Mahir D. Email & Phone Number

Laguna Niguel, CA, US

San Jose, California, US

Mahir Derman serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Provolt, where he brings a wealth of expertise in utility interface and interconnection within commercial and utility-scale renewable energy systems. Based in Sacramento, CA, Mahir founded Provolt Energy to tackle challenges in renewable energy growth and electric vehicle (EV) adoption.

Chief Engineer for Electrun™ Charging Vehicles with built in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and fast DC chargers which can deliver electrical energy to electric vehicles(EV) in any location. Chief Designer for Electrun™ EcoGrid with its Power Stations for independent electrical energy generation from renewables to supply Electrun™ Charging.

Dana Point, California, US

• Managing the engineering feasibility, utility interconnection negotiations, design and installation of renewable energy and energy storage systems, while expanding company resources to continue to achieve the company.
• Designed, managed & negotiated the interconnection of over 100MW of commercial (behind the meter & standalone) PV and over 60MWh of advance energy storage systems(AC & DC coupled) in various sizes between 150kW to 14MW.
• Recruited experts in key areas such as advance relaying & protection equipment, utility & AHJ policy negotiations & relationships, and PV designers/engineers, growing the engineering department from 2 persons to 11.
• Brought all previously outsourced engineering work to inhouse which significantly improved project timelines & costs, while allowing a much greater control & flexibility over the potential delays caused by supply.
• Built great relationships with utilities, as a consequence, improved commucations and negotiations resulted in many projects avoiding unnecessary delays and high cost utility modifications.
• Performed feasibility, designed systems (incl. MV and substation sections) & negotiated interconnections for a number of utility scale PV projects, ranging in size from 60MW to 300MW in AZ & TX.

London, London, GB

• Coordinated renewable energy (Solar PV, Wind, Hydro) and energy storage interconnection projects with customers, external vendors and contractors to be interconnected cost effectively, within state regulated.
• Performed engineering studies (i.e. CESIR, Impact etc.), screenings/feasibility reviews, generator commissioning test procedures, drafting contractual interconnection agreements, and coordinating complex renewable.
• Developed and maintained effective relationships with regulatory, energy product & program management, jurisdictional teams and vendors such as DOER, DPU, ISO, SMART and REG to ensure the successful delivery of.
• Coordinated with customers, internal and external resources to perform ASO, cluster and group studies, resulting in testing, replacing and modifying substations, feeders, distribution and transmission lines.
• Improved internal processes with creating software tool which automates the pre-app, screening and engineering review calculations, performs load vs. generation impact, substation conditions (Overvoltage 3V0, N-0 and.
• Enhanced existing policies such as revising the pre-app process in the tariff which now provides customers more information, providing additional details to system requirements handbook (ESB-756) on 3V0 overvoltage.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

Diagnosed hardware and software problems and created customized solutions, covering, workstations, servers, networks, appliances, automation/monitoring/control systems and smart devices.

Reston, Virginia, US

• Served as expert in developing work packages for electric distribution, transmission and substation systems in OH/UG/URD environments with Low, Medium and High Voltage/Tension infrastructures.Key Contributions:
• Designed OH, UG, URD, re-conductoring, line extension, asset replacement and substation modification projects using GIS, CAD tools and other client systems for electrical power utilities including National Grid.
• Performed engineering calculations that included structural analysis of poles, guying, cable pulling, electric demand, fault currents, coordination of protective devices and work permit development estimating costs.
• Prepared forestry trimming, environemental and civil survery requests, facilitating easement, permit and Right-of-Way acquisition, BOM, and CIAC.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Electrical And Computer Engineering; Concentration: Power Systems Engineering

Electrical And Electronics Engineering