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| Brendan Kirby, P.E., Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Brendan Kirby is a private consultant with numerous clients including AWEA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EPRI and others. He recently retired as a senior researcher with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Power Systems Research Program. He has 33 years of electric utility experience, has been working on restructuring and ancillary services since 1994 and spot retail power markets since 1985. Brendan’s interests include electric industry restructuring, bulk system reliability, ancillary services, wind power integration, renewable resources, demand side response, distributed resources, energy storage, and advanced analysis techniques. He has published over 120 papers, articles, and reports. He has participated in the NERC/FERC reliability readiness reviews of balancing authorities and reliability coordinators, performed field investigations for the US/Canada Investigation Team for the 2003 Blackout, and has appeared as an expert witness in FERC and state litigation. He has conducted research projects concerning restructuring for the NRC, DOE, EEI, AWEA, UWIG, numerous utilities, state regulators, and EPRI. Brendan is a licensed Professional Engineer with a M.S degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Option) from Carnegie-Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. |
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