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AI & Large Load Growth: Meeting Demand Sustainably without Shifting Costs

The New Reality Utilities Must Navigate

May 20, 2026 Online :: Central Time

EUCI in Partnership with

AI-driven data centers, advanced manufacturing, and other large energy users are creating higher levels of electricity demand at a scale and speed utilities have not faced for decades.

This surge in load growth presents a critical challenge:
How can utilities rapidly build new capacity to serve large customers sustainably without increasing costs for residential and small business customers?

Many large energy users are seeking firm, advanced clean energy technologies. With new approaches, utilities can deploy these technologies without shifting costs to ratepayers.

A New Solution: Clean Transition Tariffs (CTTs)
Clean Transition Tariffs (CTTs) are a powerful, practical solution, first implemented in Nevada, which is gaining traction in multiple states – with CTTs actively in development in Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, the Carolinas, and others. CTTs enable utilities and large customers to co-invest in new firm, carbon-free capacity while ensuring costs are not passed on to existing customers.

CTTs allow utilities to:

  • Serve large load growth without passing costs to households
  • Bring new firm advanced energy technologies online
  • Maintain system reliability while scaling capacity responsibly


Why You Should Register Today

This 3-hour interactive, online course provides clear, actionable insights into designing and implementing next-generation tariff models to decarbonize the grid and meet large load growth responsibly:

  • Why AI, data centers, and advanced manufacturing are reshaping load growth
  • Where existing tariff and procurement models are lacking
  • How Clean Transition Tariffs fund new capacity to help meet demand
  • Which customers stand to benefit from the implementation of Clean Transition Tariffs
  • What regulatory, legislative, and contractual pathways are available for adoption

The decisions made today will determine whether the grid can support rapid load growth without compromising affordability or climate goals. This course, part of the ongoing 3-part Grid Innovation Institute with Google series, equips you with the tools to act now.

Learning Outcomes

  • How AI and data center growth is reshaping utility load forecasts
  • Why traditional corporate clean energy procurement models are breaking down
  • How Clean Transition Tariffs are structured and financed
  • How utilities can protect ratepayers while enabling large load growth
  • Lessons from early CTT implementation experiences

Register

Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ

If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all attendees for 7 days after the event

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Agenda

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Central Time

Online

Log In & Welcome

11:45 AM

Adjourn for the day

3:00 PM

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Log In & Welcome

12:00 - 3:00 PM

AI & Large Load Growth: Meeting Demand Sustainably without Shifting Costs

Reality of Large Load Growth

  • Data center and other large load demand projections
  • Corporate demand for firm, carbon-free energy
  • Impacts on utility resource planning and capital needs
  • Shortfalls of the existing tariffs and procurement models

Inside the Clean Transition Tariff (CTT) Structure

  • Core elements of a new tariff framework
  • Advanced technologies resources eligible
  • Value proposition for utilities, regulators and customers
  • Economic impacts and ensuring ratepayer protection

Pathway to Clean Transition Tariff (CTT) Adoption

  • Variety of regulatory and legislative processes
  • Real world use cases for tariff implementation
  • Lessons learned from early adopters
  • Strategic implications for not partnering on new resources

Conclusion & Key Takeaways

  • Meeting data center and large load growth responsibly
  • Recap of CTT structure and economic benefits
  • Next steps to implement in your energy market
  • Q&A

Instructors

Tyler Mauldin

Energy Policy and Markets

Google

Tyler Mauldin is a Lead on Google's Energy Policy & Market Development team where he manages energy regulatory and policy affairs efforts in key markets. Tyler brings a decade of experience across the tech and utility industry to this role. He most recently worked for another hyperscaler where he led procuring power capacity for new AI and cloud data centers in the Southeast. Prior to that, he held various roles for NextEra Energy subsidiary Florida Power & Light Company. Tyler obtained a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from the University of Georgia, as well as a Master of Science in Economics and an MBA from Georgia Tech.

Carolyn A Berry, PhD

Partner

Bates White Economic Consulting

Dr. Berry is a Partner in the Energy Practice at Bates White. She specializes in complex economic, regulatory and policy analysis in the energy sector Dr. Berry has worked extensively in electric market design and operation on both the wholesale and retail levels, evaluating the role that incentives and market structure play in achieving efficient outcomes. Dr. Berry has advised on a wide variety of issues including cost recovery and allocation, resource planning, optimal dispatch, and mergers and acquisitions.

In her more recent work, she has submitted testimony on behalf of Google, LLC supporting the Competitive Transition Tariff in Nevada and has worked in numerous jurisdictions (Indiana, Virgina, West Virginia, Kansas, and Missouri) on tariff structures for large load customers, Dr. Berry has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry and has prepared and delivered testimony in dozens of proceedings before various U.S. Federal and State regulatory bodies.

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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must sign in/out each day, be in attendance for the entirety of the course

 

Instructional Methods

Power Point presentations and open discussion will be used

CPEs

Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 3.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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Who Should Attend

  • Utility regulatory affairs professionals
  • Utility pricing and rate design teams
  • Resource planning and strategy leaders
  • Utility innovation and large-load teams
  • Regulators and policy advisors
  • Large energy customers exploring new procurement models