EPRI - Charlotte, Building 3
1200 W. WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28262 USA
February 2, 2026 8:00 AM
to
February 6, 2026 12:00 PM
WELCOME
Announcing the 2026 EPRI Heat Rate Improvement Conference.
This conference includes 2 ½ days of Heat Rate Improvement and 2 days of Heat Rate Awareness training. The Heat Rate Improvement meeting will consist of numerous formal presentations on various technical topics related to plant heat rate improvement. Time for discussions and Q&A will be provided to maximize the technical exchanges.
A vendor exhibition will be held in an adjoining meeting room, containing vendor display booths.
On Tuesday evening, EPRI will host a reception in the vendor exhibition area permitting the continuation of informal discussions.
We will offer 2 days of Heat Rate Awareness training for an additional fee before and after the heat rate improvement sessions. This training will cover heat rate fundamentals, including, but not limited to, power plant thermodynamics, the cost of heat rate deviations, controllable losses, cycle isolation, cycle components, instrumentation effects, optimization tools, and more.
The dress for this event is business casual.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day for all conference registrants.
An appropriate number of PDH’s will be offered to attendees meeting conference requirements.
ATTENDANCE BENEFITS
Gas Turbine related areas of focus, concern, solutions, and successes.
HRSG related areas of focus, concern, solutions, and successes.
Balance of Plant Equipment including Primary Heat Sinks areas of focus, concern, solutions, and successes.
Plant Performance areas of focus, concern, solutions, and successes.
Steam Turbine areas of focus, concern, solutions, and successes.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this EPRI-sponsored conference is to review state-of-the-art technology employed to improve plant heat rate, to provide a forum to exchange knowledge and experience to ultimately advance the state-of the art, to identify major plant efficiency problems, discuss potential resolutions to plant performance problems, and to establish a clear understanding of priorities for additional research and development to advance technologies to improve power plant heat rate and performance.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Plant Performance Engineers; utility managers; plant engineers: power plant equipment manufacturers; test engineers; engineering consultants; plant operations personnel; academia, research scientists, and others involved in improving power plant performance and reliability, performance monitoring, testing, and plant operation & maintenance; regulators; technical staff focused on environmental compliance CO2 reduction.
