Project Manager – Harry Istepanian

I was appointed as Project Manager to provide engineering and project management support for
USAID Afghanistan’s Afghanistan Engineering Support Program (AESP)/Office of Infrastructure,
Engineering and Energy (OIEE).

Involved on behalf of USAID AESP/OIEE in negotiations for identification, scrutinizing and
prequalifying IPP to enter the Afghan market, appraising potential power projects, developing
the procurement, tender and award procedures.
prepare and review IPP contract conditions and MFS documents; provide economic evaluations
of projects’ capex and opex estimation;
evaluation and due diligence of the existing facilities and infrastructures for rehabilitation and
new installation;
Develop capacity building for local engineers by enhancing opportunities to serve on several
projects including installation of new 220kV substation near Salang tunnel,
Evaluation and upgrading of the electricity distribution system for the city of Kabul and
installation of distribution network for Hesar-e-Shani Industrial Park.
Development of working procedures for high voltage planning interconnection between south
and north transmission network.
Represent USAID on the tender committees for generation and transmission projects.
Asset valuation of Kabul electricity distribution utility network service provider assets on behalf
of the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS).
DABS generation corporation’s assets for regulatory purposes and in preparation for the sale of
certain assets in the Afghanistan.
Project management of the design of Salang tunnel 66/11kV substations along with USACE.
Economic rationalization of the overhead transmission and distribution lines for Hesar-e-Shani
Industrial Park.