Steven Cavanagh Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, On, Ca

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Market Renewal (MRP) subject matter expert

•Manage the IESO-administered marketplace to ensure that a secure supply of energy, capacity and ancillary services are provided.•Ensure that adequate capacity and energy for demand, and reserve requirements are sufficient to comply with the Market Rules, Corporate, NERC, and NPCC standards.•Manage the security of the IESO-controlled grid including respecting all security limits•Manage the outage program.•Coordinate activities with other reliability authorities.•Direct switching on the ICG for equipment and system restoration.•Mentor and evaluate junior operations staff.Includes 30 month placement as the subject matter expert for Operations in Capital Projects working with IT and various vendors to develop and upgrade System and Market software.Performed duties in the IESO training department preparing and presenting training material for both new and continuing training programs. Prepared and presented training for post operation event review.Currently performing duties of System/Market Supervisor and Shift Manager.

Act as a Security Coordinator to assess and monitor the realtime operation of Ontario's bulk electricity grid and it's interconnections consistent with IESO, NPCC and NERC standards.

Ottawa, Canada Area

•Planned and performed field switching using a range of distribution equipment for the purpose of work protection for field crews and contingency power restoration.•Unsupervised operation of Chaudière GS hydraulic generating station located on the Ottawa River, downstream of Chats Falls and Hull-2.•Proposed, planned and developed a turn-key database application used to create and archive work protection documentation.•Proposed, planned and developed the first Ottawa Hydro public web site.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Participated in the construction and maintenance of the overhead and underground distribution system in Ottawa.