmeFour days, 50 sessions. Sample data: the ETS26 programme relabelled to ETS27 dates; a day in Austin runs 08:15 to 17:30 with receptions after.

3

Monday 3 May · 08:15–21:00 · 13 sessions

  1. 08:15–17:00Registration OpensRegistration
  2. 09:15–09:25ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/ Rudy GarzaOpening / closing · Rudy Garza CPS Energy
  3. 09:25–09:35How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27Keynote · Hugh Forrest SXSW
  4. 09:35–09:45Premier: MLK Community Center Microgrid StoryShort documentary
  5. 10:30–11:15The Policy Singularity: When Innovation Outpaces RegulationPanel · Jason 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 CurvePanel · Jonathan Tijerina CPS Energy · Tim Pianta Base Power Company · Gerardo Delgado Nicor Gas · Denise Owusu Motive Power, NPUC, moderator
  7. 12:00–13:00Networking LunchMeal
  8. 13:00–13:15The Engagement Hack: Making Grid Optimization a Customer GameKeynote · Chimaobi Chijioke Georgia Power
  9. 13:45–14:15The CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer OperationsFireside chat · Bashir Bseirani Avertra · Jody Allison Xcel Energy · Vanessa Edmonds Utility 2030
  10. 14:15–15:00Beyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry PointsPanel · Todd 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 BreakNetworking break
  12. 15:30–16:15The New Energy Trilemma: Customer Affordability, Wildfires, and the AI Power SurgeTown hall · Gerardo 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 ReceptionEvening reception
4

Tuesday 4 May · 08:15–20:00 · 15 sessions

  1. 08:15–09:00Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. 09:00–09:15Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraFireside chat · Nancy Bui-Thompson SMUD · Jason Rodriguez Zpryme and Froliq, moderator
  3. 10:00–10:15The Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityKeynote · Talvis Love National Grid
  4. 10:30–11:15The Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is DistributedPanel · DeeAnne 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 StrategyFireside chat · Carlos Thomas Oracle · Anand Vedapuri CPS Energy
  6. 12:20–13:30Networking LunchMeal
  7. 13:30–14:15Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeBreakout · Greg 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 InvestmentBreakout · Sam 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 StickBreakout · Amy Atchley Austin Energy · Angie Ostaszewski SEEL, LLC · Ricky Murray Doer/Maker, moderator
  10. 15:00–15:30Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. 15:30–15:45How AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetETS Talk · Tolu Omotoso SECO Energy
  12. 15:45–16:00Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsETS Talk · Janet Rehberg EPB
  13. 16:00–16:45AI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridPanel · Julia 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 QuoFireside chat · Raiford Smith Google · Jason Rodriguez Zpryme and Froliq, moderator · Chad Horton AES Clean Energy, moderator
  15. 18:30–20:00Day 2 Networking ReceptionEvening reception
5

Wednesday 5 May · 08:15–20:00 · 13 sessions

  1. 08:15–08:55Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. 08:55–09:10Hack the Outage: Grid Down. Customer First. How the Energy Industry is Rewriting the Rules of Outage IntelligencePanel · Jason Ryan CenterPoint Energy · Zac Canders DataCapable · Bill Potter DataCapable · Bob Flaherty DataCapable
  3. 09:15–09:30Hacking the Bottleneck: How AI Returns Attention to the Experts Who MatterKeynote · Abhishek Balakrishnan ANB Systems, DNV
  4. 09:30–09:45Power Hungry: A Day in the AI Powered world of 2040Keynote · Jeff Jerome BGE/Exelon
  5. 10:00–10:30Trusted AI for Your RealityPanel · Karthik Moorthy Bidgely · John Kupcinski PSEG Long Island
  6. 11:00–11:30Hacking the Distribution UtilityFireside chat · John 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?Fireside chat · Jeffrey Banks CenterPoint Energy · Matt Rettagliata Google Cloud · Vanessa Edmonds Utility 2030
  8. 12:30–13:30Networking LunchMeal
  9. 13:30–14:15Breakout G: The Next Era of DSM: From Short-Term Savings to Long-Term ChangeWorkshop · Quinn Parker Encolor
  10. 15:00–15:25Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. 15:35–16:20Conducting the Grand Symphony: Sustainability, Reliability, and AffordabilityPanel · Lora 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 InvaderFireside chat · John 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 ReceptionEvening reception
6

Thursday 6 May · 08:30–12:30 · 9 sessions

  1. 08:30–09:30Breakfast & NetworkingMeal
  2. 09:15–09:30Supergrid Rising: Can Energy Storage Save the Planet?Keynote · Joon Lee Navion Energy
  3. 09:30–09:45The Trust Hack: You Can Pilot Without It, But You Can’t Scale Without ItKeynote · Evan O'Mahoney CPS Energy · Janie Gonzalez Webhead, CPS Energy
  4. 09:45–10:00The Software-Defined Power GridKeynote · Andres Carvallo CMG Consulting
  5. 10:00–10:45Unlocking Capacity in an Age of ExtremesPanel · Elaina 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 AIFireside chat · Danny 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 ChallengeTown hall · Carlos Ayala Mentora LLC · KJ Feder CPS Energy · Christine Miles Paymentus, moderator
  8. 12:15–12:25Closing Session: ETS27 Ultimate HacksOpening / closing
  9. 12:25–12:30Event CloseOpening / closing

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The placeAustin, Texas · venue announced soon

AUSTIN

Monday 3 to Thursday 6 May 2027, Thursday a half day. The venue and the hotel block will be announced here; the last two Austin editions were held at Hotel ZaZa and downtown.

ETS asks everyone to get around on Cap Metro, rideshare, e-bikes, e-scooters or on foot, and to bring a reusable bottle. For ETS26 Zpryme held a room block at the Westin with overflow next door and ran a shuttle to the venue; expect the same shape in Austin.