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Ramon Wangdi

Job Title: 
Vice President – Business Development
Organization: 
Excelerate Energy L.P.

Ramon Wangdi is the Vice President for Asia Pacific for Excelerate Energy. He is responsible for the company’s development initiatives for the region in the floating LNG and infrastructure space and oversees the origination of new project opportunities, management of strategic planning and development of new projects and managing of Excelerate’s existing business units and customers in the region.  Prior to Excelerate, Ramon held positions at Constellation Energy in their Global Commodities Group and Deloitte Consulting.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

Excelerate Energy Case Study: Bangladesh LNG Importing – Two Years into the Journey

June 24th, 2020

In August of 2018, some 2 years after entering into agreements with Petrobangla, Excelerate Energy brought the Moheshkhali Floating LNG (MLNG) project online through the delivery of its maiden cargo from Qatar and Bangladesh became the 40th country to join the LNG importer’s club.

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Rajiv Porwal

Job Title: 
Senior General Manager
Organization: 
Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO)

Working at National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC), Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO), as Senior General Manager. The POSOCO is the System Operator of the Country with one national and five regional Load Despatch Centres (LDCs).

Handled different functions at RLDCs and NLDCs such as System Operation viz Operational Planning, Real-Time Grid Operations, Operation Services, Management Information System, renewable integration, post-dispatch analysis, protection system, system security and restoration aspects  and Market Operation viz Regulatory Affairs, Energy Metering & Settlement system, Open Access. Has worked as Open Access Coordinator of NRLDC. Has also taken up responsibility as Reliability Coordinator of the Northern Region.

Has authored number of technical papers in National and International forums.

Specialties: Good understanding of Indian Power Sector specially power system operation, regional settlement system, Open Access, working of the market mechanism and system security & reliability, protection and system restoration in India.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

Nebojsa Jovic

Job Title: 
Principle Engineer
Organization: 
Electricity Coordinating Center (EKC)

Nebojsa Jovic is a Principle Engineer with the Electricity Coordinating Center (EKC) in Belgrade, Serbia. He has a vast experience in transmission system modelling, steady-state and system stability analyses, real-time power system operation and control, creation of emergency procedures (system defense plans and restoration plans) for Transmission System Operators, and grid code requirements and compliance. Within EKC he has worked on significant number of power system studies in the region of Southeast Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Eastern Africa and Central Asia. He also spent three years as a dispatcher in a regional security and balancing coordination center for South-East Europe. He graduated as Electrical Engineer in 2003 in the Faculty for electrical engineering in Belgrade and has a Master degree.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

George Mutetweka

Job Title: 
Chief Operations Officer
Organization: 
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL)

Eng. George Mutetweka is a graduate of renewable energy specializing in hydropower technology. With over 10 years of Mechanical Engineering for hydropower plants within the private sector, he joined the public sector in 2016 to build capacity in power plants operations, maintenance and long-term Capex planning for Government of Uganda’s flagship projects of Karuma HPP (600MW) and Isimba HPP (183MW). He is currently working in the fields of Utility Asset Management and Asset Health at UEGCL, and aims to find innovative solutions for improving the performance of Concession Contracts as one of the effective ways of increasing the efficiency and value for both Government and the Private Sector in managing public owned power plants. He has keen interests in the application of cutting edge new technology for power plant equipment refurbishments and power plant cascade optimization.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

Approaches to Utility Resilience: Creating an Energy Sector that is Prepared for the Unexpected

June 16th, 2020

For the past few months, the world has faced hardship and uncertainty amid a global pandemic. Despite these challenges, utilities in the energy sector have worked hard to keep the lights on and provide reliable electricity.

Please join us for a webinar in collaboration with USAID on how the global energy sector is adapting during these unprecedented times. The webinar will highlight the work our global partners have done to increase resiliency and react to any crisis.

USEA NOW June 2020

June 1st, 2020
USEA Now

Women In Energy: Cheryl A. LaFleur

June 1st, 2020

Cheryl A. LaFleur is a nationally-recognized energy leader. She is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, focusing primarily on the adaptation of the electric and natural gas sectors to the challenges of climate change.

Cheryl A. LaFleur

Job Title: 
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Columbia University
Organization: 
Director, ISO-NE

Cheryl A. LaFleur is a nationally-recognized energy leader. She is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, focusing primarily on the adaptation of the electric and natural gas sectors to the challenges of climate change. LaFleur also serves on the Board of Directors of ISO New England, the independent, not-for-profit organization that plans and operates the power system and administers wholesale electricity markets for the New England region.

Previously, LaFleur was one of the longest-serving commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). nominated by President Obama in 2010 and 2014 serving until August 2019. She served as Chairman was 2014-15 and as Acting Chairman from 2013-14 and during 2017. She successfully navigated nearly a decade of change in the nation's energy industry, power supply, and political leadership, helping FERC respond effectively to major energy challenges and opportunities across the electric, natural gas, and oil sectors.

LaFleur helped lead the FERC's work to adapt the nation's energy markets and infrastructure to ongoing changes in the nation's resource mix due to the growth of gas and renewables and to changing climate and environmental goals. She also played a leading role in FERC's efforts to assure reliability and security of the energy grid in response to emerging security threats.

Earlier in her career, LaFleur had more than 20 years’ experience as a leader in the electric and natural gas industry. She served as executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, responsible for the delivery of electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast. She led major efforts to improve reliability and employee safety, and led award-winning conservation and demand response programs for customers.

LaFleur has been a nonprofit board member and executive and is a frequent speaker on energy and leadership issues. She has been recognized with several awards for energy policy and leadership, including the Carnot Prize for leadership in energy policy, the Vanguard Award for leadership on energy market issues, a Bipartisan Congressional Award for leadership in addressing emerging hazards to the grid. She a began her career as an attorney at Ropes and Gray in Boston. She has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an A.B. from Princeton University.

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