Rhys WilliamsInnovation Project ManagerRhys works as an Innovation Project Manager within the Future Networks Team at SSEN. He has worked within the Energy Industry for over 10 years, 8 of which have been at SSEN. He has been involved in a large number of innovation projects including Modelling the Economic Reactions Linking Individual Networks (MERLIN), which developed network tools to enable flexible services, Risk Assessment Modelling of Smart nEtwork Solution (RAMSES), which investigates the risks associate with flexible services in a future Distribution System Operator (DSO) world and Regional Energy System Optimisation Planning (RESOP), which is developing tools to enable collaboration between utilities and Local Authorities to build Local Area Energy Plans (LAEPs).