Powering the Commanding Heights: Towards an American Strategy For Electric Demand Growth
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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
Welcome and Keynote Address
Joseph Majkut, Director, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program
More speakers to be announced
Opening Fireside Conversation
Mark Mills, Executive Director, National Center for Energy Analytics
Moderator: Cy McGeady, Fellow, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Panel: The Strategic Implications of Electricity Demand Growth
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
More speakers to be announced
Leadership Conversation: Charting a Path Forward
Rich Powell, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Buyers Association
Jason Grumet, Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power
Pat Vincent-Collawn, Interim President and CEO, Edison Electric Institute
Moderator: Joseph Majkut, Director, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Panel: Building a Strategic Scale Grid
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
More speakers to be announced
Closing Keynote
James Robb, President and Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Contact Information
- Madeline Cano
- Program Coordinator, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
- 202.644.5619
- mcano@csis.org