Power Landscape: Disruptive Tech and Changing User Options

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The Energy Transition Forum hosted its U.S 2024 ETF in Washington D.C., USA.  

This year's ETF was attended by more senior participants than ever, including Senior Representatives and CEOs, Government and Regulatory Authorities from The US Department of Energy, Former Energy Ministers, FERC, OFGEM, US and European Utilities and Power & Gas companies, Renewables and Storage companies, Digital and Technology companies, Financial and Professional Services, Industries Associations, NGO's, and Academia. 

The proceedings for the event started with a reception and dinner on the 13th November with a reception keynote speech by Deputy Secretary David M Turk, US Department of Energy, USA. Deputy Secretary Turk addressed how the DoE is implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to accelerate the Clean Energy Transition in the U.S. The reception followed with a speech from US Senator Peter Welch, (D., Vermont), USA. Senator Welch’s speech addressed the effect of the US election on the clean-energy transition in the US and globally.  

Jigar Shah, Director of the Loan Programs Office, US Department of Energy, USA, joined the reception on the evening of the 14th November for a keynote conversation on new technologies, energy markets, and public policy: what leads and what follows in the clean-energy transition? 

Over the 1.5-day sessions, the ETF invited discussions on the following themes: 

1. How much power will be required and what investments are needed.  
2. The impacts of current and new technologies on the power system over the next ten years. 
3. The unlocked power of the energy customer to turbocharge the demand-led energy transition.  
4. The potential obstacles to the clean energy transition and how utilities leaders can navigate through these challenges for decarbonizing the grid. 
5. The policy and regulatory measures available to promote a reliable, cost effective, equitable, efficient, and decarbonized power system.