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Surging electricity demand in the US, as a result of data center demand & increasing electrification across industries, is adding pressure for utilities to focus on grid resiliency for existing assets & smart grid planning for future assets. To match electricity affordability & load management concerns, capital is flowing quickly to allow utilities to meet demand. A variety of flexible financing mechanisms are emerging to support utilities, such as virtual power plant (VPP) agreements & other distributed energy resource (DER) contracts. As utilities look towards the modern-day grid, resilient assets will also require sufficient insurance for a variety of natural disaster challenges.
Confirmed participant organizations include WSP, PG&E, & KeyBank.
Panelists:
Alex Nadolishny, LEED PE is a member of WSP's newly-formed Energy Infrastructure Solutions team. He possesses 32 years of experience in engineering design, innovative technology implementation as well as in emergency management, disaster response & recovery. Mr. Nadolishny has successfully completed many high-profile projects for large industrial & defense sector clients, private developers, public & private utilities, Federal, State & local government agencies focusing on implementation of innovative power & energy technologies. He also led work in key positions during major temporary power & infrastructure rehabilitation projects, including Hurricane Maria response, post- Superstorm Sandy work, as well as several post-9/11 projects. Alex has experience working in over 20 States & territories within USA, as well as in Denmark, Togo, Germany, Italy, Romania & Japan.
Chinmay Morankar is part of WSP's Power & Energy group. He leads systems engineering within renewables, the team mainly focuses on creating optimized design solutions for utility-scalerenewable energy & microgrid projects. He has played a critical multidisciplinary leader role for various high-profileprojects in the energy industry over his 11 years of experience so far. He is a mechanical engineer by education who is passionate about new age power grid. He thinks that the current scenario of large load growth is apt for innovative solutions coming in from all the stakeholders, & is excited to see the progress we make together as an industry. He is a Sr Member with IEEE & actively participates in various technical conferences & committees in the industry. Apart from the technical work & activities, he likes to play cricket & pickleball in his free time.
Sienna Rogers is currently the Senior Director of Corporate Development & Economic Analytics at PG&E Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for developing & implementing strategies that enhance PG&E's financial resilience & improve customer affordability. Since joining PG&E, Sienna has held multiple positions spanning finance, strategy, policy, & finance functions. Throughout her tenure, she has led a number of strategy & implementation teams focused on addressing the evolving energy landscape, including the evolution of the energy supply portfolio & the changing role of distributed energy resources in the energy value chain. Sienna's finance roles at PG&E included financial forecasting & analysis, investor relations, & most recently, restructuring strategy. Prior to PG&E, Sienna was with JPMorgan, supporting origination & structuring of leverage buyout transactions & analyzing investment & credit risk of client portfolio companies. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics & Computer Science from Duke University & an MBA from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.
Paul Paceis a Sr. Vice President & Team Leader of Energy Banking Group Portfolio Management (BGPM) in the Debt Capital Markets business at KeyBank. The Energy BGPM team is responsible for credit underwriting, origination & structuring as well as account management for the bank's Utilities, Power & Renewables & Oil & Gas industry verticals. Additionally, Mr. Pace oversees KeyBank's P3 lending activities. Mr. Pace helped build KeyBank's renewable project finance franchise from scratch into the leading domestic lender in the space, with more than $40 billion of invested capital over its tenure. His team currently manages a diverse portfolio with commitment levels of more than $20 billion. Mr. Pace earned a B.A. from Northwestern University & an M.A. from The Ohio State University School of Journalism.
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