The California Power Summit 2025 brings together top voices from utilities, regulators, system operators, community choice aggregators, and clean energy developers for two days of deep-dive discussions and solution-focused sessions.
From transmission expansion, wildfire risk mitigation, DER integration, flexible interconnection, and community engagement, this event offers a comprehensive look at the policies, investments, and innovations reshaping the future of energy in California. Attendees will gain valuable insights into how the state is addressing wildfire mitigation and disaster preparedness, balancing investments in grid hardening with affordability concerns and emerging risks.
Highlights include:
- Strategies for managing load growth from data centers and EV fleets
- Best practices for site control and accelerating renewable project timelines
- Real-world case studies from Glendale Water & Power and Connect California
- Emerging tools in AI-driven grid planning, storage, and local market participation
- Balancing wildfire mitigation investments with grid reliability and affordability
Join industry leaders and changemakers to shape a smarter, stronger, and more sustainable grid—ready to meet California’s energy future head-on.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain strategic insight into how California utilities are leading efforts to modernize aging grid infrastructure, integrate distributed energy resources, and enhance climate resilience—while maintaining reliability and affordability.
- Evaluate the implications of SB 100 and CPUC Resource Adequacy reforms on utility investment strategies, reliability planning, and affordability in a rapidly electrifying grid.
- Analyze emerging regulatory trends and legislative mandates shaping California utilities’ compliance approaches, cost structures, and long-term energy planning.
- Assess infrastructure hardening, undergrounding, and emergency preparedness measures to mitigate wildfire risks while maintaining grid reliability and cost control.
- Evaluate strategies for balancing wildfire mitigation investments with affordability, liability exposure, and regulatory compliance in California’s evolving risk landscape.
- Formulate strategic approaches to transmission expansion that support renewable energy integration, address interconnection challenges, and align with evolving FERC policies.
- Assess utility infrastructure needs, including transmission and substation expansions, to support the increasing electricity demand from AI and cloud computing while maintaining grid stability.
- Formulate innovative solutions for overcoming site control challenges and accelerating the timelines for transmission and renewable energy projects.
- Analyze the integration of customer- and community-owned solar and storage into utility planning frameworks, assessing the impact on grid resilience and equity.
- Examine how partnerships between utilities and fleet operators can overcome cost barriers and accelerate MDHD electrification.
- Evaluate how Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) can leverage dynamic hosting capacity, demand-side management, and local energy procurement to optimize grid flexibility and enhance system resilience.
- Formulate strategies for integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), including virtual power plants, microgrids, and storage, to optimize grid flexibility, reliability, and resilience.
- Develop best practices for community outreach, ensuring collaboration with diverse stakeholders and addressing concerns throughout the clean energy transition.
- Identify effective methods for addressing community concerns and ensuring that the clean energy transition provides equitable benefits to all involved.
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