James H. Malinowski
PLANNING AND OPERATIONS CONSULTANT

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • MS-Management, MS-Electrical Engineering, 31 years utility experience

  • Technical expertise in power transmission system planning and analysis

  • Expertise in resource planning and electric system operations

  • Background in real-time LAN/WAN network operational display systems


    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    CLARK COLLEGE Power Utilities Technology Instructor (2004 to Present) Hired in 2004 to develop and teach in a new program intended to attract students to utility craft careers and prepare those students to be strong candidates for apprentice positions in utilities and associated support businesses.

    Independent Consultant(1994 to Present)

  • Assisted in development of Technical Performance Standards for the Philippine Power Sector

  • Lead Engineer in revision and enhancement of the Philippine Grid and Distribution Codes.

  • Team Leader for development of the Grid Code for the Indonesian Java-Bali Electric Transmission Unit.

  • DESTEC Power Services negotiation team member, helped negotiate precedent setting Control Area and Transmission Service Agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. which allows DESTEC to use the PG&E system to market aggregated independent power producer energy in the western interconnection.

  • Review and evaluation of Sacramento Municipal Utility District Operations Computer Development Strategy.

  • Expert witness for Pacific Gas & Electric Company.


    Employee of Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco, California 1962 to 1993

    MANAGER, POWER CONTROL DEPARTMENT (1989 to 1993)

  • Directed 120-employee power control division of largest gas and electric utility in U.S.

  • Directed management of $85 million project to develop state-of-the-art energy management system, negotiated win-win contract settlement with vendor following performance problems and developed a high performance LAN/WAN-based system that distributed near real time data to 15,000 on-site and remote users company wide.

  • Acted as the company’s operations representative on the California Power Pool’s Engineering and Operations Committee and on the Western System Coordinating Council’s Operations Committee.

  • Provided leadership in the founding of the California-Oregon Border Ad Hoc Operations Committee which developed operating procedures for combined Pacific Intertie/California Oregon Transmission Project.

    ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT (1988 to 1989)

  • Completed 18 month interim assignment supporting company president

    MANAGER, TRANSMISSION PLANNING DEPARTMENT (1984 to 1988)

  • Managed the department responsible for analyzing the adequacy of the 500, 230, 115, 70 and 60 kV network to serve forecast loads and recommending reinforcement projects.

  • Acted as the company’s planning representative on the California Power Pool’s Engineering and Operations Committee and on the Western System Coordinating Council’s Planning Coordination Committee.

    RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION DIRECTOR (1984)

  • Coordinated RD&D program for engineering research department.

    SUPERVISING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (1979 to 1984)

  • Developed and analyzed electric resource expansion plans for generation planning department.

  • Participated in development of PG&E's marginal cost methodology.

    SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (1966 to 1979)

  • Completed transmission planning assignments in engineering planning department.

    STAFF ENGINEER (1962 to 1966)

  • Participated in design and start-up of high power Edison Electric Institute AC/DC transmission system model installed in Philadelphia.

  • Completed load flow and stability analysis for proposed Pacific AC/DC intertie which connected the Pacific Northwest with California.


    EDUCATION:

  • MS-Management, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1984

  • MSEE-Power Option, Texas A&M University, Texas, 1962

  • BSEE-Power Option, Washington State University, 1960

  • Battle Ground High School, 1956

    PROFESSIONAL LICENSE: Registered Electrical Engineer in California - E6350

    AFFILIATIONS: Senior Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society


    PUBLICATIONS:

  • The Value of LAN/WAN Based Operational Data Display Systems, IEEE Power Engineering Society Paper, 1995.

  • Power System Operation, 3rd Edition, 1993, McGraw-Hill, Inc.

  • Managing The System Under Deregulation, Pacific Coast Electrical AssociationPaper, 1993.

  • Dissemination of Electric Operation Information at PG&E, Pacific Coast Electrical Association Paper, 1993.

  • Integrated Support Systems for Electric Utility Operations, IEEE Computer Systems in Power Paper, 1992.

  • Operating Problems with Parallel Flows, IEEE Power Engineering Society, 1991.

  • Evaluation of Transmission Network Capacity Use For Wheeling Transactions, IEEE Power Engineering Society Paper, 1988.

  • Plug Into Electric Power, IEEE Potentials Magazine, February 1987.

    COMMUNITY SERVICE:

  • Past President and current Board Member, North Clark Historical Museum, Amboy, Washington.

  • Member of Board of Directors of Fish First, a volunteer group which assists property owners to restore and enhance Salmon hatitat. Past Habitat RestorationProject Manager and current Fish First representative on the Lewis River Hydro Project Aquatics Coordination Committee.

  • Past President (3 years) and member of Board of Directors of Clark County Citizens United, a grass roots moderate land use reform organization.

  • Past member of the Washington State University Power Professorship Advisory Panel.

  • Member and treasurer of the Mt. Valley Grange #79, Amboy, Washington

  • Member of the Clark County Critical Habitat Conservation and AgriForest Task Forces and the county ESA Advisory Committee

  • Co-Founder and President of The Friends of The Embarcadero Y. In 1972, that group successfully opposed plans to close the Embarcadero branch of the YMCA of San Francisco. The branch has since then proven to be the most valuable property owned by the association. Served as Finance Committee Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chairman and in twenty years of continuous membership on the branch Board of Managers. During that period the branch successfully completed a $16 million renovation project and now serves over 6000 members.

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