Antons Kutjuns ([email protected]) received his Ph.D. degree from the Riga Technical University in 2006, where he focused on power system reliability. He is now head of the research and development division at JSC Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), the electricity transmission system operator in Latvia, where he has been working for 15 years. Parallel to his responsibilities at AST. Kutjuns conducts in-depth research on power system development, reliability, liberalized electricity market and renewable energy. To date, he has authored 36 scientific papers.