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Anibal Carias
Energy Consultant
3542 Marmac Cres., Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5A4
905-828-4020 | acarias@gmail.com
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Several years of international and domestic experience, in providing engineering and
management consulting in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Assignments have
included projects for vertically integrated utilities, governments, generators in deregulated
markets, independent power producers, transmission companies, regulators and international
lending agencies.
Responsible for electrical system planning studies (generation, transmission and distribution),
simulation of power system operation, electrical transmission line design, marketing studies,
power load forecasts, supply trade-off studies, energy efficiency plans, economic and financial
evaluation of hydroelectric, thermal, renewable energy and transmission line projects, due
diligence of projects’ agreements (EPC, TSA, O&M, PPA, FSA, Concession, Water, Connection,
etc.) and an energy expert for a variety of projects such as the definition of key performance
indicators, a public lighting project, evaluation of solar opportunities and the preparation of
toolkits.
EDUCATION
McGill University Montréal, Québec
B. Eng. Electrical 1978
HVAC Transmission, McGill University 1979
Management Courses, McGill University 1980
Power System Stability Modelling, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1982
HVDC/HVAC System Interaction, IREQ –UWEX 1983
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2002 - 2015 Hatch, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Managing Consultant - Power System Planning
Lead, Senior Consultant
1995 - 2002 AMEC, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Senior Consultant and Supervising Planning
Engineer
1994 - 1995 SNC Shawinigan Inc., Montréal, Québec, Canada. Senior Electrical Engineer –
Posted in Saudi Arabia
1991 - 1993 AMEC, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Supervising Planning Engineer
Lavalin-Shawinigan Consultants, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Senior Electrical
Engineer, System Planning Engineer and Junior Engineer

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EXPERIENCE
Hatch Oakville, Ontario
Managing Consultant - Power System Planning Lead, Senior Consultant 2002 – 2015
Representative assignments include:
 Energy Planning Expert for the Design and Implementation of an Energy Monitoring and
Evaluation System – Guinea, World Bank financed.
 Commercial and Technical Specialist for a public lighting project in Brazil financed by the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
 Energy Engineer for Scoping Analysis of Solar PV Opportunities for a large cosmetic
company in Brazil financed by IDB.
 Power System Specialist, Regional Power Transmission Project – Tajikistan, being financed
by the Asian Development Bank. Responsible for the preparation of a power sector master
plan to cover aspects related to generation, transmission and distribution rehabilitation and
expansion for the next 20 years.
 Team Leader – System Specialist, Electricity Sector Market Study, Dominican Republic for
Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. Limited. Provided assistance to Daewoo and its
partners on a bid to construct a coal power plant in the Dominican Republic.
 Principal Engineer, responsible for the review of planning studies associated with the
development of the power sector in Mauritania and resulting plans for installation of the
next generating units.
 Task Leader and Senior Energy Planning Engineer, Development of the National Integrated
Resource Plan, Namibia for the World Bank Group / Electricity Control Board. Responsible
for the preparation of plans outlining the medium and long term expansion of the
generation, power exchanges and transmission system in Namibia. The main goal of the
study was to identify the supply mix of resources to meet the energy needs in a sustainable,
efficient, safe and reliable manner at the lowest cost taking into account such diverse factors
as inherent generation costs (investment, fuel and O&M) as well as contribution to the local
economy, emissions, job creation, grid integration and socio-economic issues and impacts.
 Senior Power System Engineer, responsible for provision of power market analysis of
Mozambique and Zambia in terms of supply and demand, regulation and commercial
operation, investment opportunities and electricity price.
 Principal Engineer, Preparation of Strategic Toolkit to Assess Opportunities under the
Green Energy and Green Economy Act for the Electricity Distributors Association.
 Senior Electrical Engineer and Energy Specialist for Trade-off Studies for Power Supply to
Remote Loads. Responsible for determining the most adequate manner to supply loads far
from the electrical system including grid supply and/or local generation resources
encompassing a range of thermal (diesel, GTs, CCGTs, coal and oil) technologies, hydro and
non-conventional renewable energies.
 Senior Electrical Engineer and Commercial Terms Specialist for Independent Engineering
Review assignments of hydro, wind turbine, thermal and transmission line projects for
several lenders. Responsible for the assessment of the transmission connection to the
system, loss calculations and review of project agreements including EPC, TSA,
interconnection agreement, wheeling agreement, power purchase agreement, fuel supply

