INFOCUS 2026 Agenda
Day 2 - Wednesday, April 15
- 7: a.m. – 11 a.m.
Conference Check-in
Attendees can check in at the conference registration desk at the hotel to pick up name badges and swag
- 7 a.m. – 8 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
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- 8 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.
Trivia Game
How sharp are you at 8 a.m.? Khai Le will test your smarts with a quick and fun polling game as we wrap up breakfast and kick off our main sessions.
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- 8:05 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
New PCI Upgrades to Support New Market Initiatives
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PCI: Suiyi Su
- “Preparing for New CAISO EDAM Go-Live” – John Mayhew, Sr. Project Manager of Regional Markets & Transmission Strategy, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)
- “Migrating PCI Platform to Support SPP Markets+” – Maureen Kempton, Sr. Manager of Operations Applications, Salt River Project (SRP)
- 8:55 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
ETRM Replacement Projects
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PCI: Lei Tian, John Bizon
- “Benefits for Using PCI ETRM System to Manage Ørsted Merchant Fleet” – Søren Fansher Holten Hansen, head of Asset & Trading Risk, Ørsted
- “Experience with Using PCI ETRM to Support IPA Blended Gas & Hydrogen Operations” – Kelly Brook Thomas, Lead Fuel Gas Coordinator, Intermountain Power Service Corporation (IPSC)
- “Leveraging a Consolidated PCI Platform: Finding the Leakage – Ending the Leakage” – Greg Karlson, Manager of Merchant Systems, Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
- 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Morning Break
- 10 a.m. – Noon
Optional: Open Office Hours with PCI Experts for PCI Insights, Portfolio Optimization, & Transmission
Have questions about PCI Insights, Portfolio Optimization, or Transmission? PCI experts are ready to respond in these come-and-go open office hours sessions. If you can’t meet the expert you need at this time, consider booking a one-on-one session here.
PCI Insights Open Office Hours
GOLD
PCI experts: Hicham Mansouri, Ha Tran, Kowsalya Muralid
Portfolio Optimization Open Office Hours
LAURENS
PCI experts: Bryan Kelly, Justin Cook, Buck Feng
Transmission Open Office Hours
GOLD BALCONY
PCI experts: Praveen Allaka, Suiyi Su, Tapas Peshin, Jia Yang
- 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Multi-Market Outage Management
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PCI: Arun Devarakonda
- “Multi‑Market Outage Management for IPPs: The EDFR Customer Story” – Bob Sullivan, Associate Director – OT Readiness, EDF Power Solutions
- 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
RTO Panel Session
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Featuring representatives from ISO/RTO markets, including:
- “Update on SPP RTO Market Launch and Markets+ Development” – Drew McGilvray, Manager of Market Services & Readiness Tower Lead for SPP Markets+, SPP
- “Preparing for CAISO EDAM Go Live” – Milos Bosanac, Policy Manager, CAISO
- 11:30 a.m. – Noon
Keynote: Don McDonnell, AWS
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Don McDonnell, Global Energy & Utilities Partner Lead, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch
- 1 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 1
- CAROLINA A: Preparing for the Emerging Western Markets (EDAM, M+, RTO-E, & WRAP)
- Suiyi Su, Kashmita Ghimire, Justin Shearer, Zenab Rangwala (PCI)
- Customers: Maureen Kempton, SRP; John Mayhew, PNM
- CAROLINA B: Leading a Diverse IPP Through a Greenfield ETRM Implementation
- Marc Siemer (PCI)
- Kyle Connolly & Austin Welch, Clearway
- “PCI ETRM Integration at Ørsted Energy” – Søren Fansher Holten Hansen, Head of Asset & Trading Risk, Ørsted
- COLONIAL: Experience with Using PCI Insights to Support BI Analytics
- Khai Le, Ha Tran, Hicham Mansouri, Kowsalya Muralid (PCI)
- “Case Studies Illustrating Benefits for Using PCI Insights for Real-Time Operations Feedback” – Cody Carraway, Market Operations Strategist; George Lamartiniere, Sr. FTR Analyst, CLECO
- “Using PCI Insights as Rearview Mirror to Improve Market Operations” – Brandon Scott, Power Trading Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU)
- “Experience with using PCI P&L Analyzer to Analyze Complex MISO Make-Whole Payments” – John Swez, Managing Director of Trading & Dispatch, Duke Energy
- Competition for Fastest Fingers to Build PCI Insights Plots
- GOLD: Harmonization of Power Trading & Gas Trading & Post-Analysis
- Buck Feng & Joe Frick (PCI)
- LAURENS: Generation OMS Roundtable: What’s New & What’s Next
- Arun Devarakonda & Ali Valero (PCI)
- GOLD BALCONY: e-Tag+ & Transmission Synergies
- Praveen Allaka & Jia Yang (PCI)
- POINSETTE: New PCI IT Advances & Evolution for PCI Kube, Network Customization, Scalability, Cybersecurity, & AI Governance
- Antonio Lopez, Bill Spens, Ravi Chandra, Peter Samoray (PCI)
