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 San Ramon Valley Conference Center |
FY06 Annual Program and Peer Review Meeting
The Electric Distribution R&D Peer Review was held May 25–26, 2006 in San Ramon, California at the San Ramon Valley Conference Center.
> Program Agenda (final as of May 22, 2006) (PDF 127 KB) Download Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
> Participant List (final as of June 12, 2006) (PDF 52 KB)
Presentations & Project Summaries
Plenary Session
| Welcome – Stewart Ramsay, PG&E | |
| Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Update – Bill Parks, Department of Energy (DOE) | Presentation (PDF 976 KB). |
| Energy Systems Integration Program – Laurie Ten Hope, CEC PIER | Presentation (PDF 408 KB). |
| EPRI's 2006 Portfolio in Distribution Systems Automation – Wade Malcolm, EPRI | Presentation (PDF 1.4 MB). |
| Electric Distribution R&D Program – Eric Lightner, DOE | Presentation (PDF 342 KB). |
Program Session 1: Distribution Planning, Operations, and Automation
Session Chair: Joseph Mavec, DOE
| Advanced Protection Methods on SCE’s Circuit of the Future – George Rodriguez, Southern California Edison | Presentation (PDF 338 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 42 KB) |
| 3G System of the Future – David Cohen, Infotility | Presentation (PDF 199 KB) | Integrated Distribution Management System – Joe Schatz, Southern Company | Presentation (PDF 503 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 42 KB) |
| Advanced Integration of Distributed Energy Resources – Hawk Asgeirsson and Rich Seguin, Detroit Edison | Presentation (PDF 385 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 46 KB) |
Session Chair: Eric Lightner, DOE
| Fault Location Analysis and Prediction – Mark McGranaghan, EPRI Solutions | Presentation (PDF 1.9 MB) | Project Summary (PDF 41 KB) | Cable Diagnostic Focused Initiative – Rick Hartlein, NEETRAC/Gateway | Presentation (PDF 472 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 36 KB) |
| GripApp Project #1: Advanced Monitoring of Distribution Assets – Doug Fitchett, American Electric Power | Presentation (PDF 185 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 28 KB) |
| GripApp Project #2: Autonomous Storm Detection/Adaptive Relaying – Karl Fickey, First Energy | Presentation (PDF 113 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 31 KB) |
Session Chair: Steve Bossart, DOE
| Distribution Systems Fault Analysis – Anupam Thatte, Concurrent Technologies Corp. | Presentation (PDF 272 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 37 KB) | Modern Grid Initiative – Steve Pullins, SAIC | Presentation (PDF 6.6 MB) | Project Summary (PDF 62 KB) |
| Integrated Control of Power Systems – Ali Feliachi, APERC, West Virginia Univ. | Presentation (PDF 353 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 52 KB) |
| Load Control, System Reliability Project – Dan Trudnowski, Montana Tech | Presentation (PDF 193 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 31 KB) |
Program Session 2: Distributed Resources, Microgrids, and Load Management
Session Chair: Joseph Mavec, DOE
| Distribution Utility Integration Test – Susan Horgan, Distributed Utility Associates | Presentation (PDF 526 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 36 KB) |
| Microgrid Design, Development and Demonstration – Sumit Bose, GE Global Research Center | Presentation (PDF 2.0 MB) | Project Summary (PDF 45 KB) |
| Enhance Business Case for CERTS Microgrid – Bob Lasseter, University of Wisconsin | Presentation (PDF 407 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 77 KB) |
| Northwest Regional GridWise Demonstration – Don Hammerstrom, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Presentation (PDF 939 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 32 KB) |
Program Session 3: Architecture & Standards Development and Adoption
Session Chair: Joseph Mavec, DOE
| GridWise Architecture – Steve Widergren, PNNL | Presentation (PDF 20.3 MB) | Project Summary (PDF 29 KB) |
| Interconnection Standards Development – Tom Basso, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | Presentation (PDF 573 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 44 KB) |
| Regional Implementation of IEEE 1547 – Brad Johnson, ACN Energy Ventures, LLC | Presentation (PDF 196 KB) | Project Summary (PDF 48 KB) |
| Closing Remarks – Eric Lightner, DOE |
Meeting Logistics
Pre-Meeting Activities
 DUIT Distribution Transformers |
A tour of the DUIT Facility was held on Wednesday, May 24 followed by a no-host dinner at Pasta Primavera.
The Distributed Utility Integration Test (DUIT) is the first full-scale, integration test of commercial-grade, utility grid interactive Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in the United States. DERs are small modular generation and storage devices such as fuel cells, microturbines, photovoltaics and batteries that can be integrated into the utility electric system. Used in concert with the grid, DERs can lead to some or all of the following: lower energy bills/cost-of-service, superior service quality, high value energy services, and reduced environmental impacts. DUIT addresses a key technical issue: electrical implications of operating multiple, diverse DERs at high penetration levels within a utility distribution system.
Hotel and Travel
| San Ramon Valley Conference Center 3301 Crow Canyon Rd. San Ramon, CA 94583 Phone: (925) 866-7612 Fax: (925) 866-7687 Travel information |
 Map with Activities Pinpointed (click to enlarge or print) |
Further Information
Contacts
Eric Lightner
Office of Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability
U.S. Department of Energy
Phone: (202) 586–8130
Email: eric.lightner@hq.doe.gov
Brian Marchionini
Energetics Incorporated
Phone: (202) 479–2748
Email: bmarchionini@energetics.com
For more information on the Electric Distribution R&D program, visit the Electric Distribution program website.