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2027 Wildfire Mitigation for Utilities Conference

February 23 - 24, 2027 Denver, CO TBD

Wildfire mitigation is now a year-round enterprise risk and reliability program for electric utilities. Utilities are expanding risk modeling, weather and camera networks, technology-enabled inspections, adaptive protection, targeted vegetation management, grid hardening, and customer-focused outage practices. At the same time, regulators and reliability organizations are increasing attention on cost-effective wildfire risk reduction, measurable outcomes, and operational best practices.

This conference is designed for the leaders responsible for turning wildfire strategy into execution. Utility peers, regulators, technical experts, and solution providers will focus on the decisions wildfire program leaders must make: where to spend, how to measure risk reduction, how to operationalize new technology, and how to demonstrate that programs are improving safety and resilience.

Register now for the 7th Annual EUCI Wildfire Mitigation for Utilities Conference to gain  decision frameworks, performance measures, and peer-tested approaches you can use to strengthen your program, defend investments, and accelerate risk reduction.

Learning Outcomes

This conference will provide attendees an opportunity to:

  • Interpret the latest wildfire-related regulatory, reliability, and reporting expectations and translate them into program priorities.
  • Build a risk-informed mitigation portfolio that connects ignition likelihood, consequence, cost, and measurable risk reduction.
  • Define program metrics and governance that demonstrate effectiveness to executives, regulators, insurers, and communities.
  • Assess evolving wildfire conditions and the operational implications of high-wind, low-moisture, and extended fire-weather events.
  • Apply advanced modeling, satellite data, weather networks, and machine learning to improve decision-making and situational awareness.
  • Evaluate adaptive protection, enhanced powerline safety settings, sectionalizing, and fast fault isolation strategies.
  • Prioritize covered conductor, undergrounding, equipment replacement, and other hardening investments based on risk-reduction value.
  • Strengthen vegetation and fuels management in high-risk corridors and wildland-urban interface areas.
  • Improve PSPS and outage communication, customer support, and coordination with emergency management partners.
  • Balance wildfire risk reduction with reliability, affordability, customer impacts, and restoration requirements.
  • Design an operating model that connects wildfire strategy, engineering, operations, meteorology, fire science, analytics, and communications.
  • Identify practical next steps to scale mitigation work while improving cost discipline, documentation, and program defensibility.

Register

Please Note: Confirmed speakers do not need to register and are encouraged to participate in all sessions of the event. If you are a speaker and have any questions please contact our offices at 1.303.770.8800

REGISTER NOW FOR THIS EVENT:

Individual attendee(s)$ 1495.00 each(early bird rate)
(price after February 5, 2027 is $ 1,695.00)
Volume pricing also available

Individual attendee tickets can be mixed with ticket packs for complete flexibility

Pack of 5 attendees$ 6,350.00 (15% discount)(early bird rate)
(price after February 5, 2027 is $ 7,205.00)
Pack of 10 attendees$ 11,960.00 (20% discount)(early bird rate)
(price after February 5, 2027 is $ 13,560.00)
Pack of 20 attendees$ 22,425.00 (25% discount)(early bird rate)
(price after February 5, 2027 is $ 25,425.00)

Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before January 22, 2027 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $295.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800

EUCI retains the right to refuse registration by any individual or company.

Day one

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

Day two

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

Agenda

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

Denver, CO

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Group Luncheon

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Adjourn for the day

6:00 PM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 AM

Welcome Message from Xcel Energy

9:15 - 10:15 AM

Panel Discussion: Regulation, Reliability, and Accountability

Wildfire programs are increasingly expected to show not only what work is being completed, but why each investment is prioritized and how much risk it reduces. This opening panel will examine evolving state requirements, the growing federal and reliability focus on wildfire ignition risk, and the governance practices that make a wildfire program defensible. Discussion will connect regulatory commitments to annual work plans, metrics, documentation, and executive decision-making. Panelists will discuss:

  • Translating evolving wildfire expectations into program objectives, controls, and reporting.
  • Building governance that connects risk models, investment decisions, field execution, and measurable outcomes.
  • Preparing for greater scrutiny of cost-effectiveness, operational practices, and mitigation performance.
10:15 - 10:45 AM

Networking Break

10:45 - 11:45 AM

From Risk Models to Investment Decisions: Building a Risk-Informed Mitigation Portfolio

This session will examine how utilities are combining ignition likelihood, fire spread and consequence modeling, asset condition, weather, vegetation, and community exposure to prioritize work. The focus is on turning risk analytics into transparent capital and O&M decisions that can be explained to regulators and executives.

