Bryan Hobson leads Idaho Power’s Reliability Engineering group and is a business lead for Idaho Power’s Grid Modernization program. Over his 27-year utility engineering career, Bryan has worked in distribution system engineering fields including power quality, protection and coordination, distribution modeling and planning, distributed generation interconnections and grid modernization. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and his Master of Engineering degree in Power Engineering from the University of Idaho. Bryan is a registered Professional Engineer in Idaho and a proud father and grandfather.