Dr. Manuel Avendaño

Senior Engineering Manager, Southern California Edison

Dr Manuel Avenda ño is a Sr Engineering Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE). As member of SCE's Integrated System Strategy, Manuel leads a team of engineering managers and engineers tasked with reimaging the transmission system to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by performing interregional reliability assessments focusing on the proliferation of utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage; coordinating WECC and NERC participation and bulk-power system planning; and conducting long-term grid import planning analyses and transmission interconnection assessments. Previously, he was the Manager of Emerging Technology at Commonwealth Edison and Project Engineer at S&C Electric Company.

Manuel earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Electrical Engineering in Mexico and the PhD in Electrical Engineering in United Kingdom. Manuel, a Senior Member of IEEE, currently serves as the Chair of the IEEE Distribution Subcommittee and Chair of the R&D Committee of IEEE Smart Grid.