Emerging Technologies & Microgrids with Duke Energy's ETO

Join us as we learn more about Duke Energy's Emerging Technology Office and the Mt Holly microgrids. Ashley Coleman, Manager of Technology Development, will provide an overview of the Emerging Technology Office. Matt Jacobson, Technology Development Manager, will explain what microgrids are and the research being done at the Mt Holly lab.

Ashley Coleman is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University with a BS in Architectural Engineering and a MS in Civil Engineering with a focus on energy efficiency. Ashley is an employee of over 14 years at Duke Energy. She has engineering experience in Fossil and Hydro plant operations and maintenance, Fuel Flexibility and Efficiency testing, and project engineering. Earlier on, as a Technology Development Manager in Emerging Technology Office (ETO), Ashley focused on non-lithium energy storage, hydrogen, and distributed customer solutions, as well as conducts monitoring of future clean technologies that will impact Duke Energy 5 - 15 years out. She also manages Duke Energy's Intellectual Property Committee and external relationships with research consultants, universities, clean tech venture capitals and accelerator partnerships. Currently, Ashley manages the Customer Tech team within the ETO focused on behind-the-meter technologies to include electrification of transportation, managed charging, optimization of distributed energy resources and functionality testing of products and services to support customer program initiatives.

Matt Jacobson is currently a Technology Development Manager in the Emerging Technology Office at Mt Holly, NC focusing on microgrids and long duration energy storage. He has worked for Duke Energy over the course of 8 ½ years, beginning his career in the Transmission Relay Construction and Maintenance department as a Lead Engineer, followed by the Transmission Relay Operational Compliance group’s Lead Compliance Analyst. Prior to that, he had worked for SEL Engineering Services for 9 years as a Relay Protection and Automation Engineer. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of North Carolina. Matt has earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Queen’s University of Charlotte. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

This webinar will provide 1 PDH.