Laura Olson

Laura Olson is currently the Manager of Short-term Trading at the Salt River Project (SRP). In this role, she manages daily operations including retail load forecasting, scheduling of generation resources, scheduling of contract purchases and sales, short term purchases and sales of energy/capacity, coordination of unit outages and management of reserves to meet system and reliability requirements. Since joining SRP in 2012, Laura’s other roles focused on corporate strategy, future nuclear generation development, resource acquisition, and regulatory policy.

Prior to joining SRP, Laura worked with the Arizona Corporation Commission, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in Washington, DC, and as civil designer with Stanley Consultants in Phoenix.

Laura has her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo and a Juris Doctor degree from Vermont Law School. She is a licensed professional engineer and a member of the State Bar of Arizona.

She lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband, Kris, their daughter Ashton and their desert tortoise, Houdini.

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