ETS27 · The paragraph

Free your mind. ETS27, the fourteenth Energy Thought Summit, sits down in Austin, Texas, May 3 to 6, 2027; the venue is announced soon and the tickets are on sale. The future belongs to whoever makes room to think; four days in one city are the room. Read on, or ask the line at the foot of the screen and this paragraph re-weights itself. Someone asked the line who is talking about data centres; fourteen names now stand in white, Venkat Tirupati of ERCOT among them, and note 01 has their four sessions. In the room last time, a fair sample of the next (ETS26, as sample data): Jeremy Adelman, Tucson Electric Power. Jody Allison, Xcel Energy. Lora Anguay, SMUD. Amy Atchley, Austin Energy. Erin Autin, EA Collective. Carlos Ayala, Mentora. Abhishek Balakrishnan, ANB Systems. No beige. Elaina Ball, CPS Energy. Jeffrey Banks, CenterPoint Energy. Sabah Bayatli, OCI Energy. Kimberly Britton, Britton Strategies. Greg Brown, New Braunfels Utilities. Bashir Bseirani, Avertra. Nancy Bui-Thompson, SMUD. Zac Canders, DataCapable. Andres Carvallo, CMG Consulting. Sam Chang, CenterPoint Energy. Chimaobi Chijioke, Georgia Power. Gerardo Delgado, Nicor Gas. Joyce Deuley, Team b.. Vanessa Edmonds, Utility 2030. Seyi Fabode, Asha Labs. KJ Feder, CPS Energy. Bob Flaherty, DataCapable. There will be music; there always is. Hugh Forrest, formerly of SXSW. Deepak Garg, SEW. Rudy Garza, CPS Energy. Janie Gonzalez, Webhead. Chris Guttman-McCabe, Anterix. Damali Harding, Amendment Nine. Chad Horton, AES Clean Energy. Jeff Jerome, BGE. Josh Keeling, UtilityAPI. Rebecca Klein, Klein Energy. Navin Kumar Prasannam, SAP. John Kupcinski, PSEG Long Island. Paul Lau, SMUD. Joon Lee, Navion Energy. Talvis Love, National Grid. Tasha McCarter, RWE. Christine Miles, Paymentus. John Miri, Bedrock Strategy Group. Kevin Monagle, Bridgewater. Karthik Moorthy, Bidgely. Nobody will say synergy. We checked. Ricky Murray, Doer/Maker. DeeAnne Norris, Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association. Evan O'Mahoney, CPS Energy. Christina Oliver, LCRA. Tolu Omotoso, SECO Energy. Cody O'Neil, Holy Cross Energy. Angie Ostaszewski, SEEL. Denise Owusu, Motive Power. John Padalino, Bandera Electric Cooperative. Quinn Parker, Encolor. Danny Petrecca, Itron. Tim Pianta, Base Power Company. Zach Pollock, Xcel Energy. Bill Potter, DataCapable. Richard A Ramirez, National Grid. Mitch Rappard, Palo Alto Networks. Janet Rehberg, EPB. Matt Rettagliata, Google Cloud. Teresa Ringenbach, Bloom Advisory Partners. Jason Rodriguez, Zpryme, who is hosting. Bring a question; leave with a better one. Jason Ryan, CenterPoint Energy. Mandip Samra, Burbank Water & Power. Dan Schnitzer, Honeywell. Brad Smith, Gridsight. Raiford Smith, Google. Marc Spieler, NVIDIA. Jen Szaro, AESP. Carlos Thomas, Oracle. Jonathan Tijerina, CPS Energy. Venkat Tirupati, ERCOT. Anand Vedapuri, CPS Energy. Todd Wiedman, Landis+Gyr. Julia Zhu, Alectra. Seventy-seven names from last time. The ETS27 names take their places here as they are confirmed.

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Who is talking about data centres

Four sessions carry the load question, two on Monday and two on Thursday morning: eleven speakers and three moderators, most of them utilities. Everyone else stays in the paragraph at a lighter weight; nobody was removed.

Monday 11:15 Megawatt Reckoning, with Jonathan Tijerina, Tim Pianta and Gerardo Delgado, moderated by Denise Owusu. Monday 15:30 The New Energy Trilemma, with Gerardo Delgado, Zach Pollock, Cody O'Neil and Brad Smith, moderated by Kimberly Britton. Thursday 09:15 Supergrid Rising, with Joon Lee. Thursday 10:00 Unlocking Capacity in an Age of Extremes, with Elaina Ball, Christina Oliver, Venkat Tirupati and Sabah Bayatli, moderated by Seyi Fabode.

