2021 SPEAKER SERIES

Transformation to the Grid of the Future

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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Regulators are implementing directives to transform the grid for the future. What impacts can ratepayers and consumers expect to result from FERC Order 2222 and the Maryland PC 44 process? This session examines the deployment of distributed resource markets for load balancing and reliability, and how asset owners get paid to play for distributed energy, demand response, microgrid, and storage assets.

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MODERATOR

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Jason Stanek

Chairman
Maryland Public Service Commission

Jason Stanek

Chairman
Maryland Public Service Commission

Jason M. Stanek was appointed Chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission by Governor Larry Hogan for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2018.

He most recently served as Senior Counsel to the Energy Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce where he advised on matters involving national energy policy, with specific focus on electricity issues and the operations of the regional power markets. Before that, he served in senior positions at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Chairman Stanek is the co-vice chair of the Commission Chairs’ Council for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and is a member of NARUC’S Committee on Electricity and the Committee on International Relations. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and is a member of the Center for Public Utilities Advisory Council.

Chairman Stanek earned his law degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University. He also completed studies at American University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He is admitted to practice law in New York. He lives in Riverdale, Maryland.

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PANELISTS

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Del. Lorig Charkoudian

House Economic Matters Committee
District 20 - MGA

Del. Lorig Charkoudian

House Economic Matters Committee
District 20 - MGA

Lorig Charkoudian represents District 20 in the Maryland General Assembly, where she serves on the Economic Matters Committee. Lorig is a strong advocate for legislation promoting environmental justice, consumer protections, economic justice, criminal justice reform, and a sustainable food system. In addition to her role as Delegate, Lorig is the Executive Director of the Community Mediation Maryland. Lorig received her PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, has been honored three times as Maryland’s Top 100 Women by the Maryland Daily Record. She lives in Takoma Park with her two children, Aline and Raffi, and runs ultra-marathons.

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Owen Brady-Traczyk

Owen Brady-Traczyk

Manager - Future of Heat, Non-Pipeline Alternatives
National Grid

Owen Brady-Traczyk

Manager - Future of Heat, Non-Pipeline Alternatives
National Grid

Owen Brady-Traczyk is the Manager - Future of Heat, Non-Pipeline Alternatives in National Grid’s Customer group, leading a team that develops and deploys innovative solutions, such as shared-loop geothermal, for National Grid’s gas customers, ensuring that their needs are met while also reducing total costs by delaying, reducing, or eliminating investments in pipeline projects.

At National Grid, Owen led the development for testimony supporting $190M worth of proposals across three rate cases, including integrating geothermal loops, RNG, and hydrogen into the gas utility portfolio.

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Molly Knoll

Sr. Commission Advisor
Maryland Public Service Commission

Molly Knoll

Sr. Commission Advisor
Maryland Public Service Commission

Ms. Knoll graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maryland School of Law. After her clerkship she spent 5 years with the Maryland Office of People's Counsel. She joined the Maryland Commission in 2018 as a Senior Commission Advisor. Her portfolio includes grid modernization, reliability, supplier issues and rate cases.

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Ken Seiler

V.P. Planning
PJM

Ken Seiler

V.P. Planning
PJM

Mr. Seiler, is V.P. of PJM’s Planning Division. Mr. Seiler is responsible for all activities related to resource adequacy planning, generation interconnection, interregional planning and transmission planning, including the development of the annual Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. Previously at PJM, Mr. Seiler held leadership positions in System Operations and the Advanced Control Center program. Prior to PJM, he spent 14 years at GPU in various engineering and operations positions.

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