Rao Konidena

President
Rakon Energy LLC

Rao Konidena is President of Rakon Energy, a firm which provides wholesale energy market expertise to distribution system experts focusing on energy storage and distributed energy resources. Prior to Rakon, Rao was Principal Advisor-Policy Studies at Midcontinenty Independent System Operator (MISO). He began his work with MISO in the areas of resource adequacy and transmission planning. He and his team developed demand side and clean technology options as alternatives to generation in the 20 year long term transmission expansion planning process. Rao has an MBA from University of MN and MSEE (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering) from University of Texas at Arlington. Rao is a Board member of Finnish American Chamber of Commerce - Minnesota and volunteers at City of Roseville, MN on the Finance Commission.