Chris leads AEMO’s Future Energy Systems department, whose core function is to establish and implement a strategy for the engineering and operational readiness efforts that will prepare Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) for future operational conditions, including 100% instantaneous contributions of renewables. In his 10 years at AEMO, Chris has overseen a progressive body of work to prepare for a high renewable power system, including the Future Power System Security Program, AEMO’s Renewable Integration Study (RIS), the NEM Engineering Framework, the Engineering Roadmap to 100% Renewables, and the Transition Plan for System Security.