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Dr. Dorris, a pioneer in energy modeling for more than two decades, is the Founder of Ascend Analytics, a 170+ person energy analytics software and consulting firm. His work advanced methods for modeling power markets to support real-time operations, portfolio management, and resource planning. Dr. Dorris has supported more than $50 billion in project financing through independent market assessments and has advised multiple boards of directors. Industry leaders regularly rely on Dr. Dorris for expert testimony and executive presentations. He previously served as lead expert witness for Merrill Lynch in the Enron proceedings and has supported numerous regulatory cases.
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Erik Schwartz works with financial institutions investing in energy, guiding investment teams through quantitative insights that strengthen asset valuation, portfolio strategy, and long-term decision planning. With more than two decades in energy-market leadership across Refinitiv, EnergyGPS, Energy Ventures Analysis, Genscape, and Point Carbon, Erik developed a skill set centered on market intelligence and commercial development that supports disciplined capital deployment.
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Paul Eory, Director of Utilities and Corporates, supports asset valuation, portfolio management, integrated resource planning, and long-term planning for utilities, developers, IPPs, and investors. With over 13 years of energy sector expertise, Paul helps hyperscalers evaluate assets and accelerated a large investor-owned utility's procurement evaluation process from months to days. Paul began his career at Bay City Electric Light & Power, managed energy efficiency programs, and served as the IRP modeler for Lansing Board of Water & Light. Before Ascend, he led IRPs, FP&A, rate design, and strategic planning at Michigan’s largest municipal utility. Paul also served on the Board of the American Public Power Association’s DEED program.
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Keegan Campanelli is a Product Manager at Ascend Analytics and contributes to the development of PowerVAL, Ascend’s platform for asset valuation and long-term wholesale price and retail rate forecasting. Keegan works closely with developers, IPPs, and investors to ensure analytics tools support real-world project development and investment decisions. Prior to Ascend, Keegan worked as a software engineer at RTI on IoT connectivity solutions and later served as a product manager at Lumin, where he focused on demand-side technologies that support rapid electrification in a distributed, renewable power grid.
Book a MeetingWith sustainability goals and energy challenges becoming a primary concern for the data center industry, new innovations are coming to the fore. This panel will explore the role of on-site generation, sustainability-linked financing, such as green bonds and ESG tranches, how energy bottlenecks have influenced investor perspectives, while also unravelling the practice of tying debt to sustainability targets. How have energy bottlenecks changed perspectives from investors looking at new technologies and alternative energy offerings? How have behind the meter solutions, the regulatory environment and site selection factors evolved in recent years? Exploring the benefits of tying debt to sustainability targets for better interest rates or funding for a project based on pre-agreed sustainability criteria
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Ascend Analytics is the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the power industry. The company’s offerings enable decision makers in power supply, procurement, and investment markets to plan, operate, monetize, and manage risk across any energy asset portfolio. From real-time to 30-year horizons, their forecasts and insights are at the foundation of over $50 billion in project financing assessments. Ascend provides energy market stakeholders with the clarity and confidence to successfully navigate the rapidly shifting energy landscape.
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