Ahmed Mousa, Ph.D.
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Electrical Engineering
Stony Brook University
2001 : 2004
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Global Energy Policy
EUCLID (Euclid University)
2021
MS
Electrical Engineering
Manhattan College
2007 : 2009
Supervisory Class
Con Edison
Siemens PTI Transmission Engineering
Transmission Engineering
Siemens
•Created the Integrated Distribution Plan (Energy Master Plan)
•Developed the Utility of the Future 10-year strategy
•Generated the 10-year budget plan
•President Biden’s Infrastructure bill (IIJA & IRA) technical lead
•Technical adviser/lead/project manager :
•PSE&G Clean Energy Future ($4.1B) programs : EVs, EE, DR, EVs, VVO, Energy Storage, Smart Home, Smart Streetlight & City, NWS, NPS, AMI, Energy Cloud, & software requirements
•NJ Governor 50/100% clean energy system by 2030/2050
•NJ Governor 2,000 MW energy storage mandate
•NJ Governor 3,500/7,500 MW wind mandate by 2030/2035
•Intelligent touchless Substation & Smart transmission(500, 345, 230, 138, 69 kV)
•PSEG 2030 100% clean energy
•PSEG Race to Zero (lead for : Resilience of Impacts of Climate Change, Slow Progression of Climate Change)
•Distribution system of the future
•Grid modernization & resiliency
•Natural gas : building electrification, renewable natural gas (RNG), methane detection & hydrogen
•Microgrids
•Energy storage
•NWA/NWS
•EV : V2H/V2G/V2X
• VVO/VVC – Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
•Smart home, streetlight & city
•Net-zero buildings/
•Transactive energy market/FERC 2222
•Data governance & security
•Change management & workforce of the future
•Created enterprise risk/disruption models
•Constructed R&D initiatives & new innovative/interactive business models
•Established the intelligent touchless substation project : infra-red cameras, transformer bushing monitoring, transformer advanced gas analyzer, battery room, breakers, robots, lightning arrestors & potential transformers
• Developed best practices to reduce the O&M budget
•Supervised transportation electrification project (small/large vehicles/buses/ports/cranes)
•Advised the need for advanced standards/specifications
•Executed climate change mitigation initiatives
•Steered climate change & sustainability reports
2019 : Present
PSEG
Manager - Utility of the Future - Electric & Gas Asset Strategy
Since 2011, Roosevelt Strategic Council has convened the most senior and respected leaders in business, technology and government to collaborate and examine the next generation of challenges transforming global enterprises.
With 30+ events yearly across our practice areas, RSC has developed a highly vetted network of end-users, solution-providers, and field experts to contribute their unique perspective and insights to change business operations.
2023 :
Roosevelt Strategic Council
Energy Advisory Board
UAI is a utility-led membership organization that provides support to the industry to advance the analytics profession and utility organizations of all types, sizes, and analytics maturity levels, as well as analytics professionals throughout every phase of their career.
Transforming into a data decision-based company is one of the most difficult transitions a utility will have to make to thrive in the new energy economy. It’s more than just managing massive amounts of data, implementing the right tools and technology, and people and process management. It’s ensuring you have proper change management processes in place to address cultural challenges, as well as data management and governance plans, and best practice and compliant security strategies in place. It’s implementing the best organizational structure for your utility, and hiring and retaining talented staff, plus so much more! UAI brings together the leading utilities who are serious about tackling these challenges and together we concentrate on utility analytics.
2022 :
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Natural Gas Community Leader
• Developed future research focus areas and secured funding for studies and reports
• Identified energy-related gaps
• Co-developed with the diverse research council plans for : carbon reduction, electrification, utility transformation, clean energy program implementation, building electrification, DERMS, cybersecurity, FERC2222, resiliency, data analytics, as well as energy-related focus areas.
