Julia Souder
Project Development Manager
Before joining Clean Line, Julia Souder served as president of JAS Energies, an energy and environmental consulting firm in San Francisco where she focused on biomass renewables, smart grid, and distributed generation–unique expertise for building the grid of the future.
Prior to JAS Energies, as the Director of Intergovernmental Relations for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Julia promoted effective coordination and positive relations between NERC and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the U.S. Department of Energy, and many other federal and state entities.
Previously, Souder was the Western Regional Coordinator for the Office of Electricity and Energy Delivery, facilitating communication and discussion among the western states and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). She managed various projects concerning the west and regional entities. Principally, she was the DOE project manager for Section 368 of the 2003 Energy Policy Act, “designation of energy corridors on federal lands,” and worked closely with state and federal agencies on transmission siting and permitting. Ms. Souder was a Presidential Management Fellow, and began working at the DOE in 2002 in energy efficiency and then assisted with the 2003 blackout investigation.
Ms. Souder has two Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and international relations from Oregon State University, and a Master’s in public administration from the University of Southern California.
In addition to her responsibilities at Clean Line, Ms. Souder is the transmission owner/operator/developer representative on the Scenario Planning Steering Group (SPSG) of the Western Interconnect’s Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee (TEPPC). This group provides strategic guidance on scenarios to be modeled in transmission planning studies, the modeling tools to be used, and key assumptions to be used in creating and reviewing the scenarios for the expansion of the West’s transmission grid.
For more information please visit SPSG’s website or email Julia your questions and comments.