Grant leads BluEarth Renewable’s executive team and guides the company’s strategic growth. He joined BluEarth in 2011 as Vice President, Business Development and, subsequently, was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer. In 2015, Grant became BluEarth’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Grant has more than 25 years of commercial and technical experience in the energy sector including wind, hydro and solar development, construction and operations, natural gas E&P, natural gas operations, acquisitions, divestitures, and business development. He has worked in Canada, the US, and internationally.

Prior to joining BluEarth, Grant held several leadership roles in the renewable energy and natural gas business units at Suncor Energy. Grant was responsible for overseeing Suncor’s Canadian wind power portfolio including, at the time, joint venture interests for over 750 MW in development, under construction and in operation.

Grant received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Alberta. He also has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Calgary. Grant is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Institute of Corporate Directors. In September 2021, Grant was named a 2022 Clean16 and Clean50 award honoree by Delta Management Group and the Clean50 organization in recognition of his work to advance the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada.

Elliot Mainzer is President and CEO of the California Independent System Operator (ISO) in Folsom, California. For the last 25 years, he has been a leader in helping to achieve a reliable and affordable clean energy transition by working to support innovation and creativity in renewable energy development, transmission planning, market design and regional collaboration.

Mainzer joined the ISO on September 30, 2020 after an 18-year career at the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), including seven years as Administrator and CEO. At BPA, he led efforts to unlock the wind-energy potential of the Pacific Northwest, managed the development of BPA’s open-season model for transmission subscription and queue management, and worked to balance the needs of the Federal Columbia River Power System with the welfare of tribal nations and salmon protection.

Under Mainzer’s leadership at the ISO, the organization has strengthened coordinated power and transmission planning with California’s regulatory agencies, integrated record-setting amounts of new power generation and the nation’s largest fleet of lithium-ion batteries, helped preserve overall system reliability during the record-setting Western heat wave of September 2022 and provided strategic leadership and direction for the ISO’s new extended day-ahead market proposal. Mainzer’s strong background and personal commitment to regional collaboration as an essential element of a reliable and affordable clean-energy transition have been a hallmark of his leadership at the ISO, where he has also brought renewed focus on control center modernization, stakeholder engagement and program management in support of the organization’s new 2022-2026 strategic plan.

A native of San Francisco, Mainzer has an undergraduate degree in geography from U.C. Berkeley and master’s degrees in Business Administration and Environmental Management from Yale University. He is a senior fellow of the Oregon Chapter of the American Leadership Forum, has served on the boards of the Electric Power Research Institute and the Energy Systems Integration Group, and currently serves as co-chair of the Western Electric Industry Leaders Group.

He and his wife Margaret have twin boys. Among his non-professional pursuits, Mainzer is an amateur jazz saxophonist and dedicated student of jazz theory and history.

Duane Reid-Carlson has 36 years’ experience working in the oil and gas, petrochemical and electric industries.  He is currently the President of EDC Associates Ltd—a company that he founded in 1992.  Since that time Mr. Reid-Carlson has led a team of energy economic analysts that have been responsible for providing electric energy supply, demand and price forecast information, energy procurement, risk management, generation development and regulatory analytical services.  These services and information is generally used by participants in the electric industry to help support short and long-term energy procurement and investment decisions.

Mr. Reid-Carlson holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada. 

Mr. Reid-Carlson is a Director of the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA).  

Doug is a dynamic leader with a diverse background in entrepreneurship, politics, philanthropy and executive leadership. Doug has held senior leadership positions in electricity, energy infrastructure, health care and technology.

He has established a reputation as a collaborative leader who brings people together to achieve positive outcomes. Throughout his career Doug has been involved in managing public affairs programs towards furthering of a wide variety of projects and campaigns.

Outside of his professional endeavors, Doug enjoys spending quality time with his family and his black lab, Charlie, and remains actively involved in his community.

Darin is President, Alta Solutions and provides strategic advice for those undertaking multi-billion dollar, complex and contentious projects. He has enjoyed over 30 years in the Capital Projects space on projects ranging from Gas Processing and Heavy Oil Production, though Combined Cycle Cogeneration and Renewable Energy Production, to large-scale Electric Transmission development and construction. Recently, Darin has engaged in the energy transition advising on energy storage and Small Nuclear Reactor deployment. Darin brings a unique and well-rounded perspective to each aspect of major project development, permitting, delivery and operations.

Cayla brings over 18 years of experience in the utilities industry. She began her career at AltaLink in 2005, and has held a number of increasingly senior customer service-based positions, including leadership roles spanning project execution, operational delivery, and regulatory engagement. As Vice President, Government Relations and Commercial, she is responsible for policy advocacy and engagement with all levels of government, and leading AltaLink’s commercial business including service contracts and execution of the Market Participant Choice process. Cayla holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Culture from the University of Calgary.

Bob Myles has been recently appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Utilities Limited. Under this new role, Bob has operational, financial and strategic oversight of Canadian Utilities’ operations across North and South America.

Canadian Utilities Limited an ATCO company, is a diversified global energy infrastructure corporation delivering essential services and innovative business solutions. Its subsidiary and affiliate companies have approximately 9,000 employees and assets of $23 billion.

For over 25 years, Bob’s career has focused on the Canadian industrial sector in oil and gas, power and midstream markets. Most recently, he was the Chief Operating Officer of ATCO EnPower and before that he served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development for ATCO Ltd. where he was responsible for growing ATCO’s footprint in strategic global markets, and the ongoing operations of Canadian Utilities’ non-regulated businesses in Australia and the Americas. Bob has held a number of executive roles, including Chief Operating Officer of Stuart Olson Industrial Group; President and CEO of Tartan Canada Corporation; Managing Director of Energy at ATCO; Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at ATCO; President of ATCO Pipelines; and President of ATCO Energy Solutions.

Bob is a past member of the board of directors of Alberta WaterSMART, a past Director and Chair of the Canadian Energy Pipelines Association, and a past Director of both the Petroleum Joint Venture Association and the Canadian Gas Processors Association.

Bob holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.

Allison Sears is a Co-Leader of Fasken’s Global Energy and Climate Group for the Alberta region. Her practice focuses primarily on energy, utilities and environmental matters. With experience before all levels of court in Alberta, Allison also represents clients in arbitrations, mediations, and regulatory proceedings before various federal and provincial regulators including the Canada Energy Regulator, the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Alberta Energy Regulator, the Environmental Appeals Board, and the Land and Property Rights Tribunal. Having acted for both market participants and the Independent System Operator in numerous regulatory proceedings, Allison has considerable experience in Alberta’s power market.

Ahsan is the national business development leader for Burns & McDonnell Canada based in Calgary. In his role Ahsan is responsible for project initiation, development support and external relationships for electric, gas and telecom utilities and power delivery projects in Canada. Ahsan sits on the Board of Examiners at the APEGA and served as chair of CUTRIC’s Power Provider and Utilities Committee.