Bill Menge is the director of T&D technology for Kansas City Power & Light, responsible for automation, standards, mapping, drafting and systems support groups. Previously, he led KCP&L’s end-to-end DOE SmartGrid Demonstration Project; headed KCP&L’s Asset Management and Distribution Automation; and oversaw completion of the T&D infrastructure portfolios under KCP&L’s award-winning Comprehensive Energy Plan. He joined KCP&L in 2006 after spending 20 years with Exelon Corp. in both Illinois and Pennsylvania.