Lavelle Freeman is Vice President of Distribution System Planning at Eversource Energy overseeing bulk distribution substation planning, large DER interconnection, reliability and resiliency planning, load forecasting, and integrated energy planning (coordinated gas-electric planning) activities across Eversource service territory in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Prior to joining Eversource, Mr. Freeman was Technical Director at GE Energy Consulting, leading activities in the distribution space with emphasis on advanced distribution planning, DER integration, microgrids and grid modernization. He received an M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, an M.S.E.E. in Power Systems from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama. He has published over 35 technical and conference papers and holds a patent and an invention disclosure.