Register today for the next seminar of Energy Systems Engineering Fall 2024 Seminar Series: The Janak Raj Lectures. This seminar is available only online via Zoom. 

Presented by:  David Porter, Vice President, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Strategy, EPRI

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TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time 
LOCATION - ZOOM MEETING link to be sent prior to the seminar date
CONTACT US: inesei@lehigh.edu  

 

ABSTRACT:
The clean energy transition presents a wealth of opportunity and challenges for the electric sector and the customers it serves.  New thinking and approaches will be required for accelerating energy supply innovations, bringing significant improvements to load forecasting, integrated planning, and grid operations as well as establishing new customer programs to establish a shared energy economy that benefits all those connected to the grid.  Achieving decarbonization goals will require not only new technology applications across the energy value chain but also important changes to how those technologies are integrated into grid operations to ensure resource adequacy while enhancing reliability, resilience, and affordability.
BIO:  
David Porter is EPRI’s Vice President, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Strategy. In this role, he provides executive oversight and leadership to the teams responsible for EPRI’s research, development, and demonstration of electrification and customer solutions, sustainability and ecosystem stewardship, and environmental health and safety. EPRI’s work in these areas is key to a decarbonized economy-wide energy future including emphasis on equity and environmental justice as part of the development and deployment of technology.


Porter joined EPRI in July 2009 as a Senior Account Executive and moved to Executive Director Generation in July 2010 before transitioning to Director Strategic Accounts role in April 2012. Most recently, he was Director U.S. Accounts where he led both the U.S. and government account teams dedicated to the technology needs of major electric industry clients and select Federal and State governmental entities, respectively.


With more than 30 years of energy industry and executive leadership experience, Porter has worked across a variety of utility operations including power marketing, transmission, distribution, energy efficiency, customer programs and sustainability. Prior to his current role at EPRI, Porter held a variety of executive and management positions in the energy field at Florida Power Corporation and Duke Power, as well as in telecommunications and management consulting.


Porter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a Licensed Professional Engineer.

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