DISTRIBUTECH International 2020

Benjamin Grunfeld
Managing Director
Navigant


Benjamin Grunfeld is a Managing Director in the Global Energy Practice at Navigant and the Canadian Power and Utilities Sector Lead. He is a trusted advisor to senior leaders across the energy sector value chain in Canada, including electricity and natural gas utilities, independent power companies, manufacturers, regulators, end-users, and governments. He has considerable consulting project experience in the areas of strategy and operations, mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, energy efficiency and demand-side management programming, power generation procurement, regulatory economics, electricity market design and operations, and energy policy. Over the past five years, Mr. Grunfeld has advised a number of micro- and nano-grid developers, equipment manufacturers, utilities, and customers on the cost and strategic benefits of micro- and nano-grid investments. He has worked with utilities to develop and implement efficient business models. He has provided direction to governments and policy makers on the barriers that exist for micro- and nano-grid deployment and the measures available to mitigate those barriers. Benjamin has an M.Sc. in Management and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University.

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