Distributed Energy Resource Integration Group Update: Current Syntax and Future Topics

Vikram Singh is the program lead for a number of innovative Smart Grid projects at Alectra Energy Solutions. His role is to focus on identifying new energy solutions that can be piloted within Alectra’s territory and transitioned into full-scale commercial offerings.  Prior to joining Alectra, Vikram held a variety of Senior Management roles in the energy sector. Most recently, he served as the Director of Business Development at a US venture capital fund. He also served as a senior member of the management team assigned to finance and implement the commercialization strategy of utility-scale dish-Stirling CSP technologies.

As Senior Director of Global Utility & Grid Solutions at Sunverge, Stina is responsible for building Sunverge's solutions engineering team focused on helping utility customers shape their strategies for integrating distributed energy resources. Stina leads go-to-market strategy development, and previously built the product management team for Sunverge. Stina has deep expertise in energy markets, energy storage, and distributed energy resources. Previous to Sunverge, Stina led product marketing activities at Primus Power, an energy storage startup based on advanced flow battery technology, and managed program operations at EnerNOC.

Rich Barone provides leadership and direction in DR strategy, business cases, technologies and program portfolio development. Rich works across process areas and the three Hawaiian Electric utilities to optimize DR and Distributed Energy Resources to foster customer choice and system reliability while supporting the state's clean energy goals. Rich joined Hawaiian Electric with over 15 years of strategic planning, early-stage technology assessment, software development and system integration expertise. His most recent experience is as Associate Director in Emerging Technologies at Navigant Consulting. Prior to his tenure with Navigant, Rich was employed by Pacific Controls, Inc. as VP, Smart Grid Services.

John Powers has led both consulting and technology firms in energy economics, engineering, and operations. As founder and CEO of Energy Interactive, he led a team that introduced path-breaking Web-based energy information services to electric utilities and their customers. John led Energy Interactive to a successful acquisition by ABB, where he served as worldwide Director of Retail Software. Prior to EI and ABB, he was Senior Vice President of Software and Consulting Services at Quantum Consulting.