TITLE: “Balancing the Tempo of a Gorgeous Energy Transition… Affordably, Responsibly, and Reliably for All”
SPEAKER: David Porter – Vice President, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Approach, EPRI (Electrical Energy Evaluation Institute)
ABSTRACT: The clear strength transition items a wealth of opportunity and challenges for the electrical sector and the potentialities it serves. Contemporary pondering and approaches will possible be required for accelerating strength present enhancements, bringing vital enhancements to load forecasting, integrated planning, and grid operations moreover to organising unusual buyer capabilities to establish a shared strength financial system that advantages all these related to the grid. Achieving decarbonization targets will require no longer only unusual abilities capabilities all over the ability payment chain however also crucial changes to how these applied sciences are integrated into grid operations to set aside obvious resource adequacy while making improvements to reliability, resilience, and affordability.
BIO: David Porter is EPRI’s Vice President, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Approach. In this position, he provides executive oversight and leadership to the teams liable for EPRI’s be taught, pattern, and demonstration of electrification and buyer solutions, sustainability and ecosystem stewardship, and environmental health and safety. EPRI’s work in these areas is important to a decarbonized financial system-wide strength future in conjunction with emphasis on equity and environmental justice as segment of the improvement and deployment of craftsmanship.
Porter joined EPRI in July 2009 as a Senior Narrative Executive and moved to Executive Director Generation in July 2010 before transitioning to Director Strategic Accounts position in April 2012. Most fair these days, he became once Director U.S. Accounts where he led both the U.S. and authorities story teams dedicated to the abilities needs of indispensable electrical business purchasers and pick Federal and Explain governmental entities, respectively.
With bigger than 30 years of strength business and executive leadership abilities, Porter has worked all over a differ of utility operations in conjunction with strength marketing, transmission, distribution, strength effectivity, buyer capabilities and sustainability. Prior to his hottest position at EPRI, Porter held a differ of executive and management positions in the ability discipline at Florida Energy Company and Duke Energy, moreover to in telecommunications and management consulting.
Porter holds a Bachelor of Science stage in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina Explain University and is a Licensed Skilled Engineer.