Ellen Smith and Merrick Parrott examined procurement issues given the significant projected growth in electricity demand during Infocast’s Southeast Power NEXT conference in Charlotte.

How Georgia is responding to enormous load growth of power: Procurements of storage, solar, and thermal generation take center stage

Ellen Smith moderated a panel about how Georgia is responding to rapidly rising power demand. Her panel focused on procurements of storage, solar, and thermal generation.

Utility clean power procurements, and the fight to maintain affordability and reliability in the Southeast

Merrick Parrott moderated a panel about how significant projected increases in electricity demand are being converted into increasingly large power procurements across the Southeast. The panel discussion focused on how state and customer clean energy goals are being factored into procurements and how utility executives are addressing reliability and affordability concerns.

They also discussed how projected demand from data centers and new manufacturing facilities is affecting planning.