PMAPS 2026 Salt Lake City, UT

• Reliability Assessment in Active Distribution Grids (Room 6613)
• Resilience metrics from utility data: emerging probability methods and real-world challenges (Room 6619)
• Bulk Power System Oscillation Monitoring: Theory and Practice (Room 6623)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For presenter information, see the tutorial page.

• Development of reliability cases for studies of high-impact events with accurate hydrological conditions representation (Room 6613)
• IDAES-GTEP: A Flexible, Modular Python Package for Generation and Transmission Expansion Planning (Room 6619)
• Parallel Computing for Stochastic Power Grid Expansion Planning Using mpi-sppy (Room 6623)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For presenter information, see the tutorial page.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nat Horner
Director of Grid Cybersecurity and Communications, Office of Electricity (OE), U.S. Department of Energy

Location: Auditorium (6500), University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

Paper Session 1: Resilience Assessment, Cascading Failures, and Restoration (Room 6619)
Paper Session 2: Data Center Grid Integration and Operational Flexibility (Room 6623)
Paper Session 3: Weather-Driven Reliability and Wildfire Risk (Room 6613)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For detailed information on sessions and presentations, please refer to the paper presentation schedule.

Moderator
Masood Parvania, Rodger P. Webb Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah

Panelists

1. Mark Lauby, NERC Fellow and Chief Engineer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
2. Jim Follum, Power Systems Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Location: Auditorium (6500), University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

Paper Session 4: Electricity Markets, Reserves, and Ancillary Services (Room 6619)
Paper Session 5: Capacity Expansion and Transmission Planning (Room 6623)
Paper Session 6: Frequency Dynamics, Measurement, and Oscillation Control (Room 6613)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For detailed information on sessions and presentations, please refer to the paper presentation schedule.

Moderator
Christina Hayes, Executive Director, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid

Panelists

1. Neil Millar, Vice President Transmission Planning and Infrastructure Development, California Independent System  Operator (CAISO)
2. John Muhs, Senior Consultant, Energy Strategies
3. Franklin Jackson, Managing Energy Industry Analyst, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Location: Auditorium (6500), University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

Paper Session 7: Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles, and Flexible Demand (Room 6613)
Paper Session 8: Power System Reliability and Resource Adequacy (Room 6619)
Paper Session 9: Distribution and Integrated Grid Planning (Room 6623)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For detailed information on sessions and presentations, please refer to the paper presentation schedule.

Moderator
Branden Sudduth, Vice President of Reliability Planning and Performance Analysis, Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

Panelist

1. Vic Howell, Director of Reliability Assessments and Modeling, Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
2. Chris Parker, Director, Utah Division of Public Utilities
3. Paul Nelson, Senior Advisor on Resource Adequacy, California Public Utility Commission (CPUC)

Location: Auditorium (6500), University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

Paper Session 10: Power System Dynamics, Modeling, and Operations (Room 6613)
Paper Session 11: Data Center Reliability and Power-Supply Planning (Room 6619)
Paper Session 12: Load and Renewable Generation Forecasting (Room 6623)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For detailed information on sessions and presentations, please refer to the paper presentation schedule.

Moderator
Brian J. Pierre, Manager, Electric Power Systems Research Department, Sandia National Laboratories

Panelists

1. Andre Coleman, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
2. Andrea Brown, Director of Risk and Data Analytics, Wildfire Mitigation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
3. Ryan Anthon, Director of Grid Modernization, PacifiCorp
   

Location: Auditorium (6500), University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

Paper Session 13: Grid Monitoring, Asset Analytics, and Protection (Room 6623)
Paper Session 14: Multi-Energy Systems and Energy-Supply Reliability (Room 6619)
Paper Session 15: Extreme-Weather Operations, Prediction, and Recovery (Room 6613)

Location: University of Utah College of Law Building, Floor 6

For detailed information on sessions and presentations, please refer to the paper presentation schedule.