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Our growing energy requirements and the subsequent demands on the grid are becoming more urgent by the hour. To meet this challenge, grid managers are increasingly turning to advanced technologies like Digital Twins to optimize grid operations and accelerate expansion of new generation sources.

Digital Twins—virtual replicas of physical grid assets—enable real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and smarter decision-making. By integrating IoT, AI, and big data analytics, they provide deep insights into grid performance, helping to reduce inefficiencies and minimize downtime.

This session will explore cutting-edge solutions for grid congestion management, optimal power dispatch, and intelligent grid configuration. We will also showcase Enline’s latest Digital Twin technologies and introduce the concept of the Control Room of the Future.

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Agenda

All events are Mountain Time.

Wednesday, April 2

6:00 – 9:00 pm MST
Cocktail Reception and Dinner

Thursday, April 3

8:00 – 9:00 am MST
Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 am
Keynote Address
Lanny Nickell, CEO of Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

10:00 – 11:15 am
Panel 1 – AI & Data Center Demand: What Does It Mean For Transmission?

Panelists:
Patrick Arness, Federal Affairs, Dominion Energy
Cy McNeill, Director, Federal Energy Policy, Data Center Coalition
Aubrey Johnson, VP of System & Resource Planning, MISO Energy

Moderator:
Michael Tierney, Account Director, Continuum Industries

11:15 – 11:30 am
Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm
Panel 2 – Energy Decision-making in the New Administration and the Roles of FERC, DOE & the National Energy Dominance Council

Panelists:
Craig Glazer, VP of Federal Government Policy, PJM Interconnection
Maria Robinson, Former Director of DOE Grid Deployment Office
Norman Bay, Head of Energy Regulatory & Enforcement Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Moderator:
Zack Hale, Federal Energy Policy Reporter, S&P Global Platts

12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch

Location

The Spring Member Meeting will be held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO

This is an invitation-only event.

Event Program

WIRES Spring 2025 Member Meeting Agenda & Program

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WASHINGTON – Nov. 25, 2024 – WIRES, the transmission trade association that promotes investment in all aspects of the high-voltage grid, announced today its 2025 leadership team, with Amanda Rumsey, Manager, RTO and Federal Regulatory Policy, PPL Corporation, elected as WIRES President.

WIRES 2025 Officers:

• President: Amanda Rumsey, Manager, RTO and Federal Regulatory Policy, PPL
• Vice President: David Burnham, Director, Transmission Policy, Eversource Energy
• Secretary: Jamie Simler, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Ameren
• Treasurer: Devin McMackin, Director, Federal Affairs, ITC ‎Holdings

“WIRES continues to actively engage on behalf of a growing list of transmission owners with regulators, legislators and other policymakers to advance policies that will accelerate the build out of critically needed and beneficial transmission,” said Larry Gasteiger, Executive Director of WIRES. “In 2025 WIRES will continue our efforts to raise awareness of the economic and national security importance of a robust and resilient grid. I am looking forward to working closely with the incoming WIRES president, Amanda Rumsey, and the entire 2025 leadership team, and I want to thank the WIRES 2024 Officers and Board of Directors for their dedication and service.”

Jodi Moskowitz, WIRES’ current president, will join the WIRES Board of Directors in 2025. Kerry Powell, Vice President, Grid Integration at Duke Energy was elected to a two-year board term. Tom Hestermann, Retired, Manager, Transmission Policy, Sunflower Electric Power Corp., will step down from the board at the end of 2024

WIRES 2025 Board of Directors:

• Jodi Moskowitz, Deputy General Counsel & RTO Strategy Officer, PSEG
• Stacey Burbure, Vice President of FERC & RTO Strategy & Policy, American Electric Power (AEP)
• Brian Gemmell, Chief Operating Officer, NY Electric, National Grid
• Kerry Powell, Vice President, Grid Integration, Duke Energy
• Dave Weaver, Vice President, Transmission Strategy, Exelon

“The unprecedented increase in power demand from data centers and the resurgence of onshore manufacturing underscores the need for accelerated investments in the nation’s transmission infrastructure to ensure reliability and resiliency for customers and support business growth and development,” said Amanda Rumsey, Manager, RTO and Federal Regulatory Policy, PPL and WIRES incoming 2025 president. “I look forward to working with Larry Gasteiger and the WIRES leadership team to educate policymakers and key stakeholders on the benefits of a strong, technology-driven transmission system, the need to hasten the build out of this vital infrastructure, and the importance of regulatory certainty to encourage investment in transmission.”

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Earlier this year our WIRES members heard about Ampjack’s Energized Tower Raising system that can be utilized to rerate transmission lines to help deal with the ever-growing load requirements on the transmission grid. Now Ampjack has introduced another innovative product: ExoGrid™– a revolutionary technology that transforms current infrastructure by utilizing existing tower locations and Right-of-Ways (ROWs) to exponentially increase grid capacity.

ExoGrid™ brings a new versatility to the transmission marketplace that allows for existing transmission tower locations to be utilized to create new, and unique structural improvements to bring additional circuits, harden existing infrastructure, or convert existing towers for new uses, all while staying within the existing ROW. The sky is no longer the limit when it comes to expanding transmission capacity using ExGrid™.

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Join WIRES for another tech talk, featuring Alex Lichman of Bureau Veritas. Alex will talk about navigating the complexities of transmission construction management, providing valuable insights for industry stakeholders to effectively navigate the evolving landscape, ensuring the successful delivery of projects that meet both economic and environmental goals. From project management and regulations to safety standards and sustainability practices and agency communication, Alex will share lessons learned from BV’s extensive renewable power generation and transmission experience.

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