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agreement, warranty, maintenance and service agreements, concession contract and water
rights contract to determine if the provisions in the agreements are compatible with the
expected output of the project and to ensure that all agreements are coordinated and do not
expose the lenders to undue risks. The projects were located in North, Central and South
America and Africa and the agreements were reviewed in their original language.
 CDM Project Development Study for a large European Utility. Review and analysis of CDM
programs in various economies according to the business climate.
 Power Infrastructure Specialist, Feasibility Study of Renewable Energy for Power in the
Dominican Republic. Preparation of power purchase agreements, fuel supply agreements,
regulatory review and the preliminary information memorandum.
 Power System Planner, Market Analysis, Bonyic Hydroelectric Project, Panama.
 Power System Planner, AK-BC Intertie Feasibility Study SE Alaska. Responsible for the
development and analysis of various supply alternatives to meet the demand of several
south east Alaska communities and to export surplus hydroelectric power to the British
Columbia market or to the lower 48 states.
 Energy Engineer, Preparation of a National Integrated Electricity Expansion Plan and
Efficiency Study for Jamaica prepared for the Cabinet Office, Government of Jamaica.
Responsible for the preparation of a national level expansion plan integrating future
generation and transmission requirements.
 Project Engineer, Evaluation of New Generation in South East Tanzania. Technical and
economic analysis to determine the economic viability associated with the development of
400 MW of new generation in South East Tanzania.
 Power System Engineer, Feasibility Study for Electric Transmission and Distribution - West
Bank and Gaza. Responsible for the development, analysis and evaluation of green field
transmission alternatives to supply the Palestinian territories.
 Reliability Specialist, Regional Electrical Energy Project, Central America, Transmission
Planning for ENEE Honduras. Responsible for evaluating the short term reliability level of
the transmission system in Honduras and proposing measures to improve the system.
 Team Leader for the East African Power Master Plan Study project for the East African
Community. The project required the definition of least-cost expansion programs for the
development of the power systems of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda both in isolated and
integrated operation in order to define the potential benefits of interconnections.
 Task Leader Work Package 2 of the potential for cogeneration in Bangladesh.
AMEC Oakville, Ontario
Senior Consultant and Supervising Planning Engineer 1995 – 2002 and 1991 - 1993
Representative assignments include:
 Projects in China:
o Team Leader and Technical Assistance for the adoption of modern generation
planning systems and methodologies for Zhejiang Provincial Electric Power.

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o Senior Supply Analyst for the South China strategic energy-planning project, Phase
II. Responsible for the development of generation expansion programs of the four
provincial networks and development of techniques to analyze the potential benefits
o Power Economist for North China power transmission project that consisted of 500
and 220 kV transmission lines
o Coordinator for South China power studies project–Phase II.
 Task Leader for the market analysis for the Regenesys™ system. Responsible for
determining the likely potential sales of an electricity storage system.
 Power Economist for the Electric Power III reconstruction project, Bosnia and Herzegovina
financed by the World Bank. Responsible for the economic and financial evaluation of the
rehabilitation of systems and the safety and availability of specified hydro plants.
 Generation Planning Specialist for the power system expansion study for St. Vincent.
 Principal Engineer responsible for planning analyses carried out for a number of different
private developers investigating the installation of IPPs in Peru.
 Responsible for the review of the future potential market in Colombia and Central America
for the Ituango-Pescadero project
 Lead System Engineer for the 1996 electricity reference plan for the Ministry of Energy and
Mines, Peru. Responsible for the generation and transmission planning studies.
 Miguillas Valley Hydroelectric Feasibility Study, Bolivia. Establishment of economic
viability for the 200-MW Miguillas Valley hydroelectric feasibility study, Bolivia.
 Power System Planning in Orissa, India. Responsible for generation and transmission
planning studies to assist the Orissa State Electricity Board in establishing the short- and
medium-term investment plan.
 Estudios Complementarios de la Central Termoeléctrica a Gas en Lima, Electro Perú S.A.
Direction of all generation and transmission planning studies.
 Project Engineer for the system planning study for the Barbados Light and Power Company.
SNC Shawinigan Montréal, Québec
Senior Electrical Engineer 1994 - 1995
 Senior Electrical Engineer. Resident Generation Expert for the Long-Term Electrification
Plan of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Responsible for developing the least-cost generation
expansion plan for each of the four electrical regions (SCECOs) and for several isolated
centers in the north of the Kingdom to meet the expected load up to 2020.
Lavalin-Shawinigan Consultants Montréal, Québec
Senior Electrical Engineer, System Planning Engineer and Junior Engineer
Representative assignments include:
 Lead Transmission Planning Engineer responsible for the transmission studies related to
the interconnection of the six GCC States for the Arabian Gulf States electrical power system
interconnection. Also responsible for the electrical design of the lines.

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 Principal Planning Engineer responsible for the planning of the studies related to the
interconnection of several SADCC region countries.
 Lead System Engineer responsible for planning studies of the detailed interconnection
study for Katsina, Nigeria, east of Niger. The studies also involved determining key
parameters such as voltage level, development option and size of the generating units.
 Participation in transmission planning studies for systems in Peru, El Salvador, Argentina,
USA and Canada. Major contribution to generation planning studies carried out to
determine the economic viability of the ICLA project in Bolivia, the western grid in Canada
and the recall of power from Churchill Falls to supply Newfoundland.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
OSPE - Ontario Society for Professional Engineers - Member
PEO - Professional Engineers of Ontario - Member
LANGUAGES
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese