QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
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Dr Robert Barr has made a career out of helping keep the lights on.
With 40 years in the electricity supply industry, Dr Barr has become a leading figure in Australian electrical engineering.
Beginning as a cadet engineer in 1973, Dr Barr has worked with Illawarra Electricity as system control engineer and then area manager for the Nowra region.
In 1990 Dr Barr established his own company, Electric Power Consulting, which boasts state and federal governments, railways and universities among its clients.
Since 2008, Dr Barr has served as president of the Electric Energy Society of Australia, was named National Professional Electrical Engineer of the Year in 2012, and has been a visiting professorial fellow at the University of Wollongong since 2003.
Dr Barr was today honoured as a Member of the Order (AM).