Women in Power Panel: Grid Modernization and the Energy Transition
This technical panel, sponsored by IEEE PES Women in Power, is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 8. It brings together utility experts from across the country to discuss opportunities, challenges and success stories in the power industry’s transition.
Panelists will focus on the key role that the electric grid has to act as an enabler for electrification and decarbonization and how it is challenged by these changes, by climate-change related extreme events and the increasing penetration of distributed energy resources.
This panel will explore the critical intersection of grid modernization and the energy transition including addressing enhancing grid resilience against climate events and cyber threats, scaling capacity to meet demand, renewables integration, and latest concepts through utility use cases and best practices.
Speakers include:
Dana Al-Qadi (Moderator)
Vice President at AECOM
Manuel Avendado
Sr. Engineering Manager at Southern California Edison
Sainab Taiwo Ninalowo
Sr. Manager at ComEd
Lavelle Freeman
Director of Distribution Planning at Eversource
Jessica Arnaldy
Section Manager at LUMA
Learn more and read the speakers' bios by visiting the website.