Speaker Biographies
Aaron Casto – Florida Municipal Power Pool Aaron Casto is an experienced leader in the electric industry with over 25 years in operations, specializing in fleet transition, renewable integration, and ensuring system reliability. As Executive Director of the Florida Municipal Power Pool (FMPP), he oversees critical 24/7 operations, NERC compliance, and strategic initiatives for multiple municipal utilities, ensuring resource adequacy and efficient energy management. Previously, Aaron held senior roles at Midcontinent ISO (MISO), where he managed multi-billion-dollar energy markets and led digital transformations to enhance system reliability and customer responsiveness. His broad expertise includes resource planning, market design, regulatory compliance, and driving operational excellence through cross-functional leadership.
Emmett Handy – Alabama Power Company Emmett Handy is a Transmission Control Center Supervisor in the Power Delivery Operations department of Alabama Power Company. His team provides initial and continuing training to hundreds of learners in transmission operations. Through their NERC Continuing Education Provider credential, they deliver more than 3400 hours of continuing education annually across the Southern Company footprint, through classroom and computer-based learning activities. His team also trains field and fleet operations personnel, develops enterprise solution applications, and develops situational awareness control room and storm center displays. Emmett is a NERC certified Reliability Coordinator and has over forty years of combined generation and system operations experience. Before joining the Alabama Power Company Transmission Control Center training department, he worked for 13 years in the generation organization at Alabama Power Company, where he worked his way up through the positions of electrician in Mobile, to an Instrumentation and Controls Technician, and Electrical/Instrumentation instructor. For more than 11 years he has been a member of the SERC System Operator Working Group and for the past two years, he has been part of the leadership team of the SOWG and currently serves as Chair. He also serves as SOWG representative on the SERC Operating Committee.
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