Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2026
Omni Shoreham
Washington, D.C.
official event of 
2026 Speakers
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.
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Peter Lake
CEO, former Sr Dir Power NEDC & Former Chairman of PUC TXCardinal Rose LLC -
Honorable Mark W. Menezes
President & Chief Executive OfficerUnited States Energy Association (USEA) -
Nicole Bulgarino
Co-PresidentAmeresco -
Joel Fetter
Managing Director, Energy & Industrial TechnologiesClark Street Associates -
Judge Jehmal T. Hudson
Incoming NARUC PresidentVirginia State Corporation Commission -
Phillip May
President & CEOEntergy Louisiana LLC -
Heather McGeory
Vice President, Energy & SustainabilityCoreWeave -
Robert Kaineg
Managing DirectorFTI Consulting -
Stephen Humes
Partner, Energy ProjectsPillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman -
Nelli Babayan, PhD
Sr. Director, AI for US Federal at MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation -
Holt Bradshaw
Principal ConsultantSiemens Grid Software -
Marc Nichol
VP of Nuclear Deployment and Fuel CycleNuclear Energy Institute (NEI) -
Rachael Marsh
Chief Legal OfficerEdison Electric Institute (EEI) -
Sean Lev
PartnerHWG LLP -
Jessica Lin
Technical ExecutiveEPRI Electric Power Research Institute -
Latif M. Nurani
Senior Regulatory CounselAmerican Public Power Association (APPA) -
Rich Powell
CEOClean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) -
Staci Pies
Senior Vice President of Government Relations and PolicyIncompas -
Robert M. Smith
PartnerK&L Gates -
Erin Ragsdale
EVP & PartnerAllyn -
Dr. R. Matthew Gardner
Vice President, Power Generation System OperationsDominion Energy, Inc. -
Agee Springer
Director, Grid InterconnectionsElectric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) -
Scott Young
Senior Business Development ManagerWartsila North America, Inc. -
Todd Snitchler
President & CEOElectric Power Supply Association (EPSA) -
Arjun Prasad Ramadevanahalli
PartnerMorgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP -
Orestes Macchione
Head of Sales, HVDC & Grid Access USSiemens Energy -
TJ Surbella
DirectorAspen Technology (an Emerson business) -
Aaron Larson
Executive EditorPOWER magazine -
Mark G. Lauby
Chief Engineer and FellowNorth American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) -
Alexander Hubbard
Technology ResearcherLawrence Berkley Laboratory -
Dr. Daniel Wilson
Technical StaffEmerald AI -
Jason Reagan
ExecutiveGE Vernova -
Michael Hagerty
PrincipalThe Brattle Group -
Dr. Parag Mitra
Sr. Technical LeaderEPRI Electric Power Research Institute -
Lisa Youngers
Head Public Policy & External AffairsEdgeConneX -
Patrick Klein
Managing Director, Project Finance - AmericasMUFG Bank -
Claire Gauthier
Exec VP and Head of Energy & UtilitiesCapgemini -
Joseph Dunfee
Principal, InvestmentsExpedition Infrastructure Partners -
Zach Zimmerman
Director of Research and PolicyGrid Strategies -
Michael Nudelman
Chief Development OfficerIREN -
Rob Cleveland
PresidentGrow NELA -
Mike Isaacs
Head of Supply Chain EngineeringHut 8 -
Jarrett Lewis
PartnerPublic Opinion Strategies -
Thomas Bailey
Vice President of EnergyFlexential -
Jason Shoemaker
PJM Director of Interconnection AnalysisPJM Interconnection -
Brian Boland
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Head of StrategyJoulent