Clyde Loutan in

Mr. Loutan is presently a Principal Engineer at the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO), focusing on power system control performance and was the Principal Investigator for several technical studies published over the years. He developed the CAISO's original "Duck Curve" to demonstrate how increasing amounts of variable resources will change the management of grid balancing. He was instrumental in working with NERC to identify flexibility as an essential reliability service and developed several operating policies and guidelines needed to transition to a greener grid. Mr. Loutan is a licensed professional engineer in the State of California. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Howard University in Washington D.C. and is a senior member of the IEEE.