HALA N. BALLOUZ, P.E.

 

Electric Power Engineers, Inc.

200 W. Hwy 6, suite 260

Waco, Texas 76712

(254) 399-8676

 

Education:

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Power), Aug. 1991, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

 

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Dec. 1989, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.  National Dean’s List.

 

 

Experience:

Jul 91-Present

Electric Power Engineers, Inc., Waco, TX.

Vice President (Dec 04-present)

Senior Electrical Engineer  (Jan 99- Nov 04)

Vice President (Dec 92- Dec 98)

Graduate Engineer (Jul 91-Dec 92)

 

Jun 92

New York State Institute on Superconductivity- Buffalo, NY.

SMES Utility Interest Group- Specialty Conference, 2nd Session

"Impact of SMES on Unit Availability and System Reliability", in collaboration with Dr. A.D. Patton / Texas A&M University.

 

Jan 90-Aug 91

Texas A&M University, Electric Power Department, College Station, TX

Research Assistant, on the large scale applications of superconductors in power systems, with Dr. A.D. Patton.

 

Nov 89

Texas A&M University – Electronics Material Laboratory, C.S., TX.

Design and Construction of a High Temperature Superconductor Current Limiter.

 

Jul 88-Dec 88

Bechtel Inc., Houston, TX.

Assistant Engineer - internship.  Experience included control engineering as well as plant power and electric design aspects.

 

Professional Memberships and Registrations:

Professional Engineer, State of Texas (License  #80999)

Texas Society of Professional Engineers

National Society of Professional Engineers.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 

 

 

Certifications:

Certificate for “Wind Energy and Wind Turbines” WTOnline course, with Dr. Vaughn Nelson, West Texas A&M University online, Fall 2003.

 

 

Papers and Presentations:

Nasr (Ballouz), Hala, and Patton, A.D., 1991. "Impact of Energy Storage on Generating Unit Availability and System Reliability", Paper, Conference Proceedings of the Symposium on the Reliability of Electric Power Systems.

 

Ballouz, Hala, and Cousineau, Kevin, 2003. “Evaluation of Power Factor Correction in Wind Parks and the Savings from Reduction in Power Loss”, Paper, American Wind Energy Association Conference, Austin, Texas.

 

Ballouz, Hala, 2004. “The cost benefits applied to a Wind/Storage System from the Impact of Energy Storage on Generator Availability and System Reliability”, Paper and presentation, Global WINDPOWER 2004 Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

 

 

Published Reports:

“Statewide Load Flow Modeling Study of the Texas Electric Grid” – with Electric Power Engineers, Inc. in collaboration with Virtus Energy Research Associates, Inc. Analysis of the capacity and limitations of the electric transmission grid to distribute electric power generated by renewable resources within the state of Texas, including but not limited to a broad study in conjunction with Sustainable Energy Development Council (SEDC).

 

- Many other professional reports while working with Electric Power Engineers, Inc..

 

Software products:

Contributed significantly to the development of “EPE Engineering/Mapping Software” in Visual C++, which runs under the AutoCAD Platform (Object ARX) and combines circuit diagram mapping with engineering calculations.  Engineering calculations include voltage drop, load flow, short circuit, outage management, and motor start calculations.  A GIS application with all data stored in Databases.

 

Developed or assisted in developing several of the “EPE Accounting” modules under Visual Fox Pro.  Namely: Time Sheets program, Payroll Summary report, Voucher Report, Benefit Spread, and Work Orders management software.

 

“Looped Load flow” module.  Calculations and solution of power networks, using Gauss Seidel and Newton Raphson  methods - FORTRAN and Visual C++ versions .

 

 

 

Key Qualifications:

Vast Experience in Transmission System Analysis, Distribution System Planning and Operations, as well as Software Programming.

 

Transmission System Analysis:

Transmission System Planning Studies – Significant experience (since 1994) in analyzing the feasibility of Renewable generation Interconnection to the transmission grid, including power flow calculations, transmission and wheeling pricing and operational issues.  Conducted all the calculations for analyzing the capacity and limitations of the electric transmission grid to distribute electric power generated by renewable resources within the state of Texas (for the Sustainable Energy Development Council of the State of Texas).  Several years experience using the widely known power system analysis software PSS/E of PTI.

 

Design–  Substation and transmission interconnection one-line diagrams. Design of wind generation plants collection system.  Protective relaying.

 

Generation Interconnection  Processing interconnection of wind generators with the transmission grid from the initial filing of the application process all the way through the negotiations for the interconnection agreement with the transmission providers.

 

Distribution System Planning:

Involvement in all aspects of the operations & planning of electric utilities distribution system since 1991, largely in the State of Texas.  Experience covers the daily operations and maintenance aspects, as well as short and long term planning analysis. Routinely produced many studies and reports on Distribution System Long Range and Short Range Work Plans, Sectionalizing Work Plans, Motor Start Analyses, and System Operations Summary Reports such as power factor & losses tune up as well as Voltage Regulation and others.  Conducted power requirement studies which included Load forecasting. 

 

Skilled in performing distribution system analysis using Electric Power Engineers’ Engineering/Mapping software which distinguishes itself in its advanced GIS-Mapping/Engineering features.

 

Distribution Power System Planning- Rural Electrification Administration work plans, system protection plans, rate studies, power requirement studies and load planning, as well as substation feasibility studies.

 

Power System Operation – System mapping, system operations summary, voltage regulator settings, power factor correction (capacitor placement and sizing), motor starting, and system maintenance.

 

Design – Distribution lines, protective relaying and basic Substation specification recommendations.

 

Software development. –

Experience includes programming skills in Visual C++ and AutoCAD Object ARX, database (SQL) as well as Visual Fox Pro. 

 

 

 
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