Task Force Background

The Federal Smart Grid Task Force was established under Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) and includes experts from seven different Federal agencies. The Department of Energy is represented by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability which is the Task Force lead, as well as the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Other members include representatives from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Defense.

Task Force Mission

The mission of the Task Force is to ensure awareness, coordination and integration of the diverse activities of DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and elsewhere in the Federal Government related to Smart Grid technologies, practices, and services.  The Task Force will collaborate with DOE's Electricity Advisory Committee and other relevant Federal agencies and programs.

Task Force Members

Department of Energy

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)

• Eric Lightner, Task Force Director, OE–Smart Grid
• Hank Kenchington, OE–Control Systems Security
• Larry Mansueti, OE–Permitting, Siting, and Analysis
• Philip Overholt, OE–Transmission Reliability

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

• Steve Lindenberg, EERE–Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
• Dan Ton, EERE–Solar Energy Technologies Program

National Energy Technologies Laboratory (NETL)

• Steve Bossart, NETL–Modern Grid Strategy

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

• David Andrejcak, FERC
• Ray Palmer, FERC