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About

Susan R. Schneider

Susan Schneider was most recently Vice President of Client Services for the California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO), the company created to run the California investor-owned utilities' extensive high-voltage transmission system. Her responsibilities included contract negotiation and compliance, customer relations, metering, and billing/settlements.

Earlier, she led energy industry restructuring efforts for both the electricity and natural gas businesses of Pacific Gas and Electric Company as Director of Restructuring.

Susan's accomplishments include the successful negotiation of the complex, multi-party agreements required for ISO start-up, and to implement utility open-access programs for retail customers in California. She has extensive management and pricing expertise, and she is an experienced and effective expert witness and conference speaker.

Her 26 years of retail and wholesale experience, and participation in nearly every major California energy restructuring initiative in the past dozen years, have given her a unique perspective on the policies, politics, and personalities in the California market.

Ms. Schneider holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics and an M.A. in Regulatory Economics and attended the UC Berkeley executive program "Marketing for Service Industries."