Asset Investment Planning: Driving Reliability through Asset Risk Management
Paper Session
Session Moderator: Koustuv Ghoshal, Managing Partner, Energy, Finovant Solutions

Tuesday, March 23, 1:00 p.m.
Utility industry professionals share experience in the optimization and simplification of asset investment planning and funding process. In this session, large distribution companies will illustrate through case studies an implementation of a transparent, costdriven approach to justify investments, and one of the industry’s largest condition based maintenance system deployments.

Risk Based Asset Management Strategy: A Model for Prioritization of Investments in Distribution System Asset Sustainment
Author(s):

• Robert Otal, Project Manager, Toronto Hydro
• Mathias Ng, Project Coordinator, Toronto Hydro
• Arian Omidzohour, Project Coordinator, Toronto Hydro
• Thor Hjartarson, Manager, System Reliability Planning, Toronto Hydro

Making Asset Investment Planning Work: Multi-Variable Software Optimizations Drive Wise Decisions, Unlock Funds
Author(s):

• Trevor St. Germain, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Axia Software Corporation

T&D Asset Management and Real-time Condition Based Maintenance System
Author(s):

• Neal Bartek, Project Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric Company
• Subbu Sankaran, Software Team Lead, San Diego Gas & Electric Company
• Ann Moore, Business Development Executive, OSIsoft, LLC

Lowering Implementation Costs and Risks of Smart Grid Programs
Panel Session

Tuesday, March 23, 3:00 p.m.
The goal of the Open Smart Grid subcommittee of the UCAIug is to accelerate smart grid standards and technology development. This panel of Open Smart Grid Steering Committee members will share how their organizations are each contributing to and leveraging the Open Smart Grid to ease implementation and lower risks of their smart grid programs.

Panel Moderator: Greg Robinson, President & CEO, Xtensible Solutions

Panelists:

• Wayne Longcore, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Standards, Consumers Energy
• Phil Slack, Group Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Florida Power & Light
• Chris Knudsen, Director, Technology Innovation Center, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Chair UCA OpenSG
• Jeff Gooding, IT General Manager Smart Grid Engineering, Southern California Edison

Case Studies of Advanced Applications Extending Benefits of Automation & Control Data
Paper Session
Session Moderator: Hahn Tram, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, Quanta Technology

Wednesday, March 24, 9:30 a.m.
Three case studies explore experiences in planning, architecting and implementing innovative applications that leverage power system automation and control infrastructure and data to extend benefits beyond the control room. Launching a Successful Distribution Management System Program: Conquering Organizational, Business Process and IT Challenges

Author(s):

• Al Mithani, DMS Project Manager, BC Hydro
• Bob Uluski, Executive Advisor, Quanta Technology
  

Distribution Substation Transformer Monitoring and Diagnostics at AEP
Author(s):

• Paul Thomas, AEP Ohio gridSMARTSM Deployment Project Manager, American Electric Power
• Byron Flynn, Technical Director, GE Energy
• Leon White, Monitoring & Diagnostics Sales Manager, GE Energy

Monitoring of Power System and Communication Infrastructures Based on IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25
Author(s):

• Karlheinz Schwarz, Owner, SCC (Schwarz Consulting Company)

Smart Grid Integration and Information Management Strategy
Paper Session
Session Moderator: Bradley Williams, Vice President, Product Management, Oracle Utilities

Wednesday, March 24, 2:30 p.m.
Smart grid creates further dependency on high quality information to drive performance. Utilities need a standards-based approach to manage the exponential growth of information. This session presents how the common information model (CIM) has become an integral part of utility enterprise information management strategy and the implementation experience at two utilities.

Smart Grid Asset Management Requires Enterprise Information Management Strategies
Author(s):

Bradley Williams, Vice President, Product Management, Oracle Utilities

Implementation of a CIM-Inspired Data Warehouse at Manitoba Hydro
Author(s):

• Scott Neumann, CTO, UISOL
• John Lenius, Project Manager, Manitoba Hydro
• Chad Craig, Integration Architect, Manitoba Hydro
• Kalidindi Raju, Director, UISOL

Key Role of CIM Interfaces in EDF R&D Distribution Grid Intelligence Integration Laboratory
Author(s):

• Eric Lambért, Project Manager, EDF R&D
• Philippe Forestier, Project Manager, EDF R&D

Integrating Renewable Resources into the Grid? Sure!
Panel Session

Thursday, March 25, 10:00 a.m.
Being charged with Renewable Portfolio Standards targets, utilities are forced to render their grids to accommodate the intermittency of renewable energy. Wind blows whenever it wishes. Clouds drift in and out to cover up the sun. This intermittency nature taxes the grid capacity and reliability. It also causes transmission system voltage and current flickers, frequency regulation and area control error, power quality and system protection concerns. It raises major economical and power system engineering challenges.

How can utilities remain green and yet not bankrupt their bank accounts?
Panel Moderator: ML Chan, Executive Advisor, Quanta Technology, LLC

Panelists:

• George Rodriguez, Manager, Power System Technologies, Advanced Technology, TDBU, Southern California Edison Company
• Johan Enslin, Vice President – Sustainable Energy, Quanta Technology
• James G. Cleary, Lead Senior Engineer, National Grid USA

Conference Details

Advanced Metering
Customer Service and CIS
Demand Response and Energy Efficiency
Distribution Automation
Enterprise Information and Asset Management
Mobile and Geospatial Solutions
Renewables and the Grid
SCADA and Network Management
Substation Automation
T&D Engineering and Operations
Transmission
Water
Mega Session