Pivotal Energy Research Ahead - New Leader at EPRI

In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with
Arshad Mansoor of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
Mr. Mansoor is the President at EPRI and will take over as CEO on
January 1, 2021. The podcast focuses on EPRI's research efforts
to address the challenges of delivering reliable and affordable
electricity, including coming up with a pathway to accelerate the
transition to clean energy. 

"We need to rethink, what is the design basis of this power
system to be more resilient in 2040 when A) the weather is
different, and B) because of electrification, society
depends more on electricity, " said Mansoor.

He'll also talk about rethinking the power system by advancing
new technologies and making them widely available to the utility
industry.

"We’ll have to move faster as an industry and we’ll have to move
faster as a research arm."

Mr. Mansoor joined EPRI in 2006 as Vice President for Power
Delivery and has since held numerous leadership positions
throughout EPRI. Immediately prior to his current role, he served
as Senior Vice President of Research and Development, overseeing
a broad-based EPRI research portfolio enhancing global
electricity generation, delivery, and use around the world.


Mansoor earned a doctoral degree in electrical engineering from
the University of Texas in Austin. He also completed the Harvard
Advanced Management Program and the MIT Reactor Technology
Course.