Grant Glaus
Grant Glaus, P.E. based in Waitsburg, Washington. 27 years of experience with specialization in Electrical Investigations/Expert Witness, National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), OSHA 1910.268.
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About
Grant Glaus, P.E. has served on IEEE National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) committees since 2006 and is a member of the NESC Main Committee and NESC Subcommittee 5 Overhead Lines-Strength and Loading. Currently, he leads the training and safety business segment at ikeGPS, a technology company focused on the utility poles market, where he is responsible for teaching NESC, OSHA, and line design classes across the United States.
Grant has worked in the utility industry since 1999, engineering and managing transmission and distribution line projects, substation projects, electrical system planning studies, joint-use (power and communication) projects, and providing training in NESC, OSHA, and distribution line design. He is a member of IEEE, the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He began his career working for ten years with an engineering consulting firm providing engineering services and training to power and communication utilities, followed by fifteen years supervising and managing the engineering department at Columbia Rural Electric Association, before joining ikeGPS in 2023.
Specialties
Work Experience
Lead safety and training business segment. Trained power and communication utility employees in, and provided expert services for, the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), OSHA, line design, and other utility engineering and safety topics.
Cooperated as part of the management team on all aspects of the electric cooperative business. Responsible for all engineering functions of the cooperative. Created and ensured completion of capital budgets. Completed system planning and protection, including device settings and programming. Designed and staked transmission and distribution lines. Managed large substation and transmission projects.
Created and taught electric utility safety classes on the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), OSHA, line design, and other technical and safety topics. Aided in expert witness case preparation and accident investigation. Provided engineering consulting services for electric and communication utilities.
Responsible for engineering design and consulting for transmission and distribution line design, system long range planning, construction work plans, device coordination studies, environmental studies, joint use design, and more for electric utilities. Created and taught electric and communication utility safety classes on the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC).
Education
Capacitor Design for Distribution Systems, Single-Phase Transformer Testing, Arrester Application, Voltage Regulation, Avian Protection, SEL Real Time Automation Controller, SEL 351 and 651 Recloser Controls, Nuts and Bolts of Work Orders, Designing and Specifying Emergency Power Systems, Digital Protective Relaying Seminar, Comprehensive Substation Training, Overcurrent Protective Devices, Broadband Over Power Lines, AC Interference Effects on Pipeline and Railroad Systems, RUS Revised Distribution Construction Standards Seminar, and various Engineering and Operation Conferences including NorthWest Public Power Engineering & Operations Conference, IEEE Rural Electric Conference, TechAdvantage, Milsoft User Conference, Partner User Conference, and NISC Connect Conference.
Credentials & Licenses
Northwest Public Power Association
National Rural Electric Cooperative
State of Washington
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association