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Member Services Analyst, Central Electric Power Co-op Inc.
September 10 - 11, 2026 Raleigh, NC Ward and Smith, P.A.
“EUCI conference provides a great opportunity to interact with a variety of professionals in your field, to share ideas and new insights.”
Member Services Analyst, Central Electric Power Co-op Inc.“This event brought together a high quality and diverse group of industry professionals.”
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Staff Attorney, SELCThe Southeast’s power grid is facing a turning point. Data centers are moving in faster than utilities can plan for, manufacturing growth is ramping up, and electrification is accelerating at a pace the system wasn’t built to handle. The result: growing pressure on transmission and distribution, tighter reliability margins, and a constant scramble to keep the lights on for both large industrial customers and everyday residents.
Utilities are asking the same question: how do we keep the grid reliable, affordable, and resilient while adapting to this new wave of demand? Traditional approaches are no longer enough. Planning cycles that used to take years are being compressed, and procurement strategies, grid investments, and operational tactics all need to be rethought.
The Southeast Power & Energy Summit is built to discuss these challenges:
The Summit is about practical, actionable strategies for keeping the Southeast grid reliable, modern, and ready for the next wave of demand, whether from AI-driven data centers, industrial growth, or everyday electrification.
Join us this September in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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 August 07, 2026 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
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Thursday, September 10, 2026
Raleigh, NC
This keynote sets the stage by examining the structural shift in electricity demand across the Southeast and what it means for the future of the grid. It focuses on how long-term demand trends are changing the definition of “normal” planning conditions and why traditional expansion approaches are no longer sufficient for the scale of change ahead.
Peter Ledford North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Utilities Law Ward and Smith, PA
This session focuses on the operational and planning constraints utilities are now facing as demand accelerates. It examines where traditional planning assumptions are breaking down—particularly around fuel availability, reserve margins, and cost escalation pressures.
Jennifer Mundt Assistant Secretary for Energy & Infrastructure North Carolina Department of Commerce
Findlay Salter Deputy Director, Energy Planning and Emerging Technologies South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
Justin Somelofske Regulatory Affairs Manager North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
Learn how MISO is advancing in‑progress large‑load integration capabilities—including Zero‑Injection Generator Interconnection (ZGIA), Firm Service Step‑Up (FSSU), Flexible Large‑Load Interconnection Transmission Service (FLITS), Load and Resource Study (LARS), and accelerated pathways such as Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) and Expedited Project Review (EPR). This session highlights the evolving reliability enhancements under development, from curtailment capability and resource adequacy coordination to efficient use of existing transmission capacity, supported by emerging real‑time telemetry, ride‑through performance, stability controls, resilience, and security.
Sumit Brar Manager, Intermediate Planning MISO
This session discusses the new pressures on decision-making frameworks behind grid investment and procurement. It examines how regulatory structures and policy priorities are adapting to faster load growth.
Christopher Collado Attorney Georgia Public Service Commission
This session explores the design and execution of a large-scale undergrounding program that has converted more than 3,000 miles of overhead lines to underground infrastructure, with a planned total of 4,000 miles. The program has significantly improved reliability for customers across converted and downstream areas while strengthening overall grid resilience.
A key benefit emerges during major weather events, where reducing the number of outage locations enables faster crew deployment and more efficient system restoration. Recent storms have already shown restoration workload reductions of approximately 30%, with modeled outcomes suggesting potential improvements of up to 50% at full buildout.
Les Carter Strategic Advisor, Grid Resiliency & Underground Dominion Energy
Friday, September 11, 2026
Raleigh, NC
As the grid changes, static planning models increasingly miss how the system behaves under real world conditions, which is why dynamic, EMT-level analysis is becoming essential rather than optional. Under DOE's Office of Electricity Advanced Grid Modeling Program, we're building a large-scale Electro-Magnetic Transient model of South Carolina's transmission grid. As more data centers connect, with their large, fast-swinging load profiles, that dynamic behavior only intensifies, and steady-state tools simply can't keep up. That same EMT foundation is what lets us evaluate interconnection points with real fidelity, giving utilities a physics-informed way to plan and position SMR integration before committing capital, exactly the kind of de-risking this audience needs.
Rob Hovsapian, PhD Senior Research Laboratory Fellow Savannah River National Laboratory
This session will explore how utilities and regulators are addressing the challenges of integrating large industrial loads, including data centers, into the grid while maintaining fair and sustainable rate structures. The discussion will focus on tariff design, interconnection and network upgrade cost allocation, and ongoing concerns around cross-subsidization between customer classes. Panelists will also examine the balance between protecting existing ratepayers and supporting economic development in a period of rapid load growth.
Peter Ledford North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Utilities Law Ward and Smith, PA
Storm restoration costs are rising as infrastructure ages and weather grows more severe, and many costs spent on storm response may be passed to consumers. This session examines how utilities can improve their storm response process by combining high-definition weather prediction insights and granular storm damage predictions to eliminate over- and under-resourcing, minimize aggregator markup, reduce mobilization and de-mobilization costs, and perform procurement decisions based on quality and unit costs. Attendees will learn how these approaches work together to control storm costs without sacrificing restoration speed or safety. Takeaway: disciplined investment in people, process, and technology lower storm costs; what utilities save, consumers save.
Matt Crye VP, Resilience Solutions Itron
David Petterson Vice President Climavision
Manager
MISO
Strategic Advisor, Grid Resiliency & Underground
Dominion Energy
Attorney
Georgia Public Service Commission
VP, Resilience Solutions
Itron
Senior Research Laboratory Fellow
Savannah River National Laboratory
North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Utilities Law
Ward and Smith, PA
Assistant Secretary for Energy & Infrastructure
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Vice President
Climavision
Deputy Director, Energy Planning and Emerging Technologies
South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
Regulatory Affairs Manager
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program
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Instructional Methods
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Conference CPE Credits: 10.5
There is no prerequisite for this conference.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None
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