Agenda: 2026 ACORE Grid Forum

Keynote Conversation

Thursday, October 22, 2026 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM

1920s Vision: Is Grid Planning Ready for the Future?

Hear from the executive leadership at the Regional Transmission Organizations about how they are reforming transmission planning to comply with Order No. 1920, additional steps they have or will be taking to expand transmission, what's working well, what isn't, and where transmission is actually getting built (and why).

Thursday, October 22, 2026 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Laura Rauch

MISO Energy

Aftab Khan

PJM

Networking Break

Thursday, October 22, 2026 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Capacity Markets: Diagnosing a Chronic Condition

This conversation will take a hard look at what's ailing energy and capacity markets today, and whether the fixes on the table are a cure or just another bandaid. Can current market constructs be rehabilitated, or is it time for an overhaul?

Thursday, October 22, 2026 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM

Suzanne Glatz

Glatz Energy Consulting LLC

Katie Siegner

RMI

David Lapp

Maryland Office of Peoples Council

Evelyn Robinson

MAREC

Keynote Conversation

Thursday, October 22, 2026 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM

Networking Lunch

Thursday, October 22, 2026 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM

Power Struggle: Paying for the Grid of the Future

Interregional transmission delivers value across state lines and utility footprints — so why is funding it so hard? This panel compares the tools on the table for closing that gap, from dedicated grid grants and price collared compensation structures to lessons from the Transmission Facilitation Program and a proposed transmission investment tax credit, while weighing the capacity value transmission actually delivers.

Thursday, October 22, 2026 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM

Jennie Chen

RAP

Joshua Macey

Yale Law School

Madeline Gould Laughlin

Grid United

Networking Break

Thursday, October 22, 2026 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM

Gridmaxxing: ATTs and the Art of Doing More With What You've Got

This session digs into how advanced transmission technologies are actually being implemented on the ground: what's working, what's stalling out, and why. Panelists will also speak to some of ATTs' most underappreciated payoffs like line loss savings and resilience benefits.

Thursday, October 22, 2026 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM

Brooke Keene

Southwest Power Pool

Zach Zimmerman

Grid Strategies LLC

Theodore Paradise

CTC Global

Georg Rute

Gridraven

Carla Pinzon

Expand Power Technologies, Inc.

Cost Allocation: An Immovable Object Meets an Unstoppable Force

Large loads are back, bigger than ever, and dragging cost allocation into the spotlight again. This panel tackles who pays as large loads reshape the grid: the jurisdictional fights, the push-and-pull between co-location and proximate resources versus broader grid expansion, and the benefits and risks of curtailable large load and how to keep clean energy and storage in the mix as large loads come online.

Thursday, October 22, 2026 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Bryn Baker

CEBA

Jeff Bladen

Verrus

Matt Christiansen

Wilson Sonsini

Morgan Sipple

Data Center Coalition

Craig Sundstrom

Amazon Web Services