GridFuture 2025
GridFuture 2025 took place on August 6-7 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The event brought together CPower’s industry-leading team, as well as energy users and other stakeholders from across the industry, to share ideas, explore innovative solutions, and discuss the latest trends and advancements for virtual power plants and demand response.
Past GridFuture Events:
Demand Growth and the Economics
of Virtual Power Plants
Mike Smith
CEO, CPower
The Load Growth Challenge
Morgan Scott
Vice President,
Global Partnerships & Outreach,
EPRI
The AI Surge:
Why The Grid Needs Data Centers for Reliability
Monty PrekerisCo-Founder, Mercury Computing Jim McDonaldFounder, Miratech |
Varun SivaramCEO, Emerald AI Bob DavidoffCEO and Founder, Bentaus |
Flex Appeal:
How Customer-Sited Assets are Delivering Grid Reliability Year-Round
Ryan KeperlingSenior Director, Product, CPower Andrew HayesEnergy Program Manager, The RMR Group Bob FrenchChief Evangelist, 75f |
Uzair BaigDirector – Energy Strategy Optimization, Highland Electric Fleets Dave ChamberlainPrincipal Energy Engineer, Raytheon |
Empowering Communities
Donna Karas
Director, Account Management – Midcentral, CPower
Kimberly Schlichting
President and CEO, DEMEC
Morgan Scott
Vice President, Global Partnerships and Outreach, EPRI
Dr. Varun Sivaram
CEO, Emerald AI
Monty Prekeris
Co-Founder, Mercury Computing
Jim McDonald
Founder/Director ENP Consultants, MIRATECH
Bob Davidoff
CEO and Founder, Benatus
CPower Unites Industry at GridFuture 2025 to Tackle Load Growth Through Demand Response
Customer-Powered Grid® Awards Honor Leaders Driving Impact Across Reliability, Flexibility, Technology and Community Progress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — This week at GridFuture 2025, CPower Energy’s annual conference focused on advancements in demand response and distributed energy, key energy stakeholders tackled one of the grid’s most pressing challenges: meeting the accelerating demand for electricity..
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GridFuture 2025
GridFuture 2025 took place on August 6-7 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The event brought together CPower’s industry-leading team, as well as energy users and other stakeholders from across the industry, to share ideas, explore innovative solutions, and discuss the latest trends and advancements for virtual power plants and demand response.
Past GridFuture Events:
- Sessions
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Demand Growth and the Economics
of Virtual Power PlantsMike Smith
CEO, CPower
The Load Growth Challenge
Morgan Scott
Vice President,
Global Partnerships & Outreach,
EPRI
The AI Surge:
Why The Grid Needs Data Centers for ReliabilityMonty Prekeris
Co-Founder, Mercury Computing
Jim McDonald
Founder, Miratech
Varun Sivaram
CEO, Emerald AI
Bob Davidoff
CEO and Founder, Bentaus
Flex Appeal:
How Customer-Sited Assets are Delivering Grid Reliability Year-RoundRyan Keperling
Senior Director, Product, CPower
Andrew Hayes
Energy Program Manager, The RMR Group
Bob French
Chief Evangelist, 75f
Uzair Baig
Director – Energy Strategy Optimization, Highland Electric Fleets
Dave Chamberlain
Principal Energy Engineer, Raytheon
Empowering Communities
Donna Karas
Director, Account Management – Midcentral, CPower
Kimberly Schlichting
President and CEO, DEMEC
- Interviews
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Morgan Scott
Vice President, Global Partnerships and Outreach, EPRI
Dr. Varun Sivaram
CEO, Emerald AI
Monty Prekeris
Co-Founder, Mercury Computing
Jim McDonald
Founder/Director ENP Consultants, MIRATECH
Bob Davidoff
CEO and Founder, Benatus
- Gallery
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- Awards
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CPower Unites Industry at GridFuture 2025 to Tackle Load Growth Through Demand Response
Customer-Powered Grid® Awards Honor Leaders Driving Impact Across Reliability, Flexibility, Technology and Community Progress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — This week at GridFuture 2025, CPower Energy’s annual conference focused on advancements in demand response and distributed energy, key energy stakeholders tackled one of the grid’s most pressing challenges: meeting the accelerating demand for electricity..
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