Matthew Gardner
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Dr. R. Matthew Gardner (“Matt”) is vice president–Planning & Operations (Electric Transmission), Dominion Energy Virginia.
He is responsible for over 6,700 miles of electric transmission lines and more than 800 substation assets providing service to the company’s 2.7 million customers, which include transmission and substation planning, engineering, project development, construction, operations and maintenance, compliance and the Electric Transmission System Operations Center.
Since Gardner joined the company in 2008, he has held roles in planning, operations, maintenance, and engineering. In 2022, he was named general manager–Transmission and was named vice president–Transmission, Dominion Energy Virginia in February 2023. Gardner assumed his current post in June 2023.
Prior to joining Dominion Energy, Gardner worked with the Tennessee Valley Authority, ABB Corporate Research Switzerland, Grenoble Institute of Technology in Grenoble, France, and did event analysis consulting for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) through Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). He previously served as a lead engineer in key projects with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and served on the Leadership Team of the North American Synchrophasor Initiative (NASPI) as a liaison to the broader research community.
Gardner serves on the board of directors for the North American Transmission Forum, and the executive advisory council of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), and its Power and Energy Society (PES). He is active in several industry groups, including Cigré; and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and academic institutions and consortia, including serving as Executive Engineer in Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as advisory and advocacy roles at George Mason University, University of Tennessee (Knoxville), Virginia State University, and Virginia Tech. He previously served on Virginia Tech’s Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks as chair and vice-chair.
Gardner received his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where he was a Bradley Fellow. He also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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