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After the Disasters: How To Make the Supply Chain More Resilient

There was a time, not so long ago, when businesses followed the just-in-time (JIT) management philosophy and inventory strategy that aims to reduce waste and increase efficiency by receiving inventory only when it is needed.

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Principal, Lead Client Service Partner, US Sector Leader
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Deloitte LLP

Kevin Simmons is US Consulting Sector Leader of Power, Utilities & Renewables. He is focused on growing the practice through sales and go-to-market strategies to address critical and complex challenges of Deloitte's clients. Kevin responsibilities include the overall strategic direction of the practice, collaboration with audit, tax, risk, and financial advisory services to deliver enterprise performance improvement, operational transformation, and digital solutions.

Kevin is a Lead Client Service Partner with over 20 years of experience addressing process and system issues impacting various business functions. He has helped private and public companies integrate technology to get insights to make better decisions. He also leads initiatives focused on improvement of operating model, cost optimization and overall productivity.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Kevin worked at PwC, Southern Co, Philips Healthcare, and The Coca-Cola Co. Kevin serves on the American Association of Blacks in Energy Board of Directors.

Native of Atlanta, graduated from Pace Academy and Vanderbilt. Very supportive of empowering the community and understands the challenges experienced. Enjoys playing golf and riding his road bike on weekends.

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October 8th, 2024
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, economist Dr. Joseph Bowring, President of Monitoring Analytics, the independent market monitor for system operator PJM Interconnection answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how PJM’s capacity market is designed to ensure resources are adequate to meet demand spikes, what the strengths and weaknesses of the capacity market approach to resource adequacy are, and why prices in PJM’s most recent capacity auction spiked to record highs.
October 3rd, 2024
In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on resource adequacy, Nick Pappas, head of independent power sector consultant NP Energy answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the strengths and weaknesses of California’s resource adequacy requirements, how they have been expanded, and how they might be improved.
October 3rd, 2024

In an exclusive studio interview from Gastech 2024, Chiranjib Sengupta sat down with Mark Menezes, Chief Executive Officer of the United States Energy Association and former US Deputy Secretary of Energy, to discuss how scaling up energy access and infrastructure globally can help lower emissions and support the energy transition even as populations rise.

October 1st, 2024
In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on resource adequacy, Tanuj Deora, former Biden administration Director for Clean Energy in the Executive Office of the President answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the three primary approaches by US system operators and utilities to ensuring resources are adequate to meet new demand spikes and his ideas for valuing flexibility and DER to improve and lower the costs for resource adequacy.

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