POWERGEN is proud to announce that PacifiCorp will serve as the Host Utility for the 2027 annual event, which will take place January 18–21, 2027, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah—the headquarters city of PacifiCorp’s Rocky Mountain Power division.
POWERGEN brings together the global power generation community at a defining moment for the industry. With electricity demand rising at a pace not seen in a generation, gas turbine order books stretching years out, data center load reshaping resource plans, and a workforce gap widening across nearly every job family, the decisions being made today will define how reliably the lights stay on for the next two decades. POWERGEN is where the operators, developers and suppliers doing that work come together to share what’s working, what isn’t, and what comes next.
PacifiCorp is one of the largest electric utilities in the Western United States, serving more than 2.1 million customers across six states through its two business units: Pacific Power, which serves Oregon, Washington, and California, and Rocky Mountain Power, which serves Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho from its Salt Lake City headquarters. PacifiCorp owns and operates a diverse generation portfolio that includes natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, solar, geothermal and the largest owned wind fleet of any regulated utility in the Western United States.
“As we look ahead to POWERGEN 2027, we are thrilled to welcome PacifiCorp as our host utility,” said Wayne Bishop Jr., Executive Vice President of Clarion Energy North America at Clarion Events, Inc. “PacifiCorp operates at the intersection of nearly every issue defining our industry today—load growth from data centers and electrification, transmission expansion across the West, fleet transition, and workforce development. Their leadership and their footprint across six states make them an ideal partner as we bring the global power generation community together in Salt Lake City.”
Like utilities across the country, PacifiCorp is balancing rapidly rising power demand with the imperatives of reliability, affordability and a changing generation mix. Through Rocky Mountain Power, the company is on the front lines of one of the fastest-growing load regions in the country, integrating large-scale wind, solar and storage while managing the operational realities of an aging thermal fleet and the buildout of new transmission across the Intermountain West. PacifiCorp’s on-the-ground experience will bring a critical perspective to POWERGEN’s conversations about how the industry builds a more resilient, flexible, and reliable energy future.
“We’re proud to serve as the host utility for POWERGEN 2027 in Salt Lake City,” said Darin Carroll, president and CEO of PacifiCorp. “As our industry works to meet growing demand while maintaining reliability and affordability, this event provides an important opportunity to share ideas and solutions. We’re grateful for Utah’s supportive business and regulatory environment, which helps enable the investments needed to power one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions. We look forward to welcoming industry leaders to Utah and helping shape the future of energy.”
In addition to serving as Host Utility, PacifiCorp executives will take the stage during the POWERGEN 2027 Opening Keynote, joining other industry thought leaders in addressing the challenges and opportunities facing the power sector.
