Antora Energy

Director

• Lead Antora’s transmission and interconnection activities, including defining Antora’s transmission and interconnection strategy
• Advocate in front of RTOs/ISOs and utilities to create transmission service that works for flexible, low load factor loads
• Identify ideal grid locations for thermal energy storage projects and ensure rapid and cost-effective interconnections in partnership with utilities
• Lead the internal team managing interconnections and externally represent Antora with RTOs/ISOs, transmission providers, and utilities to shape policy and strategic outcomes
• Oversee interconnections for multiple 100+MW thermal energy storage projects, ensuring timely and cost-effective outcomes
• Develop strategies to minimize transmission costs, including designing innovative RTO and/or utility tariff structures to provide non-firm or dispatchable transmission services
• Direct analytical efforts and utilize tools to identify optimal project sites
• Act as Antora’s leading voice on transmission policy, engaging externally with RTOs/ISOs, utilities, and regulatory entities through testimony, written filings, white papers, and industry presentations
• Ensure strategic alignment across internal departments including business development, operations, and government affairs/policy teams

Director, Transmission and Interconnection