1. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  2. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  3. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  4. 18-Aug-2026
  5. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  6. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  7. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  8. 19-Aug-2026
  9. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  10. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  11. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  12. 20-Aug-2026
  13. 20-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  14. 20-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  15. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Developing energy storage projects has never been more complex: interconnection queues are crowded, market rules evolve constantly, and the cost of a wrong siting or configuration decision can be enor …
  16. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    ERCOT is undergoing a major shift in managing large load interconnection enabled by SB6: a new batch study process aiming to evaluate projects collectively, improve transmission planning, and introduc …
  17. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    With recent volatility declines, and as revenue certainty becomes increasingly critical to finance projects, the challenge for storage owners is no longer simply maximizing today’s revenues. The chall …
  18. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  19. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    The Texas clean energy market continues to operate amid significant political and regulatory uncertainty, as the OB3 cut key tax incentives and introduced new requirements, and past state legislative …
  20. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  21. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    While record imports in 2025 gave developers supply to safe harbor a spate of projects, tariffs somewhat leveled, and domestic content (DC) charts and percentages are largely workable, the industry is …
  22. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    The launch of Real-Time Co-optimization Plus Batteries (RTC+B) in the ERCOT market marks a significant shift, enabling more dynamic dispatch of energy and ancillary services (AS) while introducing new …
  23. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Texas is facing rapid load growth and increasing transmission congestion and curtailment, making long-term transmission planning critical to maintaining resource adequacy and meeting load and generati …
  24. 18-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Distributed energy resources (DERs), and virtual power plants (VPPs) are potential solutions to transmission constraints, rising retail energy costs, and broader grid challenges in Texas. However, int …
  25. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    A wave of new legislation and ongoing ERCOT market redesign created significant uncertainty for clean energy development in 2025, with the 89th legislative session and OB3 dampening investment before …
  26. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Clean energy financing in Texas is transitioning from an incentive-driven to a market-based framework, requiring developers, financiers, and investors to adapt. Many well-capitalized developers have e …
  27. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 2
  28. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Clean energy development in Texas outpaced expectations despite recent uncertainty, with strong demand driven by data centers and C&I customers. However, developers face a complex and evolving landsca …
  29. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Energy storage has rapidly become a cornerstone of Texas’s power market, from peak shaving and ancillary services to grid stability, while creating new and increasingly complex revenue streams. As bat …
  30. 20-Aug-2026
  31. 19-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    While permitting and interconnection have historically been low obstacles in Texas, a major shift is underway in ERCOT’s interconnection framework, as the Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement …
  32. 20-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Distributed generation (DG), like residential, community, multi-family, and small C&I projects, are growing in TX, driven by customers seeking reliability during extreme weather. At the same time, the …
  33. 20-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Corporates, utilities, and AI/data centers are all seeking PPAs and other offtake agreements in a changing power price and exceptional load growth environment. There’s the electrons, RECs, tax incenti …
  34. 20-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
  35. 20-Aug-2026
    Zilker Ballroom 3-4
    Hydrogen, CCUS, geothermal, RNG, alt fuels, SMRs: a bevy of technologies have become buzzwords, but what’s moving forward given the OB3, the Trump AI and Energy Initiative, and changes to NRC, LPO and …