Chuck Richardson joined South River Electric Membership Corp. in Dunn, North Carolina, in 2012, and currently operates as vice president of engineering. From 1985 to 2001, he worked with Duke Power Co. in the fields of electrical system design, transmission planning and power quality. He served on the IEEE Low-Voltage Surge Protection Committee and was awarded several Innovator awards from Electric Power Research Institute EPRI for developing a power-quality database and for contributing to EPRI’s Low-Voltage Shocking Guide.