USEA is pleased to sponsor a panel on one of the hottest topics in the electric power industry – resilience of the power grid. Resilience is generally defined as increasing the ability of the power system to prevent or mitigate the impact of unusual – in particular catastrophic – events (e.g., storms, fires, earthquakes, cyber and physical attacks).
Carlos Mario is currently a specialist in VRE integration at XM S.A, Colombian power system operator. He has 14 years of experience in the power and energy industry. Mr. Correa is an Electrical Engineer from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín Colombia. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in power systems in Comillas Pontifical University, Spain. He also has a Masters Degree in Power Systems from Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid Spain; and a Masters Degree in Systems from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Carlos' areas of interest and knowledge are: planning and operation of power and gas systems, integration of energy systems and VER, optimization and mathematical modeling.
Francisco Gafaro works as a specialist in VRE integration for XM the ISO from Colombia. Before joining XM he was with the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA coordinating different technical assistance projects to facilitate the integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid. He has more than 12 years of industry experience in Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Islands, working on technical topics related to planning and operation of transmission and distribution networks and analyzing the impacts of VRE integration. Francisco holds a Bachelor degree on electrical engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia and a M.Sc. In Electrical Power Engineer from the RWTH-Aachen in Germany.
The Women in Energy series is a joint project between USEA and USAID that was developed out of USEA’s Engendering Utilities Partnership, a program funded by USAID to improve gender policies and gender outcomes at their respective organizations.
