Smart Grid 2010
Maximizing the Results from Next Generation Technology
May 11 and 12, 2010
Optional Workshop: May 13, 2010
Loews Hotel
DENVER, COLORADO
Conference Program Agenda - Day Two
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00 |
9:00 - 9:15
Opening Remarks from the Chair
Steve Pullins, President, Horizon Energy Group
9:15 - 10:15
Meeting Future Energy Needs while Enhancing Service Delivery and Customer Satisfaction
Chantal Hendrzak, General Manager, Applied Solutions, PJM Interconnection
- Enabling real-time information about energy use
- Integrating electricity usage monitoring and adjusting
- Developing partnerships with customers to efficiently manage usage needs
- Improving overall services, system efficiencies and energy conservation
- Minimizing system disruptions
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Networking Break |
10:15 - 10:30 |
10:30 - 11:30
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel; Mission, Structure, and Plans
Paul Boynton, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Stuart McCafferty, Vice-President and Project Manager NIST Phase II, EnerNex
- Background (Paul)
- EISA and NIST's role in supporting Smart Grid interoperability standards
- Why does the government care?
- NIST's phased approach to supporting EISA requirements
- NIST's partnership with the Smart Grid stakeholder community
- SGIP Mission and History (Paul)
- How did we get here?
- Who is the SGIP?
- SGIP Structure (Stuart)
- How is the SGIP organized?
- What are Priority Action Plans (PAPs)?
- What are they?
- How do they work?
- What are the current PAPs?
- SGIP Plans (Stuart)
- The "Big Picture": Smart Grid standards acceleration
- Membership information
- SGIP membership metrics
- What's in it for me?
- How much does it cost?
- Who should become members?
Stuart McCafferty is an IT professional with 20 years of experience, with specialized expertise in managing complex systems integration projects, system architecture design, software development and implementation, real-time data acquisition, business process change, software testing and verification, IT security, and secure online collaboration. He is known for innovative and out-of-the-box uses of current technology. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
11:30 - 12:30
Leveraging Multiple Smart Grid Technologies to Improve Grid Reliability and Performance to the Benefit of Electric Providers and Consumers Alike
Milton Holloway, President and COO, Center for Commercialization of Electric Technologies
- Transforming existing metering system
- Building sustainable network for real time, high speed and two way communication throughout grid
- Converting current substation to accommodate smart technology
- Optimizing performance with remote monitoring
- Increasing usage of renewable energy sources
- Leveraging various sources for financing
Milton L. Holloway's primary function at CCET is to direct the operational aspects of the organization, including the development and oversight of electric technology projects. CCET is a Texas non-profit corporation devoted to the commercialization of electric technologies in the Texas electric market. CCET is a 20-member collaborative venture of Texas electric companies, high tech firms and universities.
| 12:30 - 1:45 |
Luncheon Break |
12:30 - 1:45 |
1:45 - 2:45
Advancing Your Technology: Making Your Smart Meters Smarter
Doug Houseman, Vice-President of Technology and Innovation, Enernex
- Deployment of smart switches
- Efficiently locating and isolating problems
- Reconfiguring power lines to route power and restore service
- Improving feeder voltage controls
- Modernizing monitoring methodologies and controls
- Upgrading telecommunication networks to support Smart Grid initiatives and accommodating increased data volume securely and rapidly
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Networking Break |
2:45 - 3:00 |
3:00 - 4:00
Streamlining Your Corporate Goals and Establishing Metrics to Monitor Cost Effectiveness of Smart Grid Projects
Donald Morrow, Vice-President Transmission, Quanta Technology
- Identify the corporate goals for your Smart Grid vision
- Determine a business case for becoming a Smart Grid utility
- Develop a roadmap to attain the Smart Grid vision
- Develop and implement Phase I programs to validate critical assumptions and streamline processes
- Finalize the Smart Grid roadmap based on the results of Phase I programs
- Establish metrics to measure cost effectiveness of implemented projects, and refine the Smart Grid roadmap where appropriate
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