Bio

Ricky Faizal is Vice President, Electricity System Planning and Control, PT PLN.

Ricky commenced his tenure with PLN in 2006 and currently holds the esteemed position of Vice President of Electricity System Planning and Control Control. From 2017 to 2021, he assumed the role of manager in one of the transmission management and load control units in West Kalimantan. Additionally, from 2021 to 2023, he served as Senior Planning Manager at PLN Main Distribution Unit and Sumatra Load Control Center.

He was born in Purwakarta, West Java, Indonesia on December 5, 1981. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 2005 and subsequently attained a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the same institution in 2014. In 2013, he conducted research at TU Graz, Austria, focusing on the topic of HVDC interconnection.

Ricky’s professional interests encompass a wide array of disciplines including Power System Planning, Power System Analysis, Power System Stability, Economic and Financial Analysis, and Energy Management.