IEEE Metro LA Section Meeting: "Solar Talk: Large Scale and Residential Solar Installations"

IEEE Metro LA Section is the professional section of IEEE that mentors IEEE student branches at Caltech, CSULA, and USC.

What: "Solar Talk: Large Scale and Residential Solar Installations"
Where: Southern California Edison Headquarters in Rosemead, California, details upon reservation
Date: 11/24 (Tuesday)
Time: 11:15 am - 1:30 pm
RSVP: RSVP e.miranda@ieee.org by November 20 to reserve your seat, no charge

Speakers:
Rudy Perez, Manager of Solar Project Development at Southern California Edison
Mr. Carter Moursund, Vice President of eSolar
Mr. Greg Johanson, President Solar Electrical Systems

About the Speakers:
Rudy Perez, P.E. is the Program Manager for Southern California Edison's Solar Photovoltaic Program (SPVP), the SCE 250 MW rooftop solar initiative. He is responsible for several wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, cogeneration and hydroelectric power plants. He holds an MBA and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University Of Notre Dame as well as an MBA from California State University, Long Beach. He has co-authored several papers related to power plant engineering.

Mr. Carter Moursund, eSolar's Vice President of Engineering will speak on the recently commissioned eSolar Plant in Lancaster, CA. He will discuss how the ability to go small and still make the economics work which is a key advantage on the path from Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) contracts to commercialization. Mr. Carter Moursund holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Mr. Greg Johanson is the President and owner of Solar Electrical Systems company. He has been a pioneer in solar energy systems for over 30 years, He will discuss items of interest to those who are considering a residential installation. Some of the most important issues are related to the inverter such as: how reliable is it? What is its approximate life span? Mr. Greg Johanson holds a BS in Business California State University Northridge, B-1 General Contractors License. C-10 Electrical Contractors License.

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