IEEE Boise Section

Co-sponsored by: John Stubban The interconnected power system in the U.S. has experienced the addition of increasing amounts of inverter-based generation resources over the past several years.  In particular, a large amount of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants have been connected directly to the transmission system, including some in Idaho Power’s area.  Two recent power system disturbances in the western U.S. resulted in unexpected loss of hundreds of megawatts of utility-scale solar PV generation, which caught the attention of the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC).  This presentation will cover these solar PV generation-loss events, NERC’s findings and recommendations, take-aways we should keep in mind at Idaho Power, as well as some inverter basics and trends.   Speaker(s): Trevor Schultz, Location: Bldg: CHQ Auditorium Idaho Power 1221 W. Idaho St. Boise, Idaho 83702

*** Demo event for showing new vTools @Event feature. Q: contact Chris Gunning ([email protected]) *** Quantum computing could dramatically improve computational efficiency for particular tasks. A number of physical systems, spanning much of modern physics, are being developed for quantum computation.  We will review the fundamentals and examine the various components being considered as part of quantum computing, including the QC venue at SC17. Speaker(s): Randy Rannow, Location: Boise, Idaho