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New York City, New York, Chiranjib 'Ron' Chatterji

United States Principal Owner at Utility


rchatt1028@gmail.com Consulting Services

815 355 9235


New York City Metropolitan
Area
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Profile: Pages 1 &2
Detailed Experience: From Experienced hands-on Leader
Page 2 /Program Management Executive
(MSEE, IIT & MBA, University of
Chicago), a former 1)
Partner/Owner in the foremost US
Architect Engineering firm, Sargent
& Lundy; 2) Global Director in
Top Skills: Power Siemens /Westinghouse in Europe
Generation & Power Delivery and US; 3) Global Director in
(up to 765 kV) Dynegy for US and global
operations. Currently, a Principal
 Detailed Engineering &design of Utility Consulting Services.
 Program/Construction
Management/Schedules
 WBS Estimates Roc C Resume.docx

 Risk Management
 Load Flow/SC/Stability/TNA
 SCADA & IT Interface • Executed all aspects of New & Life Extension
 Smart Metering, Grid, Modernization (LE)/Physical & Efficiency Upgrade of EPC/Non-
 P&C EPC Power Generation (PG) and Power Delivery
 Procurement (PD)/Grid Modernization Projects in the US and
 Asset Management Globally (35 Utilities &13 countries), Combined
 Underground Cables 35 GW+ as AE/ Owner’s Engineer, Adviser,
 Testing &Commissioning Subject Matter Expert (SME) or a Contractor
• Power Generation (PG- 1 new Nuclear, 15 New &
 Finance 25 Existing Coal, 6 Hydro, 10 Solar, 30 Wind
 Expert Witness including Fluidized 200MW Fluidized Bed boiler
plant at Point Aconi in Canada-15 GW+, 20 Gas
Turbines Cogeneration/combined cycles

• Power Delivery (PD-T-New line


&Substation/Distribution Projects,300 plus, from
34.5 KV, 66KV, 138/230/345/500 KV to765 KV
connecting Canadian Hydro-power to New York,
NYPA’S Landmark, Marcy and Messina
Education Substations & T-lines and their detailed Design,
Program Management, Constructability, Operability,
UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGO Maintainability (COM) including ISO and NERC,
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NPCC Compliance-20 GW+. UG cable experience
BUSINESS up to 765 KV.
Master of Business • Solar & Wind and other Distributed Energy
Administration (MBA) Resources (DER) Total Design per Utility
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF Standards including Grid Edge Technologies &
TECHNOLOGY (IIT) Advance Planning Analytics depending on the

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Master of Science, Electrical MW Capacity, Equipment Procurement, required
Engineering P&C, Interconnection Compliance, OATT,
Testing & Commissioning, Close outs. OH and
DETAILED EXPERINCE: UG Cable Transmissions up to 345 KV.
1) Partner/Owner in the foremost US Architect Development of Utility Standards for Varying
Engineering firm, Sargent & Lundy; 2) Global Director in ranges of DER in compliance with IEEE1547-
Siemens /Westinghouse in Europe and US; 3) Global 2018, UL1741, IEEE2030, NEC
Director in Dynegy for US and global operations.
Currently, 4) a Principal of Utility Consulting Services. • Worked with PSEG, JCPL, ConEd, GE, Nextera,
PG&E, Municipalities, Atlantic City Electric,
Panda Energy, Alliant/RMT, Enernex and many
other firms

Major Publications: ANSI


Standards/ committee Papers,
P&C, Transformers Principal
Metal Oxide Arrestors, 4) Utility Consulting Services
Uprating of Substations Jan 2005 - Present (16 years 6 months +)
Clients: Exelon, RMT/Alliant, ConEd, ATC,
S&C Electric, IFS/MJ Electric, Hoosier
MSEE -RANKED #1 IN THE Energy, Patrick Engg., Parsons
CLASS Brinckerhoff, Accenture, Gannett Fleming,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Ernst & Young and others-PM, Program
USA Manager, CM, Consultant, Testing &
PROFESSIONAL Commissioning, Short and Long Term
ENGINEER(IL,IND), Resource Planning of Power
NY(Pending) Systems/comparative evaluations, Detailed
Engineering &Design of PD, smart metering
-T&SD including 250 MW Wind and Solar
Projects, functioned as AE and Owner’s
Engineer to perform due diligence for
utilities, Financial/venture capital/Investors
to evaluate viability of acquisition of new
greenfield PG as well as PD, their life
extensions and betterment globally in co-
ordination with manufacturers, as required,
at all stages from Engineering, operability
and constructability, Environmental
Constraints, Licensing, special witness, PM,
CM, field reports, testing and putting them in
service. Provided technical and financial
analysis including valuations, technical
acceptability, reports and construction
supervision until completion of projects.
Accomplished all of these projects on an
average 20-30% reduced cost and schedule
Professor and future replication savings.
Illinois Institute of Technology/Cuny/Corporate •Recently Completed Program
Sectors/Utilities Management of a total of 23 projects
involving345 KV T-Lines and
Jan 1982 - Present (39 years 6 months +)
Substations, wind and solar stations
MSEE, BSEE, PE Power Engineering, Substation,
including Engineering and design,
Generation, Transmission & Finance courses/
Project Management, procurement,
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Global Workshops HV and EHV interconnections, utility
interface, Var compensation, Testing
and commissioning for ComEd, ATC
and RMT in co-ordination with ConEd.
•Currently implemented 20 PD projects for
scoping developing at voltage levels up to
345 KV and project Management of 7 T-
Lines and substations up to 345 KV
including a 500 MVA Transformer
•Site Visits, Evaluations and safety Analysis of
Language Spoken English, German, Bengali, NERC/NSC for PG and PD
Hindi •Portfolio Analysis of 5 major Utility Companies
in the US and Technical/Financial Report with
recommendations for expansions, alternatives,
Performance Augmentation/short term & long-
term betterment including costs/risks/schedule
impacts
•Engaged in major ConEd projects up to the end
of 2015at 345 KV levels associated with an
external 800 MW generation asset and two 345
KV substations. Also, working in GIS project at
345 KV level including 345 KV UG submarine
cables
•Total Project/Program Mgmt. Team Leader
-Major 765/500/345/230 / 138/115/34.5 KV$8 B
T&SD Projects, Methodologies for smart
Grid/reliability, reduce losses and augment
power delivery, Var controls and enhance
stability, Client/ Design liaison- complete P/L
Accountability, processes/ procedures, budgets,
progress reporting etc.
•EPC/CPCN/Testimony/Detailed
Physical/Electrical Design including QA/QC,
Relays/Controls/settings, Complete Testing and
commissioning,
Contracts/Procurement/Strategy/ Monitoring,
Constructability, 345 KV

CLIENTS:
Underground Cable Usage, Analytical Studies,
Exelon, Ameren, PSI, NIPSCO, AMOCO, SHELL, Schedule, Outage, ISO Compliance and
TXU, Canadian utilities, Cook County, Sempra Regulations, Risk mitigations, savings limiting
Energy, Dynegy, ComEd, PEPCO, ConEd, NYPA, scope/ due to on-time energization. Experience
Alliant Energy, NextEra, RMT, ATC, KPL and in all aspects up to 765 KV T- Line and
many other utility systems in the US and Globally Substation Projects-Over 35 infrastructure –See
including China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, Next Page. Voted the “Best” Program Manager-
Brazil, Europe Exelon $200M infrastructure expansion plans.
•Developed utility Valuation/PG & PD
separation, Asset Management and Expansion
strategy for
four companies
•Developed 360-degree savings/engineering

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replication approaches, Detailed Project
Management Manual, Procurement strategies,
financial projections, and budgets/processes
with risk mitigation/ probability analysis.
Developed unique approaches for on time
construction completion for major Exelon and
ConEd projects
•Developed Detailed Design Control
Documents, Responsibility Matrices, Check
Lists, IPP/EPC interconnections for Substations,
Protection & Controls, Transmission Lines,
Construction, Generations to Utilities including
updating of Major Utility Standards & creation of
new standards
•Accomplished in Financial forecasting and
Reporting, Cash flows, Earned Value and
Budget Development, Asset Mapping and
Valuations, statistical analysis of cost estimates
& confidence levels/ P&L responsibility.
•Acted as Expert Witness /Subject Matter Expert
on T-lines, Losses/Perf. /Grid interconnection,
Generation and modernization issues

