2012 IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference

Milwaukee, WI
Program Schedule

Sunday, April 15, 2012

 

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration (2nd Floor - Prefunction Area)
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Set Up Exhibits (2nd Floor - Reception Area & Executive Ballrooms)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Subcommittee Meetings as Scheduled (Hyatt Regency)
Computer Applications (Gilpatrick A Room)
Job Training and Safety (Gilpatrick B Room)
NESC (Gilpatrick C Room)
Power Quality and Efficient Electric Use (Milwaukee A Room)
Standards (Milwaukee B Room)
NRECA T&D Underground (Lakeshore A Room)

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Committee Business Meeting (Lakeshore A Room)
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM Vendor Display/Exhibitions & Reception
(2nd Floor - Reception Area & Executive Ballroom)

 

Monday, April 17, 2012

 

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration (2nd Floor Prefunction Area)
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Buffet (Regency Ballroom A & D)
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Companions Tour : Milwaukee City Tour
(Depart from Hyatt Regency Hotel Lobby)
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Opening General Session (Recency Ballroom B & C)
Presiding: Jerry Josken, REPC Chairperson
Key Speaker: Thomas G. Pitstick, Vice President of Cooper Power System Energy Automation Solutions
Topic: TBA

9:00 AM – Noon Technical Session “A” (Regency Ballroom B & C)
Moderator: Jerry Josken, REPC Chairperson
9:00 AM

A- 1    Leveraging Mandatory and Enforceable Electric Reliability Standards for non-Registered Rural Electric Utilities
Seth Brown, PE, GDS Associates, Inc.

9:30 AM

A- 2    Regulatory Evolution and its Effect on System Operation and Security
Michael Swearingen, Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.

10:00 AM Break – Exhibit Area (2nd Floor Reception Area)
10:30 AM A-3     Stray and Contact Voltage - An Update on IEEE PES P1695 Working Group Activities
Charles (Chuck) DeNardo, IEEE PES P1695 Chair
11:00 AM A-4     Bonding Requirements for Conductive Poles
Edward Thomas, PE, Utility Electrical Consultants, PC
11:30 AM Break – Exhibit Area (2nd Floor Reception Area)
Noon – 1:00 PM Lunch - (Regency Ballroom A & D)
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Technical Session “B” (Regency Ballroom A & D)
Moderator: Chris Brooks, Vice Chairman - REPC
1:00 PM B- 1     NESC Wind and Ice Load Effects on Wood Distribution Pole Design,
Mark F. Jurgemeyer, PE and Casey Miller, PE, Stanley Consultants, Inc.
1:30 PM B-2      Implementing CVR through Voltage Regulator LDC Settings
Jeffrey M. Triplett, PE, Power System Engineering
2:00 PM

B- 3     Investigating Load Estimation Methods with the Use of AMI Metering for Distribution System Analysis
R.F. Arritt, EPRI

2:30 PM Break – Exhibit Area (2nd Floor Reception Area)
3:00 PM B- 4     Maximizing Protection Coordination with Self-Healing Technology
Dan Roth, Cooper Power Systems
3:30 PM

B- 5     Distribution System and Distribution Energy Resource Modeling and their Effects on System Impact Studies
Greg Shirek, PE, Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.

4:00 PM B- 6    Integrated Fault Location System for Power Distribution Feeders
Yanfeng Gong, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
4:30 PM Adjournment
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Vendor Display/Exhibitions & Reception (2nd Floor Reception Area)

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

 

7:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Registration - (2nd Floor Prefunction Area)

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Vendor Display/Exhibitions Tear Down/Clean Up (2nd Floor Reception Area)
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Buffet (Regency Ballroom A & D)
8:30 AM-Noon Technical Session “C" (Regency Ballroom B & C)
Moderator: Doug Turk, Secretary - REPC
8:30 AM

C-1    Integrating Arc-Flash Analysis with Protective Device Coordination
Christopher Lee Brooks, PE, ESC Engineering Inc.

9:00 AM

C-2    Power Quality Considerations In Distribution Engineering
Alan Hannah, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.

9:30 AM

C-3    Shortage of Trained Workforce in Electric Utility Industry: True or False?
P.K. Sen, PhD, PE and Keith Malmedal, PhD, PE, Colorado School of Mines

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break Exhibit Area (2nd Floor Reception Area)
Exhibit Tear Down/Clean Up After Break
10:30 AM

C- 4   Impact of Smart Grids and Green Power Generation on Distribution Systems
Charles J. Mozina, Beckwith Electric Co., Inc.

11:00 AM

C-5     The Smart Grid and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cyber Security Strategy for the Future
Rick Dakin, Coalfire

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Lunch
12:45 PM

Invitation to 2013 REPC Conference in
Chris Brooks, REPC Vice Chairman

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Technical Roundtable Session –
Moderator:  David Farmer, Secretary Elect REPC
Panelists:  TBD

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Door Prizes – “You Must Be Present To Win”
Closing Announcements
Conference Adjournment
   

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

 

8:00 AM - noon

Workshop – Summary of Changes to the 2012 NESC
Presented by UC Synergetics

8:00 AM - noon

Workshop –  SEL Technical Seminar
Presented by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

 

 

 

 

 

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