GCPA Spring Conference 2027

The Gulf Coast Power Association's Spring 2027 Conference runs April 19 to 21, 2027, at Hilton Americas-Houston. The spring meeting covers ERCOT and Gulf Coast power markets. Registration opens in early 2027. No agenda, speakers, or sponsors are published yet. The 2026 spring conference expected 600+ attendees, citing 650 attendees in 2025.

Programming Focus

The 2026 edition covered these topics. The 2027 agenda is not yet published.

• Early results from ERCOT Real-Time Co-Optimization
• Retail consolidation, distributed energy, and virtual power plants
• Supply chain and labor limits on the generation and grid build-out
• A keynote on powering gigawatt-scale AI data centers, from Lancium's president
• Load forecast uncertainty, 765kV transmission, and cost allocation
• A pre-conference workshop on large-load interconnection and voltage ride-through

Who Should Attend

• Data center developers and large-load customers in ERCOT
• Utility, generator, and retail power executives
• Regulatory and government affairs staff
• Power market investors and analysts

Logistics

• The 2026 early-bird rates were $1,000 for members and $1,300 for non-members.