Advisory Board Member
President, Benchmark Power Consulting, Inc.
Trip has over 38 years of experience in the electric power industry.
Most recently he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). He joined ERCOT in 2008 as their Chief Operating Officer and also served as interim President and CEO. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT manages the flow of electric power to 24 million Texas customers, representing about 90% of the state’s electric load.
Prior to joining ERCOT, Trip was an independent consultant for eight years specializing in electric deregulation, where he was founder and owner of Benchmark Power Consulting, Inc. One of his most significant assignments was leading the stakeholder process that created the market rules for ERCOT’s redesigned “nodal” market.
He started his career with Duke Energy where he spent 22 years. He led projects in the area of transmission substation engineering and was part of the team that launched the California Independent System Operator.
He serves on the Board of MISO, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., the Advisory Board of the Texas A&M University Smart Grid Center and the Advisory Board of ResilientGrid, a company focused on optimizing human performance on the grid and grid resilience by improving big data visualization and decision support.
Trip is a Registered Professional Engineer and earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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