2010 IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference

Orlando, Florida
Program Schedule

Sunday, May 16, 2010

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration
( Convention Center Right – Caribbean Ballroom Lobby)
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Set Up Exhibits
(Convention Center - Caribbean IV-V)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Subcommittee Meetings as Scheduled
Computer Applications (Boca I)
Job Training and Safety (Boca II)
NESC (Boca III)
Power Quality and Efficient Electric Use (Boca IV)
Standards (Boca V)
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Committee Business Meeting
(Convention Center - Boca VII)
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM Vendor Display/Exhibitions
Reception

(Convention Center - Caribbean IV-V)

 

Monday, May 17, 2010

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration
( Convention Center - Caribbean Ballroom Lobby )
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Buffet (Caribbean III)
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Spouses (Companions) Tour
(Depart from Front of Convention Center)
A DAY IN WINTER PARK PLUS A CHOCOLATE FANTASY
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Opening General Session (Caribbean VI-VII)
Presiding:Mike Williams, Chairman - REPC
Key Speaker: Robert C. Springer, “Space Flight Experience”
9:00 AM – Noon Technical Session “A” (Caribbean VI-VII)
Moderator: Mike Williams
9:00 AM

A- 1        Implementing and Measuring Energy Innovation
Cameron Smallwood, Jameson Parker, Michael Lattner, United Cooperative Services

9:30 AM

A- 2        Modeling Secondary in Mapping and Engineering
Wayne Carr, Brian Lassiter, Greg Shirek and Bill Kersting, Milsoft Utility Solutions

10:00 AM Break – Exhibit Area (Caribbean IV-V)
10:30 AM A-3         Interconnection of Large Wind Turbines to Electric Cooperative Distribution Grids
Michael Pehosh, Robert Putnam, NRECA
11:00 AM A-4         The Whys of Distribution System Analysis
W. H. Kersting, Milsoft Utility Solutions
11:30 AM Break – Exhibit Area (Caribbean IV-V)
Noon – 1:00 PM Lunch - (Caribbean III)
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Technical Session “B” (Caribbean VI-VII)
Moderator: Rhonda Whitaker-Hamm, Vice Chairman - REPC
1:00 PM B- 1        Possible Effects of Smart Grid Functions on LTC Transformers
E. Tom Jauch, Consultant with Beckwith Electric Company, Inc.
1:30 PM B-2         Implementation of an Innovative Advanced Loop Scheme to Provide Distribution Reliability Improvement
Richard Wernsing, James Hubertus, Mike Duffy, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Greg Hataway, Derek Conner, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
2:00 PM

B- 3        High Impedance Fault Detection on Rural Electric Distribution Systems
Craig Wester, Mark Adamiak, Ashish Kulshrestha, Jakov Vico – GE Digital Energy

2:30 PM Break – Exhibit Area (Caribbean IV-V)
3:00 PM B- 4        Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems in Rural Electric Power System: Issues, Challenges and Application Guidelines
Benjamin Kroposki, NREL, P.K. Sen, Steve Smith, Colorado School of Mines, Keith Malmedal, NEI Electric Power Enegineering
3:30 PM

B- 5        Impact of Wind Power Generation on Distribution Systems
Charles J. Mozina, Consultant–Beckwith Electric Company

4:00 PM B- 6        ESTABLISHING A CYBER SECURITY PROGRAM TO MEET NERC CIP REQUIREMENTS
Rick Dakin, Coalfire Systems
4:30 PM Adjournment
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Vendor Display/Exhibitions & Reception (Caribbean IV-V)

 

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

 

7:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Registration - (Convention Center - Caribbean Ballroom Lobby)

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Vendor Display/Exhibitions Tear Down/Clean Up (Caribbean IV-V)
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Spouses (Companions) Tour (Depart from Front of Convention Center)
COOKING CLASS AT MING COURT
8:30 AM-Noon Technical Session “C" (Caribbean VI-VII)
Moderator: Jerry Josken, Secretary - REPC
8:30 AM

C1 Evaluating Distribution System Losses Utilizing Data from Deployed AMI and GIS Systems
Jeffrey M. Triplett, Power System Engineering, Steve Rinell, Jim Foote, Otsego Electric Cooperative

9:00 AM C2 Forward to Basics: Selected Topics in Distribution Protection
David Costello, Lee Underwood, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
9:30 AM C3 Fully Utilizing Intelligent Electronic Device Capability to Reduce Wiring in Rural Electric Distribution Substations
Terrence Smith, Rich Hunt, Craig Wester, Jakov Vico - GE Digital Energy
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break Exhibit Area (Caribbean IV-V) Exhibit Tear Down/Clean Up After Break
10:30 AM C4 Structure Management System and System Planning
Wil Schulze, SPIDAWeb, Jeff Tackett, Buckeye Rural Electric
11:00 AM C5 Transformer and Bus Protection Misoperations and
How to Avoid Them

Steve Turner, Beckwith Electric Co.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Lunch (Caribbean III)
12:45 PM Invitation to 2010 REPC Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Rhonda Whitaker-Hamm
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Technical Roundtable Session – “Power Quality” (Caribbean VI-VII)
Moderator:
  Chris Brooks, Secretary Elect - REPC
Panelists: TBD

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

 

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

 

8:30 AM

Workshop – “One-Day Distribution Overcurrent Protection WorkshopCooper Power Systems (Boca II)

8:30 AM

Workshop – Engineering to Power the World”
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Boca III)

8:30 AM Workshop – “Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation and Rural Electric Power Systems”
P.K. Sen, Colorado School of Mines (Boca IV)

 

 

 

 

 

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