Program Advisory Committee
Alaric Babej
Project Manager, Product Development, PNM
Lon Huber
Vice President, Rate Design and Strategic Solutions, Duke Energy Corporation
Lon Huber is a Vice President at Duke Energy overseeing the development and implementation of pricing and strategic solutions for the collection of over $22 billion in regulated revenue per year. Responding to changing customer needs, Lon is tasked with the development of new innovative electric rate designs in all jurisdictions of Duke Energy. Lon works to create new customer centric product bundles by leading the company’s demand side management and energy efficiency strategy as well as customer renewable strategy.
Lon also heads Duke’s Regulated Wholesale Portfolio consisting of 7.6 GW of contracts and over $2 billion revenue. Lon’s team structures all renewable QF contracts, which in the North Carolina consists of the nation’s second largest state portfolio of solar, second only to California. Finally, his team supports Duke’s generation procurement, helping Duke transition its 53 GW fleet to net zero by 2050.
Lon has received numerous awards for his creative solutions to the electricity industry’s most pressing issues, including the top honor from the Energy Storage Association as well as Utility Dive’s Innovator of the Year award.
Kevin Huff
Manager, Grid Integration, Salt River Project
Tony Koch
Mechanical Engineer, BPA
Jessica Lim
Principal Manager, Product Management, CP&S, Southern California Edison
Jessica Lim is the Principal Manager of Product Management at Southern California Edison. She is responsible for a portfolio of programs that enable customer choice, ranging from customer distributed generation to the implementation of rate options. Prior to this role, Jessica was responsible for SCE’s marketing and digital organization. Jessica began her career at SCE in 2005 as the Senior Manager of SCE’s Customer Strategy where she advanced foundational customer experience initiatives. Prior to SCE, Jessica grew the e-commerce division at Epson America and launched new brands and products at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Worldwide and Ketchum Communications.
John Markowitz
Director, eMobility Technology and Engineering, NYPA
Kristin Munsch
Director, US Regulatory and Customer Strategy, National Grid
Jenell McKay
Advanced Clean Energy Policy & Strategy Manager, SDG&E
Dave Schatz
Director of Strategy, Utility of the Future, Pepco Holdings Inc.
Emily Warners
Renewable Energy Regulatory Engineer, Consumers Energy
Lincoln Wood
Electrification Policy Manager, Southern Company
Lincoln is a Product Manager at Atlanta-based Southern Company, focusing on electric vehicle technology and policy issues. He joined the company in 2006 in marketing research and has progressed through other roles, each of them focusing on the customer. Lincoln is a graduate of the University of Georgia, a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society, and a Certified Energy Manager.