Ariel Valdez, P.E., ([email protected]) is a senior engineer with Dominion Energy in distribution reliability. He has more than 15 years of power system experience in various engineering and operational roles. Currently, he is involved in distributed energy resource (DER) integration standards, power quality and reliability. Valdez earned his BSEE degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2008 and is a professional engineer in Virginia.