DARIUSH SHIRMOHAMMADI - Associate

Mr. Shirmohammadi supports Alliance clients in Smart Grid and Executive Management Consulting. As a Fellow in the IEEE Power Engineering Society, he has a broad experience base over 35 years in engineering, wholesale power markets, renewable energy, transmission, smart grid, regulatory policy, information technology and management.  Indicative experience includes:

•  Director of Regional Transmission for CAISO,

•  Lead Technical Consultant on Transmission Interconnection for several thousand MW of renewable projects in the West, coordinating with entities such as the CAISO, California PUC, California Wind Energy Association,
  

• Director of Emerging Energy Market Services for Perot Systems and received Perot Systems’ Inventor Award,

  

• Delivered business and technology solutions in the start-up of the power/ISO markets
such as CAISO, CalPX, ERCOT, Korea Power Exchange, Philippines, Grid West, APX and NECC (now NASDAQ OMX) in the pricing, scheduling and settlements of markets such as energy, Ancillary Services, and FTRs. 

  

• Provided full IT outsource services at CalPX (as shadow CIO) and achieved 99.99% system availability,

  

• Director of Energy Systems Automation (including SCADA and early Smart Grid
projects) for the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
  

•  Developed more than 20 advanced analytical methodologies and production computer applications for the analysis, optimization, costing and pricing of large- scale transmission and distribution systems at PG&E.
  

He has a Ph D in Electric Power Engineering from the University of Toronto and is a Registered Professional Engineer.