6th annual
   HACKATHON
2025

If you are an employee of a public power entity associated with The Energy Authority, then you are welcome to participate.

Nope! No coding experience is necessary. The hackathon problem statements will have an element of coding as part of the solution. So if you don't have a technical background, we will pair you with individuals that do.

We encourage you to form a team within your own company that consists of both technical and business-(non-technical) individuals. Teams should have approx 4-6 people total.

Partial teams will be paired with other individuals with complementing skill sets.

Given the value we've seen from teams collaborating and networking, this year's event will be fully in-person.

Individuals within each of TEA's clients will receive a registration link and sign-up instructions in December 2024. We recommend reaching out to your manager to coordinate forming a team in the meantime.

A high-level schedule will be shared upon registration, with additional details provided as the event date approaches. Please review the Schedule page for details about the meetings held before the event.

Problem statements will be provided at the Event's kickoff on March 3, 2025.

Members of the winning team will receive trophies and bragging rights

Prior to the event, there will be several virtual info sessions that will review the TEA provided AI toolkit and how to access these tools. We strongly encourage all participants to attend these sessions live. Recordings of the info sessions will also be made available for those unable to attend.

TEA has a limited amount of laptops available. Instructions on how to request a laptop will be provided during the info sessions, prior to the event.

For this event, we encourage participants to use the AI tools provided in the TEA AI Sandbox. This means that you will not need to install any tools directly onto your laptop.

We strongly encourage you to use the tools provided in the TEA AI Sandbox. But if you have a favorite tool to use that's not in the Sandbox, we will allow it. We will ask participants to inform us of any outside tools prior to the event. We will disclose to all participants what outside tools are being requested so that other teams have the opportunity to research or use them prior to the event.

Yes, the problem statements will have a dataset to get you started. In addition, we will also provide some guidance on how to create additional data sets if you decide that you need it.

Details about travel and lodging will be provided in the registration link. Food will be provided during the event.