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Debra J. Lew is an American engineering executive focusing on electrical power systems and on carbon-neutral sources of renewable energy such as wind power and solar power. She is the executive director of the Energy Systems Integration Group, a non-profit association focusing on educating engineers and the public about power systems. [1]
Lew majored in electrical engineering and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [2] graduating in 1988. [3] She has a Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University. [2]
After working for the United States government National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and then for General Electric as a senior technical director in its GE Energy Consulting firm, she joined the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) in 2020 as its associate director. [4] She was named executive director of ESIG in 2024, replacing its 1989 founder, Charlie Smith. [2]
Lew also serves as a member of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. [5]
Lew was named as an IEEE Fellow in the IEEE Fellows Class of 2025, "for contributions to grid integration of wind and solar power". [3] [6]
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