Vice President, T&D Engineering and Consulting: Shariq Siddiqui has more than 16 years of experience in the engineering and consulting field. He graduated with a Master of Science in Power Systems Management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University. Most recently, Shariq served as the Consulting Director of the Power Systems Engineering Division at Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. He started his career at ISO-New England, spending almost a decade in various roles, including Market Operations (Day Ahead and Real-Time Markets) and System Planning (Technical Lead for interconnection studies). During this time, he gained in-depth knowledge of electricity markets and the complex power systems interconnection process. Shariq joins RMS Energy with trusted expertise in managing multiple teams of consulting engineers performing Interconnection Studies. His interconnection experience includes Feasibility and System Impact Studies for offshore/onshore wind, battery, solar, and elective transmission projects in the queue. Study scopes include steady state, short-circuit, stability, and PSCAD dynamic performance analysis. Additionally, Shariq has experience leading economic (financial) analyses on behalf of utilities, developers, and ISOs. He has performed congestion curtailment, risk basis analysis, and LMP ‘Location Marginal Price’ forecasting to determine the optimum point of injection for new projects, as well as identifying new transmission projects. His evaluations include energy storage projects as stand-alone or hybrid projects (co-located with PV or Wind). Shariq is highly knowledgeable in ISO New England markets, rules, and generator interconnection procedures, as well as Open Access Transmission Tariffs (OATT) requirements.