Conference - April 21-24XXX Exposition - April 22-24

Special Interest Sessions

These sessions are offered throughout the conference and are focused on in-depth issues that are both timely and have a high level of interest to attendees.

SI 1: Special Interest Session: Cyber Security
Room: s401d
Thursday, April 24, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Moderator: Dan Nordell, Sr. Consultant, Xcel Energy

Panelists:
Frances M. Cleveland, Principal Consultant, Xanthus Consulting International

Cyber Security Issues for Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Stanley Klein, Managing Director, Open Secure Energy Control Systems, LLC

A Forward-Looking Approach to Cyber Security and the CIP Standards
Joe Weiss, PE, CISM, Applied Control Solutions, LLC

A Detailed Post-Mortem of a Control System Cyber Event

SI 2: Special Interest Session: Rethinking T&D Architecture for DER: WHY?
Room: s402a
Thursday, April 24, 10:00 am-12:00 Noon
Moderator: Anthony Mazy, PE, Utilities Engineer,
California Public Utilities Commission

Panelists:
Joydeep Mitra, Assoc. Professor, New Mexico State University

Microgrid Evolution: New Paradigms Drive New Architectures
Marianne Dickerson, Principal, Bridge Strategy Group

Business Rationale for Implementing New “Smart Grid” T&D Architectures to Support DER Integration
Kitty Wang, Principal, & Bryan Palmintier, Rocky Mountain Institute

Grid Services from Responsive Loads and Electric Drive Vehicles in the Next-Generation Utility
Roland Schoettle, President, Optimal Technologies, Inc.

Modeling the Grid for DER
Erich Gunther, CEO, Enernex

Factors Accelerating the Development of the Smart Grid

SI 3: Special Interest Session III - Rethinking T&D Architecture for DER: HOW?
Room: s402a
Thursday, April 24, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Moderator: Anthony Mazy, PE, Utilities Engineer, California Public Utilities Commission

Panelists:
Bob Lassiter, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin

Advanced Distribution Using DER
John Kueck, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tariff for Reactive Power
Mark Lively, Utility Economic Engineer

Paying DG to Provide Power When Power Is Needed
Tom Basso, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Renewable Electric Distributed Generator Critical Impact Areas on the T&D System
Stephanie Hamilton, Manager, DER, Southern California Edison Co.

Interoperability: A Key Element for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources into Smart Grids

SI 4: Special Interest Session: Stray and Contact Voltage: IEEE Working Group Update and Information
Room: s401d
Thursday, April 24, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Chair: Chuck DeNardo, WE Energies

Panelists:
Chuck DeNardo, WE Energies

IEEE Working Group Update
A brief update regarding the activities and direction of the IEEE Working Group on Voltages at Publicly and Privately Accessible Locations (P1695).

Doug Dorr, EPRI
Determining Voltage Levels of Concern for Human and Animal Response to AC Current
A review of the literature on human and animal response to ac current including the standards and documents that presently have published values for voltage, current or resistance.

Randy Collins, Clemson University
Elevated Neutral to Earth Voltages Due to Harmonics – A T&D Update
A Clemson University update of on-going efforts to improve our understanding of the relationship between power-system harmonics and neutral to earth voltage.

Doug Reinemann, University of Wisconsin
Review of Real World Cow Contact Circuit Impedances
There is more to the exposure circuit than the impedance of the exposed animal. This presentation will provide a review of real-world impedances and their importance in making an accurate assessment of animal exposure.

Frank Lambert, Georgia Institute of Technology (NEETRAC)
Swimming Pool Equipotential Bonding
A summary of experimental results regarding the importance of swimming pool equipotential bonding as it relates to accessible voltage exposures.

John Goodfellow, Biocompliance Consulting
Incidental Tree Contact and Publicly Accessible Voltages
A summary of findings regarding the risk of exposure by the general public to touch potential voltage gradients created by incidental tree-to-conductor contacts on distribution lines.