Energy Storage Summit USA 2027
About the Event
Energy Storage Summit USA 2027 is the ninth annual executive conference organized by Solar Media (Informa Markets), taking place April 20–21, 2027, at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel in the Dallas metro area. The two-day gathering convenes more than 400 senior decision-makers across the energy storage, electric utility, power generation, and digital infrastructure sectors, focusing on grid-scale battery storage deployment, utility interconnection, and power procurement for high-density loads including data centers.
Programming Focus
- Large load growth driven by artificial intelligence workloads and hyperscale data center expansion
- Grid interconnection reform, transmission capacity planning, and substation readiness across ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, and MISO
- Revenue models and bankability: utility offtake agreements versus tolling and merchant power strategies
- Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) regulatory compliance, battery supply chain traceability, and domestic manufacturing
- Behind-the-meter (BTM) power architectures and microgrid configurations for high-density compute facilities
- Battery safety, thermal runaway mitigation, and compliance under NFPA 855 and UL 9540A testing standards
- Project finance, tax equity structuring, transferability under the Inflation Reduction Act, and debt covenants
- State of charge (SOC) analytics, battery degradation modeling, and lifecycle asset management
Featured Speakers
Utilities, Grid Operators, and Regulators:
- Gordon Drake, Director of Market Design and Analysis, ERCOT
- Chad Seely, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, ERCOT
- Yujie Hu, Supervisor of Market Development, ISO New England
- Christov Churchward, Senior Advisor of Corporate Strategy, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
- Latrice Harkness, Director of Engineering, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
- Karolina Maslanka, Policy Director, California Energy Storage Alliance
Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Developers:
- Kevin Imboden, Global Director of Market Research and Intelligence, EdgeConneX
- Magesh Srinivasan, Global Head of Energy Markets, Prologis
- Andrew Waranch, President and CEO, Spearmint Energy
- Arnaud Jouvin, Vice President of Global Storage Development, Brookfield
- Feizhen Lu, Senior Vice President of Procurement and Supply Chain, Hecate Energy
- Sara Kayal, Vice President of Engineering and Procurement, AMPYR Energy USA
- Felipe Cajiao, Vice President of Investment Strategy and Analytics, esVolta
- Ramsey Ayass, Senior Vice President of Grid Strategy, SMT Energy
Finance, Legal, and Strategic Advisory:
- Dino Barajas, Chair of Project Finance Practice (Americas) and Co-Lead of AI Practice, Baker Botts
- Keith Martin, Co-Head of Projects United States, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Tom Colebatch, Managing Director of Commodity Markets and Finance, Macquarie Bank
- Rohit Kumar, Director of Sustainable Finance, Standard Chartered Bank
- Amit Mathrani, Executive Director and Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank North America
- Tara Desai, Managing Director, Crux Climate
Sponsors
- Diamond: Sungrow
- Platinum: Advanced Energy United
- Gold: Beijing HyperStrong Technology, Elysia (Fortescue Zero), Trina Storage
- Silver: CLOU Electronics, Enertis Applus+, Fike Corporation
- Bronze: Ascend Analytics, Crux Climate, FlexGen, Fluence, Kehua Digital Energy, Linxon, PowerUp, TWAICE, Zema Global Data Corporation
- Supporting: ACCURE Battery Intelligence, Aurora Energy Research, CAC Specialty, EticaAG, Hodgson Russ LLP, Li-ion Tamer (Honeywell), Modo Energy, Power Factors
Who Should Attend
- Data center developers, power procurement directors, and energy strategy leads
- Battery energy storage developers, EPC contractors, and system integrators
- Electric utility planners, transmission engineers, and ISO grid operators
- Independent power producers and renewable energy developers
- Infrastructure funds, private equity investors, tax equity investors, and project lenders
- Energy storage hardware manufacturers, cell suppliers, and DCIM/BMS software providers
- Energy regulatory attorneys, compliance officers, and public utility advisors
Logistics
The event takes place April 20–21, 2027, at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel, located at 6007 Legacy Drive in Plano, Texas, within the Dallas metropolitan area. Attendee registration and sponsorship inquiries are administered through the Solar Media events portal.