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Summary
As electricity demand continues to grow, developers are moving quickly to deploy gas generation to bring capacity online. At the same time, stakeholders recognize that meeting future demand will require contributions from a broader mix of generation technologies. Increasingly, “all of the above” now refers less to an ideal balance of environmental and reliability attributes and more to what can be deployed fastest—while still supporting market efficiency and reliability. This webinar draws on the Q1 2026 S&P Global Market Indicative Power Forecast to examine how resource availability, economics, and policy are shaping today’s power generation decisions.
- Growing Electricity Demand and Rapid Gas Deployment
How rising demand is accelerating gas generation development. - The Evolving Meaning of “All of the Above”
Why the phrase now emphasizes speed to power alongside efficiency and reliability. - The Mix of Available Generation Resources
An overview of the diverse technologies competing to meet near term and longer term needs. - Tight Economic Competition Across Resources
How costs and market dynamics are influencing which technologies move forward. - Policies and Economics That May Tip the Balance
The policy and economic factors highlighted in the Q1 2026 S&P Global Market Indicative Power Forecast that could shape future outcomes.
Speakers
S&P Global Energy
Steve Piper
Director, North American Power and Renewables
Steve Piper is Director of Energy Research with S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has been with the company since 2009. Steve specializes in market price forecasting, economic feasibility assessment, demand forecasting and environmental analysis. Steve manages strategic research and forecasting for SNL Energy’s clients in the utilities, natural gas and coal industries.
Prior to his role at S&P Market Intelligence, Steve held positions at Platts, RDI and RCG/HaglerBailly.
Steve earned a Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College and an Master in Project Management from the School of Public Affairs at University of Maryland-College Park.
S&P Global Energy
Sara Bellizzi
Associate Director, Product Management, Energy
Sara has spent years on SPGMI's Energy Research team focusing on publishing, process implementation and improvement, content tools, and product enhancements for both the MI Power Forecast and Regulatory Research Associates groups. Prior to that, she managed the Energy Regulatory Financials content set in SNL’s Energy Industry Content group for 10 years.
S&P Global Energy
Katherine Nelson, PhD
Principal Analyst, North American Power and Renewables
Katherine (McCaffrey) Nelson, PhD is a Senior Research Analyst with the S&P Global Energy Energy Research team, creating the Market Intelligence Power Forecast for CapIQ Pro. She is the forecast product lead, contributing market knowledge and data analytics skills to automating, producing and visualizing the forecast product. Dr. Nelson brings to the team 5 years as a research scientist in wind energy meteorology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She holds a BA in Applied Mathematics from the University of St Thomas (MN) and a PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder.
S&P Global Energy
Adam Wilson
Principal Analyst, North American Power and Renewables
Adam Wilson is an analyst with the Regulatory Research team at S&P Global Market Intelligence specializing in U.S. renewable energy policy and analysis. He has worked in renewable energy for over ten years, specializing in wind, solar, and energy storage research. Before joining S&P Global, Adam worked at Navigant and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory conducting research and analysis on wind energy and distributed generation. Adam holds a BS in Meteorology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado-Denver.
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