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Tess Williams

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Co-founder and Principal at Sound Grid Partners
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

Tess Williams is the Co-founder and Principal at Sound Grid Partners, where she leads analytics and design services. With a PhD in Physics from Harvard, she is an expert in helping utilities evaluate, procure, and integrate energy storage and distributed energy resources to create a cleaner, more reliable grid.

Her career is dedicated to advancing a lower-carbon future through practical engineering and research. She is a frequent speaker and moderator at energy conferences, sharing her expertise on topics like hybrid resources and asset management, demonstrating a passion for moving the industry forward.

Unique fact: Tess co-authored a patent for a novel technique to measure energy savings from Volt/VAR Optimization systems during her time at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Co-founder and Principal
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
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DER Integration
Her company, Sound Grid Partners, specializes in helping utilities integrate distributed energy resources like solar and energy storage into core grid operations.
Energy Storage
She has extensive experience in utility-scale energy storage, from techno-economic modeling and project design to wholesale market interactions.
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Career

Work history

10-2018
Co-founder and Principal
Sound Grid Partners
7-2016 - 9-2018
Manager, Power Systems Analytics
Doosan GridTech
Power Systems Engineer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
9-2011 - 5-2012
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Harvard University Center for the Environment
7-2006 - 10-2011
Graduate Research Scientist
Hoffman Lab, Physics Department, Harvard University
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Education
2006 - 2011
PhD
Harvard University
2001 - 2005
B.S.
Stanford University
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