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Powering the Commanding Heights: Towards an American Strategy For Electric Demand Growth

December 11, 2024 • 8:30 am – 2:00 pm EST

The strategic energy advantage of the future will be in the capacity to deliver electricity at an unprecedented scale, the new stakes of electricity is the long-term economic and security advantage of the United States. Join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change program for a conference charting a path for American energy strategy in a new era of electric demand growth.  

The conference will feature contributions from experts across the sector. Panel discussions will cover the implications of electricity-intensive strategic industries and economic growth, policy tools for unlocking increased investment and innovation, the strategic value of high-voltage transmission infrastructure, and the trajectory of AI-sourced demand growth. 

The conference will be held at CSIS headquarters and streamed virtually. All attendees must register through the link below. 

This event is made possible by funding from the Clean Grid Initiative and general funding to CSIS and the CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program.

 

 

Agenda


Coffee and Networking

8:30 am

Welcome and Keynote Address

9:00 am

Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Member, Energy and Commerce Committee

Moderator: Quill Robinson, Assistant Director and Associate Fellow, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program
 

Opening Fireside Conversation

9:25 am

Mark Mills, Executive Director, National Center for Energy Analytics

Moderator: Cy McGeady, Fellow, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Panel: Navigating a Sectoral Paradigm Shift

9:50 am

Lon Huber, Senior Vice President, Pricing and Customer Solutions, Duke Energy Corporation

Xizhou Zhou, Executive Vice President, Global Head, Power and Renewables, Wood Mackenzie

Moderator: Liam Denning, Energy Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion 

Leadership Conversation: Charting a Path Forward

10:45 am

Nidhi Thakar, Senior Vice President, Policy, Clean Energy Buyers Association

Jason Grumet, Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power

Pat Vincent-Collawn, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Edison Electric Institute

Moderator: Joseph Majkut, Director, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Panel: Building a Strategic Scale Grid

11:55 am

Allison Clements, Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Rob Gramlich, Founder and President, Grid Strategies LLC

Moderator: Cy McGeady, Fellow, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Closing Keynote

12:45 pm

James Robb, President and Chief Executive Officer​, North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Lunch and Networking

1:30 pm

Event Ends

2:00 pm

Contact Information

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Nidhi Thakar
Senior Vice President, Policy, Clean Energy Buyers Association
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Jason Grumet
Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power
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James Robb
President and Chief Executive Officer​, North American Electric Reliability Corporation
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Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Global Head, Power and Renewables, Wood Mackenzie
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Lon Huber
Senior Vice President, Pricing and Customer Solutions, Duke Energy Corporation
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Mark Mills
Executive Director, National Center for Energy Analytics
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Cy McGeady
Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Joseph Majkut
Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Quill Robinson
Assistant Director and Associate Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program