IEEE PES Monthly Meeting – NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on November 9th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Dr. Mahesh Morjaria from Terabase Energy Inc, speaking on the IEEE Standard for Utility-Scale Solar, Storage, and Wind Plants. Please attend if you can!
IEEE Standard for Utility-Scale Solar, Storage and Wind Plants
An overview of the IEEE P2800 draft standard that is targeted for large-scale solar, storage and wind plants will be presented. The draft technical minimum requirements specified in P2800 for the interconnection of large-scale, transmission- and sub-transmission-connected inverter-based resources (IBRs) may become important elements in the North American and international framework to maintain the reliability of the bulk power system with increasing amounts of IBRs, including those radially connected via VSC-HVDC facilities to the grid. This webinar aims to review the purpose and scope of the draft standard along with selected draft requirements; followed by time for Q&A. The IEEE P2800 draft standard has successfully passed the IEEE SA initial ballot and has reached almost a 90% approval rate among the SA balloters in its 1st recirculation. At the time of this webinar, the draft may have undergone its 2nd recirculation and could be on its path towards approval by the IEEE SA Standards Board with publication expected in 2022.
· Date: 09 Nov 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth, Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
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Biography:
Mahesh Morjaria, Ph.D.,
Vice-chair, P2800 Working Group
EVP, Plant Operational Technology, Terabase Energy Inc
Mahesh leads Terabase’s new operational technology group, delivering SCADA, controls and related solutions for solar and hybrid fuel source systems. Prior to Terabase, Mahesh led utility-scale solar R&D and grid integration at First Solar for nearly a decade. With his prior experience at GE, he brings years of advanced technology, engineering and product expertise in the energy sector. Mahesh holds M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from Cornell University.
IEEE PES Monthly Meeting OCTOBER 19TH, 2021
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – OCTOBER 19TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on October 19th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have the President of Transformer Consulting Services Inc., Ronnie Minhaz, speaking on the quality assurance of transformers. Please attend if you can!
Abstract:
The manufacturing of Transformer is integrated to global supply chain. With the improvement of technology, the design and manufacturing of transformer can be more aggressive such as reduce clearance and use of pure mineral oil during FAT to ensure the passing of tests during FAT. Clean room and environmental condition can be compromised during the manufacturing process which can have impact in the life expectancy of transformer. This presentation will walk through the quality assurance of transformer during the manufacturing of transformer.
· Date: 19 Oct 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
· Starts 13 October 2021 03:53 PM
· Ends 19 October 2021 01:00 PM
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Biography:
Ronnie Minhaz received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Manitoba, Canada. Before founding his own company “Transformer Consulting Services Inc. (www.tc-servicesinc.com)”, Ronnie worked as Transformer Designer at Pauwels Canada (Manufacturer), as Equipment Engineer at SNC Lava Lin(EPCM) and Enmax Power(Utility), as Substation Lead Engineer at McGregor Construction(Substation Construction). Ronnie has the experience of performing Quality Assurance inspections in Transformer Manufacturing plants around the world. Besides providing services on Transformer as consultant, Ronnie has been instructor in training, workshop, conferences and seminars related to transformer around the world.
Ronnie is a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta, Canada and an IEEE Senior member. He held various leadership positions at IEEE Section level and a regular member of IEEE PES society. He is a member of several working groups and task forces in the IEEE Transformers Committee.
IEEE PES Monthly Meeting
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on September 21st from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Dr. Lance Kinney, executive director from the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, speaking with us about updates on engineering and surveying ethics and Code of Conduct, Board Activities, rule and statutory changes, and general updates on Board initiatives. Please attend if you can!
· Date: 21 Sep 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
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SPEAKERS
Lance S. Kinney, Ph.D., P.E.
Biography:
Dr. Kinney is the Executive Director of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. He has been with the Board for over eighteen years and is responsible for all agency programs and activities, including legislative, rule, budget, and policy issues, and represents the Board at statewide, national, and international functions. He also gives licensing and ethics outreach presentations all over the state at universities, companies, and associations. Prior to working at the Board, he worked in the semiconductor industry for 11 years. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Texas, a Master’s Degree in Industrial Technology from Texas State University, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction focused on Learning Technologies from the University of Texas. He has lectured as an adjunct professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at Texas State University and Electronics and Advanced Technologies Department at Austin Community College.