  • Connecting risk modeling to specific mitigation choices and annual work plans.
  • Comparing risk-spend efficiency and portfolio optimization approaches.
  • Defining measures that show forecast and realized risk reduction over time.
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Group Luncheon

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Situational Awareness 2.0: Weather, AI Cameras, Satellite Data, and Decision Intelligence

Utilities are rapidly expanding weather stations, AI-enabled smoke detection, satellite data, fire-spread modeling, and machine learning. The next challenge is integration: creating a trusted operating picture that supports daily risk ratings, protection settings, field deployment, and escalation decisions. This session will focus on how wildfire leaders can move from more data to faster, more consistent decisions.

  • Designing a common operating picture that combines weather, fuels, asset, ignition, and consequence data.
  • Evaluating where AI and machine learning improve decisions—and where human review remains essential.
2:00 - 2:30 PM

Networking Break

2:30 - 5:00 PM

Tech & Tools Showcase: Technologies That Change Wildfire Risk and Field Execution

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Networking Reception

Agenda

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

Denver, CO

Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Adjourn for the day

12:00 PM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Welcome Message from Xcel Energy

9:05 - 9:45 AM

Panel Discussion: Operating a High-Performance Wildfire Program

The strongest wildfire programs integrate strategy, engineering, operations, meteorology, fire science, analytics, vegetation management, regulatory, finance, and communications. Utility leaders will discuss the operating model and cross-functional routines that help programs scale without losing accountability.

  • Benchmark governance structures, roles, and decision rights for wildfire programs.
  • Identify metrics and management routines that keep mitigation portfolios on schedule and tied to risk reduction.
9:45 - 10:00 AM

Networking Break

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Grid Hardening and Protection: Where the Next Dollar Reduces the Most Risk

Covered Conductor, Undergrounding, and Targeted Rebuilds

Examine where different hardening strategies create the greatest risk-reduction value. The discussion will address asset condition, ignition drivers, terrain, constructability, outage impacts, lifecycle cost, and the role of targeted versus systemwide deployment.

Adaptive Protection, EPSS/Fast Trip, and Sectionalizing

Enhanced protection settings can materially reduce ignition exposure, but they can also increase customer outages and restoration workload. This session will examine how utilities establish activation thresholds, segment circuits, coordinate settings with situational awareness, and use operational data to improve performance over time.

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The Wildfire Program Leader’s 90-Day Action Plan

Close the conference with a practical look at program metrics, then translate the conference into a focused 90-day improvement plan.

Attendees will be encouraged to identify three program improvements to advance in the next 90 days, with owners, measures, and executive-level outcomes.

Speakers

Call For Speakers

We are accepting applications for qualified speakers for this conference! If you are interested in speaking opportunities, please email Dana Waldrop at [email protected]

Continuing Education Credits

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EUCI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 0.8 CEUs for this event

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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must sign in/out each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Case Studies, Panel Discussions, and PowerPoint presentations will be used in the program.

CPEs

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

Conference CPE Credits: 9.5
There is no prerequisite for this conference.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Live
Advanced Preparation: None

CpeEUCI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org

CLE

Only registered attendees can request CLE credits for an EUCI course/event. Please email [email protected] prior to the course start date and list the state where you are licensed and your bar# as well as the name and date of your course/event in your request, and someone will be in contact.

Who Should Attend

Individuals working in the following areas will benefit from attending this event:

  • Wildfire Program Directors and Managers
  • Electric Utility Risk and Resilience Leaders
  • Grid Planning, Engineering, Protection, and Operations Leaders
  • Transmission, Distribution, Field Services, and Asset Management Personnel
  • State and Federal Regulators and Agencies
  • Vegetation Management, Meteorology, Fire Science, and Emergency Management Professionals
  • Regulatory, Legal, Finance, and Policy Leaders
  • Data Analytics, GIS, and Technology Leaders
  • Customer, Community, and Corporate Communications Leaders
  • Insurance and Enterprise Risk Professionals
  • Consultants and Engineering Service Providers
  • Wildfire Detection, Mitigation, Inspection, and Grid-Hardening Technology Providers

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