About Us
Mission
“Provide cost-effective engineering solutions to key energy challenges of today’s world by protecting the transmission grid and making it more reliable”
Vision
“Make the power system more reliable and resilient from both the infrastructural and operational standpoints “
Our Team
Dr Alberto Ramirez Orquin – Principal
Dr. Ramirez Orquin has an electric utility experience spanning over four decades, starting as a Niagara Mohawk Utility trainee, followed by five years as an application and research engineer at the General Electric Company/AC Transmission Engineering Operation in Schenectady, NY, where he was also certified on Surge Arrester Technology. Moreover he practiced for several years in Canada, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina where he notably served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy to conduct its National Grid Planning. As an IEEE Senior Member, he was distinguished at the institution’s Centennial Meeting by the plenary T&D Committee for his leadership in the emblematical 500 KV Transmission Project. Furthermore, he had a key role as a co-author and general reviewer of the first edition of the EPRI/Edison Electric Institute’s EHV Transmission Line Reference Book 345 KV And Above which has since become a world standard reference; likewise contributing to the books Operation and Control of Electric Energy Processing Systems (Wiley/IEEE 2010) as well as to the one sponsored by the Task Force on National and Homeland Security entitled Apocalypse Unknown: the Struggle to Protect America from an Electromagnetic Pulse Catastrophe. Additionally, he has extensively published Transactions and Journal Papers and holds several U.S. Patents on mitigation technology for grid security. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security certified Dr. Ramirez Orquin as an Outstanding Researcher. Currently, he serves as a Member of NERC’s Geomagnetic Disturbance Task Force serving in its Mitigation-Device Team, as well as a holding membership at Maine’s PUC GMD-EMP Risk Working Group and the Florida State Congress EMP Working Group. Dr. Orquin holds a ME from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), a Ph.D. from the University of Texas (UTA) and currently teaches at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.
Vanessa Ramirez – Principal
Vanessa Ramirez has been involved in the energy sector for over two decades with experience in transmission, distribution, and energy markets. As an independent consultant and co-founder of Resilient Grids, she brings a wealth of expertise to complex energy projects across the United States and abroad.
Throughout her career, Vanessa has collaborated with major utilities, ISOs, and power producers, specializing in transmission interconnection studies, generation interconnection agreements, energy markets, power system analyses, and smart grid implementations including collaborations in distribution automation projects, ADMS, DSCADA, and OMS.
As an author of numerous articles on energy and sustainability and co-author of paper publications and patents, Vanessa continues to be at the forefront of discussions on grid resilience and the future of energy systems. Her unique blend of technical expertise and strategic insight makes her a valued consultant and thought leader in the ever-evolving energy landscape.
She holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (Summa Cum Laude) and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mendoza, Argentina. She is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and maintains affiliations with the IEEE and the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).