Panelist
Panelist
Mr. Ali Amirali
Lotus Infrastructure Partners, LLC
Ali Amirali is a Senior Vice President of Lotus Infrastructure Partners. In this role, he is responsible for the construction of Lotus’ Delaney-Colorado River high-voltage transmission assets, as well as for new business/project opportunities in the transmission and distribution arena in North America. He also supports the origination, development and acquisition activities associated with utility-scale power generation and storage projects.
Prior to joining Lotus' predecessor in August 2010, Mr. Amirali held a variety of key technical and leadership positions at Element Power, LS Power, Calpine Corp., California Independent System Operator and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He has participated in the development and interconnection of more than 5,000 megawatts of electric generation in the Western U.S. and Mexico and has developed and managed several large transmission line projects designed to improve reliability, reduce congestion, and deliver energy from thermal and renewable resources.
Mr. Amirali received a Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University, a Master of Engineering in Engineering Management from the University of Colorado, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.
Speaking at
Tue Oct 29
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Lotus AB
The PDIC Presents: Meeting Our Daunting Utility Infrastructure Needs in the West
Category
Sustainability
Public Development and Infrastructure Council (PDIC) presents an overview of the challenges facing utility infrastructure in the United States. Issues include significant growth in industry and population base in the Southwest and the resulting steep demand curve from the additional residential customers, growth of electric vehicles, and industrial uses that draw on electric and water utilities or require transmission lines to deliver electricity to the grid; the maze of different agencies and regulatory requirements surrounding electric transmission infrastructure across the United States; vehicle electrification demands; increasing electrification of building energy uses as many regions shift away from natural gas, coal, and oil; water infrastructure challenged by changes in climate patterns; increased operational and asset risks to utilities due to climate change; heat and lack of water demanding wildfire management and constraining hydropower and reservoir water supplies; and too much water and sea-level rise affecting design and sustainable location of utility infrastructure, making flood control measures a necessity.