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Christopher Eisenbrey

Director, Business Continuity & Operations

Christopher (Chris) Eisenbrey joined the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) in May 2002.

Chris currently serves as Director, Business Continuity & Operations in EEI’s Energy Delivery Group. Chris is responsible for a number of key business continuity areas within the organization including EEI’s post-Superstorm Sandy collaboration with federal government partners including DOE, DoD, DOT, and DHS the Institute’s cybersecurity response and recovery plan cybersecurity and telecommunications policy development within EEI’s Chief Information Officer Executive Advisory Committee (CIO EAC) and the industry’s Spare Transformer Equipment Program (STEP).

Prior to his work on business continuity initiatives, Chris served as Director, Business Information in EEI’s Project Support Group. As its Director, this section developed the business information required to support EEI’s public policy and advocacy positions on key industry issues. Chris was also responsible for the Institute’s external initiatives and collaborative industry activities related to the Smart Grid and is a member of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) Smart Grid Task Force.

Prior to joining EEI, Chris served as Manager, Information Management with the Nuclear EnergyInstitute (NEI), the policy organization and trade association of the U.S. nuclear energy industry. Before working at NEI, Chris served as Project Manager with International Access Corporation (IAC), a Washington, DC‐based business research and consulting firm specializing in the U.S. and Japanese energy, environmental and electric power sectors.

Chris received his undergraduate degree in Politics from The Catholic University of America, andhis masters in International Business from The Johns Hopkins University.

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Bruce Hamilton Chris, I''d like to draw attention to EEI initiatives and your consumer solutions on our global knowledge sharing and communication platform at SMARTGRID.COMBruce Hamilton Smart Grid Network Bhsmilton@smartgrid.com
Christopher Eisenbrey CCIF: CCIF representatives have been approached by Obama Admin officials to meet later this month.
Christopher Eisenbrey Greg Knight of Centerpoint Energy mentioned that he was pleased to be a part of a process, especially in these times of political rancor, that brought groups that traditionally have been on opposite sides of industry issues. A good model for other public servants to follow perhaps?
Christopher Eisenbrey Beyond smart grid, Maureen Harris of the NYSPSC mentioned that there will be more CCIF discussions on other issues facing the industry and customers.
Christopher Eisenbrey CCIF Press Event starting in five. Will be interesting to hear more about this new approach to utility/consumer/regulator collaboration.
Christopher Eisenbrey Check out the CUB Energy Saver website mentioned by Chris Thomas a few minutes ago:http://www.cubenergysaver.com/
Christopher Eisenbrey Here is a link to the whitepaper that Lisa Wood just mentioned:http:// www.edisonfoundation.net/ IEE/reports/ IEE_LowIncomeDynamicPricing_0910.pdf
Christopher Eisenbrey I heard that EPRI is conducting a study on the RF "issue" re Smart Meters. Does anyone know more about this effort?
Christopher Eisenbrey The message that "smart grid" does not necessarily equate to "smart meters" is important to explore this week. . Smart grid is transformational and foundational platform from which utilities can better provide the "apps" (renewables, EVs, etc.) that consumers will want more of in the future.
Christopher Eisenbrey We're looking forward to a great track as we dive into the issues surrounding consumer benefits of the smart grid, outreach and communications with customers on those benefits, and how to take the evolving utility / consumer relationship to the next level. Any of our expert panelists or moderators care to provide GridWeek attendees with a taste of what they may see and hear on Tuesday?