People

E.D. (Ev) Lucenti – President

Power Decisions Consulting Inc - President, 1998 to present

Ontario Hydro (1967-1998)

Manager-Operations Planning (April 2, 1998-December 1998-Retired) (Executive Staff)
Manager - System Operations (1996-April 1, 1998) (Executive Staff)
Operating Manager (1992 - 1996) Clarkson System Control Centre
Superintendent - Control Operations (1988 - 1991)
Senior System Control Officer - Operations (1986 - 1987)
Senior Control Supervisor (1980 - 1985)
Control Supervisor (1978 - 1980)
Assistant Control Supervisor (1971 - 1977)
Electrical Operator - Regions (Hydraulic and Transmission) (1967 - 1970)

International Experience
Korea

China

Canada China Electric Power Consultants (CCEPC), Team Leader for planning Energy Management Systems/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems for four South Provinces in China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou) (1994-1997)
CCEPC Team Leader for Interconnection Agreements training, and preparation of draft Interconnection Agreements for four South Provinces of China (1994-7)
CCEPC Team Leader for Power System Operations review for the four South Provinces of China (1994-1997)

Costa Rica and Mexico

Team Member to provide Operations Expertise for exploratory visits to Costa Rica and Mexico with OHI/Paramax EMS team (1994)

Jim Cyrulewski - Associate

President- JDRJC Associates LLC established September, 2006
37 years of experience in the electricity utility business working for initially Detroit Edison and then ITCTransmission.
Vice President for Operations Policy for ITC. Responsible for internal reviews of ECAR, Reliability First and NERC SARs and Standards and development of company responses.
Concurrently served on the Board of Reliability First Corporation in its initial startup year. Worked with staff to develop goals and objectives.
Vice President for Operations for ITC and responsible for the transition of Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator functions from Detroit Edison to ITC. This included the installation of a new EMS system in 13 months.
Manager of Michigan Electric Power Coordination Center that operated the Michigan Electric Coordinated System (MECS) Control Area for Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison. Responsible for project that integrated MECS into Midwest ISO.
Serve as Chairman of NERC Functional Model Working Group
Member of Balancing Resources and Demand Standards Drafting Team
Served on numerous other ECAR and NERC operating committees and subcommittees.

Daniel Schmidt – Associate

President- Dan Schmidt and Associates Inc established July, 2003
30 years of experience in the electricity utility business the majority of that period in the support and supervision of bulk electricity system operations with Ontario Hydro and subsequent companies
Assisted in the transition from the vertically integrated company to the open market concept
Manager of Market Facilitation: Development of the market rules, the energy management tools, market procedures, security operations, and training of staff within the IMO and external market participants. Forecasts and Assessment functions for the period 1-34 days into the future. Integration of transmission and generation facilities, and load demands into adequacy plans for control room implementation within the market rules
Manager of System Operation
System Control Centre Operations
Station Operation

Tom Hess - Associate

President - Tom Hess & Associates Inc. 2005
31 years of experience in the electricity utility business
Shift Superintendent – Operations, IESO (2001–2006) (Retired)
Assistant Control Supervisor – Operations, Ontario Hydro (1980-1990)
Control Supervisor – Operations, Ontario Hydro (1990-1999)
Electrical Operator – Hydroelectric & Transmission, Ontario Hydro (1975-1980)
NERC Certified System Operator Reliability (2004–2009)
IESO Representative, NPPC CO-1 Working Group (2001-2004)
NERC Certified System Operator (1999–2004)
Ontario Operations Representative, Manitoba-Ontario Transmission Subcommittee (1996-1999)
Small Business IT and Networks Specialist

Norm Jary – Associate

President, Jary and Associates Consulting Inc. 2006
31 years of experience in the electricity utility business
Manager Operating Networks, Ontario Grid Control Center, Hydro One, 2004-2005
Manager, Operating Planning, Ontario Grid Control Center, Hydro One, 2001-2003
Manager, Transmission Operating Management Center, Hydro One, 1998-2001
Manager, Outage Management, Transmission Operation Management Center,1998-1999
Section Head, Senior Control Officer, Outage Management, Central Market Operator, Ontario Hydro, 1994-1998
Senior Control Officer, System Security, System Control Centre, Ontario Hydro, 1989-1994
System Operation, Shift Operations, Control Supervisor, production and security, System Control Center, Ontario Hydro, 1980-1989
Transmission and Generation Operation experience, various transmission and Generation Stations, Ontario Hydro. 1975-1980
Project Manager, NERC readiness audit preparation, Hydro One, 2006
Hydro One voting member of NPCC, TFCO, 2000-2006
Involved in various aspects of developing one center concept for transmission and distribution operations within the province of Ontario. Including organizational, procedural and facilities design along with the amalgamation of 13 operating centers into 1 center.2000-2004
Amalgamated 4 regional operating centers to form the Transmission Operations Management Center as a first step towards a one center concept.1998-2000
Member of the Transfer Pricing Team and various market rule development teams. Ontario Hydro 1995-1999

Kelly Babcock

Todd Babcock, CEET, PMP, MCP

Karen Lucenti