Utilities are operating in an environment where volatility is no longer episodic – it’s constant.
Extreme weather, system stress, and evolving load patterns have raised the stakes for demand forecasting.
In this live, peer-led webinar, Jeffrey (“JT”) Toys, Vice President of Gas Supply and Transportation at Summit Utilities, joins PowerGEM to share a real-world utility perspective on how demand forecasts are used – not just created – to inform commercial, regulatory, and operational decisions. This session highlights how advanced demand forecasting underpins critical energy decisions – spanning planning, capacity strategy, and day-to-day operational resilience in an increasingly volatile grid environment. The discussion will be centered on practical decision-making rather than modeling theory.
What You’ll Learn
- How utilities use demand forecasts to support commercial, regulatory, and operational decisions.
- How forecasting becomes a shared decision-making language across commercial, regulatory, and operational teams.
- How utilities manage forecasting during extreme weather events – and the real cost of being wrong.
- How teams balance forecast granularity and operational usability across daily and longer-range planning horizons.
- Real-world examples of decisions utilities cannot make – or would make differently – without reliable forecasts
Who Should Attend
- Utility gas supply teams
- Utility planning and forecasting professionals
- Operational leaders responsible for demand planning, procurement, and system reliability
- Utility operations and risk management teams
- Utility leadership involved in planning oversight and regulatory approval
Why Attend
- Walk away with a clearer understanding of how utilities use demand forecasting to reduce risk, support regulatory justification, and make confident decisions under volatility – grounded in real-world utility experience.
EVENT DETAILS
📅 Date: Thursday, April 9th
🕒 Time: 10 AM PT | 1 PM ET
📍 Location: Virtual (Microsoft Teams)
Register today to save your seat!
