About
Twenty years on the utility side of the table
Ardi Arian is an interconnection advisor. Your Utility is an energy advisory practice. We do not build, install, or own the systems.
Ardi Arian is an interconnection advisor with 20 years working alongside utilities in Europe and the United States. He began his career in solar in Germany and has worked internationally on over 60 solar projects (over 250 MW). He previously served as General Manager of Suntech Power’s US project development team, and has since led development and interconnection for community-scale and commercial solar and storage projects across California.
Screening work behind those projects includes more than 5,000 parcels assessed and more than 1,000 landowners qualified for distribution-sited solar and storage.
Your Utility works as an independent advisor to utilities and their large-load customers. Where a project requires stamped drawings or construction, that work is delivered through appropriately licensed partners.
Experience
20 years with utilities
Germany, Switzerland, North Carolina, Virginia, and the last six years with PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E in California.
Where it started
He began in solar in Germany and has worked internationally on over 60 solar projects, more than 250 MW.
Suntech Power
Former General Manager of Suntech Power's US project development team.
Since then
Development and interconnection for community-scale and commercial solar and storage across California, including the projects on the Track Record page.
Speaking
A selection of public sessions.
Microgrid Global Innovation Forum
19th annual forum, San Francisco. Panel on the role of microgrids in achieving time to power.
Transmission & Interconnection Summit
Moderator, Arlington, Virginia.
Transmission Infrastructure West
2nd annual conference. Communities as part of the transmission development process.
California Climate Policy Summit
Sacramento.
VERGE 22
San Jose. Moderator on what kind of clean-energy transition keeps the lights on.
USC and the Swiss-American Chamber
CleanTech opportunity meetup, Los Angeles.
Protecting Your City from Wildfire
Speaker.
AB 2316
Interviewed on the bill and the role of community choice aggregators in community-scale solar.
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