
November 4 - 6, 2026 | Sheraton Charlotte Hotel | Charlotte, NC
Our long-running Southeast Renewable Energy is transforming into Southeast Power NEXT this year to better address the broader power-market conversations shaping how to meet power needs in the region. The event will serve the same core community, with a sharper focus on how the Southeast will plan, procure, finance and deliver vast amounts of power needed next.
While the name has changed the purpose remains the same: bringing together the key policymakers and executives shaping the next phase of power development across the Southeast.
Unprecedented energy demand growth is accelerating across the Southeast, driven by new data centers and manufacturing facilities. Southeastern states and major utilities are dramatically — and quickly — ramping up their search for where to seek power next.
However, while this is a huge opportunity for the energy industry, challenges multiply. How will affordability and reliability concerns affect public service commission and state policies governing interconnection, cost allocation, power procurement, and customer green tariffs? How will renewables be affected by plans to rapidly add gas-fired capacity? How can increasing local opposition to siting and permitting projects be overcome? What strategies can developers adopt to grow in a post-ITC world? What are the potential impacts of the November election on energy and how will developer strategies be affected?
Infocast’s Southeast Power NEXT, is the ONLY conference that gets “everyone in the room” from across the entire region to explore the next steps to power the Southeast. Featuring key state policymakers, critical decision-makers, leading utility executives, financiers and renewable energy players, the event does a critical survey of the most dynamic states in the region — including North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi — to provide definitive updates on the issues you will need to understand to seize the very best opportunities.
Join 500 of the Southeast’s most important energy industry executives at this profoundly informative event. It will delve deeply into the following questions:
- How will huge increases in data center demand be met with power procurements and investments?
- How are utility commissions responding to large load speed to power needs as the populace increasingly worries about affordability and environmental issues?
- How do utilities across the region plan to balance their decarbonization commitments with reliability concerns in procurements?
- Where and how and by whom will standalone and co-located storage be deployed to boost reliability and resilience?
- What are the most effective methods to deal with local opposition to siting and permitting?
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
Jamie Barber
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Unit, GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Maura Farver
Todd R. Flowers
Arash Ghodsian
Christian Hofer
Market Operations, KEY CAPTURE ENERGY
Commissioner Jehmal Hudson
Jeff Jacobs
Wilson Mallard
Renewable Development, Georgia Power
Commissioner Barry Mayfield
Laurel Meeks
Nicole Miller
William "Bill" Murray
Zachary Muzdakis
Market Development, MADISON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Ben Oberman
Geoff Penland
State and Federal Government Relations, SANTEE COOPER
William Rankin
Grant Redding
Katie Southworth
Bret Sowers
Commissioner De'Keither Stamps
Peter Stein
Peter Toomey
Lynnae Willette
HEAR FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS AND EXPERTS
- A Better Choice Consulting, LLC
- Advanced Energy United
- Advanced Power Alliance
- Brown & Brown
- Carolina Solar Energy
- Chaberton Energy
- Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
- Cypress Creek Energy
- Dominion Energy
- Duke Energy
- EDF Power Solutions
- EDP
- energyRe
- EOS Capital Advisors
- Ferrell Ranch
- Georgia Power
- Georgia Public Service Commission
- Green Power EMC
- Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association
- Headwater Energy
- Invenergy
- J.P. Morgan
- Kentucky Public Service Commission
- Key Capture Energy
- Lazy Tee Reverse Cee
- Madison Energy Infrastructure
- Mahoning County, Ohio
- Mississippi Public Service Commission
- NC Clean Energy Technology Center
- New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts
- NC Sustainable Energy Association
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Origis Energy
- Property Rights Ohio
- Renewable Energy Farmers of America
- Renu Energy Solutions
- Santee Cooper
- Silicon Ranch
- Southern Company
- Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)
- Terracon
- The Colfax Soil & Water Conservation District
- The Land Institute
- Swift Current Energy
- Treaty Oak Clean Energy
- Virginia Alliance for Clean Energy
- Virginia State Corporation Commission
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Utilities
Munis
Consultants
Developers
Regulators
Equipment Providers
G&T’s
Corporate Energy Buyers
EPCs
Co-ops
Attorneys
Vendors
PAST SOUTHEAST RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTICIPANTS
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SOUTHEAST RENEWABLE ENERGY 2025 RECAP
"Our team was pleased that the people they wanted to see were there, and the venue had just the right number of attendees. Most of our team have already informed me that we must go again."
— Melissa Stepinski, EIPAF
"It was an excellent time to reconnect with clients, meet new people, and in a short period of time, get a pulse on changes in the industry."
— Allen Kramer, CRUX CLIMATE
"The panelists did a great job covering all aspects of the industry and the networking times were very valuable to myself and my company. So many new relationships that are turning into partnerships with us. Great event!"
— Eric Dillavou, DOOSAN GRIDTECH
"If you want to know what's going on in the Southeast, you've got to attend this event."
— Simon Mahan, SOUTHERN RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
"This is my go-to conference to catch up on recent developments in renewable energy at the local, state, and federal levels in the Southeast, and to make contacts that I can use as referral sources and as potential clients."
— Cliona Robb, VIRGINIA RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE
"The size of the conference and access to the panelists were great. I pulled away several meaningful ideas for my team in just a couple of days."
— Mike Casey, STELLA ENERGY SOLUTIONS
venue



Sheraton Charlotte Hotel
555 S McDowell St.
Charlotte, NC 28204
Room Rate: $249 per night
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Cutoff Date: Tuesday, October 13th
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