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Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council

June 19, 2019 by ESIG

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The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) is pleased to announce the members of the inaugural ESIG Advisory Council. The diverse energy experts on the council will provide their strategic insights and advice to encourage greater collaboration, interaction, education and joint activities for the wide range of organizations and entities in our evolving integrated energy systems.

“Thoughtful collaboration has never been more important,” noted Mark Ahlstrom, President of the ESIG Board of Directors. “These leaders will help us be even more effective in our role as the non-profit educational organization for the ongoing technical transformation of energy systems and energy-related technologies, supporting progress that is economic, reliable, sustainable and thoughtful.”

Members of the ESIG Advisory Council include:

  • Sonia Aggarwal, Vice President, Energy Innovation
  • John Di Stasio, President, Large Public Power Council
  • Emily Fisher, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Edison Electric Institute
  • Rob Gramlich, Founder & President, Grid Strategies
  • Bryan Hannegan, President & CEO, Holy Cross Energy
  • Ben Hobbs, Director, Johns Hopkins University Environment, Energy, Sustainability & Health Institute
  • James Hoecker, Counsel & Advisor, WIRES, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) chair
  • Liping Jiang, Vice President, State Grid Energy Research Institute (SGERI), division of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC)
  • Peter Jørgensen, Vice President, Energinet
  • Martin Keller, Laboratory Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • Lloyd Linke, Vice President of Operations, Western Area Power Administration
  • John Moore, Director, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Sustainable FERC Project
  • Rolf Nordstrom, President & CEO, Great Plains Institute
  • David Olsen, Chair, California Independent System Operator Board of Governors
  • Pat Ryan, Executive Director, IEEE Power & Energy Society
  • Allen Schriver, Chief Operating Officer, North American Generator Forum
  • Matt Schuerger, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
  • Daniel Walsh, Senior Power Supply and Generation Director, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

For more information on the Energy Systems Integration Group, visit www.esig.energy.

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