GP Engineer of the Year 2016

Michael Maroncelli receives the Great Plains Region Engineer of the Year award from Regional Director Mike Ryan.

Michael Maroncelli has been named the Great Plains Region Engineer of the Year for 2016. He will join engineers for Reclamation's other regions and Denver in competing for the Reclamation's Engineer of the Year.

Michael is an electrical engineer in the Regional Office. He has conducted extensive power facility investigations to ensure Reclamation required operation and maintenance practices are being accomplished. This includes performing Reclamation-wide North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) / Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Internal Audits ensuring Reclamation compliance with NERC/WECC standards.

NERC/WECC activities include analyzing and mitigating generation affecting compliance with the reliability of the Bulk Electric System; preparing for audits; assisting in the development of auditing criteria and associated requirements; reviewing documentation and identifying compliance issues, critical assets and cyber security, mitigation plan development, and internal assessment of compliance.

In addition, he has taken on the oversight responsibilities of the Great Plains Region's radio program including compliance requirements, site inspections, and design activities and associated reviews. He participates in several Reclamation-wide teams in developing technical standards, performs reviews of technical data, test procedures and results, and technical reports for content and consistency; makes suggested improvements; maintains critical documentation and historical files including reports and technical data; research and develop­ment of several Reclamation Facility Instructions Standards and Techniques (FIST) manuals; and review and comments on several Reclamation Directive and Standards.

Published on January 11, 2017