Energy LIVE 2026
$1.1 Trillion in Grid Investment. Every Dollar Has to Be Defensible.
Meet IFS Copperleaf at Reuters: Energy LIVE 2026
Electricity demand is accelerating, driven by AI, data centers, and industrial electrification. Utilities are being asked to build the grid, protect affordability, and keep reliability commitments, all while every capital decision faces board and regulatory scrutiny. The question is no longer only what to invest in. It’s whether you can prove the plan is the right one.
Catch Us at This Featured Session
Panel: “$1.1 Trillion in Grid Investments: Will It Be Enough?”
Stage: Grids, AI & Infrastructure
Speaker: Kelsey Cook, VP Sales, North America, IFS Copperleaf
Date: December 9th at 2:20pm
Kelsey joins the conversation on grid investment, affordability, capital prioritization, and balancing infrastructure needs against financial constraints.
The Cost of Unclear Capital Plans
Common challenges we hear from capital planning and asset management teams:
- Growing capital needs competing for the same budget
- Asset strategies built in silos, with trade-offs that are hard to see
- Plans that are difficult to defend when the board or a regulator asks why
- Planning cycles that take months and rely on manual rework
IFS Copperleaf is the category creator in Asset Investment Planning (AIP). The Copperleaf Value Framework places every investment, from grid upgrades to asset replacements, on one common economic scale, so trade-offs across budget, risk, and timing are visible and explainable. Scenario modeling lets you test budget constraints, demand surges, and regulatory outcomes before they happen. Every decision carries a chain of evidence from asset condition to investment to expected outcome, so the plan holds up in front of the board and regulators.
Let’s Chat!
Visit Us at Booth 110
Energy LIVE 2026 | December 8–9, 2026 | Houston, TX
Want 15 minutes with the IFS Copperleaf team? We’ll show you how a value-based approach to asset investment planning helps you defend every dollar in your capital plan.