Join the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) and PLMA at DTECH® 2026 in San Diego for a brand-new partner event that will explore two angles of the distributed, flexible energy transition: customer engagement and grid management.

The Symposia on DERs and Customer Engagement agenda will feature a joint keynote address and follow-up panel in the morning before splitting into three tracks with sessions on electric vehicle (EV) adoption, utility-scale virtual power plants, residential battery storage programs, EV managed charging and much more.

SECC’s afternoon breakout sessions will dive into the customer engagement angle of these programs and technologies through the following sessions:

• Stories of Success: How Utilities Are Serving Smarter Consumers
• Are We Hitting the Brakes on EVs?
• Batteries Included: How Consumers Are Adopting Energy Storage Solutions
• Bridging the Rural, Suburban and Urban Divide
• AI at the Utility: Friend, Foe or Just Fine for Consumers?

Hear speakers from Austin Energy, Puget Sound Energy, AESP, Cobb EMC, Opinion Dynamics, CLEAResult, POWERCONNECT.AI and more as we explore these important topics. In addition, the PLMA breakout sessions will include speakers from PG&E, Salt River Project, SMUD, Xcel Energy, Eversource, Uplight and others.

View the full event agenda on PLMA’s website here. When you're ready to register, visit DTECH's website and use our partner code D26PARTNER8 for 20 percent off your full conference registration. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!