Speaker Biographies
Mark Babula - NE ISO Mark Babula is a Principal Engineer in the Resource Studies & Assessmentsgroup within the System Planning department at ISO New England, located in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Mark graduated from WesternNew England University in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986 with a master’s degree in Computer Science. Mark’s responsibilities at ISO New England include analysis of bulk electric power system reliability, generating unit availability, fuel/energy security assessments, and environmental analysis. He also serves as technical lead on issues pertaining to natural gas and liquid fuel use within the electric generation sector. Mark is Co-Chair of ISO New England’s Electric/Gas Operations Committee. Mark has over 40 years of experience within the electric power industry. During that time, has worked with various regional and national committees covering a wide spectrum of power supply planning studies and assessments. KimberlyDenbow - AmericanGasAssociation Kimberly Denbow is the Managing Director of Security & Operations at the American Gas Association (AGA) and has been with AGA for over 25 years. Ms. Denbow has served as staff executive for multiple AGA Operations Section technical committees, including the AGA Natural Gas Security Committee. Ms. Denbow developed the AGA security program and helped stand up the Downstream Natural Gas InformationSharing & Analysis Center. She supports AGA’s resilience and reliability initiatives and AGA’s all-hazards emergency preparedness activities.
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