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California Independent System Operator Corporation (California ISO) President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005, Yakout Mansour brings more than 35 years of power system experience to his position managing California’s open-access high-voltage power grid. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President of System Operations and Asset Management for British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) since its inception in 2003. Mr. Mansour helped chart the course of BCTC as an independent entity and was a major contributor to the development of the transmission business in British Columbia and the North West.
Previously, at BC Hydro, Mr. Mansour served as Vice President Grid Operations and Inter-Utility Affairs, a functionally separate division responsible for the system operation as well as the development of policies and practices related to inter-utility transmission access and wheeling services in British Columbia.
A registered Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia, Mr. Mansour is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers and special publications for IEEE and other international professional institutions, and has provided training and consulting services around the world. His groundbreaking developments in electric power system dynamics have made him recognized internationally and he held related patents in both the United States and Canada.
On many occasions, Mr. Mansour has provided valuable testimonies to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the British Columbia Utilities Commission on matters related to grid planning, operation, market development, and industry restructuring.
In 2008, Mr. Mansour was named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee which provides counsel regarding long-range planning and priorities for the modernization of the nation’s electricity delivery infrastructure. He also served on the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) panel that steered the investigation of the August 14, 2003 blackout that affected much of the eastern North America. He was part of a similar panel that looked into the blackout that affected the western United States and Canada on August 10, 1996 as well as major blackouts that affected other parts of the world in South America and Asia in recent years.
Mr. Mansour's activities in several national and international industry associations and institutions over the last 20 years included: