Sam Holeman is vice president of Grid Integration Strategy for Duke Energy. He is supporting projects that align and prepare Duke Energy for the energy future ahead of us. He led the group responsible for the real-time monitoring and control of the company’s bulk electric transmission system including other functional areas of system planning and operations including operations engineering, operations training, transmission planning, operational technology, operations services, transmission tariff and customer support for over 7 years. He assumed his current position in March 2024.
Previously, Holeman was Duke Energy’s director of engineering and training for the system planning and operations function. During his over 40-year career with the company, Holeman has held leadership positions in various areas of system planning and operations, including system operations, engineering, and training. Holeman holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Clemson University. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Queens University.
Holeman was formerly certified by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as a System Operator-Reliability Coordinator and is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and South Carolina. He is a past chairman of the operating committees for both NERC and the SERC Reliability Corporation. SERC is a nonprofit regulatory authority that promotes effective and efficient administration of bulk power system reliability in all or parts of 16 central and southeastern states. He is currently serving on the NERC Large Load Task Force.
Holeman grew up in North Augusta, S.C. He and his wife, Jodi, have three daughters and seven grandchildren. In addition to spending quality time with his family, Holeman enjoys teaching children’s Life Group at his church.
Holeman is a keynote speaker for the NASPI Hybrid Work Group Meeting and Vendor Show - Fall 2026.
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Duke Energy, one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States, supplies and delivers electric services to approximately 7.9 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. The company also distributes natural gas services to approximately 1.6 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Its commercial business operates a growing renewable energy portfolio across the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 150 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.