- Partner Presenters: Jonah Wisch, KirkpatrickPrice
- RUTLEDGE: ETRM Back Office
- John Bizon & Amy Banks (PCI)
- Customers: John Moore, Associated Electric
- 2:50 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Afternoon Break
- 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 2
- CAROLINA A: PCI Roadmap for All ISO/RTO Markets (GenManager)
- Zenab Rangwala, Stanley Eng, & Kyle Pezant (PCI)
- CAROLINA B: Settlements Roundtable: Settlements Revamp, G/L & Allocations, Reporting, Insights
- Kashmita Ghimire, Chris Espinosa, Jeremy Pober, Julie Rogers, Amy Banks (PCI)
- Sarah Matherne, Senior Settlements Analyst, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU)
- Lisa Brightwell, Senior Settlements Analyst, Salt River Project (SRP)
- COLONIAL: Benefits with Deploying PCI Insights to Support Enterprise Reporting
- Khai Le, Ha Tran, Kowsalya Muralid (PCI)
- “Using PCI Insights to Build ETRM Reports in Tableau” – Kelly Brook Thomas, Lead Fuel Gas Coordinator, IPA
- “EKPC Vision for Using PCI Insights to Improve EKPC Operations in PJM” – Derek Wingfield, Supervisor of Power Supply Technology, East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC)
- Competition for Best PCI Insights Dashboard
- GOLD: Advances in Portfolio Optimization: Medium-Long Term Planning, Risk Management, Ancillary Services, & Batteries
- Buck Feng & Justin Cook (PCI)
- LAURENS: Transmission OMS Roundtable: Features, Roadmap, & Your Voice
- Ali Valero (PCI)
- PARKVIEW: Power Scheduling
- Vinay Singh, Praveen Allaka, Valerie Davis (PCI)
- GOLD BALCONY: Transmission Data Analytics
- Jia Yang (PCI)
- Customers: Emily Beach, Principal Business Analyst, & Karen Peterson, Manager of Energy Accounting, WE Energies; Erica Flores-Abeita, Transmission Data Analytics for Energy Accounting & Transmission Settlements, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)
- POINSETTE: AI Session: Smarter Architectures & AI Governance
- Antonio Lopez, Ravi Chandra, Bryan Kelly, Dwarak Varaharajan (PCI)
- Partner presenter: Justin McGinnity, AWS
- RUTLEDGE: Gas ETRM
- Joe Frick & Jenn Panariso (PCI)
- 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Drinks & Demos II
PRE-FUNCTION A & B, PRE-MEZZANINE, & GOLD PRE-FUNCTION
- 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Customer Appreciation Dinner
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Day 3 - Thursday, April 16
- 7 a.m. – 8 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
CAROLINA BALLROOM
- 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Optional: Open Office Hours with PCI Experts for Outage Management, Technology/Hosted Services, & Cybersecurity
Have questions about Outage Management, Technology/Hosted Services, or Cybersecurity? PCI experts are ready to respond in these come-and-go open office hours sessions. If you can’t meet the expert you need at this time, consider booking a one-on-one session here.
Outage Management Open Office Hours
POINSETTE
PCI experts: Arun Devarakonda, Ali Valero
Technology/Hosted Services Open Office Hours
PINCKNEY
PCI experts: Antonio Lopez, Ravi Chandra
Cybersecurity Open Office Hours
RUTLEDGE
PCI expert: Peter Samoray
- 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Keynote: Brad Underwood, OPPD
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Brad Underwood, CFO & VP of Finance, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
- 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Transmission Showcase
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PCI: Suiyi Su
- “SunZia’s Experience with Using PCI Power Scheduling to Transfer Wind Generation to California” – Matt Veghte, Director Real Time Operations, Pattern Energy
- 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
The Evolution of PCI GenManager & Bid-to-Bill Innovation
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PCI: Zenab Rangwala, Stanley Eng
- 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
ETRM Efficiencies Gained from Modules
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PCI: Vinay Singh, Joe Frick
- “Automating Scheduling Workflow at AECI” – John Moore, Sr. Manager of Applications Development, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI)
- 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Trivia Game
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Khai Le is back to host another round of trivia.
- 10:20 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Optimization & Asset Maximization on a Unified Energy Platform
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PCI: Bryan Kelly
- 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
PCI's Full-Spectrum Suite Deployed
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PCI: Justin Shearer
- “Experience with Deploying PCI Platform to Optimize Operations of PSE Resources and Support Gas Procurement” – Greg Karlson, Manager of Merchant Systems, Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
- 11:30 a.m. – Noon
PCI Conference Recap & Closeout
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PCI: Javier Martin
