Branden Sudduth, Vice President of Reliability Planning and Performance Analysis, is responsible for WECC’s technical and analysis functions, including Reliability Planning and Assessments, Standards Development, Performance Analysis, Event Analysis, and Situation Awareness.

In his previous role as Director of Reliability Risk Management, Branden provided leadership and strategic direction for the Performance Analysis and Event Analysis/Situation Awareness departments and was responsible for supporting several industry stakeholder efforts through WECC’s Operating and Market Interface Committees.

Branden also held various engineering and management roles within WECC’s Reliability Planning department. In these roles, he gained extensive experience in bulk power system modeling and analysis.

Branden holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University, a Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho, and an MBA from Weber State University.