Ligong Gan

Ligong Gan currently serves as a Lead Engineer at AESO, specializing in connection technical rules and reliability standards, along with various engineering services for transmission projects since October 2011. Previously, Ligong held the role of Manager at AESO, focusing on functional specifications and modeling data submissions for transmission projects. At Red Deer Electric Utility, from August 1996 to September 2011, Ligong was responsible for long and short-term capital plans, electricity rates, and the utility's operating budget, in addition to overseeing day-to-day operations and compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Earlier in the career, Ligong worked as a Supervisor managing energy procurement and regulatory compliance at Red Deer Electric Utility, and as an Engineer at EPCOR responsible for generation planning and emerging technologies in a deregulated market. Ligong holds a Master's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and Chongqing University, as well as a Bachelor's Degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University.