Christopher G. Mertz, Senior Manager, Transmission & Interconnection

Chris spent the first ten years of his career working at Dominion Energy in engineering and leadership roles with System Protection Engineering, Operations Engineering Support, Electric Transmission Planning & Strategic Initiatives, Electric Distribution Planning, Electric Transmission Planning - Modeling, Electric Transmission Planning - Facility Ratings, and Electric Transmission Planning - Long-Term Planning teams.  During his tenure on these teams, Chris has worked on various facets of engineering analysis, automation, project management, and organizational leadership. 

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Power Systems from Virginia Tech, and a Master of Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.  He is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE and was awarded the NGN Significant Contribution Award with the United States National Committee of CIGRE in 2021.  Chris is a registered Professional Engineering in the State of Virginia.