IEEE PES Monthly Meeting
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on September 21st from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Dr. Lance Kinney, executive director from the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, speaking with us about updates on engineering and surveying ethics and Code of Conduct, Board Activities, rule and statutory changes, and general updates on Board initiatives. Please attend if you can!
· Date: 21 Sep 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
· All times are US/Central
· No Admission Charge
SPEAKERS
Lance S. Kinney, Ph.D., P.E.
Biography:
Dr. Kinney is the Executive Director of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. He has been with the Board for over eighteen years and is responsible for all agency programs and activities, including legislative, rule, budget, and policy issues, and represents the Board at statewide, national, and international functions. He also gives licensing and ethics outreach presentations all over the state at universities, companies, and associations. Prior to working at the Board, he worked in the semiconductor industry for 11 years. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Texas, a Master’s Degree in Industrial Technology from Texas State University, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction focused on Learning Technologies from the University of Texas. He has lectured as an adjunct professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at Texas State University and Electronics and Advanced Technologies Department at Austin Community College.
IEEE PES – River Clean Up Event!
Hi everyone,
We are excited to inform you of an upcoming volunteer opportunity to clean & maintain our chapter’s section of the Trinity River Trailhead on Saturday September 18th, from 9:30am – 11:30am.
Please park at 2440 E Fourth St. From there we will head south to our zone (see attached map).
Supplies will be provided and all trash bags will be left at the north end of our trail section after the clean-up. We will leave as a group from the parking area shortly after 9:30am to walk down to our zone. If anybody is running behind, there will be supplies left close to the parking lot under the pavilion.
Please RSVP by emailing Jacob Ehrhardt, jcehrhardt@burnsmcd.com, and let him know how many people you will be bringing, your T shirt size(s), as well as any questions you may have. There will be free T Shirts for anybody who RSVPs by Wednesday, September 8th!
We hope you are excited to get outside and take care of our beautiful city!
Thanks,
Mark Chapman II, EIT
Engineer
Oncor | Engineering Standards and Maintenance Strategy
115 W. 7th St
Ft Worth, Texas 76102
Tel: 817-215-6323
Cell: 479-586-0075
Oncor.com
IEEE PES Monthly Meeting AUGUST 17TH, 2021
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – AUGUST 17TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on August 17th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Michael Doak from Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) speaking with us about their advanced AI initiative Power-I, so please attend if you can!
· Date: 17 Aug 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
· Starts 30 July 2021 01:39 PM
· Ends 17 August 2021 11:30 AM
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SPEAKERS
Michael Doak
Biography:
Michael Doak is a technology visionary with over 20 years of experience in all areas of the technology stack. His most recent experience is with Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) where he is leading a team of software, computer vision, mechanical and electrical engineers that are developing a state of the art computer-vision and machine learning analytics platform. This AI based platform, named Power-I, will be used in the electrical utility industry to reduce substation operations and maintenance costs while providing condition based monitoring and alerting for critical utility assets and facilities. Mike is fascinated by anything robotic whether it has legs, tracks, wheels, or is airborne and loves the challenge associated with taking data from these devices and converting it into an actionable data pipeline. In his free time, he farms along with his family on their 300 acre angus cattle farm in the rolling hills of southwestern Pennsylvania.
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IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – JULY 20TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on July 20th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Barry Bolling from HIOKI speaking with us about modern power quality analysis, so please attend if you can!
· Date: 20 Jul 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
· Starts 13 July 2021 12:11 PM
· Ends 20 July 2021 11:30 AM
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SPEAKERs
Barry Bolling
Biography:
Before joining HIOKI, Barry served in the test equipment industry in both application support and product marketing roles with emphasis on recorders, power analysis, and oscilloscopes. Industries served included power generation, power electronics, motor drives, and hybrid vehicle R&D and production. Barry holds a BSEE degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, and he currently resides in Atlanta, GA where he enjoys amateur radio and gardening with his wife and daughter in his free time.
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IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – JUNE 15TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on June 15th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Wayne Stec, Principal at Distregen LLC, Flower Mound, Texas, discussing with us about DER & Renewable Energy IEEE Standard Updates, so please attend if you can!
Abstract: DER & Renewable Energy – IEEE 1547 Series of Standards Update
The presentation will focus on an update of the IEEE 1547 series of standards that address interconnection of DER to the grid. The topics addressed include:
- IEEE Std 1547-2018 – Interconnection & Interoperability of DER Standard – Overview and status of adoption as well as what is next for this standard.
