George Becker

George Becker is a Principal Engineer and GIS Expert at POWER Engineers Inc. He is responsible for the engineering of major substation projects and equipment specifications for air-insulated and gas-insulated switchgear. Mr. Becker has a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York Maritime College, an M.S in Electric Power Engineering from New York University and an MBA from the University of New Haven. Mr. Becker is a licensed Professional engineer in the States of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Mr. Becker is an IEEE Senior Member on the Substations Committee and Switchgear Committee and he is Past Chairman of the Gas-Insulated Substations Subcommittee. He is also a member of CIGRE Working groups on Alternative Gases to SF6 and Field Testing of GIS and is a past member of the ISO-New England System Design Task Force. Mr. Becker has held various positions in the electric utility industry including Technical Executive for the Electric Power Research Institute, Manager of Transmission and Substation Engineering at The United Illuminating Company, Principal Substation Engineer at The United Illuminating Company, Manager of Substation Engineering at Northeast Utilities Service Company and Senior Substation Project Engineer at Northeast Utilities Service Company. Mr. Becker has authored and co-authored various IEEE Conference papers and texts.