DISTRIBUTECH International 2020

UU 101: ADMS Solutions for Modern Distribution Systems (Room 212AB)

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This course will provide information electric utilities need to plan, integrate, and commission an advanced distribution management system (ADMS) that includes functions for electrical optimization, outage management, DER Management, and other advanced applications.

Attendees will learn: 

  • Key terms and definitions
  • Basic and advanced functionality of the latest ADMS and OMS systems
  • OMS and ADMS architecture alternatives
  • DERMS functionality
  • ADMS business case

Knowledge, skills and/or capabilities that attendees should acquire through this course: 

  • System integration guidelines and challenges
  • Current vendor offerings
  • Implementation strategy
  • Lessons learned by at least two leading utilities who have “been there, done that”

Who should attend this course:

  • Electric utility operators, engineers and managers involved in the operation, design and optimization of electric distribution systems
  • Representatives of electric distribution companies that are implementing or planning to implement ADMS functionality
  • Information technology and business process personnel responsible for system integration and transitioning to modern distribution control centers
  • Financial personnel interested in the business case for deploying ADMS

Prerequisite skills, knowledge, certifications:

  • Knowledge of electric distribution operations
  • Business processes for managing customer outages
  • General knowledge of communication media for remote monitoring and control of electric power apparatus