Kurt Yeager

Kurt E. Yeager retired from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California on September 1, 2004. Since retiring from EPRI, Mr. Yeager has served as Executive Director of the non-profit Galvin Electricity Initiative until August 2011 when he became Vice Chairman. This Initiative, sponsored by Robert Galvin - father of the cell phone revolution, is focused on transforming the reliability, quality and value of electricity service through state-of-the art smart grid technology implementation, and transformation of the regulated utility business model. He also chaired the recent World Energy Council Study on Energy and Climate Change and is a convening lead author for the Global Energy Assessment sponsored by IIASA. Mr. Yeager was a member of the Board of the EnergyConnect Corporation until its merger with Johnson Controls in July 2011, and previously served on the board of the APX Corporation. In March 2013 at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum, Mr. Yeager received the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mr. Yeager assumed the Presidency of EPRI in August 1996 after serving as EPRI's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. EPRI is the national collaborative research and development organization for electric power providing technical solution applications for the electricity enterprise in the U.S. and over 40 other countries. As CEO, Mr. Yeager also led the electricity enterprise-wide collaborative development of the landmark Electricity Technology Roadmap, and the Electricity Sector Framework for the Future. These have become guiding documents for the essential performance growth of the electricity enterprise and its infrastructure. Mr. Yeager joined EPRI in 1974, progressing through a series of technical management and executive positions from department director to senior vice president.

Before joining EPRI, Mr. Yeager was the Director of Energy R&D Planning for the EPA Office of Research. Prior to that he was with the MITRE Corporation as associate head of the Environmental Systems Department. Mr. Yeager was also a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Nuclear Research Officer's Program while serving seven years on active duty with the air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC).

Mr. Yeager is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and its Industry Advisory Board, and a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development. He has served on the Executive Boards of the National Coal Council, the U.S. Energy Association, the Nuclear Energy Initiative, and the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) as well as several National Academy of Engineering Committees, and the Energy Research Advisory Board to the Secretary of Energy. Mr. Yeager served on the advisory panel for the National Research Council's Energy Future Study and its Renewable Energy Report. He also served as a Convening Lead Author for the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) "Global Energy Assessment" report to the UN and the World Bank, et al.

Mr. Yeager received a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College and completed post-graduate studies in chemistry and physics at Ohio State and the University of California, Davis. He has also completed post-graduate management programs at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance. He is listed in "Who's Who in the World" and was named the 2003 Technology Policy Leader for Energy by Scientific American. Mr. Yeager has authored over 200 technical publications on energy and environmental topics. Most recently, he co-authored with Bob Galvin the 2008 McGraw-Hill published book entitled, "Perfect Power".

Recent Publications

• "In Search of Perfect Power", Kurt Yeager, Power Magazine (2009)
•"Perfect Power", Kurt Yeager and Robert Galvin, McGraw-Hill (2008)
•"Striving for Perfection", Kurt Yeager, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine (2008)
•"Bringing Digital Power to the Grid", Kurt Yeager, Engineering News Record (2008)
•"Perfect Power Prototypes & IIT", Kurt Yeager, Illinois Institute of Technology Insights: Highlights from 2007, Volume 2, The Alumni Edition (2007)
•"Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Prospects", Kurt Yeager, Encyclopedia of Engineering (2007)
•"Time to Innovate", Kurt Yeager & Clark Gellings, Energy Biz (2006)
•"Path to Perfect Power", Kurt Yeager, Electra Magazine (2006)
•"How to Transform Technology", Kurt Yeager, Public Utilities Fortnightly, (2006)
•"Assuring that Today's Power Delivery System will Meet the Needs of Tomorrow's Society", Kurt Yeager, Electra (2004)

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