Kevin brings over 40 years of electric system operations and market experience, starting as an electric distribution operator and finishing his career as the Senior Manager of PG&E’s Real-Time Energy Trading Department.
Kevin’s first 20 years of field experience included roles as a journeyman electric system operator (distribution, hydroelectric, and transmission). Subsequent years included a variety of operating and management roles.
With the implementation of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), Kevin worked closely with the CAISO from its inception in 1997 and was a key contributor to incorporating PG&E’s supply and demand portfolio assets into the CAISO electric market and dispatching demand and supply assets 24 x 7. An additional major milestone was the initial and continuous integration of the growing renewable portfolio into the market.
As the Senior Manager of PG&E’s Real-Time Energy Trading Department, Kevin is an expert in 24 x 7 trading operations, working with the CAISO and counterparties. Kevin provides extensive experience in complex portfolio optimization, hydroelectric watershed operation, real-time asset dispatch, scheduling, outage management, NERC compliance, and operating tools.
Most recently, Kevin worked as the Senior Manager of Distribution Market Operations assessing current and future operational impacts of Distributed Energy Resource integration. Studies included CAISO wholesale market participation of DERs, Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation (DERA), DERs providing distribution circuit equipment deferral solutions, DERs demonstration project development, and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems.