Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) is pleased to host the fifth annual ECA Forum in Augusta, GA from April 21 - April 23, 2026. The meeting is part of ECA’s ongoing New Nuclear Initiative to define the role of local governments in supporting the development of the new nuclear technologies.
SCHEDULE:
April 21 | Registration Opens & Plenary Sessions
April 22 | Full Day General Session
April 23 | Full Day General Session
ECA is hosting its fifth New Nuclear Forum, the only meeting designed to bring together local government and community leaders that host or want to host nuclear facilities with the federal government and industry. Join DOE, federal, state, local and tribal governments and policymakers with developers, utilities, regulators, industry, and academia to develop the plans to implement nuclear projects, identify opportunities, challenges and to build the partnerships necessary to support nuclear development.
If you're looking for insights, networking, and real opportunities to shape the future of nuclear energy and community participation, this is the event to be at. We’ll be discussing new fuels, small modular reactors (SMRs), recycling and more.
The meeting brings in the leading nuclear reactor (including SMRs and micro-reactors), fuel producers, nuclear supply chain companies, U.S. DOE, US NRC, data center developers and others in the nuclear industry to highlight their programs and provide a resource to local community leaders to learn about the projects and meet the companies that are leading this global opportunity.
ECA also includes an opening day course on what is nuclear and what it means to host a nuclear facility led by community leaders and experts that host the facilities and where the projects are being built and planned.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The ECA Forum is open to communities, State, Tribal and local policymakers, industry, utilities, developers, experts, financiers, state legislators, community groups, and economic development organizations working to build capacity and support for new nuclear development in the U.S.
AGENDA:
Agenda coming soon!
ECA is working with private and community partners to develop an agenda that continues to look holistically at the what a nuclear project entails: from the front-end of the fuel-cycle to the back-end of the fuel cycle, from building local support, to state support and enabling legislation, from identifying the right public-private partnerships, to understanding regulatory oversight.
HOTEL INFORMATION:
The 2026 ECA Forum will be held at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. Attendees can reserve hotel rooms at the hotel at a special rate of $175.00/night.
Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center
2 10th St
Augusta, GA 30901
To reserve your lodging at the group rate, Click Here!
INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR?
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, visit our sponsorship interest form at https://www.energyca.org/supportnuclearcommunities or contact Autumn Bogus at abogus@la-inc.com.
QUESTIONS?
For any questions, comments, or to learn more about the ECA New Nuclear Forum, please contact Laura Hermann, ECA Deputy Executive Director, at lhermann@energyca.org or Andres Ridge, ECA Director of Programs, at ajr@energyca.org.
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