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Eric Grey

Job Title: 
Vice President of Government Relations
Organization: 
Edison Electric Institute
Eric Grey is the Vice President of Government Relations for the Edison Electric Institute – the trade association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric utilities, international affiliates and industry associates worldwide. Specifically, Eric is the lead tax and financial issues lobbyist for EEI in Washington, DC. Prior to joining EEI, Eric was the Manager of Federal Government Affairs for Wisconsin Energy Corporation for close to five years handling multiple issue areas including tax and financial policy.  Additional experience includes serving six and a half years on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director and Senior Legislative Assistant for United States Representative Jerry Weller and as Legislative Assistant for United States Representative Phil Crane.  Eric has a BS in Political Science and a BS in Interdisciplinary Social Science, both from Florida State University.  
Profile Type: 
Speaker

The Impact of the Midterm Elections on the Utility Industry

November 17th, 2022

After the final results are tallied from the midterm elections, it is likely that Republicans will have a narrow House majority, while control of the Senate will hinge on a December runoff in Georgia.

Business Innovation Process (BIP) Conference

December 1st, 2022

In 2021 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the U.S. Energy Association (USEA), launched the Business Innovation Partnership (BIP). The program created a global network of utility thought leaders, designed to assist USAID partner utilities as they navigate some of the most pressing challenges within a rapidly evolving industry.

Jamila Amodeo

Job Title: 
Senior Energy Advisor
Organization: 
USAID

Jamila Amodeo is a Senior Energy Advisor with the Environment, Energy and Infrastructure Division of USAID in the Bureau for the Development, Democracy and Innovation. She serves as cybersecurity and digitalization point of contact for USAID global programs. Jamila has over 20 years of experience in international development—designing, managing, and implementing energy and infrastructure projects in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe with USAID, other international donor programs and the private sector.Jamila has engineering and law degrees from Uzbekistan and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Georgetown University.

Linda Apple

Job Title: 
Senior Advisor
Organization: 
Southern California Edison

Linda Apple is a senior advisor on Southern California Endison (SCE) Organizational Effectiveness team. In this capacity, she oversees the enterprise-wide Operational Excellence portfolio of transformational change management initiatives for process, technology, data accuracy and governance, and organizational restructuring initiatives. Linda also leads the digital acceleration OCM playbook for Agile projects throughout SCE. In addition to change management, Linda works with executives on aligning their organizational structures with strategy, considering the most appropriate structural frameworks to accomplish their objectives.

Prior to joining SCE, Linda was an external consultant to Fortune 500 companies across a wide variety of industries and six utilities. Key focus areas included implementation strategy for major initiatives, strategy formulation and organizational restructuring, business process/ quality management and leadership development. Her work has led to achieving millions in cost reductions through improved efficiencies. She co-authored an executive development program on strategic alliances and partnerships for the Institute of Quality and Productivity Improvement, California State University Long Beach. Linda earned a master’s degree in Organizational Communication and holds certifications as a Prosci® Change Management Practitioner and Trainer and as a Performance Technologist. She was President of the Association for Talent Development-LA Chapter and featured speaker at national conferences.

Jaidev “Jay “ Singh

Job Title: 
Director, Center for Env, Energy and Infrastructure
Organization: 
USAID
Jaidev "Jay" Singh, PhD. is the Director of USAID's Center for Environment, Energy and Infrastructure - one of USAID's largest centers and a White House priority. Dr. Jay Singh, a career Foreign Service Officer, was the longest-serving USIAD/Azerbaijan Mission Director in Baku from July 2018 to July 2022. In Baku, in close collaboration with the U.S. Ambassador, he significantly enhanced an enduring partnership with Azerbaijan by increasing Azeri socio-economic independence from Russia, China and Iran towards the US and the EU. He pioneered a unique private sector and diplomatic engagement to focus on expanding US-Azerbaijan trade ties, increasing agricultural outputs and trade, supporting energy legislation while making women's economic empowerment a key focus of the mission. 
Credentials: 
Ph.D.

USEA & EPRI: Thermal Energy Storage Repowering, A Pathway for Longer-Duration Energy Storage Deployment

November 10th, 2022

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USEA & EPRI: Seasonal Energy Storage Workshop

November 9th, 2022

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Aurea Bigirwamungu

Job Title: 
Principal Research Engineer, Energy Innovations
Organization: 
Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO)
Aurea profile

Aurea was born in the Bukoba Region located in the northeast part of Tanzania in 1981. In 2008 she received a bachelor’s degree of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. She was employed as an electrical Engineer at Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited in 2009 which was as soon as she graduated. In October 2013 she was appointed to join the team of experts to coordinate the Tanzanian government's Big Results Now! (BRN). BRN was a transformational government program, which sought to deliver economic development and improve service delivery.

Aurea K Bigirwamungu, prior to completing her undergraduate studies was honored with a Master’s in Engineering Management and Master's in Nuclear Physics and Technology from the University of Dar es Salaam and Tomsk Polytechnic University respectively.

Representing not only expertise but more connection with different stakeholders, Aurea is a thorough lady who believes in hardworking with positive results. She is currently a Principal Research Engineer at Tanzania Electric Supply Utility overseeing opportunities available in energy innovations. She is also registered as a professional engineer under the Tanzania Registration Board (ERB) and the Institute of Engineer – Women Chapter.

Women in Energy: Aurea Bigirwamungu

November 3rd, 2022

The Women in Energy series is a joint project between USEA and USAID to help improve the visibility of women's participation and leadership in the traditionally male-dominated energy sector and their active participation in policies and gender outcomes at their respective organizations and the sector overall.

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