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KEMA Innovation Director Dr. Ralph Masiello to Advise U.S. Department of Energy on Building the Smart Grid
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BURLINGTON, MASS., (May 14, 2008) – Emerging smart grid technologies and applications hold great
potential for modernizing the nation’s power delivery infrastructure. Dr. Ralph Masiello, innovation
manager for global utility consulting firm KEMA, will advise the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on
integrating emerging grid technologies and crafting policy to build a more reliable, sustainable and secure
energy future.
The DOE named Dr. Masiello as one of the 30 inaugural members of the newly-formed Electricity
Advisory Committee (EAC). The Committee will provide senior-level counsel to DOE’s Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability in carrying out its mission and meeting requirements of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
"We are pleased that Dr. Masiello has been invited to serve as a member of the Department of Energy's
Electricity Advisory Committee," said Hugo van Nispen, president and managing director of KEMA, Inc.
“Getting to the future grid requires detangling complex, interrelated issues – issues that KEMA is actively
working with clients to solve. With the collaborative thought leadership of government, industry,
academics, and stakeholders, the EAC will address many critical issues regarding the future of the
national electric transmission and distribution infrastructure.”
Governments and utilities worldwide are embracing the concept of a “Smart Grid” as a vision for
transformational change. This vision includes full modernization and automation of the electric distribution
grid, and includes major elements from advanced metering, power electronics, and information
management to renewable and distributed energy resources, and home energy management. This need
for change is driven by a number of emerging and ever-present issues ranging from demands for greater
reliability, productivity and environmental stewardship, to addressing rising fuel costs, energy supply,
energy security, and the implications of an aging utility infrastructure workforce.
Dr. Masiello, KEMA innovation director, received his BS, MS, and PhD in electrical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he worked on the very early applications of modern control
and estimation theory to electric power systems. At KEMA, he currently is responsible for innovation
management within the firm, including development of a practice assisting utilities and energy
infrastructure suppliers in developing and managing R&D activities. Previously, he was executive vice
president of development at Caminus and global business unit manager for Energy Information Systems
for ABB. Dr. Masiello is a Fellow of the IEEE.
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[download] KEMA DOE Advisory Committee (.pdf 25 kb)
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About KEMA
Founded in 1927, KEMA (www.kema.com ) is a global provider of business and technical consulting, operational support, measurement and inspection, testing and certification for the energy and utility industry. KEMA employs 1,600 professionals in 20 countries. The firm’s North American consulting operations are headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. KEMA’s global headquarters are in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Media contacts (www.kema.com/press_releases ):
• North America: Kristen Brewitt ( kristen.brewitt@kema.com )
tel +1 781 418 5714
• Europe: Rolf van Stenus ( rolf.vanstenus@kema.com )
tel +31 26 3 56 2607
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