Asil Rafiq is a Lead Power Systems Engineer with a focus on interconnection services, power flow studies, and steady-state analysis. His work centers on the processes and procedures required to interconnect generation and storage resources to the California grid and other organized markets. Asil has supported the development of steady-state power flow and stability models that meet the study requirements of Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and multiple utilities. His technical expertise includes injection studies; System Operating Limit (SOL) and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) studies; base case data preparation; generator modeling; power system and dynamic data modeling; transient stability analysis; and compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation standards, including TPL-001-4 and TPL-007.
Recent Accomplishments
- Performed an interconnection design analysis for the Southeast Oklahoma Pumped Storage Project, evaluating the interconnection of 1,200 MW and 1,400 MW generating and pumping facilities to high-voltage transmission infrastructure, including approximately 40 miles of transmission to SPP’s Valliant 345 kV substation and an additional 60 miles to ERCOT’s Paris, Texas 345 kV substation north of Dallas; the project is located approximately 100 miles south of Tulsa and 140 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.
- Performed steady-state N-0, N-1, N-1-1, and N-2 analyses and managed the full interconnection process—including site plans, single-line diagrams, data submission, and coordination and review of ISO and utility study results—for more than 25 renewable energy projects totaling approximately 4,890 MW across CAISO, the Western Interconnection, and ERCOT regions.
Education
Asil holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Sacramento State University.