Paul Hines

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Chief Scientist & VP, Power Systems at EnergyHub, Data Science and Power Systems Intelligence

Paul Hines
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Alma mater(s)
  • PhD, Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
  • BS, Electrical Engineering, Seattle Pacific University
Affiliated Department(s)
  • University of Vermont School of Engineering, L. Richard Fisher Professor, March 2015 to present; Associate Professor, September 2014 to 2022; Assistant Professor, December 2007 to August 2014; secondary appointment in Computer Science, April 2007 to 2022.

BIO

Paul Hines is Chief Scientist and VP, Power Systems at EnergyHub, where he leads the Data Science and Power Systems Intelligence (dataPSI) team. His team develops and maintains advanced control, prediction, analysis and machine learning algorithms for the EnergyHub's DERMS. Paul joined EnergyHub in 2021 through the acquisition of Packetized Energy, a distributed energy software startup, where he was co-founder and CEO. From 2007-2021, Paul was a professor in electrical engineering where he led research on energy reliability, resilience and distributed energy technology. Formerly he worked in power systems engineering roles at the US National Energy Technology Laboratory, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Alstom ESCA, and Black and Veatch. Paul earned a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007, and MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering, with a power systems focus, from the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University.

Publications

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Area(s) of expertise

Electric energy, network science, cascading failures, electrification, renewable energy

Bio

Paul Hines is Chief Scientist and VP, Power Systems at EnergyHub, where he leads the Data Science and Power Systems Intelligence (dataPSI) team. His team develops and maintains advanced control, prediction, analysis and machine learning algorithms for the EnergyHub's DERMS. Paul joined EnergyHub in 2021 through the acquisition of Packetized Energy, a distributed energy software startup, where he was co-founder and CEO. From 2007-2021, Paul was a professor in electrical engineering where he led research on energy reliability, resilience and distributed energy technology. Formerly he worked in power systems engineering roles at the US National Energy Technology Laboratory, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Alstom ESCA, and Black and Veatch. Paul earned a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007, and MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering, with a power systems focus, from the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University.

Publications

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Areas of Expertise

Electric energy, network science, cascading failures, electrification, renewable energy

Publications

  • C.T.M. Clack, S.A. Qvist, J. Apt, S.J. Davis, V. Diakov, M. Handschy, P. Hines, P. Jaramillo, D.M. Kammen, M.G. Morgan, J.F. Whitacre, J. Sweeney, D.G. Victor, G.R. Tynan, J.C.S. Long, V. Sivaram, A. Brandt, J.P. Weyant, and K. Caldeira, Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 114, no.26, June 27, 2017. (Open access)
  • Paul Hines, Ian Dobson and Pooya Rezaei, Cascading Power Outages Propagate Locally in an Influence Graph that is not the Actual Grid Topology, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 32, no. 2, 2017. (Open access)
  • Mert Korkali, Jason G. Veneman, James P. Bagrow, Brian F. Tivnan and Paul D.H. Hines, Reducing Cascading Failure Risk by Increasing Infrastructure Network Interdependence, Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 44499, 2017. (Open access)
  • Pooya Rezaei, Paul Hines and Margaret Eppstein, Estimating Cascading Failure Risk with Random Chemistry, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 5, 2015.
  • Pooya Rezaei, Jeff Frolik, and Paul Hines. Packetized Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charge Management. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 642-650, 2014.

Associations and Affiliations

  • Packetized Energy, Co-founder of a clean energy software startup based on IP developed at the University of Vermont, May 2016 to present.
  • Santa Fe Institute, External Faculty Member, 2018 to present.
  • Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, Adjunct research faculty member, 2007 to present
  • Santa Fe Institute, visiting faculty member (sabbatical appointment), September 2014 to June 2015
  • Burlington Electric Department, Commissioner, 2009 to 2012; Vice-chair, 2011 to 2012