SLIDE 1
Workshop II
Best Practices & Case Studies: Economic Benefits of Distributed Solar in Ohio
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Biographical Information Dan Smies, Managing Director, Business Development AEP OnSite Partners, 303 Marconi Blvd., Columbus, OH 43215 614-583-6837 dbsmies@aepes.com Dan is responsible for leading the AEP OnSite Partners business development team and helping the company grow its portfolio of customer centric energy assets through helping customers manage their energy cost by implementing asset-based products and services. With over 15 years in the energy industry, Dan brings an extensive breadth of knowledge and experience in various leadership roles in several regulated and non-regulated electric utility companies, including Integrys Energy Group (now WEC Energy Group), Integrys Energy Services, and Wisconsin Public Service
- Corporation. Dan started his career in corporate treasury, and has held various
positions with increasing responsibility in regulated renewable development, wholesale power marketing, competitive energy asset development, and generation dispatch strategy and analytics. Peter Protopappas, CEM, Business Development AEP OnSite Partners, 303 Marconi Blvd., Columbus, OH 43215 pprotopappas@aepes.com Peter is a business-minded energy engineer and certified energy manager focused on energy savings and conservation in the US with diverse experience in consumer product development, batteries and energy storage, fuel cells, solar technologies, and building energy systems. His specialties include: Energy Technologies, Risk Analysis, Data Mining, Operational Strategy, Lean Six-Sigma, Operations Management, Product Development Engineering, Project Management, Energy Management, Energy Storage He manages project development, acquisitions, and strategy for AEP's unregulated distributed energy resources business, AEP OnSite Partners. In this role, he evaluates acquisitions and develop projects to install behind the meter customer energy solutions such as solar PV, battery energy storage, CHP, peaking gen, fuel cells, VFDs, and substations. AEP OnSite Partners is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Electric Power.