Zach Zimmerman is the Director of Research and Policy at Grid Strategies, where his work focuses on transmission and generation interconnection planning and benefits analysis, large loads and load forecasting, federal and state regulatory and legislative policy, and Advanced Transmission Technologies. He has authored or co-authored numerous Grid Strategies reports on these topics and leads the Advancing Modern Powerlines Coalition, a trade association focused on High Performance Conductors. Before joining Grid Strategies, Zach worked for the Energy Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a degree in Biochemistry from Goshen College.