Smart Grid Center Advisory Board Meeting Held in April 2017

The Advisory Board of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Smart Grid Center (SGC) held its eighth meeting on April 17^th, 2017.

The participants of the meeting included:

Advisory Board Members:
Dr. George W. Arnold (CEO, Tercio Solutions);
Dr. Miroslav Begovic (Dept. Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M);
Mr. Jorge A. Bermúdez, Chair of Advisory Board (President and CEO, the Byebrook Group);
Mr. Bill Magness (President and CEO, ERCOT);
Mr. John D. McDonald, Vice Chair of Advisory Board (Director, Technical Strategy & Policy Development, GE Grid Solutions);
Mr. Pat Wood, III (Principal, Wood3 Resources);
Guests:
Mr. Andy Acker (Assistant Vice President for Development, College of Engineering, TAMU);
Dr. Kevin Ding (Director, Control Systems, CenterPoint Energy);
Mr. Charles (Chip) Hill (Executive Director, Industry Relations, TEES).
Smart Grid Center Representatives:
Host: Dr. Mladen Kezunovic (Director, TEES Smart Grid Center);
Dr. Andrea Kishné (Executive Assistant, TEES Smart Grid Center).

The Agenda included a Tour of the SGC Control Center Testbed in WEB.

Presentation by the Director was given on the status of the Center, its business model, business plan, and budget for 2017-2020, and potential new Board members.