Dave Hilt

David W. Hilt, P.E., Vice President of Regulatory Services, has over 33 years of experience in electric power system engineering and regulatory activities. He has been a manager responsible for the design, specification, and construction of electric substations from distribution to EHV including protective relaying. He has also managed transmission and resource planning activities for a major Midwestern utility providing expert testimony before FERC and state regulators. Mr. Hilt has directed the development and installation of state estimation and OASIS systems for a Midwestern Reliability Coordination Center. As a Vice President at NERC, he led the development of the compliance monitoring and enforcement program for the bulk-power system reliability standards in North America working closely with the industry, FERC, and Canadian regulatory authorities. He also developed audit programs and event analysis and investigation prorocess. While at NERC he led the investingation of the August 2003 blackout in the Northeastern United States and Canada providing the technical input to the U.S. – Canada Power System Outage Task Force report.

Areas of Expertise

  • NERC Reliability Standards, compliance, and event analysis/investigation
  • Regulatory interface, testimony, and support
  • Bulk-power system planning, design, and operations
  • Project development and management

Experience and Background

  • Over 33 years of industry experience
  • Vice President, North American Electric Reliability Corp. 1999 – 2010
  • Director, Mid-America Interconnected Network Inc. 1996 – 1999
  • Various Management Positions, Central Illinois Public Service 1983 – 1996
  • Design Engineer, Missouri Utilities Company 1978 – 1983

Accomplishments and Industry Recognition

  • Registered Professional Engineer in Missouri and Illinois
  • IEEE senior member
  • EPRI Innovators award recipient
  • Published articles in several trade journal

Education

  • Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering – Power Systems Focus – University of Missouri - Rolla – 1977

David Hilt can be contacted at dhilt@quanta-technology.com