Featured Speakers

The people shaping Texas’ next era of power.

Meet the policymakers, developers, utility leaders, investors and large-load experts exploring how regulatory change, rising demand and infrastructure investment will shape what gets built, financed and connected across ERCOT.

Featured 2027 Speakers ERCOT Power NEXT January 25–27 · Austin, TX
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Ned Bonskowski

Vice President, Texas Regulatory Policy, VISTRA CORP.
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Giovanni Caprigilone

President, DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK
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Carl Cho

Director, Clean Energy Finance, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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Keith Collins

Vice President of Commercial Operations, ERCOT
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Casey Keller

Managing Partner, JUVO ENERGY
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Harry Krejsa

Director of Studies, CARNEGIE MELLON INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY & TECHNOLOGY*
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John K. Larkey

Senior Director, Strategic Business Development, GERONIMO POWER
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Vitaly Lee

Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, HANWHA RENEWABLES
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Surya Mohan

Senior Vice President, M&A and Investments, ENERGYRE*
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Shalin Parikh

Managing Director & Head of Energy Transition, Americas, EIG GLOBAL ENERGY PARTNERS
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Ammar Pervaiz

Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
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Cameron Poursoltan

Director, Energy Policy – Texas, DATA CENTER COALITION
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Arnie Quinn

Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy, VISTRA CORP.
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Bhaskar Ray

Senior Vice President & Head of Transmission & Interconnection, SAMSUNG C&T AMERICA INC.
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Caitlin Smith

Senior Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, JUPITER POWER
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Barry Smitherman

Chairman, President, and Co-Founder, TEXAS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ALLIANCE (TXGEA)
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Joel Spenadel

Executive Director, Energy Investments, J.P. MORGAN
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Randa Stephenson

Chief Operating Officer, Wholesale Power, LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY (LCRA)
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Resmi Surendran

Vice President, Regulatory Policy, SHELL ENERGY NORTH AMERICA*
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Brandon Wax

Partner, ARROYO INVESTORS

    Pending confirmation.

    Speaking Organizations

    The organizations shaping the Texas power market.

    The 2027 program brings together organizations working across power development, grid operations, policy, large-load demand and finance to explore what comes next for ERCOT.

    Advanced Power Alliance Apex Clean Energy Arroyo Investors Austin Energy Carnegie Mellon University CBRE Energy Cholla Energy Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Clearway Energy Group Constellation Corporate Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) CPower Cypress Creek Energy Data Center Coalition Digital Infrastructure Network Dragos EIG EnCap Energy Transition Enel North America, Inc. energyRe Energy Systems Integration Group Enverus ERCOT ERock ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group) esVolta Geronimo Power Google Grid United Hanwha Renewables J.P. Morgan Jupiter Power Juvo Energy LCRA Lightsource bp Linea Energy Lower Colorado River Authority Morgan Stanley MUFG New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. Octopus Energy Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) Olsson Orennia Origis Energy Pattern Energy Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. PEI Global Partners R Street Institute Renewa Rhythm Energy Samsung C&T America Inc. Sangha Renewables Serena Shell Energy North America Skybox Datacenters Stonehenge Capital Tenaska Power Services Co. Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance (TxGEA) Texas Industrial Energy Consumers Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. Vistra Corp. Vitol Voltus Xcel Energy X-Energy

    Pending confirmation.

    Interested in Speaking?

    Join the 2027 speaker lineup.

    For speaking opportunities at ERCOT Power NEXT 2027, contact Erin Hall, Senior Industry Conference Producer.

    January 25–27, 2027 · Austin, TX

    Be part of the conversation powering Texas’ next era.

    Join policymakers, developers, utility leaders, large-load experts and investors at ERCOT Power NEXT 2027 to explore the decisions shaping Texas power projects and the market ahead.