Rashida Caraway

Experience

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  TXU Electric Delivery

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Transmission Substation Engineer

  • Reviewed transmission traditional procurement process versus an alternate method for the purposes of reducing cost and delivery time• Initiated requests and provided product specification for materials needed for design projects. Materials to include high and low side switches, circuit breakers, communication equipment, meters, steel, cable, transformers, and control houses• Responsible for complete design of electrical engineering portion of substations including installations of transformers, breakers, switches, customer meters and electrical panels • Provided cost estimates and analysis to management team for projects ranging from $30,000 to $1.5 million• Provided product specification for animal determent products for transmission group• Participated in system-wide ERCOT generation metering project including cost estimating, documentation, and scheduling of meter installation• Participated in department recruiting by attending college fairs and providing intern tours and presentations• Directed department’s annual United Way campaign Show less

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  Oncor Electric Delivery

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  • Prepared project designs and estimates for new residential and commercial electric distribution customers• Followed projects through the construction process to ensure timely completion and accurate posting of construction documents, as-built data and financial records• Developed and maintained budget and schedule of projects for project management team• Communicated with customers and other work groups to ensure internal and external expectations were met including building specifications and project dates• Provided annual Medic First Aid training to district employees Show less

  • Distribution Electrical Engineer

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Relay Protection Engineer

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2005
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  Texas Reliability Entity, Inc.

  Mar 2007 - now

  • Supervised team of engineers and analysts • Reviewed engineers/analyst’s assessments of violations for operational planning and cyber security issues• Monitored regions' performance of compliance enforcement activities under NERC• Provided technical review on acceptance of mitigation and corrective activities• Assisted electric companies in determining activities to correct noncompliance issues • Conducted reliability assessments including participating in compliance audits • Determined penalties for over 100 violations of NERC Reliability Standards• Provided lessons learned from violation dismissals• Prepared presentations and communicate compliance program requirements through informational meetings• Participated in Black Start Training Show less • Conducted reliability assessments and participated in compliance audits • Prepared reports to document NERC compliance assessments• Received and reviewed formal complaints from registered entities• Issued violation notices to registered entities concerning assessments• Determined penalties for violations of Standards• Participated in settlement discussions to process violations• Verified mitigation plans were complete by reviewing evidence• Reviewed mitigation plans and corrective action plans for acceptance• Developed and maintained several department procedures • Coordinated several assessments of entities throughout the year• Prepared presentations and communicated compliance program requirements through informational meetings• Assisted in developing and maintaining NERC compliance program plan documents and templates• Regional coordinator of transmission availability data• Interviewed potential employees Show less

  • Manager, Risk Assessment

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Risk Engineer, Senior

    Apr 2018 - Jul 2023

  • Team Lead, Compliance Assessment and Mitigation

    Feb 2010 - Apr 2018

  • Compliance Engineer

    Mar 2007 - Feb 2010