Peter Söderström has worked with business development in the energy business since the end of the last century — earlier in the areas of energy efficiency and oil industry, and later with a special focus on the development of the future electrical system, smart grids and especially the network operator’s role. He is currently with Vattenfall Eldistribution AB, where he is responsible for asset development. He is chairman of the Swedish development program for smart grids at Elforsk as well as CIRED Session 6.