Xuan Wu

Post-Secondary Education

Ohio State University
Doctor of Philosophy
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professional Experience

Current Position:

Director, Transmission Planning & Interconnections
Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), Texas (ERCOT Region), 2025–Present

Responsible for leading ERCOT-compliant transmission planning, large-load interconnection studies, NERC/TRE reliability compliance, and long-term grid expansion strategy exceeding $120M annual capital portfolio. Active engagement in ERCOT working groups (ROS, PLWG, DWG, SSWG, LLWG).

Past Positions:

Senior Manager, T&D Standards & Emerging Technologies, AES US Utilities, 2023–2025

Manager, T&D Planning & Asset Management, AES Indiana, 2022–2023
Principal Engineer, Substation Equipment Standards, American Electric Power (AEP), 2020–2022

Engineer to Senior Engineer, Substation Engineering & Design Standards, AEP, 2014–2020

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Purdue University (Indianapolis), 2022–2024
Courses Taught: Electrical Distribution Systems; Electrical Machines

Executive Instructor, Transmission Planning for Modern Power Systems (EUCI)
Course: https://www.euci.com/event_post/transmission-planning/

  • Provide professional and executive-level instruction to utility engineers on transmission planning methodologies, reliability assessment, ERCOT/NERC frameworks, and grid expansion strategies.

Mentored 3+ PhD students, 5+ intern students, and 10+ junior engineers

Honors & Awards

Editorial Roles & Professional Service

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine
    • March/April 2023 Issue
    • July/August 2027 Issue
  • Technical Committee Program Chair (TCPC), IEEE PES Power System Operation, Planning, and Economics (PSOPE) Committee
  • Member, IEEE PES Long Range Planning Committee
  • Chair, IEEE Std. 18 Working Group
  • Member (Alternate), National Electric Safety Code (NESC) Subcommittee 2
  • Advisory Committee Member, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center

Professional Publications

R. Roychowdhury, X. Wu, and M. S. Illindala, “Delay-structured noise robust dynamic mode decomposition for power system modal estimation with faulty PMU data,” Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, vol. 44, Dec. 2025.

S. Zhu, R. Yao, Y. Xie, F. Qiu, Y. Qiu, and X. Wu, “Quantifying grid resilience against extreme weather using large-scale customer power outage data,” INFORMS Journal on Data Science, Sept. 2025

A. Inaolaji, X. Wu, R. Roychowdhury, and R. Smith, “Optimal allocation of battery energy storage systems for peak shaving and reliability enhancement in distribution systems,” Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 95, Aug. 2024.

H. Zhang, N. Diltz, R. Roychowdhury, and X. Wu, “Time Series Power Flow and Contingency Analysis with Weather Adjusted Line Ratings: A Synthetic WECC Case Study,” 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Seattle, WA, July 2024. (Best of Best Conference Paper)

X. Wu, A. J. Conejo, and J. Liu, “Coordination of resilience interventions by proactive consumers and the supplying utility,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 154, Dec. 2023

X. Wu, J. Liu, Y. Men, B. Chen, and X. Lu, “Optimal energy storage system and smart switch placement in dynamic microgrids with applications to marine energy integration,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 14, no. 2, April 2023.

X. Wu, J. Zhao, and A. J. Conejo, “Optimal battery sizing for frequency regulation and energy arbitrage,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 37, no. 3, June 2022.

X. Wu, A. J. Conejo, and S. Mathew, “Optimal siting of batteries in distribution systems to enhance reliability,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 36, no. 5, Oct. 2021.

X. Wu and A. J. Conejo, “Security-constrained ACOPF: incorporating multiple worst contingencies and discrete controllers,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 35, no. 3, May 2020. (Outstanding Journal Paper)

X. Wu, A. J. Conejo, and N. Amjady, “Robust security constrained ACOPF via conic programming: identifying the worst contingencies,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, no. 6, Nov. 2018. (Outstanding Journal Paper)

Published: July 25, 2026