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Sessions (44)

Advancing Utility Maintenance and Construction with Augmented and Virtual Reality (Room 401)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Zachary Wassenberg ; Mark Kulchycki ; Micah Tinklepaugh ; A. Vukojevic ; A. Washburn
This panel of industry and technology experts will discuss their experiences with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) while exploring t... More...

Are Electric Utilities Ready for the Era of Big Data? (Room 110)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): K. Chen ; D. Dorr ; M. Massoumy ; Nanpeng Yu ; Nanpeng Yu ; P. Zhao
The electric utility industry is being swamped by petabytes of data coming from various sources such as smart meters, phasor measurement units, SCA... More...

Economic and Reliability Benefits of Power Flow Control Technologies: Hardware and Software (Room 403)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Alberto Del Rosso ; Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani ; E. Ela ; B. Li ; T. Nudell ; P. Ruiz
Power systems across the world experience transmission congestion that can lead to significant costs. In the United States, billions of dollars a y... More...

Overhead Transmission Line Uprating and Upgrading (Room 113)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Jose Daconti ; Jose Daconti ; D. Bryant ; O. Lynch ; J. Mccall ; D. Wabnegger
This panel will address overhead line uprating and upgrading feasibility and the major feasibility aspects to be taken into account before deciding... More...

Provision of Grid Services from DR Resources (Room 106)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Farrokh Rahimi ; A. Ipakchi ; J. Laundergan ; J. Lian ; Ning Lu
The electric power utility landscape is changing due to a combination of factors including increasing levels of renewable and distributed energy re... More...

Smart Cities: A Collaboration Between Government, Communities, Utilities and Business (Room 109)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): William Abolt ; Russell DeSalvo ; James Mazurek ; E. Silverman
The macro themes that shape cities around the world are changing. To address challenges from changing climate to increasing congestion, cities are ... More...

Techniques Used by Utilities to Review Their Outage Data (Room 203)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): John Mcdaniel ; H. Caswell ; A. Hofman ; T. Thomas
Focus on reliable power delivery has intensified over the last two decades.  More and more customers expect that their power will be on all th... More...

Technologies to Enhance Grid Resiliency, Reliability and Sustainability: Needs, Trends and Emerging Solutions (Room 103)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Dongbo Zhao ; C. Herbst ; S. Meliopoulos ; Julio Romero Aguero
Power system encounters significant challenges for its resilient, stable and reliable operation given the recently incorporated renewable and dynam... More...

Applications of Energy Storage in Power Delivery Systems: Real-Life Experiences, Challenges, Solutions and Lessons Learned (Room 106)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Julio Romero Aguero ; Babak Enayati ; D. Haughton ; A. Kling ; N. Rivera Jr. ; P. Tyschenko ; C. Wong
Applications of energy storage technologies, particularly Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), are receiving considerable attention in the power ... More...

Business Cases for Microgrid Implementations (Room 113)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Ning Lu ; Laurie Miller ; J. Giraldez ; D. Lubkeman ; D. Mueller ; S. Pullins ; K. Schneider
Microgrid experts from industry, academia, and national laboratories will present value propositions for applications of microgrids and business ca... More...

Enhancing Asset Management Intelligence: Best Practices in Data-Driven Decision Making (Room 401)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Robert Otal ; Matthew McGrath ; Alex Mogilevsky ; Chong Ng
Electric utilities continue to face substantial challenges – both internally and externally via state and provincial regulators, to make prud... More...

Future Reliable and Cost-effective Integration of Distributed Energy Resources: Technologies, Pilot Projects and Challenges (Room 110)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Bin Wang ; D. Black ; R. Gadh ; Salman Kahrobaee ; Yubo Wang ; Nanpeng Yu
Integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), such as Electric Vehicles (EVs), Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and renewable generations,... More...

Keeping Grids Resilient: Transformer Exchange Within a Few Days and Further Options to Maximize Network Stability (along the entire energy value chain) (Room 203)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Ewald Schweiger ; K. Cheung ; P. Mueller ; T. Prevost ; G. Rincon
Would you like to have the possibility to be able to exchange a transformer within a few days? Keeping the light on at all times calls for fast rea... More...

Power Quality and EMC Issues Associated with Future Electricity Networks (Room 103)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Francisc Zavoda ; M. Bollen ; R. Das ; T. Laughner ; S. Ronnberg
The increasing complexity of the electric power network and its management, growing demand and service quality expectations such as greater grid re... More...

Transactive Energy Methods: Techniques and Approaches for Interaction Between Distribution Grid Participants (Room 109)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Shawn Chandler ; Trevor Hardy ; P. Heitmann ; Farrokh Rahimi ; R. Shandross
This panel will explore transactive energy simulation, intelligent system interaction, information models, blockchain integration with transactive ... More...

