Lei Xiao received the B.S. degree from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2009, and the M.S. degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, USA, in 2015. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. Her research interests include power system reliability and resilience, renewable energy, and distributed generation.e-mail: lx626@uowmail.edu.au

Kashem M. Muttaqi received the B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1993, the M.Eng.Sc. degree from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree from Multimedia University, Selangor, Malaysia, in 2001. He is the Director of the ARC Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids, sponsored by Australian Government, and several industries and universities in Australia. He is a Senior Professor and the Discipline Leader–Electrical Engineering at the School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. He was associated with the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, as a Research Fellow/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer from 2002 to 2007, and with the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, as a Research Fellow from 2000 to 2002. Previously, he worked for Multimedia University as a Lecturer for three years. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology UK (FIET), and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His research interests include electric vehicle, energy technology, distributed generation, solid state transformer, power converter, power electronics application, renewable energy, solar PV, wind turbine, wave energy, smart grid, micro-grid, standalone power supply, and power system planning and control.e-mail: kashem@uow.edu.au

Ashish P. Agalgaonkar received the Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 2006. He was a Scientist at the Energy Technology Centre, NTPC Ltd., Greater Noida, India, from 2005 to 2007, and was associated with the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from October 2007 to January 2008. In February 2008, he took up a position at the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow until November 2010 before taking up a Lecturer position at the University of Wollongong in December 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong. His research interests include planning and operational aspects of renewable and distributed generation, power system reliability, microgrid, electricity market, and system stability.e-mail: ashish@uow.edu.au