WECC-0116 PRC-006-WECC-CRT-2h
Underfrequency Load Scheduling
Request to Change Periodicity
Drafting Team Roster
Below please find a biographical snapshot for the members of the WECC-0116, PRC-006-WECCCRT-2, Underfrequency Load Scheduling, Request to Change Periodicity Drafting Team.
Name
Biography
Chris Pink-Chair
Mr. Pink is the Chair of the Underfrequency Load Shedding Review Group and a
drafting team member for the original PRC-006-WECC-CRT-1, Underfrequency
Load Shedding project.
Merrill Brimhall
Mr. Brimhall has 35 years of experience in the electric power industry. He
began his career at WSCC and PacifiCorp doing a variety of engineering tasks
including transmission planning, substation design, transmission line design and
economics. Mr. Brimhall also worked as a project manager in the generation
department and worked on completion of a number of Wind farm installations.
Nathan Powell
Mr. Powell has 13 years of experience in power systems: planning, engineering,
design, system assessments, compliance, supervision, interconnection studies,
published research, modeling and simulations. His degrees are as follows:
Bachelor of Science – Electrical Engineering - Brigham Young University
Master of Science – Electrical Engineering - University of Idaho
W. Shannon
Black
Mr. Black holds his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University,
Bakersfield and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA. Mr. Black has been involved with
mandatory standards since 2007 serving in contracts, regulatory, and
compliance roles with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) from
1998 through 2008 and with the WECC Standards Department from 2008 to
present. Mr. Black has moderated over 400 drafting team meetings and
brought to conclusion an estimated 40 WECC projects developed under the
Reliability Standards Development Procedures (Procedures) or their
predecessor processes. Prior to coming to WECC Mr. Black served on various
NERC drafting teams.
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