Strategic Planning for Renewable Energy Deployment: REopt

Brad Gustafson, LEED AP, is a supervisor for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). In 1995, Gustafson began supporting Federal energy initiatives as an employee of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. While at FEMP, he has served as energy savings performance contract project facilitator, technology transfer program manager, utility program manager, Federal fleet management program manager. In 2002, he served as Senate legislative advisor for Senator Lincoln Chafee. Before joining FEMP, Gustafson was also program manager for the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) heating, ventilation, and air conditioning program at the PG&E Energy Center

Kate Anderson is a senior engineer and manager of the engineering and modeling group at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Anderson leads a team of technical experts who support Federal, state, and local entities with techno-economic modeling and analysis, field assessments, design, and implementation of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and storage opportunities. Anderson is the program lead for the development of NREL’s REopt model, a platform for energy system integration and optimization used to screen portfolios of sites for renewable energy potential and to evaluate cost-optimal selection and sizing of energy assets. Prior to joining NREL, Anderson was an officer in the United States Air Force.