Law & Lawyers

Unique Battery Energy Storage Project

Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

Innovative Approach to System Reliability: “On the weather-prone outer Cape Cod region of Massachusetts, Eversource developed an innovative solution to deploy a microgrid on a 13-mile circuit with a battery as the sole source of supply. Eversource is a member company of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies.”

Distributech: Anthony Allard

Hitachi Energy

“What we see are two big trends. Number one is electrification of the economy to meet sustainability targets. We believe electricity will become the backbone of the energy system. The second one is electricity needs to come from carbon-free generation.”

Feeling Young

Remarkable Under Forties

We expect much more from these Fortnightly Under Forties and look forward to seeing where they go in their careers.

Distributech: Alexis Grenon

Schneider Electric

“Because of electrification and digitization, we see the management of digital distributed energy resources is everywhere. That’s something we’re seeing more and more in the U.S. We’re seeing that in Australia, and we’re starting to see that in Europe. That’s the buzz on the floor.”

Distributech: Dave Whitehead

Dave Whitehead is the CEO of SEL.

“Maybe we need to change distribution system to some other name because distribution used to be, I have a substation and the power flow is going to flow one way. But there are bidirectional power flows when the sun is rising or setting, or the wind is blowing.”

New Mexico PRC: Chair Joseph Maestas

State Commissions

“We’re showing progress by making headway on the backlog of rulemakings, filling key positions, being proactive instead of reactive. We want to make sure at the end of this calendar year, when we’re all termed out of office, we hand over the keys to an agency that is in a much better place than when we found it.”

Distributech: Alan Gooding

Smarter Grid Solutions

“What we’re starting with is a form of automation and to be able to interact with the DER. That’s our bedrock. With that platform capability, what those algorithms are doing can be for capacity management or for more classical microgrid-type applications.”

New Mexico PRC: Vice Chair Cynthia Hall

State Commissions

“We recently established a new rule on Community Solar implementation, and other rulemaking dockets we hope to successfully complete include interconnection, grid modernization, and transportation electrification.”