Jennifer Ayers-Brasher
Jennifer Ayers-Brasher
Speaker
Sr. Director, Transmission and Interconnection

RWE

United States

Jennifer Ayers-Brasher is currently employed by RWE (previously E.ON), where she leads the America’s division Transmission & Interconnection. RWE is a global energy company with headquarters in Essen, Germany.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. She also earned a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from Drexel University. Jennifer has participated in the electric power industry for almost 24 years, with almost 17 years in  renewable energy industry and most recently 15 years at RWE. Prior to shifting to the renewable generation sector, Jennifer worked in system operations and transmission planning at PPL Electric Utilities.

Jennifer’s focus at RWE is transmission, generation interconnection and electric market impacts. 

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Power & Renewables

Right Down the Line: Transmission across the states

Jennifer Ayers-Brasher
Sr. Director, Transmission and Interconnection,
RWE
Sarah Salati
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) National Grid Ventures US NE,
National Grid
Timothy Frost
Vice President,
Con Edison
Wayne Galli
Senior Vice President, Transmission Development,
energyRe
Moderator
Tom Nelthorpe
Editor at large,
Proximo

One of the top constraints to new projects in energy and infrastructure across the states is transmission and interconnection. 

  • What pathways are there to improve the backlog of transmission projects?

  • What developers are seeking from regulators for interconnection reform

  • Marrying grid resilience for renewable resources with extreme weather- related resilience