Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2026

Omni Shoreham

Washington, D.C.

official event of

2026 Speakers

Name: Data Center POWER eXchange 2026
Start: 2026-09-30T00:09:00+0000
End: 2026-10-01T17:00:00+0000
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel

The decisions being made right now — on large-load tariffs, interconnection policy, behind-the-meter structuring, and project finance — will define how the data center and power industries coexist for decades. The speakers at this year’s Data Center POWER eXchange are the people making those decisions. Check back as we continue to add to this year’s lineup.

Peter Lake

CEO, former Sr Dir Power NEDC & Former Chairman of PUC TX

Cardinal Rose LLC
Honorable Mark W. Menezes

President & Chief Executive Officer

United States Energy Association (USEA)
Nicole Bulgarino

Co-President

Ameresco
Joel Fetter

Managing Director, Energy & Industrial Technologies

Clark Street Associates
Judge Jehmal T. Hudson

Incoming NARUC President

Virginia State Corporation Commission
Phillip May

President & CEO

Entergy Louisiana LLC
Heather McGeory

Vice President, Energy & Sustainability

CoreWeave
Robert Kaineg

Managing Director

FTI Consulting
Stephen Humes

Partner, Energy Projects

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman
Nelli Babayan, PhD

Sr. Director, AI for US Federal at Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation
Holt Bradshaw

Principal Consultant

Siemens Grid Software
Marc Nichol

VP of Nuclear Deployment and Fuel Cycle

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Rachael Marsh

Chief Legal Officer

Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
Sean Lev

Partner

HWG LLP
Jessica Lin

Technical Executive

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
Latif M. Nurani

Senior Regulatory Counsel

American Public Power Association (APPA)
Rich Powell

CEO

Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Staci Pies

Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Policy

Incompas
Robert M. Smith

Partner

K&L Gates
Erin Ragsdale

EVP & Partner

Allyn
Dr. R. Matthew Gardner

Vice President, Power Generation System Operations

Dominion Energy, Inc.
Agee Springer

Director, Grid Interconnections

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Scott Young

Senior Business Development Manager

Wartsila North America, Inc.
Todd Snitchler

President & CEO

Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA)
Arjun Prasad Ramadevanahalli

Partner

Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP
Orestes Macchione

Head of Sales, HVDC & Grid Access US

Siemens Energy
TJ Surbella

Director

Aspen Technology (an Emerson business)
Aaron Larson

Executive Editor

POWER magazine
Mark G. Lauby

Chief Engineer and Fellow

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Alexander Hubbard

Technology Researcher

Lawrence Berkley Laboratory
Dr. Daniel Wilson

Technical Staff

Emerald AI
Jason Reagan

Executive

GE Vernova
Michael Hagerty

Principal

The Brattle Group
Dr. Parag Mitra

Sr. Technical Leader

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
Lisa Youngers

Head Public Policy & External Affairs

EdgeConneX
Patrick Klein

Managing Director, Project Finance - Americas

MUFG Bank
Claire Gauthier

Exec VP and Head of Energy & Utilities

Capgemini
Joseph Dunfee

Principal, Investments

Expedition Infrastructure Partners
Zach Zimmerman

Director of Research and Policy

Grid Strategies
Michael Nudelman

Chief Development Officer

IREN
Rob Cleveland

President

Grow NELA
Mike Isaacs

Head of Supply Chain Engineering

Hut 8
Jarrett Lewis

Partner

Public Opinion Strategies
Thomas Bailey

Vice President of Energy

Flexential
Jason Shoemaker

PJM Director of Interconnection Analysis

PJM Interconnection
Brian Boland

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Head of Strategy

Joulent