The future of power? The future is power

Part of the Internet-based Monthly Seminars by University of Minnesota

By Yakout Mansour - California ISO

The webinar took place September 18, between 1pm and 2pm US Central Time. Click here to view the webinar recording.

Speaker biography

California Independent System Operator Corporation (California ISO) President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005, Yakout Mansour brings more than 35 years of power system experience to his position managing California’s open-access high-voltage power grid. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President of System Operations and Asset Management for British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) since its inception in 2003. Mr. Mansour helped chart the course of BCTC as an independent entity and was a major contributor to the development of the transmission business in British Columbia and the North West.

In 2008, Mr. Mansour was named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee which provides counsel regarding long-range planning and priorities for the modernization of the nation’s electricity delivery infrastructure. He also served on the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) panel that steered the investigation of the August 14, 2003 blackout that affected much of the eastern North America. He was part of a similar panel that looked into the blackout that affected the western United States and Canada on August 10, 1996 as well as major blackouts that affected other parts of the world in South America and Asia in recent years.