Michael Callies

Mr. Callies has over 35 years of experience in the utility industry, working predominantly with rural electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities. Overall, Mr. Callies provides extensive support in the areas of engineering, operations, and maintenance. In his current role as Team Lead, Distribution Planning & Studies Engineering Technician, he primarily develops planning studies such as construction work plans, long-range plans, and load forecasting.  In addition, Mr. Callies designs—and trains others in the design of—overhead and underground distribution lines.