ERCOT Power NEXT

Generators, developers, ERCOT officials, regulators and large-load customers working through the Texas power market.

Dates
Jan 25 to Jan 27, 2027
Where
Austin, TX
Cost
Ticket $2,495 to $2,695. Advance rate from Oct 24, 2026: Standard Access $2,495; Market Intelligence+ $2,695 (early bird through Oct 23 was $2,095 / $2,295).
Type
Conference · Paid ticket
Organizer
Infocast
Suits
Growing in role
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Cheaper ways in: Separate registration options for developers/IPPs, government, electric cooperative, nonprofit and academic organizations (prices not listed).

Speaking opportunities

Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Energy trading and markets

Roles: energy trader, power market analyst

The field it serves: Energy & Utilities

Verified open jobs
about 10,423

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$133,000 a year (middle half $102,000 to $160,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,093 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
32% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
+1.7% in utilities, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

Full Energy & Utilities snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

  • Constellation Speaking 2027
  • Digital Infrastructure Network Speaking 2027
  • ERCOT Speaking 2027
  • esVolta Speaking 2027
  • Hanwha Renewables Speaking 2027
  • LCRA Speaking 2027
  • Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Speaking 2027
  • Sangha Renewables Speaking 2027
  • Skybox Datacenters Speaking 2027
  • Vistra Corp. Speaking 2027

Read from the event’s own pages: www.infocastinc.com.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Speakers

  • Andy Nguyen

    Chief of Staff, Constellation

  • Arnie Quinn

    Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy, Vistra Corp.

  • Courtney Hjaltman

    Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)

    Fireside Chat: Implementing Policy Changes in ERCOT

  • Devin Hardman

    Chief Commercial Officer, esVolta

  • Giovanni Capriglione

    President (State Representative), Digital Infrastructure Network

  • Gordon Drake

    Director of Market Design & Analysis, ERCOT

  • Haynes Strader

    Chief Development Officer, Skybox Datacenters

  • Keith Collins

    Vice President of Commercial Operations, ERCOT

  • Prabhu Gnanam

    Senior Director, Grid Planning, ERCOT

  • Randa Stephenson

    Chief Operating Officer, Wholesale Power, LCRA

  • Spencer Marr

    President, Sangha Renewables

  • Vitaly Lee

    Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Hanwha Renewables

Read from the event’s own pages: infocastinc.com

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Austin, TX. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

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