• Established plans to partner with government agencies and utilize available funding to transform the energy systems
• Invited speaker for various working groups; created the microgrid scoring algorithm
2022 :
Smart Electric Power Alliance
Chair (Research Advisory Board)
• Identified and addressed gaps and challenges to ensure security of data and connected hardware by developing new implementation strategies
• Implemented new standards for grid operators and manufacturers for adoption into SEPA Catalog of Standards, as well as key industry groups such as National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization Resource, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Energy, and a coalition of U.S. & Canadian utilities
• Championed the creation of reference material on cybersecurity policies for utilities & regulators
• Developed FERC Order 2222 cybersecurity framework
• Coordinated with NIST and various government laboratories to address cybersecurity challenges
2021 :
Smart Electric Power Alliance
Chair - Cybersecurity Group
Skills
69 kV Conversion, 100% non-carbon renewable system, 500/345/230/138/69/33/27/13/4 kV & 120/208/460 V, Artificial Intelligence (AI), ASPEN system-wide short circuit analysis and breaker duty, Asset Life Cycle Management, Benchmarking/Best Practice, Capacitor banks, Climate Change Mitigation, Coaching, Conservation Voltage Optimization, Contingency analysis, Creative System Thinking, Demand Response/Demand Side Management/Energy Efficiency (DR/DSM/EE), Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Grid Impact, Distributed Generation, Electric Vehicles/vehcile 2 grid/Vehicle 2 Home - EV/V2G/V2H, Energy Cloud, Energy Services, Energy Storage/mobile energy storage, GEXA21, Information Technology/Operational Technology (IT/OT), Intelligent Touchless Substation, Load Forecast, Low Voltage Design, Machine Learning, Market Research, MS Project, Phase angle studies, PI, Power Distribution, Power factor analysis, Power load flow, Power System Operations, Power Systems, Power Transmission, Project Management, Project Planning, PSS/E - Tara - CYME Power Load Flow Simulations, Python, Smart Grid, Substation, Substation short/long/emergency planning, Substations’ load transfers, Technical Writing, Transformer, Underground design, Voltage, Voltage studies, Voltage VAR Control/Conservation/Optimization (VVC/VVO)
About
•CEO/founder of 2 international consulting companies: Electric Bridge Consulting & 100% Energy Club
•Consultant, Utility of the Future manager (first chosen manager), electrical engineer, R&D manager & ESG climate champion
•Adjunct professor, author of 6 books & professional engineering (PE) courses
•Active member on 7 boards: Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) Research Advisory, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Electrical & Computer Engineering School, New Jersey Association of Energy Engineers, Rutgers University & Pace University Cybersecurity, RSC & UAI
•SEPA cybersecurity working group chair & IEEE Emerging Technologies Adviser
•Trainer/adviser, mentor, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) enterprise leader, coach, speaker & international start-ups judge
•20 years experience at Con Edison, PSE&G, PEPCO & First Energy:
o Field, planning, design engineering, operations, project management, training, smart grid modernization, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) & Electric Vehicles (EVs) grid impact, energy efficiency (DSM & DR), Voltage VAR Optimization (VVO), & AMI
oTransmission & distribution (T&D) reliability, load forecast/relief, emergency response, best practice/benchmarking, enterprise risk management, industry disruption, IT/OT, IT cybersecurity, agile systems, data analysis, ML/AI, & imagery, i.e. drones, LIDAR, etc.
oSustainability, resiliency, climate change mitigation studies, microgrids, management systems: DMS/ADMS/DERMS/EMS/AEMS/GMS, non-pipe alternatives/solutions (NPA/NPS), RNG, hydrogen, methane detection, FERC 2222 & transactive energy, and non-wire alternatives/solutions (NWA/NWS), smart home, streetlight, and smart city
oGeneration, transmission, sub-transmissions, substations, distribution systems, and behind the meter technologies
oD.O.E, IIJA, IRA, President Obama's stimulus project, Con Edison's System of the Future/Utility 2.0, PSE&G's Clean Energy Future, Governor’s energy goals, NYISO, PJM, FERC,, Energy Master Plan & and ConEd 20-year electric/gas & steam integrated long-range plan, & NJ Integrated Distribution Plan
•Technical adviser/lead/project manager: PSE&G Clean Energy Future, NJ 100% clean energy and 2,000 MW energy storage goal by 2030, intelligent touchless substation & smart transmission, PSEG 2030 100% net-zero, PSEG Race to Zero, Resilience of Impacts of Climate Change, Slow Progression of Climate Change, EV & V2X, DER interconnections/unrestricted system for renewables, change management, workforce of the future
•Con Edison Distribution Engineering ALVA Award 21st Century Leader & PSEG DEI Award