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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, September 22, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM MT
    Registration & Badge Pickup
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    Pre-Conference Seminar
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM MT
    Opening General Session
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM MT
    Networking & Exhibits Break
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM MT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    Lowering Energy Prices: How Batteries Keep Electricity Affordable 
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Flexible Load and Battery Storage: Cost, Compute, & Reliability Considerations 
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Building U.S. Mineral Leadership
  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM MT
    Transition Break
  • 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    State Leadership Profile: Colorado
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MT
    Speed to Power: Batteries and the Race to Unlock New Capacity 
  • 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM MT
    State Leadership Profile: Virginia
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM MT
    Opening Network Reception
  • Wednesday, September 23, 2026
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM MT
    RECHARGE 5K Fun Run & Walk
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM MT
    Registration & Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM - 6:15 PM MT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM MT
    Networking Breakfast
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM MT
    Advanced Power Electronics: GFM Controls, Synthetic Inertia and Dynamic Stability 
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM MT
    National Market Outlook: Evaluating Different Scenarios of Growth  
  • 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    Transition Break
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM MT
    Building U.S. Graphite Production
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM MT
    Federal Tax Guidance & Regulatory Uncertainty: Financing Energy Storage Projects 
  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM MT
    Transition Break
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM MT
    Cyber Security Standards & Best Practices
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM MT
    From EV to Energy Storage: Retooling or Strategic Shift? 
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM MT
    Networking Lunch & Exhibits
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM MT
    Recycling Advancements & Regulations
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    Powering Data Centers: Trends in Co-Location & BYOC
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    Geothermal + Storage
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Networking & Exhibits Break
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    Leveraging BESS in Portfolios: Integrating Large Loads & Maximizing Grid Utilization
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    The Critical Minerals Outlook: Overcoming Barriers & Bottlenecks 
  • 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM MT
    Transition Break
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    State & Local Permitting: Using Data to Inform Regulations 
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    Storage Beyond 10 Hours: Competing or Complementary Technologies?
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM MT
    Posters & Exhibit Hall Happy Hour
  • Thursday, September 24, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    Registration & Badge Pickup
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM MT
    Networking Breakfast & Exhibits Break
  • 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM MT
    Awards Ceremony
  • 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM MT
    Networking & Exhibits Break
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    Community Engagement: Evidence & Case Studies
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    Navigating the Tariff Landscape
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    Networking & Exhibits Break
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT
    An Evolving PJM: The Energy Storage Issue Charge, Capacity Auctions, and Queue Reforms 
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT
    Introducing the Firefighter Energy Response Network
  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM MT
    Transition Break
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    Fire Incident Monitoring: “Successful Failures” 
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    Western Electricity Markets: EDAM and Markets+