Arthur
O'Donnell
Risk Assessment & Management Supervisor, Office of Utility Safety & Reliability
California Public Utilities Commission
Arthur is a Program and Project Supervisor in the Risk Assessment and Management section of the Safety & Enforcement Division of the California Public Utilities Commission. Before joining SED in 2015, he supervised the CPUC’s Energy Division’s Grid Planning & Reliability section, overseeing Energy Storage Procurement, Smart Grid Deployment, Distributed Resource Planning, and other dockets.
Prior to joining the CPUC in April 2012, he was an independent journalist and a contributing editor to many specialized energy information services, including EnergyCentral.com, EnergyBiz magazine, Public Utilities Fortnightly, California Current and E&E’s Greenwire. He was also founding Editor/Associate Publisher of the award-winning California Energy Markets newsletter.