Cazalet, Edward

Dr. Cazalet has over forty years of electric power experience as an executive, board member, consultant, and entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded MegaWatt Storage Farms.  MegaWatt deploys and manages grid-scale electricity storage farms for multiple applications in including integration of intermittent wind and solar generation.

Dr. Cazalet is also CEO of The Cazalet Group, a consulting firm focused on electric industry strategic planning and market design.  He is a leader in the development of standards for dynamic pricing and automated smart grid transactions. He was appointed by California Governor Schwarzenegger in 2004 to a three-year term as a member the Board of Governors of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).  CAISO is charged with safe and reliable real-time operation and planning of the high voltage transmission grid in California.

Dr. Cazalet founded APX in 1996 and served for many years as CEO.  He conceived the business opportunity, and raised $66 million of investment capital in three rounds.  APX provides independent transaction services for electric power and environmental registries. He founded Decision Focus, Inc. (DFI) in 1976 and led DFI to become a leading firm in energy and electric power market modeling and in decision analysis consulting to corporations and government agencies. Dr. Cazalet holds a PhD from Stanford University where he focused on economics, decision analysis and power system planning. He earned degrees in engineering from the University of Washington.