Decentralized generation and microgrids, energy storage, electricity grid retrofit, T&D, including how to invest or pay for improvements.
Lucas Davis is the Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor at Berkeley Haas. His research focuses on energy and environmental markets, and, in particular, on electricity and natural gas regulation, pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets, and the economic and business impacts of environmental policy. He serves as co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to moving to UC Berkeley in 2009, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan.
Emily Douglas is a regional director for distributed energy solutions at ENGIE. Emily has a proven track record of success in driving the development and implementation of clean energy programs for public agencies, and leads a diverse team developing local energy projects in the Bay Area. With a deep understanding of markets for energy and environmental technology, she is dedicated to building a profitable and sustainable future for clean energy. She graduated from the Haas Evening and Weekend Program in 2013.
Quinn Nakayama is a Senior Director of Grid Research Innovation and Development (GRiD) at PG&E, a public utility company that provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern and Central California. Previously, he served as Director of Integrated Grid Planning and Innovation at PG&E, where he led the integration of new distributed technologies into the company's electric grid of the future. He was responsible for the electric distribution portfolio and oversaw work readiness and execution, including maintenance, capacity, reliability, and emergency response.
Jeff St. John is Director of News and Special Projects at Canary Media. He covers the intersection of technological, economic and regulatory issues influencing the global transition to low-carbon energy in the electricity, transportation and building sectors. He is the former managing editor and senior grid edge editor of Greentech Media. His areas of expertise include renewable energy, smart grid, distributed energy resources, energy storage, demand response and electric vehicles.