Technical Leader, Resource Planning for Electric Power Systems |Energy Systems and Climate Analysis
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Anna Lafoyiannis is a Technical Leader in the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), supporting Program 178 on Resource Planning for Electric Power Systems.
Her primary research areas include long-term electricity sector resource planning, risk analysis and investment decision-making under uncertainty. Prior to joining EPRI, she spent 13 years at Ontario's IESO. At the IESO, she led the reliability assurance function; this included implementation of the Resource Adequacy Framework, the development of the Capacity Auction, the Annual Acquisition Report and the Annual Planning Outlook. She also set specifications for long-term contracts and defined the grid services needed ensure reliability in the future. Anna provides thought leadership on energy reliability, through her participation in the Energy Systems Integration Group, Global Power System Transformation Consortium, and has held leadership roles at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), including becoming the first ever female chair of NERC's Reliability Assessment Subcommittee.
Anna holds a B.A.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo and M.Eng. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with an emphasis on Sustainable Energy from the University of Toronto.
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