Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth: 12 December 1952

Nationality: British

Qualifications:

St John's College, Cambridge University (1971-1974)

Natural Sciences (specialising in Physics) B.A.

Awarded M.A. in 1977.

Member of Professional Institutions

Member of the Safety and Reliability Society (MSaRS)
Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers (MIEE)

Languages:

French (fluent)
Spanish (basics)
German, Italian ("restaurant language", ie enough to order drinks and a meal).

International Committee Membership

Between 1985 and 2000 I was a member of various CIGRE Committees dealing with Power System Reliability (WG38.03, later AG38.03) and the Value of Lost Load (TF 38.02.12)

Consultant (from 1 October 2001)

Since October 2001 I have been working as a self-employed Consultant. I have undertaken over thirty contracts over 12 clients, providing both technical and commercial advice. Of these contracts:

• 10 were system planning contracts, examining the system implications of connecting new power stations at various locations within the UK. The work covered not only the local connections, but also wider system implications. Of these contracts:-
  • 2 covered offshore windpower installations
  • 6 covered onshore windpower
  • 2 covered nuclear power stations
  • 3 of these contracts were for audit or "due diligence" work
• 18 were commercial contracts associated with analysing the payments made for connecting to, or using, the electricity system.
• 1 was technical, providing advice on overhead line ratings.
• 1 was technical dealing with Grid Code issues
• 1 was an electrical hazard analysis of a large industrial site
• 1 was a cost-benefit anayis into improving the reliability of electrical supplies to a specific site
• 1 was a lecture course on metering
• 1 was the reliability analysis of electrical connections to a large industrial complex

During 2007 I worked as Technical Consultant to the Combined Local Authorities at the Beauly- Denny public Inquiry in Scotland. This work involved:-

• Assisting in the preparation of the Statements of Case
• Preparing Precognitions and Rebuttal Precognitions
• Giving evidence, and being cross-examined on it
• briefing the Councils' advocate for her cross-examination of opposing witnesses.

National Grid Company, Commercial and System Strategy.

March 1992 to September 2001: Head of Network Analysis and Data

I led a team of 4 people, dealing with:

• Handling all the data required by the planning function


• Preparation of datasets for the Seven Year Statement.


• Collation of demand data from Public Electricity Suppliers.


• Liaison with System Users (Regional Electricity Companies, Non-Embedded Customers and Generation Companies).


• Preparation of technical appendices of National Grid Company's Seven Year Statement.

The data provided by customers was provided under the auspices of the Grid Code, and so this job required a detailed knowledge of the England and Wales Grid Code. As well as applying the Code, it was necessary to:

• interpret its requirements for customers


• sponsor Grid Code amendments to eliminate duplication, clarify NGC's requirements or eliminate ambiguity.

In addition I was National Grid’s "expert" in Power System Reliability analysis, looking at reliability of supply to several major customers. This involved providing specialist advice on reliability issues; the advice was provided both "in-house" and also to external clients.

Revision of CEGB's, subsequently NGC's, Transmission Security Standards to incorporate probabilistic techniques and cost benefit analysis.

• running load flow studies
• running fault level studies
• identifying the optimum balance between cost and reliability for proposed new connection points.

Specification of the technical parts of Connection Agreements between National Grid Company and its customers.

Provision of technical advice to support commercial negotiations on agreements for Ancillary Services.

Specification and Project Management of the development of computing models to support the planning process.

Submissions to OFFER on the Company's future capital expenditure programme.

Preparation of part of the Seven Year Statement.

April 1979 - September 1982 Planning Department, Generation Studies Branch, Environment Section.

This post entailed undertaking a number of environmental responsibilities, including:

• Pollution dispersion modelling



• Effects of acid rain.


• Environmental effects of windpower utilisation


• Serving as a member of Specialist Advisory Group 6 (SAG 6) of the Wind Energy Steering Committee (Department of Energy)

September 1974-April 1979 Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories.

Research Officer Corrosion and Component Integrity Section (1979-1980) and Tribology Section (1974 - 1979)

Overseas Work and Special Projects

• Australia: Contribution to consultancy reports on need for future generation, mid 1980's (work done in UK)
Malaysia: Analysis of reliability of Malaysian Transmission system, early 1990's (work done in UK)
Kazakhstan: Due diligence work on a possible purchase of the Kazakhstan transmission system by National Grid Company, October 1996 (work done in UK and Kazakhstan)
• Belgium: analysis of possible hazards from the high voltage electrical supplies to a large industrial plant, February 2005 (work done in Belgium).
• Jordan: provision of a course on metering to the Electricity Regulator.
• Nepal: analysis of the prospects for exporting power to India
• Italy: Due Diligence into purchase of Transmission Network.

Publications (External)

Reliability of the Transmission Connections to a Nuclear Power Station, 12th Inter-RAM Conference for the Electric Power Industry, Baltimore, 1985.

Evaluating the Reliability of the CEGB's Transmission System. 21st Universities Power Engineering Conference, London, 1986

Proportional Hazard Modelling in the Analysis of Transmission Failure Statistics. 5th EuReData Conference, Heidelberg, 1986

The Compatibility of Reliability Models with the Underlying Data Structure. Symposium, Bradford, 1988

The Environmental Impact of the Use of Large Wind Turbines. Wind Engineering Vol 7 No1, 1983

Approximately 50 internal reports on Reliability Analysis, Data Management, etc.