Manish Murudkar is the Director of Distributed Energy Resources Strategy at Cobb EMC. He is responsible for developing and executing a DER strategy that aligns with the company’s strategic initiative goals in promoting renewables, battery storage, microgrid, smart homes, and electric transportation technologies. He has worked at Cobb EMC for 22 years and his experience includes distribution system planning, designing, protection, and managing electric operations. Manish started his career at Cobb EMC in leading the implementation of real-time operational systems such as Geographic Information System, Outage Management System, Work Management System, etc.
His current focus is on leading the cooperative in the adoption of the next generation of DER-related digital technologies that can create energy efficiency and demand response opportunities, and improve reliability and resiliency of the system.
Manish has a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering and an MBA degree from Georgia State University. He is also a Certified Energy Manager.