01 · source: agenda snapshot 2026-10-13 · matched the load-growth track and the words data center, load, capacity and power surge in 4 of 50 session titles · 14 of 77 names · ETS26 program as sample data

Ticketson sale

Two kinds of pass, each in two phases, sold on Eventbrite with the fees shown. Industry is $907.78 until November 19, then $1,227.91. Government and utility is $320.89 until November 19, then $374.25. No refunds. What a pass includes, and student, speaker and press rates, are not published yet. Get a ticket ↗

Monday, May 3day 1 of 4

Monday, May 3. 09:15 the opening, with video remarks from Rudy Garza, CPS Energy. 09:25 How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27, with Hugh Forrest. 09:35 a short film, the MLK Community Center microgrid story. 10:30 The Policy Singularity, with Jason Ryan, Rebecca Klein, Chris Guttman-McCabe and Jason Rodriguez. 11:15 Megawatt Reckoning, with Jonathan Tijerina, Tim Pianta and Gerardo Delgado, moderated by Denise Owusu. 12:00 lunch. 13:00 The Engagement Hack, with Chimaobi Chijioke. 13:45 The CXth Sense, with Bashir Bseirani, Jody Allison and Vanessa Edmonds. 14:15 Beyond the Firewall, with Todd Wiedman, Mitch Rappard, John Miri, Janie Gonzalez and Greg Brown. 15:30 The New Energy Trilemma, with Gerardo Delgado, Zach Pollock, Cody O'Neil and Brad Smith, moderated by Kimberly Britton. 19:00 the opening reception, until 21:00.

Tuesday, May 4day 2 of 4

Tuesday, May 4. 09:00 Leadership Perspective, with Nancy Bui-Thompson, moderated by Jason Rodriguez. 10:00 The Efficient Frontier, with Talvis Love. 10:30 The Edge is the New Core, with DeeAnne Norris, Jen Szaro, Deepak Garg, Paul Lau and Marc Spieler. 11:50 AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem, with Carlos Thomas and Anand Vedapuri. 12:20 lunch. 13:30 From Firewalls to Frequency, with Greg Brown and Richard A Ramirez, moderated by Erin Autin. 13:30 Rate Design Reimagined, with Sam Chang, Bashir Bseirani and Damali Harding, moderated by Joyce Deuley. 14:15 Emotion Meets Electron, with Amy Atchley and Angie Ostaszewski, moderated by Ricky Murray. 15:30 How AI is Rewiring the Utility Mindset, with Tolu Omotoso. 15:45 Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid Applications, with Janet Rehberg. 16:00 AI, Meet AMI, with Julia Zhu, Dan Schnitzer, Kevin Monagle, Evan O'Mahoney and Joyce Deuley. 16:45 Power Play, with Raiford Smith, moderated by Jason Rodriguez and Chad Horton. 18:30 the second reception, until 20:00.

Wednesday, May 5day 3 of 4

Wednesday, May 5. 08:55 Hack the Outage, with Jason Ryan, Zac Canders, Bill Potter and Bob Flaherty. 09:15 Hacking the Bottleneck, with Abhishek Balakrishnan. 09:30 Power Hungry, with Jeff Jerome. 10:00 Trusted AI for Your Reality, with Karthik Moorthy and John Kupcinski. 11:00 Hacking the Distribution Utility, with John Padalino, Carlos Ayala and Teresa Ringenbach. 11:30 Who Wins the Race, with Jeffrey Banks, Matt Rettagliata and Vanessa Edmonds. 12:30 lunch. 13:30 The Next Era of DSM, with Quinn Parker. 15:35 Conducting the Grand Symphony, with Lora Anguay, Mandip Samra and Navin Kumar Prasannam, moderated by Erin Autin. 16:20 Grid Games, with John Kupcinski, Jeffrey Banks, Josh Keeling and John Miri, moderated by Joyce Deuley. 18:30 the third reception, until 20:00.

Thursday, May 6day 4 of 4

Thursday, May 6. 09:15 Supergrid Rising, with Joon Lee. 09:30 The Trust Hack, with Evan O'Mahoney and Janie Gonzalez. 09:45 The Software-Defined Power Grid, with Andres Carvallo. 10:00 Unlocking Capacity in an Age of Extremes, with Elaina Ball, Christina Oliver, Venkat Tirupati and Sabah Bayatli, moderated by Seyi Fabode. 10:45 Future Forward, with Danny Petrecca, Tasha McCarter and Jeremy Adelman, moderated by Jason Rodriguez. 11:30 Hack the Customer, with Carlos Ayala and KJ Feder, moderated by Christine Miles. 12:15 the closing session, ETS27 ultimate hacks. 12:25 the close.

Placevenue soon

Austin, Texas. The venue is announced soon (it is a secret, mostly from us); the hotel block and the travel notes follow it. ETS was born in Austin, spent two years in San Antonio, and comes home for the fourteenth. Arrive by Cap Metro, rideshare, e-bike, e-scooter or on foot; Austin would prefer it.