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Russian/American Smart Grid Partnership Initiative: Initial Exchange Visit

November 29th, 2010

 

 

November 29 – December 8, 2010

Austin, Texas

 Houston, Texas

 Washington D.C

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Albert Doub

Job Title: 
Program Director
Organization: 
United States Energy Association

Albert Doub serves as a Program Director for USEA’s activities in Europe and Eurasia under the USEA/USAID Just and Secure Energy Transition (JSET) cooperative agreement. In this capacity, he manages program staff to implement activities, develops workplans and budgets, procures consultants, and ensures compliance with USAID regulations and reporting requirements.

Prior to JSET, Albert served as a Program Director for the 10-year USAID/USEA Energy Technology and Governance Program (ETAG) cooperative agreement where he directed two major components focused on regional natural gas transmission network planning and electric distribution operations.

Albert has over thirty years of experience developing and administering international capacity building energy programs with U.S. government agencies including the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Programs have focused on electric and natural gas transmission and distribution network optimization, market transformation, clean energy integration, technology transfer and investment promotion.

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Jim Matheson

Job Title: 
Chief Executive Officer
Organization: 
National Rural Electric Cooperative

Jim Matheson is Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the national service organization that represents the nation’s more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives, which provides service to 42 million people in 47 states. Jim joined NRECA in July 2016 following distinguished careers in both the public and private sectors.

Prior to joining NRECA, Jim served as Principal, Public Policy Practice for the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs, based in Washington, D.C.

From 2001 to 2015, Jim was elected to serve as a United States Representative from Utah for seven terms. During his tenure on Capitol Hill, Jim was known as a legislator who was able to work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. 

He was Chief Deputy Whip for the House Democratic Caucus and served as co-chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition. Jim also was a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as well as the Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science Committees.

Prior to entering government service, Jim worked in the energy industry for several years.

Jim was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from Harvard University, and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from UCLA. Jim's wife, Amy, is a pediatrician, and they have two sons, William and Harris.

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NRECANews
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Speaker

Tom DePonty

Job Title: 
Director of Government Affairs
Organization: 
AREVA, Inc.

Tom DePonty brings nearly 10 years of government and public affairs experience dealing with energy development and infrastructure issues for the public and private sector.  Currently, Tom manages outreach with the Federal and State governments for AREVA’s renewable energy businesses.  He also positions AREVA’s US policy operations for work in international business development with an emphasis on solar energy.

Tom has supported AREVA’s business operations in the US for the past 6 years.  Most recently he managed all public affairs activities for AREVA’s biomass to energy development joint venture with Duke Energy.  He spent three years with AREVA’s federal government affairs practice focusing on renewable energy, nuclear energy and non-proliferation issues.  Prior to joining AREVA, Tom provided public affairs services to major public sector energy and infrastructure projects in Washington State.

Tom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Politics from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington and is based in AREVA’s Bethesda, Maryland office.

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Integrating Solar and Fossil Fuels to Meet America's Energy Demand

May 16th, 2012

Hybrid power technologies that incorporate renewable generation with conventional fossil fuel systems represent an emerging trend in America’s energy mix. These technologies help utilities to meet emissions reduction targets without compromising the reliability, stability or cost-effectiveness of their networks. Mountain View-California based AREVA Solar offers a range of hybridized solar-fossil fuel power products that deliver important benefits to utilities and their customers. With projects under way in the U.S.

Promoting International And Domestic Consensus On Oil And Natural Gas

The U.S.-China Oil & Gas Industry Forum (OGIF) is a public-private partnership that convenes business and government leaders from the petroleum and natural gas sectors of the United States and China on an annual basis. The U.S. Department of Energy, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, GE, and Fluor - all USEA members - are key stakeholders in the effort.

Ekkehard Pfeiffer

Job Title: 
Head of River Basin Management
Organization: 
Emsched River Collaborative
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Speaker

Arshad Mansoor

Job Title: 
President & CEO
Organization: 
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Arshad Mansoor is EPRI's President and Chief Executive Officer, responsible for the institute's operation and its portfolio of R&D and demonstration programs, spanning all sources of generation, power delivery and utilization, and the environment.  

Previously Mansoor served as senior vice president, research and development, responsible for leading the development of the R&D portfolio, effective collaboration in shaping and conducting research, and the effective application of research findings, including technology transfer. Prior to that, as vice president of EPRI's Power Delivery and Utilization sector, he led research, development, demonstration, and application of transmission and distribution and energy utilization technologies. He was vice president then CEO of the former EPRI subsidiary, EPRI Solutions, and vice president and director of engineering of the EPRI Power Electronics Application Center.  

Beginning in 2007, he directed EPRI's Energy Efficiency Initiative to facilitate smarter power delivery and end-use. In 2012 Mansoor launched EPRI's Integrated Grid initiative, charting a course for the electricity sector to integrate distributed resources such as rooftop solar and onsite energy storage with utilities' central generation, transmission, and distribution systems.  

More recently, he has guided and shaped EPRI's Efficient Electrification Initiative, examining the potential for economywide electrification to reduce overall energy demand and emissions while improving economic efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction.  

Today he is driving low-carbon research spanning the evolving energy system, interconnected energy technologies and emerging resources such as hydrogen. Focused on accelerating decarbonization across the economy, this work is identifying effective pathways to double by 2030 the U.S. energy-related CO2​ emission reductions achieved since 2005-and to enable a more than 80 percent reduction by 2050.  

Mansoor holds five U.S. patents in power electronics and distributed energy resources. He is a senior member of the IEEE and served as vice president of the U.S. National Committee of CIGRE, the international council on large electric systems, and as a member of the board for the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He has published numerous papers in journals and conference proceedings and has given talks and participated in panels at leading technical forums worldwide.  

He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Mansoor earned his Master of Science (1992) and doctorate (1994) in electrical engineering, focusing on power systems engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. He completed the MIT Reactor Technology Course and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.  

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