Distribution System Operations

Operating the distribution grid as a dynamic system, not a passive wire. Known as DSO.

Control-room operators comparing how they run a more dynamic distribution grid.

20+ member companies at the table

Areas of focus

Running the modern distribution system.

Distribution operations are being rebuilt around new control systems and OT/IT infrastructure. This is the peer group working through it in real time.

DSO tackles the technical and operational challenges, best practices, and solutions for modern distribution equipment operations, control and management systems, and the OT/IT infrastructure behind them.

Distribution OperationsControl & Management SystemsOT/IT Infrastructure

Who it is for

Distribution operations and control-systems leaders and engineers.

Why get involved

✓Compare distribution operations and control-system practice in real time with peers
✓Work through the OT/IT build-out with utilities a step ahead of – or alongside – you
✓Help shape distribution operations best practice across AEIC
✓Members of this Subcommittee include senior leaders and managers of distribution systems at electric utilities

Leadership

Who leads it.

Chair

Hagen Haentsch

Vice President, Distribution Operations

Oncor

1st Vice Chair

Sylvia White

Director, Electric Distribution Operations Centers and

Dominion Energy

Secretary

Vito Martino

Vice President Operations

ComEd

Executive Sponsor

Valerie Colletti

Vice President, Distribution Operations

ComEd

How it works

Cadence and what's next.

How it meets

Follows the Power Delivery calendar, plus monthly virtual sessions.

What's next

Fall meeting October 27 to 29, 2026 in Birmingham, Alabama, hosted by Alabama Power. Register.