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Regional Manager, Nairobi
Organization: 
Kenya Power and Lighting Company PLC
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SRP Director, Corporate Strategy, Sustainability, and Econo
Organization: 
Salt River Project
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Former Director of ESG and Sustainability
Organization: 
K-Electric Company
Zehra Aneek Profile Photograph

Zehra is a leader focused on making a transformational impact in the sustainable energy space. Zehra Aneek has 20+ years of cross-functional sectorial experience across sustainability, energy transition, strategy, and marketing. She has been engaged with K-Electric Limited for the past 14 years and has been an integral team member who spearheaded Sustainability, Governance, and Communications strategic functions and has implemented many award-winning projects.

She has recently transitioned out of her role as Director of ESG and Sustainability at K-Electric Limited. Previously she has been Head of Marketing and Communications at KFC, Pakistan. She has also been associated with British American Tobacco as Sustainability Lead and spent the initial years of her career with Chevron Pakistan Limited.  

She is a member, of the International Society for Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)-USA. and a Member of the Energy Expert Platform, Global Women Network in Energy Transition (GWNET)-An associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and a Member of WePower-World bank.

She is the Chairperson of Energy Circle, LEAN-IN Pakistan as well as a mentor for Global Climate Launchpad, Women in Social Enterprise, and Girl2023. She is a member board of trustees at Concern for Children and also sits on the advisory board of ROSHNI, a not-for-profit working on children's safety and welfare.

She is a frequent speaker and contributor at various Climate, Energy, ESG, and Diversity related national and global forums. She also sits on the jury of various Global Environmental and Social initiatives.

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Speaker
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Sustainability and Energy Transition Consultant
March 27th, 2023
Electric utilities are facing increasing challenges to provide reliable power amidst climate change and extreme weather events. Utilities in developing countries without access to equipment surpluses and flexible financial capital are at greater risk than utilities in industrialized countries.

Job Title: 
Senior Vice President
Organization: 
MISO

Todd Ramey, senior vice president, markets and digital strategy, is responsible for leading the development and execution of strategic investments designed to meet the needs of MISO's customers in the future.

Previously, Ramey was responsible for MISO’s real-time operations, including day-to-day transmission and generation dispatch. 

Earlier in his MISO tenure, Ramey played a central role in the development and launch of MISO’s energy markets in 2005 and ancillary services in 2009, and then led efforts to continuously improve those markets and their operations. He also led MISO stakeholder activities related to market design and function, securing stakeholder support for many market enhancements.

Ramey joined MISO in 2001 from the Indianapolis Power & Light Co., where he served as director, Power Marketing & Generation System Operations. Ramey has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of wholesale market design, wholesale market administration, and generation and transmission system operations.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Butler University.

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Speaker
March 7th, 2023

In this issue:

  • Virtual Press Briefing: Crisis Ahead for Electric Utilities as Electrification Picks Up
  • Women In Energy: Celebrating Gender Equality Month with a High-Level Policy Dialogue
  • USEA Program Updates
  • March 2023 Calendar
March 6th, 2023
Last March, after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine and Moldova synchronized their electricity networks with the European power grid and disconnected themselves from the Russian transmission system.
Job Title: 
Executive Director of the Energy Program
Organization: 
Bipartisan Policy Center

Sasha Mackler directs the Energy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He has worked for more than two decades at the intersection of energy policy and commercial markets. Prior to leading the Energy Program, he spent nearly 10 years in the private sector, first as vice president of Summit Power Group’s carbon capture business and then overseeing market development activities for Enviva, the largest biomass fuel supplier to the global utility industry. His professional work has focused on the innovations necessary to scale emerging energy technologies along with developing the business models and policy frameworks that support the deployment of low carbon energy systems.

Earlier in his career, Mackler played a key role in BPC’s first project as the Research Director at the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), which produced a comprehensive set of policy recommendations many of which were incorporated into the 2005 Energy Policy Act. He subsequently launched BPC’s energy innovation portfolio, including the formation of the American Energy Innovation Council. Mackler has managed a number of energy policy projects on topics such as tax incentives, federal RD&D, finance, workforce transition, carbon capture and storage, low carbon fuels, cap and trade, climate impacts and adaptation, and geoengineering research. Prior to his work with NCEP, he was an analyst in the Clean Air Markets Division at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Mackler holds both a Master of Science in Earth Resources Engineering and Master of Public Administration from Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Geomechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester.

Job Title: 
Climate Change Reporter
Organization: 
The Associated Press

The Associated Press reporter covering climate change policy, impacts. Longtime Congressional reporter covering energy, environment, politics, guns, oversight and more. Former chair, Standing Committee of Correspondents. Formerly: AP White House reporter; Pacific NW correspondent; Connecticut state Capitol correspondent. Previously worked at Hartford Courant, Charlotte Observer and The Washington Post.


Washington native. Honors graduate, Amherst College.

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