Dominic Dave Pacaba

Dominic Dave Pacaba

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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I am a person who loves strategy games. You have to be continuously adaptive and create a path towards your “win condition”. To understand the limits of your strategy, you need to know your exact calculations and allow you to have more options in your decisions and the risks and reward of each decision.

Working in electricity markets and the energy industry in general has allowed me to exercise the same analytical mindset that I use in strategy games to analyze data in a complex industry. The analysis I provide helps management understand the potential impacts of different decisions and the impacts of changes in the market conditions.

To help me do these types of analysis, I had to learn programming (VBA, Python, C#) and improve my excel skills on my own time. I have built tools ranging from manipulation of data to equilibrium models and market simulators.

As part of risk management and a certified Energy Risk Professional, my work doesn’t stop with the analysis of potential scenarios (using statistics) that I perform. Working with other teams when you have differing views of the same decision (which is common) is as important for the success of the business. Being on the same page on the potential risks is important to have a good working relationship.

Out of the office I always find time to learn new things not related to work, take on personal coding projects and unwind by playing video games and hanging out and travelling with my loving wife and family.

Specialties: Electricity Markets, Risk Management, Energy Risk, Market Risk, Market Analysis, Programming, Modelling, Statistical Analysis, Excel, VBA, Python, C#, Forecasting, Monte Carlo Simulation, Analytical Skills, Attention to Detail, Quantitative, Communication, Risk Analysis, Self-Motivated, Time Management

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Experience

  • Aurora Energy Research Graphic

    Aurora Energy Research

    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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    Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, Philippines

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    Pasig, National Capital Region, Philippines

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    Taguig City, Philippines

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    Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines

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    Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines

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    Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

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Education

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    Activities and Societies: Electric Power Research Laboratory (EPRL), Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers - Council of Student Chapters - University of the Philippines - Diliman (IIEE-CSC-UPD), University of the Philippines Students Association of Valuers of Energy Resources (UP SAVER)

    - Major in Power Systems
    - Engineering Research and Development for Technology Scholar
    - Research specialized in Electricity Markets

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    Activities and Societies: Electric Power Research Laboratory (EPRL), Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers - Council of Student Chapters - University of the Philippines - Diliman (IIEE-CSC-UPD), University of the Philippines Student Association of Valuers of Energy Resources (UP SAVER)

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Publications

  • Chance-constrained supply function equilibrium model of electricity markets with wind generation

    TENCON 2014 - 2014 IEEE Region 10 Conference

    The increase in wind generation in an electric power system also increases the uncertainty in supply and can affect how Generating Companies (GenCos) strategize in the electricity market thereby also affecting electricity prices. The study introduces a method for simulating the effects of different wind generation conditions on GenCo market strategy and on electricity market prices. A supply function equilibrium model is formulated for the electricity market, with a chance constraint added to…

    The increase in wind generation in an electric power system also increases the uncertainty in supply and can affect how Generating Companies (GenCos) strategize in the electricity market thereby also affecting electricity prices. The study introduces a method for simulating the effects of different wind generation conditions on GenCo market strategy and on electricity market prices. A supply function equilibrium model is formulated for the electricity market, with a chance constraint added to accommodate the introduction of wind generation resources. The chance constraint used indicates the probability of the demand being satisfied by the supply, which translates to the probability of the amount of generation from wind resources. The study determines the effects of system confidence level, wind penetration level, wind probability parameters, and wind turbine parameters on the market clearing price, GenCo strategy, and GenCo market share. Although the increase in wind generation decreases the electricity market price, prices do not decrease proportionally with respect to increasing wind generation due to the changes in the strategies of GenCos.

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    • Allan Nerves
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  • Multiagent-based market simulator for the wholesale electricity spot market

    TENCON 2012 - 2012 IEEE Region 10 Conference

    This study proposes an agent-based model to characterize and investigate the complex interaction between the physical network infrastructure of the power system and the economic behavior of the electricity market. Market clearing prices are determined by a single-sided auction where the profit-seeking behavior of a generation company is modeled using an autonomous adaptive agent capable of endogenously developing its own bidding strategies through a Roth-Erev reinforcement learning algorithm…

    This study proposes an agent-based model to characterize and investigate the complex interaction between the physical network infrastructure of the power system and the economic behavior of the electricity market. Market clearing prices are determined by a single-sided auction where the profit-seeking behavior of a generation company is modeled using an autonomous adaptive agent capable of endogenously developing its own bidding strategies through a Roth-Erev reinforcement learning algorithm that determine their price and quantity offers in the hourly auction.

    Other authors
    • Allan Nerves
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Courses

  • ADVANCED POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS

    EE 152

  • Advanced Mathematical Methods in Engineering I

    ES 201

  • COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

    EEE 105

  • Control Systems Theory

    EEE 101

  • Distribution Systems Automation

    EE 197 J

  • ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THEORY

    EEE 33

  • ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

    EE 153

  • ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENTS & EQUIPMENT CHARACTERIZATION

    EE 146

  • ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES

    EE 145

  • ELECTRICAL MACHINE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL

    EE 143

  • ELECTRICAL MACHINE OPERATION AND CONTROL

    EEE 44

  • ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS I

    EEE 51

  • ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS PROTOTYPING LABORATORY

    EEE 100

  • Economic Operation of Power Systems

    EE 358

  • Electrical Measurements Laboratory

    EEE 34

  • Electrical System Design

    EE 158

  • Electromagnetic Fields I

    EEE 23

  • Electromechanical Energy Conversion

    EEE 43

  • Electronic Circuits Laboratory I

    EEE 52

  • Energy Planning

    EgyE 251

  • Energy Systems Modelling

    EE 298 Y

  • Fault Studies

    EE 251

  • INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS

    EEE 103

  • INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

    EEE 31

  • INTRODUCTION TO POWER ELECTRONICS

    EE 121

  • Introduction to Communication Systems

    EEE 107

  • Introduction to Semiconductor Devices and Circuits

    EEE 41

  • New energy systems

    EE 157

  • PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

    EEE 13

  • PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

    EEE 11

  • Power System Dynamics and Stability

    EE 357

  • Power System Reliability

    EE 353

  • Power Systems Operation & Control

    EE 359

  • Probability and Statistics for Electrical and Electronics Engineers

    EEE 25

  • Project Proposals, Inspection Trips, and Seminars

    EEE 190

  • Protective Relaying

    EE 256

  • SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

    EEE 35

  • SWITCHING THEORY AND DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN

    EEE 21

  • Semiconductor Devices and Circuits Laboratory

    EEE 42

  • Seminar

    EE 296

  • Special Problems in Electrical Engineering

    EE 198

  • Statistical Design & Analysis for Engineers

    IE 230

  • Thesis

    EE 300

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Filipino

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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