ANDRÉ L. M. MARCATO is an electrical engineer by the Federal University of Juiz de Fora - UFJF/Brazil and is now a full professor and head of the Electrical Energy Department in the same university. He has Masters and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. André Marcato has visited, as a post doc student, the London Imperial College and Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, in 2012. Main activities focus on optimization techniques applied to hydrothermal coordination, operation, and expansion planning of electrical systems. He coordinates and has coordinated research projects with many companies in the Brazilian Electrical Sector, including Petrobras, CEPEL, Light, CESP, Cemig, and Duke Energy.