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Valuations of Resilience: Understanding the Impacts on Customers, the Grid, and Society

Tuesday, September 12, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Location: Veronese 2403, Level 2, The Venetian
Solar Microgrid

Learning Level: 201: Applies to those with some experience who are looking to build on or enhance existing knowledge.
Resilience investments require many partners with many perspectives. In this conversation, panelists will discuss their different perspectives and key steps on collaborating amongst customers, utilities, developers, consumer advocates, and regulators around making resilience investment decisions. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how to quantify the value of resilience, incorporate benefits and costs into utility rates, partner with customers interested in resilience projects, and plan the grid to ensure safety, reliability, affordability, sustainability, and equity.

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain insights into the diverse perspectives of various stakeholders, including customers, utilities, developers, consumer advocates, and regulators, in making resilience investment decisions.
  • Understand the key steps and strategies for effective collaboration among different stakeholders in quantifying the value of resilience and incorporating its benefits and costs into utility rates
  • Explore approaches for partnering with customers interested in resilience projects and fostering engagement to address their specific needs and preferences.

    Moderator(s)

  • Jared Leader

    Director, Resilience
    Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Gustavo G. Monteiro (he/him/his)

    CEO
    EDPR NA Distributed Generation
    new york, New York, United States

  • Mishal Thadani

    CEO
    Rhizome Data
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Lon Huber

    Senior Vice President, Pricing & Customer Solutions
    Duke Energy Corporation
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

  • Melissa Washington (she/her/hers)

    Senior Vice President, Customer Operations & Chief Customer Officer
    ComEd
    Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

  • Tanuj Deora (he/him/his)

    Strategic Advisor, Carbon Free Electricity
    Office of the Administrator, General Services Administration
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States