When and where is POWERGEN 2027?

January 18–21, 2027 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Organizers suggest arriving Sunday, January 17; the event wraps up after a morning of programming on Thursday, January 21.

How much does a pass cost?

Prices depend on your organisation. Owner/Operator passes are $350 (exhibition) or $950 (all access) at the advanced rate until December 17, 2026; General passes are $550 / $1,199 and Solution Provider passes $850 / $1,399 at the advanced rate until January 17, 2027. Standard prices are $100 higher.

What is the cancellation policy?

Written cancellations received on or before November 12, 2026 are refunded minus a $110 administrative charge. No refunds after that, but substitutions can be made at any time.

Yes. Fill out the post-show survey sent on the last day of the event and your professional development hours certificate is emailed to you.

Can I bring a spouse or children?

A spouse can be added for $100. Children under 14 are not permitted; minors aged 15 and older may be approved case by case.

POWERGEN 2027

Name: POWERGEN 2027
Start: 2027-01-18T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2027-01-21T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center

About this event

POWERGEN is the annual meeting point for the North American power generation industry. With data-center load growth now the defining challenge, the 2027 edition in Salt Lake City brings utilities, independent power producers, EPCs and equipment makers together to work out how to deliver new megawatts faster, with a keynote stage, a technical conference programme and an exhibition hall of hundreds of suppliers. PacifiCorp is the 2027 host utility.

Who attends

The audience spans the whole generation value chain, and pass pricing is split by organisation type.

Utilities planning resources and reliability
Independent power producers and large off-takers
OEMs and technology providers (gas, nuclear, hydrogen, storage, geothermal)
EPCs and construction firms
Data center operators

Conference and keynotes

The programme opens on Monday, January 18 with POWERGEN University, off-site technical tours, partner programmes and networking, followed by keynote sessions on January 19, 20 and 21, open to all badge holders. Keynotes cover the next build cycle (a CEO and COO conversation with PacifiCorp, Rocky Mountain Power, CPS Energy and APS), securing the grid in the age of AI (FirstEnergy, AEP, APPA, Tenable) and reliability as demand surges (ERCOT, NERC, Dominion Energy, EPRI).

Gas turbine and combined cycle
Data center power
O&M, reliability and asset life
Nuclear
Supply chain strategy and grid security
Electric Utility & Cogeneration Chemistry Workshop (EUC²W)

Exhibition

The exhibit hall features hundreds of companies offering products, technologies and services for generation projects, with Center Stage sessions, breakfast roundtables and joint networking parties including an opening night reception.

Tickets & passes

Owner/Operator Exhibition — USD 350: Advanced price until Dec 17, 2026 (standard $450); exhibition, keynotes, Center Stage, opening night reception
Owner/Operator All Access — USD 950: Advanced price until Dec 17, 2026 (standard $1,050); adds conference programmes, EUC²W and lunch Tue & Wed
General Exhibition — USD 550: Advanced price (standard $650)
General All Access — USD 1,199: Advanced price (standard $1,299)
Solution Provider Exhibition — USD 850: Advanced price (standard $950)
Solution Provider All Access — USD 1,399: Advanced price (standard $1,499)

POWERGEN 2027 is an Energy & Environment event taking place 18-21 Jan 2027 at Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, United States.

Speakers13

Darin Carroll
CEO, PacifiCorp
Dick Garlish
President, Rocky Mountain Power
Curtis Mansfield
SVP Power Delivery, PacifiCorp
Elaina Ball
Chief Strategy Officer, CPS Energy
Jacob Tetlow
Chief Operating Officer, APS
Brian Harrell
Chief Security Officer, FirstEnergy
Puesh Kumar
SVP, Enterprise Security, Resilience and National Security Policy, AEP
Adrienne Lotto
SVP of Grid Security, Technical & Operations Services, American Public Power Association
Dino DiMarino
Chief Revenue Officer, Tenable
Matt Gardner
VP, Power Generation System Operations, Dominion Energy
Mark Lauby
NERC Fellow and Chief Engineer, NERC
David Kezell
Director of Weatherization, ERCOT
Mike Caravaggio
Vice President, Energy Supply-Reliability, EPRI