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Ziad Al-Aliwan

Founder & CEO of ZGlobal Inc., an energy consulting firm in Folsom, CA, and a key architect of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Aug 27, 2026

People in Power – A NewsData Podcast

People in Power – A NewsData Podcast

Ziad Alaywan on the Creation of the California Independent System Operator

Aug 27 · 42m

Jason Fordney
Jason FordneyHOST
7:41
Do you have any sort of timeframe for that, or what do you think about that?
Ziad Al-AliwanGUEST
7:44
Yeah.
Ziad Al-AliwanGUEST
7:45
So we have one-- we have a couple of project eight hours.
Ziad Al-AliwanGUEST
7:49
I have not been involved in anything longer than eight hours.
Ziad Al-AliwanGUEST
7:52
Uh, one of them is under construction, sixty megawatt, eight hours.
Ziad Al-AliwanGUEST
7:57
And you know, there, there are-- I think it's good to have longer storage.
Ziad Al-AliwanGUEST
8:02
It's folks, I think, who are a little bit shy about, you know, doubling up basically for, you know, the CapEx and, and with the tariff and all this.
Jason Fordney
Jason FordneyHOST
11:30
Yeah.

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