Agenda
| Date/ Time | Activity | Location | Details |
| TUESDAY | |||
Feb. 3, 11:15–11:45 AM | Knowledge Hub: Reliability and Resilience Through the Deployment of Advanced Grid Controls Knowledge Hub | Reliability & Resiliency - Booth #UL741
| Highlights how the ADMS Test Bed can support deployment of advanced grid controls to improve reliability
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Feb. 3, 2–2:30 PM
| Knowledge Hub: Grid Edge Intelligence | Grid Edge Intelligence Booth #4845
| Coming Soon … Beyond the Meter Prize |
Feb 3, 2:30 –3:30 PM | Mini Workshop: AI for Utilities | Exhibit Hall Room, Upper level, Meeting Room 3873 | Focus will be on obtaining utility feedback on the new AI Adoption Workbook which guides participants in evaluating the benefits, risks, and readiness factors associated with integrating AI into operational environments. |
| WEDNESDAY | |||
Feb. 4, 3–4:30 PM | OE Prizes: Beyond the Meter Prize events & Storage Activities | Initiate Stage/Initiate Room 25C
| 90-minute networking event where attendees will hear more about this U.S. Department of Energy funded Beyond the Meter Prize and have a chance to meet with other potential applicants who are interested in the competition. |
Feb. 4, 11–11:30 AM
| Knowledge Hub: Innovative and Emerging Technologies Innovation
| Innovative and Emerging Tech Booth #143
| Highlights Grid Kitchen and next-gen feeders, mentions the Feeder of the Future Prize (prize closes end of Jan. 2026)
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Feb. 4, 2–2:30 PM
| Knowledge Hub: Digitizing the Grid
| Digitalizing the Grid - Booth #6045
| Highlights the Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 3: Resilient Grid Innovation (prize relaunching mid-Jan. 2026)
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| THURSDAY | |||
Feb. 5, 9–10:30 AM | Investment and Implementation Workshop: Turning Ideas into Action
| Digitalizing the Grid - Booth #6045
| Highlighting non-dilutive funding opportunities – including prizes, NOFOs, PIAs, and lab partnerships |
Feb 5, 9 AM–1 PM | AI for Utilities: Balancing Risk & Reward in Energy Operations | Room 31 C | Workshop designed to help utilities and energy sector stakeholders navigate the complex landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption.
Combines structured discussion and utility feedback. Hands on use and review of new AI Adoption Workbook which guides participants in evaluating the benefits, risks, and readiness factors associated with integrating AI into operational environments.
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Feb 5, 1 PM–4 PM | The Control Room of the Future: An Inquiry of Industry Needs | Room 31 C | Problem: New technologies coming to market, like artificial intelligence (AI), hold great potential for power system operators but must be rigorously vetted for performance and security.
Workshop objective: Identify existing activities, capabilities, and gaps to advance control room technologies and determine the need for a collaborative public/private federated test bed that supports the reliable, safe, and scalable integration of AI and emerging technologies into utility operations |
Visit the Office of Electricity (OE) at Booth #901 or Exhibit Hall Room - Upper level, Meeting Room 3873
Informational Sessions on DOE initiatives (ad hoc discussions run every other hour; 30 minutes in length):
- Technical Assistance (TA): Attendees will learn about TA for Digital Assurance for Utilities & States and Responsive TA
- Tool Demos
- Demo of Resilience Guard: StormDEPART and ACCLIMATE
- Wildfire Fault Signature Detection
- Automated Supply Chain Procurement Guide
- Cognito: AI Adoption Best Practices Tool
- Resources for Utilities:
- Data Centers & Large Loads
- AI Adoption Workbook & AI Tools’ Landscape handout for utilities.
- How to leverage INL’s CITRC Grid Testbed
- Black Start Escape Room (Sessions run every 90 minutes, 1 hour in length)
- It’s the coldest and stormiest night of the year. The roads are closed. No one is around except you and your team. Then the unexpected happened. An adversary hacked into your electric utility and shut off the power to your customers while you watched the lights go out. Your assignment is to regain control of your systems and turn the power back on before everything freezes. (Registration link)
More Office of Electricity Activities Coming Soon …
Distribution Transformer Convening Webinar
Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
Register now!
Voucher Opportunity 12 - Grid Innovations Facility and Testing (GIFT)
This Voucher Opportunity seeks to provide electric grid transmission and distribution technology innovators, including small businesses and entrepreneurs, with services such as testing, stress testing, and performance validation from Providers to advance the development of pre-commercial electric grid technologies.