Grid Resilience: How Do We Strengthen It? by China US Energy Innovation Alliance

With the ever-worsening wildfires, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, monsoons and floods, how do we make our electricity grids more resilient to the impacts of climate change? Hear this panel of international experts share common problems, best practices, and innovation solutions. The panel, held Sept. 14, 2018, was an official affiliate event of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
Panelists were:
--China Southern Grid. HE Jianzong, Deputy Director, Dongguan Power of Guangdong Power, a subsidiary of China Southern Grid.
--Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Wei FENG of LBNL's China Energy Group. Expert on smart grid and microgrids in China and U.S.
--Origin, Inc., Australia’s largest energy provider and longtime partner in Chinese power projects. Cameron Briggs. Head of Future Energy.
--Jana Ganion. Sustainability and Government Affairs Director, Blue Lake Rancheria, California, a federally recognized tribal government.
--Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Chris Benjamin. Director of Corporate Sustainability.
--Southern California Edison (SCE). Erik Takayesu. Managing Director of Integrated Innovation and Modernization.
--California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Delphine Hou. Manager, State Regulatory Affairs.
--Cadmus Group. Sarah Scafidi. Head of business resilience practice.
--William Kissinger. Panel moderator. Partner at Morgan Lewis, who focuses on energy and environmental issues.