• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Alexina Jackson

AES Corporation

Vice President, Strategic Development

The AES Corporation is a values-driven global power company with a diverse portfolio of electricity generation and distribution businesses delivering greener, smarter energy solutions to accelerate the future of energy in 14 countries.  Alexina is a dynamic creator of solutions and the diverse roles that she has held at AES’ corporate headquarters reflects that. She currently holds a leadership role in AES’ innovation center of excellence, AES Next, and is heading the organization’s efforts to catalyze a digitally enabled and reimagined electrical grid with near-term focus on adoption of new technologies, processes, and regulations. Alexina previously led AES’ customer-focused innovation efforts, championing energy products throughout AES’ footprint. In her first several years at AES, Alexina was an attorney negotiating key technology-related collaborations, partnerships, and joint-ventures and the head of AES’ internal investigations practice. Before joining AES, Alexina worked as an attorney with Crowell & Moring LLP counseling companies on investigations and disclosures, suspension and debarment, ethics and compliance, and intellectual property and litigating False Claims Act violations, among other matters.  Prior to Crowell, Alexina worked as a strategy consultant in the United States, Brazil, Spain, and France.

Sessions With Alexina Jackson

Thursday, 21 March

  • 03:30pm - 04:00pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 08:30 pm - 21/mar/2024 09:00 pm

    Effectively Decarbonizing the Electricity Grid
    Energy Infrastructure/Supply Chains

    Decarbonizing electricity grids requires multiple actions beyond installing renewable energy sources. Deploying battery storage systems; applying advanced analytics for smart grid operations; having agility in outage planning; using DC voltage systems; storing clean hydrogen; implementing dynamic energy pricing and other measures all contribute to managing modern low-carbon grids. What are the practical learnings to upgrade grids for a lower-carbon energy future? Which technologies have the most potential to drive low-carbon grids? What regulatory or institutional challenges have yet to be overcome?