Senior Manager, Transmission Planning

• Aug 2022 - Present

Responsibilities Included: ISO & TO Areas of Responsibilities: PJM, MISO, SERC (TVA, LGE&KU, FPL, GPC, GTC) - Project Management: Managing projects from initial application filling all the way through interconnection agreement, including making sure the projects are up to date in the interconnection process, agreements, payments etc. all lined up - Commercial Support - Research and Analysis: looking at a Balancing Authority and anticipating customer needs, converting transmission-related opportunities into a commercial strategy or vice-versa, prospecting new sites for project opportunities. - Analyzing External Report & related due diligence: Participating in calls with TO and hosting utilities, analyzing report's results by recreating any identified overloads, and exploring if alternative solutions are available as required for an upgrade. - Running Internal Powerflow Studies: MISO RIST, PJM Generation Deliverability, ATC runs, contingency analysis, etc... Show less

Transmission & Distribution Planning Engineer

• Feb 2019 - Aug 2022

- Performed near term (0 - 2 years) Transmission and Distribution outage studies- Performed long term (5 years and beyond) reliability studies on 69KV network - Reviewed various proposed Microgrid projects, their interconnection to PSE&G, and impacts on the distribution system- Performed Generation Interconnection studies on Transmission Network- Studied the impact of renewable (solar farms) on PSE&G distribution assets (transformer LTCs and voltage regulators)

Transmission and Distribution Outage Planning Engineer

• Jun 2015 - 2022

Performed near term (0 - 2 years) power system outage studiesProvided engineering studies to various departments including: Outage Planning and Electric System OperationResponsible for reviewing both near term and long term outages (0 - 2 years)Reviewed and studied the feasibility of outage sequences using PSSE and ASPEN for Transmission (500 - 138 KV) and Distribution (69 - 4 KV) projectsPrepared and presented outage study reports to OP&S and ESOC, and recommended necessary changes to outage sequence when faced with thermal or voltage violations. Performed short circuit studies using ASPEN to monitor for overstressed breakers when current limiting reactors are bypassed or new generation is placed in-service. Show less

Transmission Long-Term Planning Engineer

• Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

- Performed long-term (5 - 15 years) Transmission system (138 - 500 KV) analysis and NERC compliance activities in the PJM electric region. - Work with PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Planning to create projects for increasing grid reliability.- Carried out Thermal and Voltage Analysis using PSSE and MUST.- Presented potential solutions to PJM RTEP group and PSEG upper management.- Created Investment Evaluation System financial documents for new proposed and ongoing transmission projects which are presented to various review boards within the company for the company’s 5-year plan Show less

Founder & CEO

• Apr 2018 - Aug 2022

Student

• Aug 2010 - May 2014

Research Assistant

• Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

Performed researches in Smart Grid. Areas explored include: 1 - Visualization of Transient Stability of a Power System 2 - Carbon Capture and Storage 3 - Intelligent dispatch for distributed renewable resources

Student

• Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

Summer Intern

• Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

- Was in charge of a Smart Microgrid project, consisting of renewable(Wind, Solar), conventional(Diesel Generator), and non-conventional(Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Generator) energy sources. - Used storage devices to buffer the output of the renewable resources and to increase the reliability of the system. - Applied power electronic converters (Buck-Boost, MPPT), inverter(xantrex hybrid inverter) as system voltage regulators and battery charge controllers. - Controlled and monitored the status and operation of the system using Panel View plus 1000 terminal and Allen Bradley's 1769 Compactlogix Controllers. - Programmed the Panel View plus 1000 and PLC in RSlogix 5000(Studio 5000), and Factory Talk View) - Used Ethernet/IP network to communicate between the HMI, PLC, and the other components in the system. Show less