Webinar: The Next 20 in Energy
Navigating Growth, Reliability, and Reform in the Electricity System
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 12 pm ET
Description
The electricity system is at a pivotal moment. Meeting the dual challenge of decarbonizing existing supply while expanding grid capacity to support electrification and load growth demands a bold approach.
Join Dunsky as we unpack the key trends that will shape the next 20 years as utilities and their stakeholders aim to deliver on the affordable, reliable and clean energy systems of the future.
What we’ll cover:
- Load Growth Trends: The trends shaping the future demand for electricity and insights into the magnitude, pace and shape of load growth, and evolving system dynamics
- Emerging Resources: Examining the role of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), long-duration energy storage, clean fuels and other emerging resources in meeting long-term energy needs.
- Planning Modernization: Outlining the changes needed to evolve planning frameworks to support the electricity sector over the next 20 years.
You’ll hear from our team of experts as well as clients who will share first-hand experiences managing the complex landscape of utility planning in the era of the energy transition.
Featured Speakers
Ben Kujala
Senior Research Lead
A former Director of Power Planning, Ben understands the challenges facing utilities first-hand. He brings a unique background in both statistical methods and policy development to help clients navigate the complex challenges of simultaneously stabilizing and decarbonizing the electricity grid.
Anirudh Kshemendranath
Senior Consultant
Anirudh advises clients across a range of areas, including electricity wholesale markets, energy storage, regulatory services, and market strategy. He has done leading-edge work in the US and Canada on energy storage, DER value and integration, utility planning and rate design.
Amara Slaymaker
Consultant
Amara brings experience in the energy sector, including experience in system modelling and optimization, renewable energy policy and data analytics. With Dunsky, she works frequently on heating electrification adoption modelling for projects supporting energy policy development, decarbonization and potential studies.
Joël Thibert
Vice President of Energy Planning & Strategy – Hydro-Québec
Joël Thibert was appointed Vice President – Energy Planning and Strategy in 2024. In this role, he is responsible for the expertise center in energy and economic transition along with our activities related to integrated energy planning, as well as the development of corporate strategies. He is also called upon to work closely with the government on issues related to energy transition.
Mr. Thibert has extensive international experience in the energy and raw materials sectors, gained at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, which he joined in 2013 and where he was a director since 2017 before joining Hydro-Québec. He previously worked in project management for the Quartier international de Montréal and as a lecturer at McGill University His professional background has allowed Mr. Thibert to acquire expertise in the fields of operational transformation, lean management, asset management, capital allocation, and strategic planning.
Joël Thibert holds a bachelor of arts in environment and a master’s degree in urban planning, both from McGill University, as well as a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Princeton University. He is a member of the Order of Urban Planners and holds a certification in Operational and Organizational Excellence from the Shingo Institute.
