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Meeting Presentations

FY06 Review | FY05 Review | FY04 Review | MYRD Workshop 8/04

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Annual Program and Peer Review Meetings

These meetings featured presentations of projects for annual review of the EDT portfolio to continue improving program management efficiencies. Another important accomplishment was promotion of information exchange among colleagues and interested parties to further collaboration and cooperation.

FY06 Meeting

Agenda

Attendee List

Meeting Website

Plenary Presentations

Welcome
Stewart Ramsay, PG&E

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Update
Bill Parks, Department of Energy (DOE)

Energy Systems Integration Program
Laurie Ten Hope, CEC PIER

EPRI's 2006 Portfolio in Distribution Systems Automation
Wade Malcolm, EPRI

Electric Distribution R&D Program
Eric Lightner, DOE

Session 1: Distribution Planning, Operations, and Automation

Advanced Protection Methods on SCE’s Circuit of the Future
(project summary)
George Rodriguez, Southern California Edison

3G System of the Future
David Cohen, Infotility

Integrated Distribution Management System
(project summary)
Joe Schatz, Southern Company

Advanced Integration of Distributed Energy Resources
(project summary)
Hawk Asgeirsson and Rich Seguin, Detroit Edison

Fault Location Analysis and Prediction
(project summary)
Mark McGranaghan, EPRI Solutions

Cable Diagnostic Focused Initiative
(project summary)
Rick Hartlein, NEETRAC/Gateway

GridApp Project #1: Advanced Monitoring of Distribution Assets
(project summary)
Doug Fitchett, American Electric Power

GridApp Project #2: Autonomous Storm Detection/Adaptive Relaying
(project summary)
Karl Fickey, First Energy

Distribution Systems Fault Analysis
(project summary)
Anupam Thatte, Concurrent Technologies Corp.

Modern Grid Initiative
(project summary)
Steve Pullins, SAIC

Integrated Control of Power Systems
(project summary)
Ali Feliachi, APERC, West Virginia University

Load Control, System Reliability Project
(project summary)
Dan Trudnowski, Montana Tech

Session 2: Distributed Resources, Microgrids, and Load Management

Distribution Utility Integration Test
(project summary)
Susan Horgan, Distributed Utility Associates

Microgrid Design, Development and Demonstration
(project summary)
Sumit Bose, GE Global Research Center

Enhance Business Case for CERTS Microgrid
(project summary)
Bob Lasseter, University of Wisconsin

Northwest Regional GridWise Demonstration
(project summary)
Don Hammerstrom, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Session 3: Architecture & Standards Development and Adoption

GridWise Architecture
(project summary)
Steve Widergren, PNNL

Interconnection Standards Development
(project summary)
Tom Basso, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Regional Implementation of IEEE
(project summary)
Brad Johnson, ACN Energy Ventures, LLC

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FY05 Meeting

Agenda

Attendee List

Plenary Presentations

Welcome and Our New Office of Electricity and Energy Assurance
Kevin Kolevar, DOE

Overview of the Electric Distribution R&D
Eric Lightner, DOE

GridWise Architectural Council
Rik Drummond, Drummond Group, Inc.

Advanced Grid Application Consortium (GridApp)
James Crane, Exelon Corp.

Session 1: Monitoring and Load Management Technologies

Cooperative Research and Development for Advanced Applications
Andrew Stanbury, AREVA T&D

Advanced Communication, Control, and Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources
Haukur Asgeirsson, Detroit Edison

Cooperative Research and Development for Advanced Communication and Control
Thomas Yeh, Connected Energy Corp.

The Connecticut Power Technologies Project
Erik Bartone, Nxegen, Inc.

Cable Diagnostic Focused Initiative
Rick Hartlein, NEETRAC

Grid Friendly Appliance Development
Don Hammerstrom, PNNL

Pacific Northwest GridWise Testbed
Rob Pratt, PNNL

Distributed Intelligent Agents for Decision Making at Local Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Levels
David Cohen Infotility, Inc./SBIR

Session 2: Architecture and Communication Standards

GridWise Architecture and Standards
Steve Widergren, PNNL

Session 3: Stakeholder and Institutional Adoption

Regional Implementation of IEEE 1547
Tom Basso/Brad Johnson, NREL

Certification of Distributed Generation Interconnection Systems in Conformance to IEEE 1547
Randy West, CTC

Session 4: Advanced Distribution Technologies and Operating Concepts

Interconnection Standards Development
Tom Basso, NREL

Interconnection Testing at NREL
Ben Kroposki, NREL

Innovative Distributed Power Interconnection and Control Systems
Joshua Meyer, Encorp/Gas Technology Institute

Distribution Utility Integration Test
Susan Horgan, Distributed Utility Associates

Micro-Distributed Generation Prototype in Vermont
Ed Linton, Northern Power Systems

Automated Energy Distribution and Reliability System in Indiana
Diane Buche/Nancy Hechlinski, Northern Indiana Public Service Company

Natural Energy Laboratory in Hawaii to Continue Development and Deployment of Distributed Energy Systems
Larry Markel, Sentech, Inc.

