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GREGORY S. VASSELL
GREGORY S. VASSELL
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Shortly thereafter, he emigrated to the United States, where he began his career as an assistant engineer at the American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP)
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He also delivered a number of talks and lectures on various aspects of power system planning and operation in general, and on extra-high-voltage transmission planning, generating capacity reserve planning, pumped-storage hydro planning, electric bulk power supply reliability, power plant siting, load forecasting, generating capacity efficiency and reliability, and the structure of the electric utility industry. In addition, he testified before congressional committees and state legislatures and appeared on innumerable occasions as an expert witness before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC; and its predecessor, the Federal Power Commission)
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for his contribution "to the planning of reliable and economic electric power systems," and two years later he was elected to the NAE. In 1995 he received CIGRE USNC's Philip Sporn Award, which is presented for "career contributions to the advancement of the concept of system integration in the theory, design, and/or operation of large, high-voltage electric systems in the United States." He traveled frequently, both professionally and as a tourist.
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