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Carlos is an expert in power system operations, reliability solutions, real-time grid control, SCADA technologies, and leads Electric Power Group activities on reliability solutions.  Carlos has been working on research and development related to reliability and has been responsible for:

Design and development of Grid-3P™ and performance monitoring applications for ACE-Frequency, Voltage, and other key metrics for reliability coordinators and ISOs;
Leading Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) research in the area of real-time grid reliability management;

Leading the Frequency-ACE Investigation Team (FAIT) for the August 14, 2003 Blackout.

   
 

Carlos is a skilled manager and leader with demonstrated capability in:

Research, development and project management leadership to produce successful operational tools responding to competitive energy market requirements

Extensive project management experience in leading multicultural and multidisciplinary teams to successfully interface or integrate utilities power system planning, dispatch, control and energy marketing systems with new operational and marketing infrastructures such as Independent System Operators and Power Exchanges.

Managing and supervising diverse and multidisciplinary teams related to dispatch, energy control, power systems, SCADA at Southern California Edison and Florida Power and light.

Working with the California ISO on integration of the generation and transmission dispatch and control of four major California utilities into one statewide control area.

Research and development of geographic-graphic visualization systems for real time monitoring systems for power system dispatchers to produce Grid-3P.

 


Previously, Carlos was at Edison Technology Solutions responsible for reliability research; Southern California Edison as Manager of Grid Dispatch and Supervisor of Power System Controls; and Florida Power and Light as Supervisor of Advanced Applications for Energy Control Center. 

Carlos received a Master of Science Electrical Engineer, University of Miami, Florida, and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.  He has presented and published many papers at industry forums including:

Real-Time Performance Management Tools for Wide-Area Operations in Competitive Electricity Markets

Migration of Energy Management and Trading Systems Towards a Deregulated Competitive Environment - A California Utility Perspective

Real-Time Environmental Constraint Economic Dispatch For Southern California Edison

Reactive Switching Simulation In Security Analysis At Florida Power And Light System Control Center