Moderator
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Kenneth Creager, P.E.
Supervising Electrical Engineer
LEE + RO
Kenneth Creager, PE, is a supervising electrical engineer at LEE + RO. He has more than three decades of electrical and I&C experience in the water, wastewater, utilities, and petrochemical fields. Ken’s expertise includes power generation, substation design, power distribution, heavy industrial/facilities design, as well as automation and control systems design, power system analysis, master planning, and construction.
Prior to joining LEE + RO, Ken was vice president of electrical and I&C at Montgomery Watson Harza. He was responsible for technical guidance for electrical system design and providing technical direction to the engineering staff. Ken received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of the Pacific. He is a California-registered professional engineer (electrical) and is member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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Panelists
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Lee Murakami
Sr. Commercial Energy Advisor
Tesla
Lee is a senior advisor in Tesla’s Commercial Energy division where he’s responsible for providing solutions that improve the economics and reduce environmental footprints for commercial and industrial energy customers.
Prior to shifting over to Tesla, Lee started his energy career at SolarCity, which Tesla acquired in 2016, where he developed his energy storage systems product and industry knowledge throughout their various Business Operations. He managed over 30 rotating small-medium business and nonprofit solar projects for their SMB commercial services.
Lee received his B.A. degree from Soka University of America with a concentration in environmental studies, focused on policy and management.
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Liam Weaver
Senior Solutions Engineer
Enel X
Liam oversees the California and Western US Solutions Engineering team at Enel X. He leads the Western team in analyzing the potential for behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs), designing around value streams for battery energy storage and solar + storage systems.
Liam also has extensive experience in electric vehicle charging, and prior energy industry experience includes work with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Knoxville Utilities Board, the US Department of Homeland Security, Greensparc Inc., the California Public Utilities Commission, and the New Zealand Green Building Council.
Liam has an M.S. degree in Energy Engineering from UC Berkeley and an Honors BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Tennessee.
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Danny V Lee, PhD
Senior Vice President
Blue Oak Energy
Danny V Lee, PhD is Senior Vice President and has more than 14 years of experience at Blue Oak Energy, wearing a myriad of hats, ranging from Engineering Manager to VP of Business Development. In this time, he has helped to build a talented team that has delivered over 2 GW of commercial and utility-scale PV systems across North America and abroad. Dr. Lee’s industry experience spans project development, sales origination, engineering, procurement, and construction.
Dr. Lee holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Portland State University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California at Davis.
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Andrea Altmann
Senior Management Analyst
San Diego County Water Authority
Andrea Altmann is a Senior Management Analyst with the San Diego County Water Authority’s Energy Program, an agency responsible for providing wholesale water supplies to serve 24 member agencies, 3.3 million people and a $253 billion regional economy.
She leads Federal and State energy regulatory engagement, drives cross-functional teams in negotiating public- private partnership energy projects to lower energy costs, and co-authored the Water Authority’s 2019 Climate Action Plan, creating energy strategies to reduce greenhouse gases and move towards carbon neutrality.
Ms. Altmann continuously seeks opportunities to leverage the water-energy nexus to improve energy reliability, maximize energy revenue opportunities, and lower energy costs to stabilize water rates. She has a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden.
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