2008 IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference

Charleston, South Carolina

Program Schedule

Sunday, April 27, 2008

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration
Location: Convention Center - Ballroom Lobby
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Set Up Exhibits
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom C
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Subcommittee Meetings as Scheduled
Computer Applications
Job Training and Safety
NESC
Power Quality and Efficient Electric Use
Standards
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Committee Business Meeting
Location: Convention Center – Room 11
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM Vendor Display/Exhibitions
Reception

Location: Convention Center – Ballroom C
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM Visit Historic Downtown Charleston - Busses leave for downtown area with drop off at Custom House near The Market
11:30 PM Last bus pickup at Custom House

Monday, April 28, 2008

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration
Location: Convention Center - Ballroom Lobby
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM Spouses (Companions) Tour
Historic City, Middleton Plantation, Low Country Lunch

Depart from Embassy Suites Lobby
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Opening General Session
Presiding: Russ Dantzler, Chairman - REPC
Keynote Address: Glenn English, CEO
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom B
9:30 AM Technical Session “A”
Moderator: Russ Dantzler
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom B
A1 “Center Tapped Transformer and 120/240 Volt Secondary Models”
W.H. Kersting, Milsoft Utility Solutions
10:00 AM Break – Exhibit Area (Ballroom C)
10:30 AM A2 “Stray Voltage: Two Different Perspectives”
Jim Burke, Quanta Technology
Chuck Untiedt, Udder Chaos, Inc.
11:00 AM A3 “Application of Digital Radio for Distribution Pilot Protection”
R. Hunt, M. Adamiak, A. King, S. McCreery
11:30 AM A4 “Utilizing Geographical Information System Data to Plan for System Expansion and Improve System Operations”
Ryan Smith, GISP, Electrical Systems Consultants, Inc. Kurt Towler, Sulphur Springs Valley EC
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Lunch
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom A
“The Confederate Submarine Hunley – Recovery and Restoration”
Luncheon Speaker: SC State Glenn F. McConnell
1:30 PM Technical Session “B” Moderator: Jerry Hager, Vice Chairman - REPC
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom B
1:30 PM B1 “New Considerations for Security Compliance, Reliability and Business Continuity”
Robert McDonald, CEP, VASAR, Inc.
2:00 PM B2 “Enhancing Inspection and Maintenance Through Automation”
Michael R. Abbey, EDM International Inc.
2:30 PM B3 “A New Approach to Find Fault Locations on Distribution Feeder Circuits – Part II” Denny Branca, Cannon Technology
3:00 PM Break – Exhibit Area (Ballroom C)
3:30 PM B4 “New Developments in Faulted Circuit Indicators Help Utilities Reduce Cost and Improve Service” Francis M. Angerer, Power Delivery Products
4:00 PM B5 “Real Time Distribution Analysis for Electric Utilities”
Jim See, Wayne Carr, P.E., Steven Collier, Milsoft Utility Solutions
4:30 PM Adjournment
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM Vendor Display/Exhibitions
Reception

Location: Convention Center – Ballroom C
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM Visit Historic Downtown Charleston - Busses leave for downtown area
with drop off at Custom House near The Market
11:30 PM Last bus pickup at Custom House

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

7:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Registration
Location: Convention Center - Ballroom Lobby
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM Vendor Display/Exhibitions Tear Down/Clean Up
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom C
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM Spouses (Companions) Tour
Historic Downtown Charleston with Carriage Ride-On Your Own Sightseeing, Shopping, Lunch

Depart from Embassy Suites Lobby
8:30 AM Technical Session "C"
Moderator: Rhonda Whitaker-Hamm, Secretary Elect - REPC
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom B
8:30 AM C1 “Mongolian Distribution Power Lines and Raptor Electrocutions”
Richard Harness, Dr. Sundev Gombobaatar, Dr. Reuven Yosef, EDM International, Inc.
9:00 AM C2 “Importance of Quality Compounds for Utility Cable Reliability”
Alfred Mendelsohn, Ph. D., Ram Ramachandran, Brent Richardson, P.E., Dow Chemical Company
9:30 AM C3 “Comparison of Some Randomly Selected Utilities Interconnection Requirements and the Compliance with the IEEE Std. 1547 – Interconnection Guidelines”
Keith Malmedal, P.K. Sen Ph.D., Nelson Engineering
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM C4 “Enhanced Load Transfer Schemes for Very Reliable Service”
Mike Collum, P.E., Greg Hataway, Roy Moxley, and Lee Underwood, P.E., Scheitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
11:00 AM C5 “Dynamic VAR Compensation Provides Capacity and Stability on 138 kV Transmission Network Near Dallas Metro Area”
Eddy Reece, Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Tim Craig, Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative, Alan Hannah, AEP-SWEPCO
11:30 AM C6 “Fault Analysis on Electrical Distribution System”
Glenn C. Lampley, P.E., Progress Energy Carolinas
12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM Lunch
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom A

Invitation to 2009 REPC Conference in Fort Collins, CO
Jerry Hager

“Operating Experiences with a Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle”
Luncheon Speaker:
Robert E. Long, South Carolina Electric & Gas
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM Technical Roundtable Session – “The Ramifications of the New Transformer Efficiency Standards from DOE”
Moderator:
Mike Williams, Secretary - REPC
Panelists: ABB, Cooper, Ermco, GE, Howard
Location: Convention Center – Ballroom B
3:15 PM Door Prizes – “You Must Be Present to Win”
Closing Announcements
Conference Adjournment

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

8:30 AM Workshop – “Power Capacitors on the Distribution System”
Cooper Power Systems
Location: Convention Center – Room 12
8:30 AM Workshop – “Designing Underground Distribution Systems for
Large Subdivisions”
Hi Line Engineering
Location: Convention Center – Room 13
8:30 AM Workshop – “Improving Feeder Reliability Using SEL Product Applications and Technologies”
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Location: Convention Center – Room 14

 

 

 

 

 

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