Steve retired from National Grid after many years in Generation, System Operation, Generation-Fuel studies and then the development of models for Scheduling, Dispatch, Demand and Market operation. He then returned to the company for 13 months to assist with Scottish data acquisition and modelling methods within the BETTA project. He has also taken an interest in renewable and distributed generation, concentrating on how to configure this technology within the commercial and operational framework to give the most effective results.