Energy Conference 2025
Sneak Peak
Want an inside look at what’s to come at the 2025 OATI Energy Conference? Below are some of the conference speakers and sessions that you can only see this fall in Vegas.
Take a look, and don’t forget to register and reserve your space at the Wynn!
Keynote Speakers
Mark Rothleder
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CAISO
Audrey Ziebelman
Chair of Board of Directors, Landis+Gyr
Jeremy Renshaw
Executive Director, AI & Quantum Technology, EPRI
Featured Sessions
Hover over each session title for more info
Evolving Energy Markets
webAgent Deep Dive: Smarter Automation for Smarter Markets
Dive into the capabilities of webAgent and discover how automation is transforming energy operations. This session will showcase key workflows, integration strategies, and real-world use cases to help you optimize your trading and operational efficiency.
Insights from the Frontlines: SPP, CAISO, IESO & Beyond
Join this multi-market focus group to hear insights from subject matter experts on current and upcoming developments across SPP, CAISO, IESO, and other major energy markets. Attendees will gain a broad understanding of regional priorities, policy trends, and technology strategies shaping market participation.
Re-Regulation and Reliability
Integrated Solutions: Empowering Your Energy Organization
See how OATI’s integrated solutions create a unified ecosystem for energy operations. This session illustrates how combining trading, operations, compliance, and analytics into a single platform empowers organizations to work smarter and faster.
Peer Exchange: Driving the Roadmap Through Shared Experience
Participate in a collaborative roundtable where peers shape the future of OATI products. Share your needs, hear what others are planning, and directly influence upcoming product enhancements in a facilitated and open environment.
Advancing Distribution Operations
Real-Time DER Operations: Challenges, Tools & Tactics
Learn how to manage and optimize Distributed Energy Resource (DER) operations in real time. This session focuses on strategies, platforms, and lessons learned for effective DER coordination in both regulated and deregulated markets.
Navigating Distribution to Bulk Power Coordination: Bridging the Divide
Understand the complexities and opportunities in connecting distribution-level operations with the bulk power system. This session provides actionable insights on interoperability, visibility, and operational coordination.
AI, Microgrids & more
AI in Energy: Opportunities, Risks, and Real Use Cases
Understand the role artificial intelligence is playing in energy system optimization. From forecasting to anomaly detection, this session highlights use cases and practical applications that are making a difference today.
Microgrids in Practice: Real-World Use Cases
See how microgrids are being deployed in real-world scenarios to improve reliability, resilience, and sustainability. This session walks through technical, operational, and regulatory aspects of successful deployments.
All Sessions
Hover over each session title for more info
Evolving Energy Markets
CAISO EDAM: Expanding Access, Empowering Markets
Explore the evolution of the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) in CAISO. Learn how this initiative is enhancing regional coordination, expanding access to diverse resources, and improving reliability and economic outcomes for participants.
Re-Regulation and Reliability
Data-Driven Decisions: Situational Awareness in the Spanish Grid
Learn how real-time data, analytics, and visualization tools are enabling enhanced situational awareness in the Spanish grid. This session highlights the tools and strategies that improve operational reliability and compliance with NERC CEH standards.
Advancing Distribution Operations
Smart Energy Insights: webSmartEnergy Focus Group
This session offers a collaborative look at how webSmartEnergy is evolving. Join this focus group to share your experience, explore upcoming features, and influence the development of smarter, more integrated energy workflows.
AI, Microgrids & more
AI is Data: Leveraging Information for Smarter Energy Decisions
Dive into how data governance, quality, and integration fuel AI capabilities in energy. This session will equip attendees with strategies for leveraging their data to maximize AI potential.
Uncovering the new SPP Markets+
Uncover the latest developments in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) markets+. This session equips participants with the insights needed to stay ahead of changes and capitalize on new opportunities.
Navigating the Transition: FERC Order 881, 676-K & NAESB 2023 Updates
Gain an in-depth understanding of key regulatory updates from FERC and NAESB, including the transformative impacts of Order 881 and 676-K. This session provides actionable insights to help your organization prepare for and comply with these mandates.
The perfect marriage: DERMS and AMI 2.0
Grid modernization doesn't come through any single step-- it's a multi-pronged journey that involves complex systems, use cases, and stakeholder expectations, impacting operators and customers. Learn how OATI's DERMS enables a wide range of grid edge assets through a "single pane of glass," while maximizing a utility's investment in AMI 2.0.
