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Acknowledgments
The authors express their appreciation to Alan Wolsky of Argonne National
Laboratory and Martin Libicki of RAND for their detailed and insightful review
of the draft of this report, which contributed significantly to both its structure
and content. The authors are also grateful to Bruce Don and Stephen Rattien of
RAND, Anthony Schaffhauser of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Robert Hawsey of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, James Daley of the
Department of Energy, and Terrence Kelly, formerly of the OSTP and now with
RAND, for their support in the initiation of this study.
The authors acknowledge the assistance of many individuals in the electric
utility, power engineering, and superconductivity R&D communities without
whose willingness to share data, observations, knowledge, and insights this
study could not have been successfully completed. Those individuals include:
Paola Caracino (Pirelli), Michel Coevoet (Electricit de France), Steinar Dale
(ABB), Arthur Day (Boeing), Larry Goldstein (National Renewable Energy
Laboratory), Paul Grant (EPRI), Santiago Grijalva (PowerWorld), Richard
Hockney (Beacon Power), Nathan Kelley (Pirelli), Albert Keri (AEP), Brendan
Kirby (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Mark Laufenberg (PowerWorld), Chet
Lyons (American Superconductor), Andrea Mansoldo (Pirelli), Ben McConnell
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Sam Mehta (Waukesha), Joseph Mulholland
(Arizona Power Authority), Martin Nisenoff (Naval Research Laboratory,
retired), Thomas Overbye (University of Illinois), Marshall Reed (Department of
Energy), Thomas Sheahen (Western Technology), Michael Strasik (Boeing),
Christopher Wakefield (Southern Company), Alan Wolsky (Argonne National
Laboratory), John Ziegler (Houston Advanced Research Center), and several
anonymous Oak Ridge National Laboratory reviewers of interim draft reports.
Finally, the authors acknowledge the assistance in the final preparation of this
report of RAND colleagues Debra Knopman, whose suggestions directed the
report toward a broader audience, and Nancy DelFavero, whose insightful
editing contributed significantly to the clarity of the text.