Power
System Consulting: Moving the Power Grid into the
Future Michael
Milligan, Ph.D.
About
Dr.
Michael Milligan is an independent power system
consultant and Principal at Milligan Grid Solutions,
Inc. With more than 30 years’ experience in power
systems and wind/solar power integration, he has
authored/coauthored more than 220 technical articles,
book chapters, and reports.
For many years, Michael was a
significant contributor to the International Energy
Agency Task 25 Research Group: Large-scale
Integration of Wind Energy. Michael’s work at NREL
influenced the formation of the Energy Imbalance
Market (link here)that
is currently operating in the Western
Interconnection of the U.S., and the Pilot Project
on 5-Minute Scheduling in India (link here)
that is currently underway. He has
led/participated in numerous industry committees
including
Integrating Variable
Generation Task Force and Essential
Reliability Services Task Force at the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC)
Lead
for Power System Integration and Transmission Task
Force for the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind
Vision (link
here)
Lead
for Power System Integration and Transmission Task
Force for the U.S. Department of Energy's Hydro
Power Vision (link here)
Numerous
committees at Western Electricity Coordinating
Council (WECC)
Wind
and Solar Power Coordinating Committee, IEEE Power
and Energy Society
Michael
retired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
in 2017, where he was Principal Researcher in the
Power Systems Engineering Center. While at NREL he
received several distinguished awards, including:
·Lifetime Achievement Award
(2018), Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG,
formerly UVIG).
·Technical Achievement Award
(2012), from the Energy Systems Integration Group
·H.M Hubbard Award (2010) for
outstanding research contributions and leadership in
science and technology, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
·NREL Team Research Award
2010, Transmission and Grid Integration Group