Value Engineering: Optimizing Solutions while Balancing Function and Cost (Room 403)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): N. Bargas ; R. Berzescu ; K. Goldstein ; Oscar Santos ; Oscar Santos ; H. Sharifnia
This panel will outline and share the Southern California Edison's (SCE) Value Engineering (VE) efforts focused on improving the value of goods... More...

IEEE PES Young Professionals (Room 106)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Collegiate Program, Panel Session

Speaker(s): Aaron St. Leger ; B. Dupuis ; J. Ferrera ; Bala Kotharu ; Aaron S. Leger
This panel highlights PES Young Professionals and provides an opportunity for them to share research or projects that they have been working on. More...

Superconducting Systems: Effective Solutions for the Modernization of Power Grids (Room 103)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Frank Schmidt ; S. Chen ; F. Frentzas ; M. Ross ; R. Ryu ; M. Stemmle
Significant progress has been achieved in the development of power applications for high temperature superconducting (HTS) technologies, in particu... More...

Integrating DER's Into the Grid (Room 103)

18 Apr 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Mike Beehler ; Scott Bordenkircher ; J. Gavin ; David Geier ; N. Martinez
Distributed Energy Resources (DER) take many forms: DG, storage, aggregated DR, EV charging infrastructure and many other "non-wire" solu... More...

---Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) Key Technology and Project Application in Power Systems--CANCELLED (Room 106)

18 Apr 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Yi Yang ; K. Deng ; P. Li ; J. Tian
CANCELLED - Modern electric utilities are facing enormous challenges for economic and reliable operation of power systems, such as imbalance distri... More...

Applications of Distribution Automation in Distribution Systems with Distributed Energy Resources (DER) (Room 403)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Julio Romero Aguero ; M. Asano ; B. Clark ; Babak Enayati ; D. Haughton ; Dan Lysaker ; M. Simms
The electric power industry is currently undergoing an unprecedented transformation. The distribution grid in particular is being modernized via de... More...

Distributed Computing and Multi-Agent Systems Applications in Smart Grid (Room 109)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Amin Kargarian ; Masoud Barati ; L. Kristov ; Z. Wang ; S. Widergren
In future power systems different agents will take responsibility for different parts of the system. Since any decision made by an agent affects de... More...

Industry Collaboration and Standards Organizations Supporting the Grid of the Future (Room 103)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): David Roop ; Bob Cummings ; T. Galloway ; J. Mcdonald ; Damir Novosel ; Michael Pesin
The future electric grid requires collaboration from many different industry organizations. No one organization has the capability to cover the tec... More...

New Operation and Planning Tools/Models for High PV Penetration Grids (Room 110)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Guohui Yuan ; Shrirang Abhyankar ; R. Broderick ; B. Hodge ; S. Kiliccote ; N. Samaan
This panel will present the latest tools developed or under development by national labs and research institutes funded by the DOE Sunlamp program ... More...

Power System Reliability with High Penetration Renewable Resources: Challenges and Opportunities (Room 401)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Jay Liu ; Ryan Quint ; W. Harm ; Gary Kobet ; David Narang ; M. Papic ; Ravi Subramaniam
This panel will raise awareness of reliability issues which are foreseen or have been identified with renewable energy resource integrations. Durin... More...

Productivity through Technology (Room 113)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Mike Beehler ; David Geier ; C. Kelly ; L. Mazzocchi ; T. Mogensen
The T&D industry is starting to embrace new technologies to improve operational efficiencies on an increasingly complex system. During this pan... More...

Synchrophasor Technology in Distribution Systems (Room 106)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Farnoosh Rahmatian ; Dan Gabel ; S. Hendabadi ; Y. Liu ; A. Mceachern ; Sean Murphy ; Farnoosh Rahmatian ; Eric Udren ; A. Von Meier
Deployment of synchrophasor technology has seen significant growth in the electric power transmission systems in the recent years.  The us... More...

Using Synchrophasors to Improve Bulk Power System Reliability and Resiliency in North America (Room 203)

18 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Marianna Vaiman ; Emanuel Bernabeu ; Daniel Brancaccio ; Michael Cassiadoro ; Orlando Ciniglio ; Ashley Donahoo ; Pavel Etingov ; Patrick Gravois ; Slava Maslennikov ; Ryan Quint ; Tariq Rahman
This panel has been organized jointly by IEEE PES CFWG, NERC, North American Synchrophasor Initiative (NASPI) and US electric utilities and ISOs. M... More...

Catching Consumers and Distributed Generation Flexibility to Improve Demand Response (Room 103)

18 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Pedro Faria ; Farrokh Rahimi ; Pedro Faria ; Z. Vale ; G. Venayagamoor
Consumer’s flexibility, deployed under a diversity of incentive and price-based demand response programs and incentives for distributed gener... More...

Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Innovative Technologies (Room 207)

18 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session, WiP

Speaker(s): Marina Mondello ; Hamideh Bitaraf ; Darcy Immerman
The electric grid is undergoing a significant renovation process towards the grid of the future, featuring smart innovative technologies, widesprea... More...

Collaborating to Advance Distributed Energy Resources (Room 113)

18 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Sharon Allan ; Vibhu Kaushik ; S. Nachmias ; R. Smith
Hear from four different utility executives on what they are doing with regard to planning and operating distributed energy resources onto their gr... More...

DOE - Austin Energy SHINES Partnership: Achieving Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV (Room 106)

18 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Guohui Yuan ; L. Martin ; D. Smith ; D. Sowder ; T. Williams ; Guohui Yuan
Under funding from DOE’s SHINES program, Austin Energy is creating a DER management platform that maintains grid reliability while also enabl... More...

International Review of Energy Storage: Regulations, Applications, Success Stories, and Next Steps (Room 110)

18 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): David Elizondo ; P. Elizondo ; S. Kolluri ; R. León Candela ; Patricio Valenzuela Vasquez ; G. Villa
Currently, electric power systems are experiencing increasing trends for solar and wind generation penetration, which are intermittent sources by n... More...

R&D Solutions for Accelerating Microgrids in Distribution Systems (Room 109)

18 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Siddharth Suryanarayanan ; A. Anderson ; P. Koralewicz ; B. Miller ; M. Mohanpurkar ; M. Panwar ; S. Widergren
Microgrids have transitioned from the conceptual stages to mainstream applications in many realms of distribution systems. As microgrid technologie... More...

Improving Grid Stability with Variable Shunt Reactors and Phase Shifters (Room 106)

19 Apr 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): James McIver ; D. Durbak ; G. Linortner ; Chetan Mishra
As energy systems are getting more complex, grid quality and control in the high-voltage grid becomes of utter importance for transmission grid ope... More...

Smart Cities: Buildings, Transportation and Energy Program Integration with IoT (Room 103)

19 Apr 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Rendall Farley ; Shawn Chandler ; Josh Gartner ; George Karayannis
This panel will explore Smart Building-to-EV-to-Grid information models, highlight successful utility transportation electrification programs, tech... More...

Building a More Resilient Distribution System Against Extreme Events (Room 103)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Wei Sun ; Kate Anderson ; C. Chen ; Z. Wang
Critical power infrastructure has to operate against extreme events, suck as long-term climate change, natural hazards and disasters and cyber intr... More...

Evaluation of Advanced Distribution System Applications Using DMS Centric Approaches (Room 203)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Murali Baggu ; B. Amundson ; E. Dall'Anese ; S. Koehler ; R. Moghe ; K. Schneider
The proliferation of distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems is creating operational challenges for the distribution grid, such as reverse power flow... More...

Future of Substation Physical Security (Room 109)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Pat Ervin ; G. Becker ; J. Kappenman ; CRAIG STIEGEMEIER
Compact High Voltage Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) coupled with underground transmission can effectively and economically build energy bunkers as... More...

Future TSO-DSO Interaction and Coordination (Room 401)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Jim Reilly ; Jens Boemer ; A. Ghassemian ; A. Levitt ; G. Taylor ; Sebastian Wende - von Berg
Power systems are evolving to incorporate material and significant levels of distributed energy resources (DER) with impact on the bulk power syste... More...

Planning, Deployment and Operation of Energy Storage Projects (Room 106)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Nanpeng Yu ; Hamidreza Zareipour ; J. Araiza ; K. Fok ; R. Lin
As renewable energy penetration levels increase, the energy storage systems gain traction. The first quarter of 2017 was the biggest in history for... More...

Recent Transmission FACTS Installations (Room 113)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Joe Warner ; M. Cameron ; M. Mcvey ; D. Sullivan
As network conditions continue to shift within transmission systems, additional flexibility and controllability are significant drivers for applica... More...

Reliability Considerations of High-Penetration DER on the Bulk Power System (Room 110)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Jason McDowell ; M. Ahlstrom ; N. Kang ; C. Loutan ; N. Segal ; E. Vittal
High penetration of distributed energy resources (DER) in distribution systems not only introduces two-way power flows but also impacts system resp... More...

Siting New Transmission in 2018 (Room 403)

19 Apr 18
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Mike Beehler ; C. Adamson ; K. Bowes ; T. Kondziolka ; L. Wollin
New transmission lines are increasingly challenging to site and permit as intervening stakeholders raise new and old issues to effectively slow &nd... More...