GEORGE GROSS

Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and
Professor, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education:

B. Eng. (Hons. Electrical Engineering), 1969, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
M.S. (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science), 1971, University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science), 1974, University of California at Berkeley

Experience:

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1993-present: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering working in the area of Power and Energy Systems with an additional appointment as Professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs: teaching and research in the areas of decision analysis, energy economics, regulatory policy, power systems analysis, planning, operations and control and renewable energy resources; responsible for teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses in Electricity Resource Planning, Power System Analysis, Power System Operations, Renewable Energy Systems and Engineering Decision Making Techniques; research in the areas of competitive electricity markets, transmission services planning and pricing, power system simulation/visualization tools, integration of renewable resources into the grid, assessment of impacts of electricity industry restructuring and the development of effective strategies for dealing with them

Key accomplishments include: the spearheading of new research directions in the markets, restructuring, grid cyber security and transmission investment; introduction of several new courses into the curriculum; the organization of national annual conferences on regulatory policy issues; the supervision of M.S. and Ph.D. students; the establishment and direction of the annual Edison Electric Institute School for Power System Operations and Planning which became The Transmission Business School; active participation in industry restructuring forums including appearances before FERC, NARUC and state regulatory agencies; development of several short courses for industry.

• Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano and Universita di Pavia: Visiting Professor during the academic year 1999-2000; conducted research on projects with staff of the three Italian institutes of higher learning and presented various lectures on electricity restructuring and economics.
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) , Electrical Systems and Integrated Energy Systems Divisions, Palo Alto, CA, 1992-93: one-year visiting appointment with responsibilities for developing research programs in transmission services and costing, resource evaluation and strategic planning.
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company , San Francisco, CA, 1974-1992: broad utility industry experience in several managerial, policy and technical positions in systems engineering, management science, resource planning and strategic planning.
• Various consulting assignments including engagements with EDS Management Consulting Services (USA), ENEL (Italy), CESI (Italy), TransEnergie (Canada), NEMMCO(Australia), Canadian Electricity Association, Iberdrola Instituto Technologico (Spain), Electric Power Research Institute, the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (Mexico), TaiPower (Taiwan) and with United Nations Industrial Development Organization as expert on its technical missions in Chile.

Professional Activities:

Editor, Transactions on Power Systems, 1998-2002

Chairman and founder, Power System Analysis, Computing and Economics Committee, IEEE Power Engineering Society (1994-98)

Chair, Computer and Analytical Methods Subcommittee, IEEE Power Engineering Society (1984-94)

Executive Chairman of PICA Conference, 1985; member of PICA Board (1985 – 2001)

Member of Executive Committee of U.S. National Committee of CIGRE (1988-2005)

Member of the Editorial Board of ELECTRA publication of CIGRE (2002 – present)

Member of utility industry organizations such as EEI System Planning Committee (1987-92), EPRI PSPO Task Force (1989-91) and EEI Transmission Access Technical Task Force (1990-92)

Honors:

• The Institute of Management Science Franz Edelman Management Science Achievement Award for innovative use of management science in development and implementation of a comprehensive hydro scheduling system for PG&E’s hydro resources (1985)
• IEEE Power Engineering Society’s Power Engineering Committee Award for best paper (1980)
• Fellow of the IEEE for contribution to computer applications for power system engineering
• Best Paper Award in Restructuring the Electric Power Industry:Emerging Issues, Methods and Tools Segment of Advanced Technology Track, Hawaii Internat. Conf. on System Sciences (HICSS - 30), 1997
• IEEE Power Engineering Society Education Committee Prize Paper Award, 1998
• IEEE Power Engineering Society Prize Paper Award in 1999

Partial List of Representative Publications

F. F. Wu and G. Gross, "Probabilistic Simulation Of Power System Operation For Production Cost And Reliability Evaluation," Proc. of the Special Session on Power Systems, 1977 IEEE ISCAS, Phoenix, AZ, IEEE Publication 77 CH 1188-2 CAS, pp. 877-899, Apr. 1977.

G. Gross, C. F. Imparato and P. M. Look, "A Tool For The Comprehensive Analysis Of Power System Dynamic Performance," IEEE Trans. Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. PAS-101, pp. 226-334, Jan. 1982.

D. P. Clancy, G. Gross and F. F. Wu, "Probabilistic Flows For Reliability Evaluation Of Multi-Area Power System Interconnections," Internat. Journ.of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 5(2), pp.101-114, 1983.

Y. Ikura, G. Gross and G. S. Hall, "PG&E's State-Of-The-Art Scheduling Tool For Hydro Systems," Interfaces, vol. 16:1, pp. 65-82, Jan./Feb. 1986.

G. Gross and F. Galiana, "Short-Term Load Forecasting," Proc. IEEE, Special Issue on Computers in Power System Operations, pp. 82-107, Dec. 1987.

G. Gross, N. V. Garapic and B. McNutt, "The Mixture Of Normals Approximation Technique For Equivalent Load Duration Curves," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 3, pp. 368-374, May 1988.

S. J. Burns and G. Gross, "Value Of Service Reliability," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 5, pp. 825-834, Aug. 1990.

K. Staschus, J. P. Davidson, G. Gross, D. M. Logan, S. M. Perone, D. Shirmohammadi and A. F. Vojdani , "A Multi-Attribute Evaluation Framework For Electric Resource Acquisition In California," International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 73-80, Apr. 1991.

T. J. Overbye, P. W. Sauer, C. M. Marzinzik and G. Gross, "A User-Friendly Simulation Program For Teaching Power System Operations," IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. PWRS-10, pp. 1725-33, Nov.1995.

T. J. Overbye, G. Gross, M. J. Laufenberg and P. W. Sauer, "Visualizing Power System Operations In An Open Market," IEEE Computer Applications in Power, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 53-58, January 1997.

G. Gross and S. Tao, "A Physical-Flow-Based Approach to Allocating Transmission Losses in a Transaction Framework," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 15:2, pp 631-637, May 2000.

G. Gross and D. Finlay, “Generation Supply Bidding in Perfectly Competitive Electricity Markets,” Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory Special Issue On User Competition In Operations Management, vol. 6, pp 83-98, May 2000.

A. Borghetti, G. Gross, and C. A. Nucci, "Auctions With Explicit Demand-Side Bidding in Competitive Markets," The Next Generation of Unit Commitment Models, B. Hobbs and M. Rothkopf, eds., Kluwer Academic Press, 2000.

G. Gross and S. Tao, "A Congestion Management Allocation Mechanism for Multiple Transaction Networks," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 17:3, p. 826-833, August 2002.

G. Gross, S. Tao, E. Bompard and G. Chicco, "Unbundled Reactive Support Service: Key Characteristics and Dominant Cost Component," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 17:2, pp. 283-289, May 2002.

S. Oren, G. Gross and F. Alvarado, "Alternative Business Models for Transmission Investement and Operation," National Transmission Grid Study Issue Papers, U.S. Department of Energy, May 2002.

E. Bompard, P. Correia, G. Gross and M. Amelin, "Transmission Congestion-Management Schemes: A Comparative Analysis Under a Unified Framework," IEEE Trans. Power Syst., 18(1), pp. 346-352, 2003.

M.Liu and G.Gross, “Framework for the Design and Analysis of Congestion Revenue Rights,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 19:1, pp. 243-251, Feb. 2004.

G. Gross and E. Bompard, “Optimal Power Flow Application Issues In The Pool Paradigm,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 26, issue 10, pp. 787-796, Dec. 2004.