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 Engineering & Operation, Accounting, Customer Billing & Finance
Annual Conference & Trade Show
and Board of Directors Meeting
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2009 Conference Agenda
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Substation Section
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| Thursday, June 11 |
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| Presiding: Brian Dale, Substations Section Chairman, Substation Support Supervisor, Georgia Power Company |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
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Welcome and Introductions |
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| 8:10 a.m. |
Substation Current Limiting Fuse Project - Making Distribution Networks Safe
Winning Project - 2009 SEE Industry Excellence Awards - Substations Category
Urban areas have been plagued by explosions, fires, and outages as our City’s infrastructure ages and its load increases. Dominion has chosen a substation solution to protect its congested city areas. Dominion’s program of installing current limiting fuses at the substation breaker is designed to reduce risks at the primary level of network circuits. It prevents catastrophic transformer failure, manhole covers flying off due to primary faults, and makes work in manholes and vaults safer by reducing arc flash level.
Bill Deal, Principal Engineer Dominion Virginia Power |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
BGE Substation Bus Design and Ratings
High voltage substation bus design is fundamentally important to a reliable engineering design and operation. Several engineering aspects must be coordinated when performing proper bus design: ice & wind loading, fault current (electromagnetic) forces, seismic & soil conditions, as well as electrical ratings. Electrical rating has come under increased scrutiny. Electrical rating of high voltage bus must be coordinated with the rating of all connected conductors and equipment to ensure a safe and reliable substation bus system. This presentation will offer substation bus design considerations from BGE’s perspective including mechanical and electrical parameters integrating electrical ratings.
Rick Knotts, Principal Engineer, Dist. Planning – Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
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9:15 a.m. |
Oil Spill Containment Strategies
A presentation of the oil spill prevention, control and/or countermeasure plan of Dominion, with a focus on the July 1, 2009 compliance requirement of 40 CFR Part 112 - Oil Pollution Prevention issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The content will introduce the interpretation of the EPA requirement; the present implementation strategy; and the engineering solutions for the new and existing facilities of Dominion. Following the presentation, the floor will be opened for discussion of additional strategies and/or issues with meeting the EPA compliance target of July 1, 2009.
Keith L. Graham, Substation Project Engineer – Dominion Power |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Beverage Break - sponsored by |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
HV GIS Presentation (installation, maintenance, reliability)
Have you or your client needed to build new or expand a high voltage substation, but were constrained by available space or environmental conditions? In this presentation, you will learn what Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) is, and how it is used to solve this and other challenges. Applications of a variety of voltages will be analyzed and compared, and individual components of GIS equipment will be viewed. Maintenance and operations considerations will be discussed, and overall the listener will leave the session with a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of GIS in high voltage applications.
Dave Gianamore, National Sales Manager – Mitsubishi Electric Power Products |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Substation Wildlife Mitigation and Protection
Two companies share their Animal Protection programs – what can be done to keep animals out of substations and progressive ways to protect equipment.
- Eric Linker, Supervisor Central Region Technical Support – Duke Energy Corporation
- David Koepnick, Manager, Substation Engineering – Progress Energy |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
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Trade Show and Luncheon sponsored by |
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1:00 p.m. |
Arc Flash Forum (panel discussion)
This panel session will include brief presentations from three utilities on how they are complying with Section 41 of the National Electrical Safety Code C2-2007 on arc flash assessment. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion.
- Lane Garrett, Supervisor, Technical Studies – Alabama Power Company
- Larry Duffy, Manager, Power Delivery – South Carolina Electric & Gas
- Chuck Lane, Manager, Safety & Health – Southern Company Services, Inc. |
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| 1:45 p.m. |
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CenterPoint Energy vs. Hurricane Ike – Restoration for Substation Facilities
How can a substation system prepare for and survive a major hurricane or storm event? This presentation will focus on three key stages – Preparation, Storm passage, and Restoration – and the lessons CenterPoint Energy learned through each stage.
Rand Westbrook, Manager of Substation Performance – CenterPoint Energy
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| 2:15 p.m. |
NERC PRC-005 (System Relay Protection Maintenance)
This presentation will provide an update on the major revisions being proposed for the NERC Protection System Maintenance Standard. Time permitting, an update on other NERC PRC Standards may be provided.
Phil Winston, Manager, Protection and Control – Georgia Power Company |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Refreshment Break - sponsored by |
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| 3:15 p.m. |
Standard Distribution Substation Design
Speaker will highlight BGE’s distribution substation design standards as well as insights gained from the SEE Distribution Substation Design Standard survey.
- Rick Knotts, Principal Engineer Distribution Planning – Baltimore Gas and Electric
- Reggie Comfort, PE, Manager Substation Projects – CenterPoint Energy |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| Friday, June 12 |
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| Presiding: David Koepnick, Progress Energy, Substations Section Vice Chairman |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
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Business Session
Moderated by: Brian Dale, Section Chairman |
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| 8:15 a.m. |
Data Historian
Southern Company is piloting a field device data historian solution that will provide data for maintenance, planning, and operations. This presentation will describe the potential uses of this solution, the types of data gathered, the ways Southern Company plans to use the data, and Southern Company's plans beyond the pilot project.
- Dawn Toporek, Project Manager, Transmission - Georgia Power Company
- Mike Smith, Senior Engineer, Substation Support - Georgia Power Company |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Panel/Roundtable – Safety Practices for Maintenance of Substation Equipment
Moderated by: Brian Dale, Section Chairman
- Mark Carter, Training Safety Supervisor - Georgia Power Company
- Larry Duffy, Manager Power Delivery – South Carolina Electric & Gas |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Trouble Session (Utility Personnel Only)
Moderated by: David Koepnick, Manager Substation Engineering – Progress Energy |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Adjourn |
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