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Mike Huisenga manages Ascend’s energy storage and renewables bid optimization platform, SmartBidder, providing strategic leadership, overseeing customer success and engagement, product strategy and development, and product sales and marketing initiatives. His experience in renewable energy and sustainability spans two decades, including 15 years at WSP, the largest global engineering and environmental professional services firm, where he served as SVP and oversaw the delivery of technical services for renewable energy projects in the US.
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Ferdinand Rapant is Commercial Leader for Eastern Merchant Markets and is focused on directing commercial strategy in the developer and IPP client space. Ferdinand's background includes two decades of energy-market expertise and over 6GW of successful power projects across renewables, storage, thermal space, as well as extensive experience in digital transformation with several of the largest IPP's and regulated utilities in the US.
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Dan Sapien leads customer success and enterprise account management, guiding strategic partnerships across energy, finance, and technology markets. His background includes more than a decade of experience building and expanding complex client relationships through leadership roles at Schneider Electric, Cognizant/American Express, and Sisense. With a strong commitment to energy and sustainability, Dan delivers value-focused solutions that address multifaceted challenges while supporting long-term client growth.
Book MeetingAfter years of work, Real Time Co-optimization Plus Batteries (RTC+B) finally launched in the ERCOT market. Using RTC+B to interchangeably dispatch energy and Ancillary Services (AS) in the real-time market significantly shifts how ERCOT manages its real-time and day-ahead markets. The RTC+B aims to co-optimize energy and ancillary services in the real-time market and introduce new block products to achieve better power grid efficiency and reliability. The hope is that the RTC+B will lead to overall cost reductions, reflected in lower power and AS prices. This panel will explore the early results of the RTC.
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