The Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) is being established to enhance electricity delivery modernization and provide senior-level counsel to the US Department of Energy (DOE) on the deployment of smart grid technologies, research and development of energy storage technologies, renewable energy resource system integration and new transmission infrastructure.

In his 34 years of experience in the electric utility industry, Mr McDonald has developed power application software for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), energy management system and SCADA-distribution management system applications, developed distribution automation, load management systems and has assisted intelligent electronic device (IED) suppliers in the automation of their IEDs.