Webinar POSTPONED – DOE GDO’s Resilience Initiative: Exclusive Pre-Announcement Webinar for SEPA Members February 11, 2025 2pm EST 1 hour SEPA Member Exclusive - FREE SEPA Member Exclusive! POSTPONED – Join SEPA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) for an exclusive pre-announcement webinar unveiling an upcoming resilience-focused funding opportunity. This webinar, held before the general industry announcement, will provide SEPA members with an in-depth overview of the funding process, target applicants, and key steps for preparing a successful submission. Learn about how utilities can partner with service providers to address critical resilience challenges and technical assistance opportunities. Audience Will Learn: Details about the upcoming GDO funding opportunity and its partnership intermediary agreement mechanism. Steps for utilities to propose and submit resilience-focused projects, including partnerships with service providers. Insights on potential use cases. SEPA Member Exclusive - FREE Not a member? Learn more about the benefits of joining the SEPA community. View Membership Info Share Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedIn About the Speakers Andrea Thorstensen James Briones Haley Harrison Taylor Moot Aaron Smallwood Vice President, Research & Industry Strategy, SEPA Aaron has been in Information Technology for 20 years and in the utility industry for the last 15 years. As Director of IT Operations at the Electric Reliability of Council of Texas (ERCOT), Aaron was responsible for the multi-data center IT operations of ERCOT’s real-time grid and market systems, deregulated retail market systems, Enterprise Data Warehouse, systems integration, and market settlement systems. In other roles at ERCOT he led business/technology alignment, IT strategy development, program financial management for the Texas Nodal Market Implementation, IT stakeholder relationship management, and the IT divisional project office. Prior to ERCOT, Aaron was responsible for managing the relationship between IT and utility business units at Aquila, Inc., working with utility and IT leaders to ensure that IT services were aligned with business objectives and that IT was positioned to support their needs. Jared Leader Senior Director, Research & Industry Strategy | Resilience Jared joined SEPA in 2017. In his role, he develops strategic plans for programs, products, and service offerings for utility and industry stakeholder members and clients that facilitate the integration of distributed energy resources, non-wires alternatives and microgrids onto the modern grid. Jared leads SEPA’s Microgrids Working Group and co-led D.C. Public Service Commission’s grid modernization working groups. Prior to joining SEPA, he spent several years working as an environmental engineer and consultant for utility, municipal and commercial clients in the energy and water sectors. He has a MS, Energy Policy and Climate from Johns Hopkins University, and a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia. Outside of business hours, Jared enjoys skiing, hiking and spending time in the great outdoors. Follow Jared LinkedIn