TPI Aspen Forum 2026: Meeting AI’s Power Demand: Who Pays and Who Builds

TPI Aspen Forum 2026: Meeting AI’s Power Demand: Who Pays and Who Builds

AI’s electricity demand has collided with aging grids, contested rate cases, and the politics of who pays. This panel takes up the question Severin Borenstein frames in the morning fireside, but from inside the organizations that have to act on it. The conversation will cover how cost allocation actually gets decided, where siting fights are won and lost, and whether the timeline AI demands is one the grid can deliver.

  • Marsden Hanna, Head of Sustainability and Energy Policy, Google 
  • Chuck Hufstetler, Senator, State of Georgia 
  • Debra Raggio, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, PowerBridge 
  • Scott Wallsten (moderator), President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

The TPI Aspen Forum will be held at the St. Regis Aspen Resort in Aspen, Colorado from August 16-18, 2026. Register now to reserve your space.

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