Designing Resilience: The Building Blocks of Microgrids
Learn the key components and design principles that define effective microgrids. This session provides practical guidance for building resilient, scalable microgrid systems.
Peer Exchange: Driving the OATI Roadmap Through Shared Experience
Participate in a collaborative roundtable where peers shape the future of OATI products. Share your needs, hear what others are planning, and directly influence upcoming product enhancements in a facilitated and open environment.
Transmission Intelligence: webTrans Focus Group
Join the webTrans focus group to explore new features and provide feedback directly to the OATI team. This session is ideal for users looking to shape the direction of transmission workflow capabilities.
Interconnection Impacts on the Bulk Power System
Explore how increasing interconnection requests and renewable penetration are impacting bulk power system operations. This session provides tools, trends, and best practices for maintaining grid reliability.
AI-Powered Operators: Augmented Decision-Making
Explore how AI technologies are being applied to augment operator decisions in control rooms. This session covers real-world applications of AI assistants, machine learning, and human-machine collaboration.
Future-Ready Trading: webTrader Focus Group
This interactive focus group explores recent enhancements and future developments for webTrader. Join fellow users and OATI developers to discuss trading workflows, feature requests, and upcoming system improvements.
Simulating Success: webGIQ & OTS Enhancements for Tomorrow
Explore how simulation tools like webGIQ and OTS/tag simulator are evolving to support grid modernization, planning, and training. Learn how your team can benefit from enhanced modeling and simulation capabilities.
DER Life Cycle: Fundamentals for the Evolving Grid
Get back to the basics with a deep dive into the full life cycle of DERs—from interconnection and registration to optimization and retirement. This session is designed to ground participants in essential concepts driving the distributed energy transition.
G&T DERMS: Coordinating at Scale
Explore how generation & transmission cooperatives are utilizing DERMS for the large-scale coordination of distributed resources. Learn about key functionalities, integration paths, and deployment lessons from utilities leading the way.
Credit, Compliance & RECs: What You Need to Know
Delve into the intersection of risk management, credit policies, and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This session will address evolving regulatory environments, credit risk strategies, and tools within webCTRM to stay nimble in dynamic energy markets.
Advancing Accounting Precision: webAccounting Focus Group
This session offers an in-depth review of webAccounting enhancements and priorities. Engage with OATI experts and fellow users to influence the roadmap and discuss best practices in settlements and cost tracking.
New Rules, New Roles: DSOs and FERC 2222 Opportunities
Unpack the implications of FERC Order 2222 and the rise of Distribution System Operators (DSOs). This session will explore compliance strategies, market access, and how utilities and aggregators are adapting to the changing landscape.
Next-Gen Solutions: OATI Innovations & Future Challenges
Discover the latest innovations across the OATI platform and how they address emerging challenges in energy markets. Learn about the roadmap for future enhancements and how your organization can benefit from cutting-edge solutions.
Facility Ratings in Focus: Enhancing Compliance & Operational Insight
Explore how accurate facility ratings support regulatory compliance and improve operational efficiency. This session will guide attendees through recent enhancements, automation capabilities, and best practices in facility ratings management.
DERMS in Action: TVA's journey to system-wide load and battery control
Learn about how TVA is using webSmartEnergy DERMS to command and control over 1,600 MWs of load with plans for large-scale, grid-connected battery energy storage orchestration.
Evolving Energy Markets
CAISO EDAM: Expanding Access, Empowering Markets
Explore the evolution of the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) in CAISO. Learn how this initiative is enhancing regional coordination, expanding access to diverse resources, and improving reliability and economic outcomes for participants.
Uncovering the new SPP Markets+
Uncover the latest developments in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) markets+. This session equips participants with the insights needed to stay ahead of changes and capitalize on new opportunities.
Peer Exchange: Driving the OATI Roadmap Through Shared Experience
Participate in a collaborative roundtable where peers shape the future of OATI products. Share your needs, hear what others are planning, and directly influence upcoming product enhancements in a facilitated and open environment.
Future-Ready Trading: webTrader Focus Group
This interactive focus group explores recent enhancements and future developments for webTrader. Join fellow users and OATI developers to discuss trading workflows, feature requests, and upcoming system improvements.
