Power Expert Witnesses

Winnetka, Illinois

Energy, Failure Analysis - Power generation, steam, power plant, operation, turbine, commissioning, solar, performance, insurance, construction, defect, efficiency, turbine, boiler, contractor, design build, EPC, infrastructure, gas, coal

Expert witness on multiple technical and commercial issues in arbitration, state and federal court, and in front of regulatory commission environments. Deep expertise in power plant development, construction, operating and maintenance, and asset management. Numerous evaluations and audits of generating portfolios, including review of business processes and identifying/quantifying improvement opportunities/potential threats. Technologies include coal, oil, natural gas, wood, and waste-fueled facilities, simple and combined cycle power stations, and spark and diesel reciprocating engine-based power plants. Green energy experience, including, wind energy construction, smart grid implementation, building energy conservation measures, battery storage, and both concentrated and photo-voltaic solar generation. Experience extends to large process plants as well. Experienced in all aspects of infrastructure projects and programs in both the public and private sectors: development, financi...

Annapolis, Maryland

Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, power plant, nuclear, gas turbine, generator, engineering, relays, design, contractor, commissioning, marine, Electrical Power, Utility, Power, Electrical Generation, Generation

SUMMARY Mr. Haaland has thirty four years experience in power production, design, construction, and commissioning, with 27 years managing people and projects. He is a registered professional engineer in Maryland and held a Senior Reactor Operator’s license at Indian Point #3 Nuclear Power Plant. Experience is in conventional, nuclear, and alternate fuel power plant mechanical and electrical systems management, design, construction, plant outage management, start-up, performance testing, and operation. He has performed as Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Commissioning Manager for several Greenfield power projects. He has successfully engineered, estimated, planned, executed work, and provided troubleshooting services for power plants of varied prime movers. His has been instrumental in meeting contractual and schedule requirements. EDUCATION AND COMMITTIES BSME, New York Institute of Technology, 1980 IEEE-45.1 Shipboard Power Systems – Design Committee ASSOCIATIONS...

Boston, Massachusetts

Energy, Electricity - Renewable, Transmission, Power, Electricity, Natural Gas, Turbines, Solar, Wind, Coal, PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, NYISO, Trading, Generation, ISO-NE, SPP, Nuclear, Powerplant, Hydroelectricity

Christopher Russo has testified in litigation and regulatory matters on issues regarding the economics, planning, operation, and manipulation of energy markets and has testified numerous times at trial in numerous countries. He has testified more than 40 times during his career in multiple venues. He advises domestic and international clients in the electricity and gas industries in the areas of investment strategy and economic analysis, asset valuation, energy technology, and generation and transmission development. His expertise covers electricity and gas markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and worldwide. He has led the diligence on more than 100 different assets during his career. Mr. Russo also served on the Board of Directors of Neuco, a Boston-based company which provides software to enable AI and neural network control of thermal power plants. Mr. Russo started the Energy practice from a team of six people, growing it to over sixty as the Practice Lead...

Madison, Mississippi

Electrical Engineering, Electricity - power, generation, renewables, interconnection, utility, substation, high voltage, medium voltage, low voltage, transformer, circuit breaker, switch, metering, protective relays, protection & control, batteries, BESS, transmission, solar, wind

Mr. Rich is an electrical engineer with 40 years of experience in many aspects of electric power system design, installation, operation, and maintenance. His expertise includes distribution, sub-transmission, and transmission systems upwards to 500 kV and generation and industrial plant distribution systems of 34.5 kV down to 480 VAC. Mr. Rich previously led project teams in the development of electrical substation and other large electrical EPC projects. In addition, he held leadership positions at national engineering and Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) firms that specialized in protection and control and acted as a sales/application engineer to support advanced relaying, metering, and communication equipment and systems. Mr. Rich has worked internationally and has been a project manager and lead engineer on many electric air and gas insulated substations and other specialized power projects such as static var compensator, cycloconverter, series compensation, harmonic filters...

New Jersey

Engineering, Construction Defects - Standard of care, construction defect, construction delay, engineering, mechanical engineering, HVAC, project management, construction schedule analysis, manufacturing, product liability, power, refrigeration, fire, explosion, automotive, forensics, failure analysis, engineering standard of care

Registrations • Professional Engineer: PA (PE075410) • American Bar Association (ABA) – Construction Forum • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Act Certification – Universal (includes Chillers, HVAC & Refrigeration) • United States Patent & Trademark Office Registered (USPTO) Professional Affiliations • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) • American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Engineering (ASHRAE) • American Arbitration Association (AAA) • Certified Energy Manager (CEM) • Product Developers and the Manufacturers Association PDMA Supermarket Heating Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (HVACR) Matter – Florida - Provided expert witness field inspection and investigation of relevant HVACR and mechanical systems causing wet conditions via condensation. Guided counsel in deposition questions and developed the case strengths and weaknesses yielding a negotiated settlement favorable to our client. Warehouse Distribut...

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Engineering, Construction Defects - Standard of care, construction defect, construction delay, engineering, mechanical engineering, HVAC, project management, construction schedule analysis, manufacturing, product liability, power, refrigeration, fire, explosion, automotive, forensics, failure analysis, engineering standard of care

Registrations • Professional Engineer: PA (PE075410) • American Bar Association (ABA) – Construction Forum • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Act Certification – Universal (includes Chillers, HVAC & Refrigeration) • United States Patent & Trademark Office Registered (USPTO) Professional Affiliations • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) • American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Engineering (ASHRAE) • American Arbitration Association (AAA) • Certified Energy Manager (CEM) • Product Developers and the Manufacturers Association PDMA Supermarket Heating Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (HVACR) Matter – Florida - Provided expert witness field inspection and investigation of relevant HVACR and mechanical systems causing wet conditions via condensation. Guided counsel in deposition questions and developed the case strengths and weaknesses yielding a negotiated settlement favorable to our client. Warehouse Distribut...