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Future of
the Electric
Grid
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MIT STUDY
Other Reports in This Series
The Future of Nuclear Power (2003)
The Future of Geothermal Energy (2006)
The Future of Coal (2007)
Update to the Future of Nuclear Power (2009)
The Future of Natural Gas (2011)
The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (2011)
This study can also be viewed online at
http://web.mit.edu/mitei/research/studies/the-electric-grid-2011.shtml
Copyright © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-0-9828008-6-7
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MIT STUDY ON THE FUTURE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID
Study Participants
STUDY CO-CHAIRS
JOHN G. KASSAKIAN
Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, MIT
Former Director, MIT Laboratory for
Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
RICHARD SCHMALENSEE
Howard W. Johnson Professor of
Economics and Management, MIT
School of Management
STUDY MANAGEMENT
GARY DESGROSEILLIERS
Executive Director
TIMOTHY D. HEIDEL
Research Director
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Energy Initiative
Former John C Head III Dean, MIT Sloan
MIT
WILLIAM W. HOGAN
Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy
Research Director, Harvard Electricity Policy Group,
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and
Government, John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University
HENRY D. JACOBY
William F. Pounds Professor of Management Emeritus,
JAMES L. KIRTLEY
Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT
HARVEY G. MICHAELS
Research Scientist, Department of Urban Studies
and Planning, MIT
IGNACIO PÉREZ-ARRIAGA
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Comillas University, Spain
STUDY GROUP
Visiting Professor, Engineering Systems Division, MIT
KHURRAM AFRIDI
Associate Professor and Werner-von-Siemens
Chair for Power Electronics, Lahore University
of Management Sciences, School of Science
and Engineering, Pakistan
Visiting Associate Professor of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
DAVID J. PERREAULT
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, MIT
NANCY L. ROSE
Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics,
MIT
AMRO M. FARID
Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and
GERALD L. WILSON
Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering
Management, Masdar Institute, UAE
Emeritus, MIT
Research Affiliate, Technology and Development
Former Dean, MIT School of Engineering
Program, MIT
JERROLD M. GROCHOW
Research Affiliate, MIT Energy Initiative
Former Vice President for Information Services
and Technology, MIT
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STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
NABI ABUDALDAH
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Visiting Student, MIT
VIVEK A. SAKHRANI
Engineering Systems Division, MIT
JIANKANG WANG
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
MINJIE CHEN
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
MIT
PEARL E. DONOHOO
Engineering Systems Division, MIT
SAMANTHA J. GUNTER
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
ANDREW WHITAKER
Engineering Systems Division, MIT
XIANG LING YAP
Harvard University
Engineering Systems Division, MIT
MIT
MIT
P. JORDAN KWOK
Engineering Systems Division, MIT
MIT
RICHARD Y. ZHANG
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
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MIT STUDY ON THE FUTURE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID
Advisory Committee Members
J. BENNETT JOHNSTON — CHAIR
United States Senate (Retired)
STEVEN NAUMANN
Exelon Corporation
GEORGE ARNOLD
National Institute of Standards and Technology
PEDRO PIZARRO AND DAVID MEAD
Southern California Edison
LISA M. BARTON
American Electric Power
CLAES RYTOFT
ABB Group
TROY BATTERBERRY AND
ELIZABETH GROSSMAN
Microsoft Corporation
WILLIAM W. BERRY
Dominion Resources (Retired)
CLARK GELLINGS
Electric Power Research Institute
ROBERT GILLIGAN AND LARRY SOLLECITO
General Electric Company
LAURA IPSEN AND PAUL DE MARTINI
Cisco Systems
PAUL JOSKOW
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
ELIZABETH ANNE MOLER
Former Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
MIGUEL ÁNGEL SÁNCHEZ FORNIÉ
Iberdrola S.A.
BASEM SARANDAH
Nexant, Inc.
J. CHARLES SMITH
Utility Wind Integration Group
SUSAN TIERNEY
Analysis Group
GORDON VAN WELIE
ISO New England
STEPHEN G. WHITLEY
New York ISO
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