• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Roger Kranenburg

Eversource Energy

Vice President, Energy Strategy & Policy

Roger Kranenburg, Vice President, Strategy and Policy, Eversource Energy, is responsible for clean energy and growth strategy and policies along with transportation electrification and battery storage initiatives. He was with IHS Markit, advising top power sector companies globally on transformation, investment, and operations. Clients included major global petroleum, automotive, and technology companies. In his innovation and technology role, he led the application of data analytics to power sector data and information. Earlier at the Edison Electric Institute, he led strategy for the electric industry in the areas of supply and taxation. He was instrumental in the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Earlier, he led development in wireless telecommunications and worked at Siemens (formerly Ansaldo-Finmeccanica). He has done research and published on high-temperature superconductors, high-performance electric drive systems, and high-frequency telecommunications. A CFA charterholder, Mr. Kranenburg holds a BSc and an MSc (plus PhD course requirements) in electrical engineering/applied physics and an MBA from the University of Houston. He has completed the Leadership for Senior Executives and Preparing to Be a Corporate Director programs at the Harvard Business School. He serves on the Woodwell Climate Research Center Board of Directors - the executive committee, finance and chair of the investment committee.

Sessions With Roger Kranenburg

Thursday, 14 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Battery Storage for the Grid: Climbing the growth curve

    Panel Power Technology/Innovation

    The economic viability of battery storage is expanding as costs continue their downward trajectory. Most utilities now see storage as part of their future resource mix even as the rules and regulations continue to develop. Who will own storage? How will batteries participate in wholesale markets? What are the implications for incumbent technologies? Join this session as we explore these questions to understand the role battery storage will play in an evolving power sector.

  • 02:00pm - 03:00pm (CST) / -

    Powering the Cities of the Future

    Panel Technology/Innovation

    Cities are at the heart of the energy transition to a lower carbon world. How will innovation in building design and systems evolve to meet increasingly demanding goals of reduced energy use and efficiency? How is technology and data science being applied to shape the urban environment of the future? What are the opportunities and risks for incumbent and new operators to power the city of the future?

  • 03:30pm - 04:15pm (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation with Ganesh Bell:  Real impact of artificial intelligence on power

    Interview Technology/Innovation

    How can companies move beyond the buzzwords of technology, beyond the hype curve of disruption, into the real areas of impact around growth and efficiency? Hear insights from Ganesh Bell, President of Uptake, an industrial artificial intelligence and software leader.