| Date | Event | Pillars of Transformation |
| April 2005 | Establishment of the Galvin Electricity Initiative | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| July 2005 | “Transforming Electricity Service, Reliability and Value for the 21st Century”: Work Plan Summary for the Galvin Electricity Initiative developed and published. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| June 2006 | The Galvin Electricity Initiative initial Microgrid Workshop was held in Chicago and attended by industry leaders to engage the microgrid and related technology community with the Galvin Electricity Initiative. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| November 2006 | Development of Master-Controller Requirements and Specification for Perfect Power Systems as defined by the Galvin Electricity Initiative. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| October 2007 | The Galvin Electricity Initiative worked with the Illinois Institute of Technology on a Perfect Power System design for the University’s campus. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinkingBuild prototypes that demonstrate the possibilities |
| December 2007 | In New Mexico, the Initiative designed a Perfect Power System for Mesa del Sol, a mixed-use community built on a 20-square-mile parcel of land on the edge of Albuquerque. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking
Build prototypes that demonstrate the possibilities |
| September 2008 | Published by McGraw-Hill and widely distributed, the Perfect Power Book co-authored by Bob Galvin and Kurt Yeager, entitled “PERFECT POWER: How the Microgrid Revolution Will Unleash Cleaner, Greener, and More Abundant Energy”. Book was launched at the Washington, D.C. National Press Club 9/23/08. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| July 2010 | Galvin Electricity Initiative published and distributed the Digest, “An Electric Revolution, Reforming Monopolies, Reinventing the Grid and Giving Power to the People”. | Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| May 2011 | The Perfect Power Seal of Approval (PPSoA) was released by the Galvin Electricity Initiative. The PPSoA was developed to measure and improve efficacy of smart grid programs throughout the country.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| October 2011 | The Galvin Electricity Initiative completed and published the “Declaration of Perfect Power Transformation”, A Declaration Calling for the Transformation of the Electricity System To Empower Consumers, Enable Innovators and Reshape the Regulatory Compact and to be used as a basis for national electricity quality transformation legislation.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
| September 2012 | PEER is the nation’s first comprehensive, consumer-centric, data-driven system for evaluating power system performance and is modeled after LEED.
PEER is the culmination of all of the Galvin Electricity Initiative efforts providing a learning system to help electricity stakeholders build the capability to innovate and drive system transformation |
Improve performance measures and pursue perfection or |
I am Andrew Wright. With 8 years of experience designing, installing, and maintaining electrical power systems. I love my job, and I have always wanted to offer others the necessary help so they can take care of their houses.