Center for Distributed Generation and Thermal Distribution at Washington State University
Robert O’Brien, Washington State University

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FY04 Meeting

Agenda

Session 1: Distributed Sensing, Intelligence, and Control

Grid Friendly Appliance™ (GFA) Controller Development
Matt Donnelly, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Aggregating Distributed Generators
Victor Gorokhov and Jim Foster, Electrotek Concepts, Inc

Distributed Energy Neural Network Integration System (DENNIS)
Thomas Regan, Orion Engineering Corp.

Enterprise-Wide Distributed Generation Energy Management System
Steven Greenberg, RealEnergy, Inc.

Distributed Intelligent Agents for Decision Making at Local DER Levels
Gerald Gibson, PE, Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Inc.

Distributed Intelligent Agents for Decision Making at Local Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Levels
David Cohen, Infotility Inc.

Session 2: Distribution Interconnection Standards and Technologies

Interconnection Standards Development
Tom Basso, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Development of a UL Standard for the Interconnection of Distributed Generation
Tim Zgonena, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Session 3: System Architecture and Standards

Overview
Don Von Dollen, Electricity Innovation Institute

Integrated Energy and Communication Systems Architecture (IECSA)
Joe Hughes, Electricity Innovation Institute

Open Communication Architecture for Distributed Energy Resources in Advanced Distribution Automation
Frank R. Goodman, Electricity Innovation Institute

GridWise Architecture & Standards
Steve Widergren, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Session 4: Test Beds and Field Demonstrations

Evaluation of the Field Performance of Fuel Cells
Edward Torrero, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Interconnection Testing at NREL
Ben Kroposki, NREL

Distribution Utility Integration Test (DUIT)
Susan Horgan, Distributed Utility Associates

Microgrid Test Bed and Testing
Robert Lasseter, University of Wisconsin

System Integration of Distributed Power for Complete Building Systems
Robert Kramer, NiSource Energy Technologies

UAI Outage Management System Deployment
Steve Hauser, Utility Automation Integrators, Inc.

Cooperative Research and Development for Advanced Communication and Control
Skip Trimble, EnergyWorks North America, LLC

Cooperative Research and Development for Advanced Communication and Control
Erik Bartone, Nxegen, Inc.

Session 5: Distribution System Simulation and Analysis

Modeling the Effects of Integrating Distributed Energy Resources with the Electric Power System
Nick Miller, GE Power Systems

Hardware Demonstration of the Feasibility and Value of Distributed Resources as a Solution to the Sensitive Load Problem
Giri Venkataramanan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Session 6: Stakeholder and Institutional Adoption

GridWise Alliance and Stakeholder Engagement
Landis Kannberg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Regulatory and Institutional Issues
Gary Nakarado, NREL

Regulatory and Institutional Issues
Andrew Spahn, NARUC

Technical Assistance to Regulatory Bodies
Cheryl Harrington, The Regulatory Assistance Project

Analysis and Development of Electric Utility Model Rates and Tariffs Affecting DER
Nat Treadway, Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets

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Multi-Year Technology Roadmap Meeting

This Workshop (Oak Brook, IL; 8/17-18/04) accomplished its key objective of advancing effective DOE multi-year technology planning by engaging key private-sector stakeholders in identifying and prioritizing top RD3 activities.

Agenda

Attendee List


Plenary Presentations

Welcome and Utility Perspectives of Electric Distribution RD3 Needs
Dave DeCampli, Vice President, Asset Management, Exelon

Overview of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability (OE) R&D Programs
Gilbert Bindewald, Manager, Transmission & Distribution Integration, DOE

Electric Distribution RD3 Needs
Dave Nichols, Manager, Corporate Technology Development, American Electric Power

Overview of the US DOE Electric Distribution and GridWise Programs
Eric Lightner, Program Manager, DOE

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