Global Director
3)Dynegy
Jan 2001 - Jan 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Operations/Performance Enhancement,
Client Feedbacks: Valuations/Separation of T-Line and PG
Assets / sale
•All Firms& Clients I had worked with in the past and Regulatory Compliance
provided written feedbacks on my performance as Performed as a Subject Matter Expert
10 out of 10 in Technical, Program/Project (SME)/Consultant to lead resource planning,
Management, Co-Worker Relationship, and operational/ technical/financial management of
Communication and on other arenas. I was also in power generation fleet, environmental issues,
multiple ANSI Committees, co-authored T&S work in the US and FERC/NERC
standards/guidelines. Won $Billions of Dollars of Compliance, MISO/NYISO/PJM interface.
Projects and Saved $Millions of Dollars for the Radically overhauled asset management
Clients Worldwide in their executions. including value mapping. Formulated Life PG
&PD Extension/Renovation/Efficiency Upgrade,
Regulatory impacts, and identified Technical
and Financial risks/controls/value at risk (VaR)
and proper reporting. Accomplished revenue
increase and reduced operational /maintenance
costs significantly as specifically itemized below.
•Spearheaded the valuation/sale of $2B T&SD
assets, improved $5 billion generation portfolio
performance and developed investment criteria
based on reliability, ROI and market trading
returns including Portfolio Analysis.
•Led as a single point of contact with FERC,
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MISO, PJM, and MAIN & NERC resolving
regulatory issues/protocol and trained
production staff of 100 increasing plant revenue
by 10%.
•Developed financial/technical plan for an $800
million new Generation and T& S expansion
project including Bank Financing, Procurement

Strategy/global loans with a Consortium.


•Created and introduced new EPRI accepted
method to determine Var capability of units
through simulation techniques instead of actual
NERC testing saving in excess of $500,000
annually. Assisted

Global Director
2)Siemens /Westinghouse
Jan 1996 - Jan 2001 (5 years 1 month)
Global Supply Management and Business
Development
Led the first Global Supply Division for the entire
SW for worldwide value sourcing of Generation,
all BOP equipment and commodities for new
Power Plants and T&SD. Implemented
Acquisition/Joint Venture (JV) creative supply
plans broadening procurement with drastic
reduction in costs through post- merger
integration. Led a dual role in participating in
new Business Development in these countries
in co-ordination with the regional sales staff and
developing bids with locally sourced quality
equipment/ materials to optimize costs.
Managed staff of 50 direct and 5 indirect reports
in the USA & Worldwide for
Design/Specification/ Alternate Material/QA/QC/
Vendor Selection/Monitoring& Control and on
time Quality Production/ Delivery-Worked with
McKinsey in strategy and Supply Chain
Development and Processes in the US, Mexico,
Europe and Asia.
•Accomplished average annual savings of $170
million on a total procurement budget of $ 800
million.
•Developed strategic supply management
offices in 8 countries, trained staff, and
maintained quality/ Schedule-Developed
Business all over Asia, US and South America
•Performed M&A, valuations/ROI/risk analysis
for JV with 3 firms with savings of $ 30
million/yr.
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•Participated in five major EPC projects- bids to

close outs- in five countries for $1.8 Billion with

strategic savings of $400 million and training

150 personnel in 10 countries.

Partner
1)Sargent & Lundy
Jan 1973 - Jan 1996 (23 years 1 month)
Managed Business Development,
cost/performance/risk optimization,
budget/finance. Developed New Plant/
Transmission /Substation/ Modernization
projects. Performed due diligence as owner’s
engineer in the US and internationally. Directed
financial and technical Engineering,
Procurement, Project & Construction
management. Progressed from Engineer/Project
Mgr./Associate/Director to Partner.

Established Supply Management/Engineering


offices in China/India. Reported to Sr. Partner.
Managed staff of 90 direct and 50 indirect
reports.
•Developed eight new EPC (Engineer Procure
Construct) contracts in the US, China, India, and
Canada worth $6 billion. Managed projects
establishing prototype design for future
replications, a detailed multi- issue risk
mitigation/VaR plan and enabling schedule
compaction resulting in significant savings.

•Orchestrated $5 million savings/year through


lowcost global engineering/procurement from
Asian offices.
•Directed total design/procurement/management
of 15 Gas/Coal plants, 15 Substations &
Transmission line Betterment Implementation
Plan, Performance Analysis Life Extension
Upgrading

•Contributed to massive growth revitalizing


firm’s and Westinghouse’s state of business
•Performed detail engineering, cost estimates,
financial risk/reliability/ROI, VaR and other
studies including procurement, relaying/controls
and project management for 20 power plants
including nuclear and 35+ substations/lines up
to 765 KV. All projects were managed to be

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profitable; generated in excess of 20% ROI.
•Commissioned/tested and troubleshot five
plants/ 20 substations during construction
management work, expanding beyond the usual
design scope that created unique opportunities
for the firm and the clients.

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