Kristina Hamachi LaCommare is a Program Manager in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. On the research side, she analyzes efforts to track distribution electricity reliability, assess the cost of power interruptions to U.S. electricity customers, and improve the methods used to calculate and report reliability metrics and has also helped DOE support the preparation of the National Electric Transmission Congestion Study. She works with a number of groups in the Energy Technologies Area to help manage group finances, subcontracts, and budgets.