Grid Evolution

Host Marty Rosenberg talks with the Administrator for the
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Elliot Mainzer. The
discussion focuses on grid modernization and how BPA is keeping
up with technological advances and changes to traditional
business models in the utility sector. 

Elliot Mainzer manages the nonprofit federal agency that markets
carbon-free power from Columbia River hydroelectric dams and the
region's one nuclear plant. BPA also operates most of the
high-voltage power grid across the Pacific Northwest,
distributing wind and other energy to the region and
beyond.

Mainzer earned his bachelor’s degree in geography from the
University of California, Berkeley. He has an MBA and Master of
Environmental Studies degree from Yale University.