December 18, 2025 — Leads & Copy — Bidgely has announced the 2026 EmPOWER AI conference series, following a year of momentum and global expansion in 2025. The conferences will be held in New York, Toronto, London and Singapore.
The executive conferences include a flagship event in New York hosted by Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E), with additional sessions held in Toronto, London and Singapore. These events are dedicated to helping utility and energy provider leaders implement the next wave of utility-powered artificial intelligence (AI) that enable digital transformation for businesses across customers, grid, distributed edge intelligence, cloud and hyperscalers.
The 2026 series continues to share research, success stories and discussions about transforming AI from aspiration into reality.
According to Jessica King, OG&E Sr. Manager of Energy Efficiency and Customer Programs, EmPOWER AI consistently delivers value, helping attendees understand the vast universe of opportunities and moving from confusion to confidence.
The 2025 conference season cemented EmPOWER AI’s role in advancing the transition to the intelligent energy grid of the future. The event is distinctly client-led, featuring real-world applications directly from Bidgely’s customer partners. By uniting analysts, experts and peer leaders across the energy ecosystem, the series provides a powerful exchange of ideas that help attendees operationalize AI.
EmPOWER AI 2025 season highlights include:
Attendees: More than 150 people attended three global events.
Participation: Over 40 utility companies and energy providers participated, including Ameren Illinois, APS, DEWA, E.On Next, Electric Ireland, EthihadWE, OG&E, SMUD, TAQA, NV Energy, Infosys, Itron, among others.
Technology Debuts: Introduction of Bidgely’s groundbreaking new UtilityAI™ Pro platform (a secure, enterprise-grade AI solution that integrates directly with existing cloud infrastructure) and compelling demonstrations of new Generative AI (GenAI) advancements set to drive transformation securely and at scale.
The 2026 conference series will expand EmPOWER AI’s impact, offering more opportunities for utilities and energy providers worldwide to share insights and shape their AI roadmaps.
Key dates for 2026:
Toronto, March 5, 2026
New York, May 12-14, 2026
London, June 10-12, 2026
Singapore, September 24-25 2026
According to Abhay Gupta, CEO of Bidgely, EmPOWER AI events ensure partners have access to the latest research and solutions to help determine fact versus fiction, inform their personal journeys and advance the entire industry’s progress.
Registration for 2026 EmPOWER AI events is open. For more information, or to participate, visit: www.bidgely.com/empower-ai/.
Bidgely is an AI-powered SaaS Company accelerating a clean energy future by enabling energy companies and consumers to make data-driven energy-related decisions. Powered by our unique patented technology, Bidgely’s UtilityAI™ Platform transforms multiple dimensions of customer data – such as energy consumption, demographics, and interactions – into deeply accurate and actionable consumer energy insights. From a distributed energy resources (DER) and grid edge perspective, Bidgely is advancing smart meter innovation with data-driven solutions for solar PVs, electric vehicle (EV) detection, EV behavioral load shifting and managed charging, energy theft, short-term load forecasting, grid analytics, and time of use (TOU) rate designs.
Bidgely’s UtilityAI™ energy analytics provides deep visibility into generation and consumption for better peak load shaping and grid planning, and delivers targeted recommendations for new value-added products and services.
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Source: Bidgely
