The Gulf Coast Power Association had planned to return to an in-person gathering for its annual fall conference but will instead revert back to a virtual format because of the delta variant-fueled rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations.
The GCPA told attendees in an email Tuesday that its Board of Directors had decided that converting the Sept. 20-22 conference to a virtual affair was “the most prudent course of action.”
“We’d very much hoped for a return to gathering in person, but the health and safety of attendees and speakers and sponsors and exhibitors guided the board’s decision,” the GCPA’s Penny Sullivan said.
The fall conference will be streamed over three afternoons. Interim ERCOT CEO Brad Jones and Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake are both scheduled to deliver keynote addresses.
The GCPA has not met in person since early last year. It cancelled last year’s spring summit and conducted virtual conferences last fall and this spring.