- IEEE Std 1547.1-2020 – Conformance test procedure – Overview and status
- IEEE Std 1547.2 – Application Guide for IEEE Std 1547-2018 – Overview and status of this standard that is being updated
- IEEE Std 1547.3 – Cybersecurity of DER interconnection – Overview and Status of this standard being revised.
- IEEE Std 1547.9 – Interconnection of Energy Storage – Overview and Status of this new standard.
· Date: 15 Jun 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
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· No Admission Charge
Biography: Wayne Stec
Wayne Stec is Principal at Distregen LLC, Flower Mound, Texas which he founded in 1999. Wayne’s consulting roles include providing guidance for the interconnection of renewable energy, battery storage, and other DER to the electric power system. Clients include national laboratories, research organizations, electric utilities, equipment and service providers, and project developers.
Wayne received his B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1977, and his MBA from DePaul University in 1988. He has over 45 years of experience in the electrical transmission and distribution industry and in consulting including protection systems, distribution systems, transmission systems, generation systems, storage systems, and advanced metering systems. He has been Principal at Distregen LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, since 1999. Before that he was Director at R.W. Beck, Manager – Information Technology & Automation at ABB Power T & D, Sales Manager – Protection, Meters & Power System Studies at GE Energy, and Project Manager/Application Engineer/Power Systems Engineer at General Electric.
Wayne currently is active in the several standards organizations: IEEE SCC21 – Vice-Chair in Standards Coordinating Committee 21 that oversees the development of standards in the areas of fuel cells, photovoltaics, dispersed generation, and energy storage, IEEE 1547.2 – Working group chair of IEEE 1547.2 application guide for IEEE 1547, and IEEE PSRC – Active contributor in several Power Systems Relay Committee standards and task force documents.
IEEE PES Monthly Meeting
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – MAY 18TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on May 18th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have the President & CEO of SimpliPhi Power, Catherine Von Burg, along with two company directors, Sequoya Cross and Matt Roberts. They will be discussing with us about Resilience and Distributed Energy Resources, so please attend if you can!
IEEE PES Presentation Overview:
- Introduction and Evolving Electric Sector Challenges (Catherine)
- Brief history & Company philosophy
- Why LFP vs. alternatives
- LCOES and Understanding $/kWh
- Overview of the evolving electric sector challenges (Climate Resilience, Regulatory hurdles, Consumer needs)
- Brief history & Company philosophy
- Case Studies & Solutions [Sequoya]
- Selection of 4-5 case studies as single slides
- Focus on utility interoperable systems and resilience
- Highlight of Footprint Project in TX
- Focus on utility interoperable systems and resilience
- SimpliPhi Products overview
- Selection of 4-5 case studies as single slides
- Policy and Market Drivers [Matt]
- Growth in DER’s & Industry shift towards LFP writ large
- Update on current market drivers, upcoming policies (FERC 2222, Fed ITC, ERCOT ESS participation rules)
- Microgrid policies and incentives
- Variable rates and tariffs
- Policy Recommendations
- Growth in DER’s & Industry shift towards LFP writ large
· Date: 18 May 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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IEEE PES Monthly Meeting
IEEE PES FORT WORTH MONTHLY MEETING – APRIL 20TH, 2021
Fort Worth IEEE PES members, we will have our next IEEE PES virtual meeting on April 20th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We have Dr. Julio Romero from Quanta Technology talking with us about Distribution Reliability, so please attend if you can!
· Date: 20 Apr 2021
· Time: 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
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· Fort Worth , Texas
· United States
· Fort Worth (FW) Section Chapter, PE31
· Starts 07 April 2021 12:30 PM
· Ends 20 April 2021 11:30 AM
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· No Admission Charge
SPEAKERS
Dr. Julio Romero
Biography:
- Dr. Julio Romero Agüero is Vice President, Strategy & Business Innovation at Quanta Technology. He has 25 years of experience, he provides leadership to Quanta Technology in the areas of technology and business strategy, innovation, grid modernization, distribution systems planning, reliability, resiliency, and integration of distributed energy resources and emerging technologies. He has developed solutions in these areas for electric utilities and regulatory boards in the USA, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and currently serves as Vice President, Membership & Image in the IEEE PES Governing Board. He has served as Chair of the 2020 and 2021 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference – North America (ISGT – NA), Chair of the IEEE Distribution Subcommittee, Chair of the IEEE Working Group on Distributed Resources Integration, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, and Editor of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. He is an Adjunct Professor at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.