Ahmed Mousa, PhD

Ahmed Mousa, PhD, has almost 20 years of experience in planning, design, operations, project management, training, Distributed Energy Resources grid impact, energy efficiency, Demand Side Management/Demand Response, electric vehicles impact, Voltage VAR Optimization, AMI, transmission & distribution short/long-term load relief, load forecast, emergency response, risk management, IT, climate change, non-wire alternatives/solutions in power generation, transmission and distribution, and substations. He has been employed by Con Ed, PSE&G, PEPCO, and First Energy. Years of experience working with electric rate-cases, regulatory governing agencies, Office of Emergency Management, FEMA, Mayor's Office, Governor's Office, Department of Energy, President Obama's stimulus project, Con Edison's System of the Future/Utility 2.0, PSE&G's Clean Energy Future, Governor’s energy goals, NYISO, PJM, FERC, commissioners, NJ Energy Master Plan & Utility 2.0, and Con Edison's 20-year electric/gas & steam integrated long-range plan.

Ahmed is an Adjunct Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) teaching graduate-level electrical engineering courses and serves on the following boards:

• New Jersey Association of Energy Engineers
• NJIT Electrical and Computer Engineering Industry Advisory Board
• Smart Electric Power Alliance Advisory board
• Pace University Cyber Security
• Rutgers University Cyber Security

Ahmed is the Founder/CEO of The Electric Bridge Consulting and the 100% Energy Club firms. Ahmed is the author of four books:

 

• Interview: It’s Now Time to Sell Your self
• Non Wire Solutions Solar, Energy Storage, Demand Response Pros & Cons
• The Electric Power System: Generation, Transmission & Distribution Made Simple
• The 100% Renewable Energy Journey & the Outlaw Grid

Ahmed is the author of the following PE courses:

 

• Capacitor Banks The Glue Holding the Electric Transmission & Distribution System Together Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Solar Grid Impact Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Distribution System Reliability Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Microgrid Introduction to Microgrids Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Power Load Flow for Engineers and Operators Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Power Plant 101 Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Power Transformer Ratings Calculation and Analysis IEEE C57.91-1995 Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• System Protection Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Transmission & Distribution Substations 101 Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals
• Transmission System Reliability Impact of Renewables’ Widespread and Climate Change Goals

 

Ahmed was the first chosen manager to lead PSE&G's first Utility of the future group, responsible for the Energy Master Plan, Utility of the Future 10-year strategy, PSE&G Clean Energy Future ($4.1B) programs: EE, DR, EVs, VVO, Energy Storage, Smart Home, Smart Streetlight, Smart City, NWS, NPS, AMI, Energy Cloud, NJ Governor 50/100% clean energy system by 2030/2050, respectively, NJ Governor 600/2,000 MW energy storage mandate by 2021/2030, respectively, and NJ Governor 3,500/7,500 MW wind mandate by 2030/2035, respectively.

Ahmed was Con Ed's substation planning manager responsible for the 10/20/30 year sub-transmission substation, distribution and 4 kV load relief plan. Ahmed worked at the Energy Control Center and as project manager for SCADA EMS project and President Obama’s D.O.E. stimulus grant. He has also served as the technical lead or adviser for Clean Energy Future (NJ Governor’s 100% Renewable Energy Initiative), Systems of the Future / Utility 2.0, Con Edison’s 20-year electric, gas, and steam integrated long range plan, EVs-AMI-Smart Home, and energy storage (solar, VVO, DMS/ADMS, Smart Grid, DERs, Microgrid).

Awards include Con Ed’s ALVA Award for 21st Century. Mr. Mousa received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University, master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College, and later a Ph.D. in Global Energy Policy from Euclid University.