Henry Chao, PhD, Executive Advisor, Vice President, RTO/ISO Markets, has over 25 years of leadership and technical management experience in delivering technology solutions and professional services to the electric utility industry with a focus on system planning, operations, engineering, project development, markets, and regulations. Dr. Chao has a strong academic background, including a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and Executive MBA training programs at Duke and Harvard.
Areas of Expertise
Electric Generation and Transmission
- Market Fundamentals Analysis
- Energy Economics
- Policy and Reliability Compliance
- System Planning and Market Design
- Transmission Capacity and Resource Adequacy
Experience & Background
- Years of experience in the electric power industry………………………………………………1991–Present
- Vice President, RTO/IPO Markets, General Administration, Quanta Technology……..2017–Present
- Principal Consultant, Electric Energy Services & Advisors ……………………………………2016–2017
- VP of System & Resource Planning, NYISO………………………………………………………2007–2016
- Group VP of Services Technology, ABB/Electric Systems Consulting (ESC)…………..1997–2007
- Senior Engineer/Project Manager, Siemens/PTI…………………………………………………1991–1997
Accomplishments & Industry Recognition
- Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Member of International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE)
- Member of the IEEE Risk and Reliability and Probability Methods Subcommittee, System Economics Subcommittee, System Control Center Subcommittee, and Power System Planning Committee
- Authored over 50 papers for IEEE, CIGRE, and other industry conferences
Education
- PhD, Elec. Eng. & Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991
- MS, Elec. Eng. & Comp. Sci., Nanjing Automation Research Institute, China, 1984
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, China, 1982
· EMBA Training Programs:
- The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2000 and 2001
- Government School, Harvard University, 2006