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An Invitation to Data Centers

PLMA, the energy industry’s association for load  flexibility experts and practitioners invites you to join us for our annual Summer Symposium which we’re hosting for two half days (August 25, noon to 5 pm, August 26, 8 am to noon) in Arlington, VA. 

PLMA’s Summer Symposium, which includes two parallel tracks, will convene electric utilities, data center and AI leaders, auto OEMs, plus vendors and advisors for a detailed exploration of:

  • What we have collectively learned to date about the role of load flexibility in data center energization (Day 1), and

  • What the experts believe to be the major challenges to accelerating the energization of data centers through load flexibility (Day 2).

Building Synergy between data centers and Electric Utilities

With two half-days of practical, interactive, experience- and data-driven sessions; robust cross-industry networking; and candid conversations between utilities and data centers, you’ll leave understanding:

  1. How load flexibility contributes to ensuring data centers build and access reliable access to energy;
  2. What drives utility decisions: grid reliability, growth, and customer engagement;
  3. Hurdles to collaborative relationships between data centers, communities, and the utilities that serve them. 

Reasons to Experience a PLMA Event!

PLMA’s events are recognized for the quality of their content, attendees’ willingness to share information, and for creating a supportive collegial atmosphere. Here’s what utilities have to say about PLMA. 

Don’t miss this chance to meet and learn from our utility experts, our load management practitioners, and our Data Centers Taskforce members.  You’ll gain industry insights, new colleagues, and a vision for what can be accomplished through shared goals and collaboration.

Here’s What Some of PLMA’s Utility Members Have to Say:

Santosh Veda, Dominion Energy

Santosh Veda

Dominion energy (a virginia utility)

“PLMA provides immediate access to a collaborative, practitioner-led network that focuses on accelerating the deployment of scalable load flexibility and grid-reliability solutions. Its events, taskforces, networking opportunities, and forums make it possible to exchange lessons learned and best practices – invaluable in this fast moving space!” 

Bruce Brazis, Arizona Public Service. A middle-aged man with short brown hair and glasses, wearing a dark suit jacket and light blue shirt, sits and smiles against a plain blue background.

Bruce Brazis

Arizona Public Service (an Arizona utility)

“APS’ membership in PLMA provides my colleagues and me with access to a dynamic and supportive community of practitioners and experts… PLMA is an exceptional resource to the energy industry.”

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Troy Eichenberger

Tennessee Valley Authority (a Tennessee utility)

“PLMA membership is the gateway to a welcoming professional community of load flexibility peers and practitioners, all of whom generously share their ideas, successes, and lessons learned.”

Wendy Brummer, Pacific Gas & Electric

Wendy Brummer

Pacific Gas & Electric (a California utility)

“The relationships I’ve fostered through PLMA have helped me grow professionally and provide amazing ongoing benefits as my company implements new programs and makes critical changes to existing ones.” 

Meet PLMA’s Industry Speakers

PLMA’s members include investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, and municipal utilities. At this year’s Summer Symposium, PLMA also looks forward to welcoming a diverse data center professionals and utility colleagues, plus additional industry participants who together share the important goals of collaborative relationships, cross-industry perspective, and knowledge sharing.

Speakers and attendees from these Data Center and AI organizations participating in PLMA’s 2026 Summer Symposium:

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Speakers and attendees from these utilities are participating in PLMA’s 2026 Summer Symposium:
BGE logo featuring a circular, multicolored abstract design to the left of the text bge SM and An Exelon Company written below in blue capital letters.Logo of the City of Tallahassee featuring a blue circle with a white abstract “T” and arrow, above the words “City of Tallahassee” in bold, black capital letters on a white background.Consumers Energy logo with blue text reading “Consumers Energy” and green text below reading “Count on Us,” along with a green swoosh curving around the text on a white background.CPS Energy logo with CPS in blue, ENERGY in orange below, and an orange and yellow stylized starburst design to the right.
Dominion Energy logo with a stylized blue D made of horizontal stripes to the left of the black text Dominion Energy on a white background.Duke Energy logo featuring a blue and green abstract swirl symbol to the left of the company name in bold blue letters on a white background.Blue logo reads The Electric Company with El Paso Electric in blue text below on a white background.NRECA logo featuring a green circle with white powerlines and fields, next to the text NRECA and the tagline Americas Electric Cooperatives on a white background.
ODEC logo with stylized blue and green lines resembling a road or river, and text reading Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to the right of the bold letters ODEC.PG&E logo featuring white letters PG and E with a yellow ampersand & on a blue square background, divided by a white vertical triangle resembling a beam of light.Logo of Portland General Electric, featuring the company name in bold dark blue text with a diamond-shaped design made of four angled lines to the left of the text, on a white background.Logo of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative with a blue triangular shape containing “R.E.C.” and red lightning bolts, next to the words “RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE” in blue text on a white background.
SMUD logo with an orange circle formed by three concentric rings to the left of the bold gray letters SMUD and a registered trademark symbol.Southern California Edison logo featuring a yellow square with a white sunburst, a green border on the left, and the company name in gray text to the right. The tagline reads, “An Edison International Company.”.Logo for Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) with SMECO in large yellow and green letters and the full name written below in smaller green text.
TECO Tampa Electric logo featuring a blue and yellow abstract symbol on the left, with the company name TECO Tampa Electric An Emera Company in blue text to the right.Xcel Energy logo featuring a red circular swirl icon to the left of the black text “Xcel Energy” on a white background.