Credit, Compliance & RECs: What You Need to Know
Delve into the intersection of risk management, credit policies, and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This session will address evolving regulatory environments, credit risk strategies, and tools within webCTRM to stay nimble in dynamic energy markets.
Next-Gen Solutions: OATI Innovations & Future Challenges
Discover the latest innovations across the OATI platform and how they address emerging challenges in energy markets. Learn about the roadmap for future enhancements and how your organization can benefit from cutting-edge solutions.
Re-Regulation and Reliability
Data-Driven Decisions: Situational Awareness in the Spanish Grid
Learn how real-time data, analytics, and visualization tools are enabling enhanced situational awareness in the Spanish grid. This session highlights the tools and strategies that improve operational reliability and compliance with NERC CEH standards.
Navigating the Transition: FERC Order 881, 676-K & NAESB 2023 Updates
Gain an in-depth understanding of key regulatory updates from FERC and NAESB, including the transformative impacts of Order 881 and 676-K. This session provides actionable insights to help your organization prepare for and comply with these mandates.
Transmission Intelligence: webTrans Focus Group
Join the webTrans focus group to explore new features and provide feedback directly to the OATI team. This session is ideal for users looking to shape the direction of transmission workflow capabilities.
Simulating Success: webGIQ & OTS Enhancements for Tomorrow
Explore how simulation tools like webGIQ and OTS/tag simulator are evolving to support grid modernization, planning, and training. Learn how your team can benefit from enhanced modeling and simulation capabilities.
Advancing Accounting Precision: webAccounting Focus Group
This session offers an in-depth review of webAccounting enhancements and priorities. Engage with OATI experts and fellow users to influence the roadmap and discuss best practices in settlements and cost tracking.
Facility Ratings in Focus: Enhancing Compliance & Operational Insight
Explore how accurate facility ratings support regulatory compliance and improve operational efficiency. This session will guide attendees through recent enhancements, automation capabilities, and best practices in facility ratings management.
Advancing Distribution Operations
Smart Energy Insights: webSmartEnergy Focus Group
This session offers a collaborative look at how webSmartEnergy is evolving. Join this focus group to share your experience, explore upcoming features, and influence the development of smarter, more integrated energy workflows.
The perfect marriage: DERMS and AMI 2.0
Grid modernization doesn't come through any single step-- it's a multi-pronged journey that involves complex systems, use cases, and stakeholder expectations, impacting operators and customers. Learn how OATI's DERMS enables a wide range of grid edge assets through a "single pane of glass," while maximizing a utility's investment in AMI 2.0.
Interconnection Impacts on the Bulk Power System
Explore how increasing interconnection requests and renewable penetration are impacting bulk power system operations. This session provides tools, trends, and best practices for maintaining grid reliability.
DER Life Cycle: Fundamentals for the Evolving Grid
Get back to the basics with a deep dive into the full life cycle of DERs—from interconnection and registration to optimization and retirement. This session is designed to ground participants in essential concepts driving the distributed energy transition.
New Rules, New Roles: DSOs and FERC 2222 Opportunities
Unpack the implications of FERC Order 2222 and the rise of Distribution System Operators (DSOs). This session will explore compliance strategies, market access, and how utilities and aggregators are adapting to the changing landscape.
DERMS in Action: TVA's journey to system-wide load and battery control
Learn about how TVA is using webSmartEnergy DERMS to command and control over 1,600 MWs of load with plans for large-scale, grid-connected battery energy storage orchestration.
AI, Microgrids & more
AI is Data: Leveraging Information for Smarter Energy Decisions
Dive into how data governance, quality, and integration fuel AI capabilities in energy. This session will equip attendees with strategies for leveraging their data to maximize AI potential.
Designing Resilience: The Building Blocks of Microgrids
Learn the key components and design principles that define effective microgrids. This session provides practical guidance for building resilient, scalable microgrid systems.
G&T DERMS: Coordinating at Scale
Explore how generation & transmission cooperatives are utilizing DERMS for the large-scale coordination of distributed resources. Learn about key functionalities, integration paths, and deployment lessons from utilities leading the way.
AI-Powered Operators: Augmented Decision-Making
Explore how AI technologies are being applied to augment operator decisions in control rooms. This session covers real-world applications of AI assistants, machine learning, and human-machine collaboration.
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