Zero Carbon Energy Solutions

Environmental, Safety & Real Estate

Environmental, Safety & Real Estate Services ensures that SMUD conducts business in a way that's safe and responsible to the public and the environment. The department also provides customers and employees with responsible health and safety guidance and service and promotes strategic directives and initiatives.

Emily Bacchini, Director
1-916-732-6334 | Emily.Bacchini@smud.org

Energy Delivery Strategic Services and Project Management (non-IT)

Energy Delivery Strategic Services (EDSS) is responsible for the design and implementation of business process improvement strategies and solutions to increase operational efficiency throughout Energy Delivery & Operations. This group is also responsible for the Sacramento Power Academy, which trains SMUD’s Energy Delivery employees and offers external training to other utilities and our community. EDSS is also responsible for the SMUD-wide Project Management Office for almost all non-IT projects.

Jon Murray, Interim Director
1-916-732-4862 | Jon.Murray@smud.org 

Distribution Planning & Operations

Distribution Planning & Operations develops short-term and long-term plans for SMUD's distribution system to meet capacity, reliability and regulatory compliance requirements. The department is also responsible for the safe and reliable operation of SMUD’s distribution system to deliver energy to our customers.

Amandeep Singh, Director
1-916-732-5631 | Amandeep.Singh@smud.org

Transmission Planning & Operations

Transmission Planning & Operations (TP&O) develops short-term and long-term system plans for SMUD's transmission grid to meet energy serving capability, reliability and regulatory compliance requirements. TP&O manages and operates the assets that remotely control and monitor fuel to power generation sources and SMUD's Extra High Voltage Transmission, Generation, and Gas Pipeline System to deliver electrical energy to our distribution system. This department also operates the Balancing Authority of Northern California.

David Wilke, Director (interim)
1-916-732-5616 | David.Wilke@smud.org