IRP Best Practices Summit

US electric utility IRPs, hardly ever static documents, in the last couple of years have confronted sudden and dramatic disruptions that have swept over the electric power industry. Among these are: Hydrocarbon shibboleths that have been abandoned by many regulatory oversight bodies, Renewable energy project development incentives that have been altered, Data center loads that are surging beyond practical capacity projections. This program -- designed by integrated resource planners for integrated resource planners -- will explore the new IRP paradigm. Leading utility, power resource planning professionals and related industry experts will address the key elements associated with emerging operational issues, such as: environmental mandates, variable energy resources, regulatory policies, and modeling around uncertainty. The conference will blend presentations from utilities, non-utility SMEs, state regulatory staff, service providers and other resource planning gurus from across North America. Case studies will provide a solid survey of "best practices" thinking and methodologies by a full range of utilities and subject matter experts and feature panels will draw out collaborative concepts for further consideration and implementation.