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San Diego Convention Center
April 10-13, 2023
Select Criteria: Tracks = Grid Modernization Stage

Wednesday, April 12, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL73
The clean energy transition is making both the point of consumption and generation highly variable. Yet today, the electric grid continues to function on a century old, centralized architecture that is increasing becoming unviable. The increasing demand for sustainably sourced electricity and the growing availability of renewable energy sources to... Read More
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Sal Kutub
Managing Director
Black & Veatch
Speaker
Abhijeet Naik
Managing Director, Global Advisory Services
Black & Veatch
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Wednesday, April 12, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL55
High penetration of renewable energy, including wind and solar energy in the electric grid will require the transmission and distribution systems to be flexible, reliable and secure. As it is difficult to achieve these objectives using conventional solutions, modern grid edge technologies will be needed to address these challenges. This... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Farnoosh Rahmatian
Panelist
Ozan Baskan
Manager, Advanced Distribution Management Systems
National Grid
Panelist
Farid Katiraei
Panelist
Shikhar Pandey
Sr. Manager
Commonwealth Edison
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Wednesday, April 12, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL61
In a rapidly changing world, building a resilient grid is essential for ensuring a sustainable energy future. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is at the forefront of this effort, with a focus on grid modernization that will help to create a more reliable, efficient, and secure energy system. SDG&E's... Read More
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Laurence Abcede
Manager - Distributed Energy Resources
SDG&E
Speaker
Nick Moran
Director of Engineering
SDG&E
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Wednesday, April 12, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL27
What should be be piloting today as we prepare for positive economic development tomorrow especially as we seek to attract carbon sensitive data centers and industry to our service territories?  Emerging technologies provide great opportunity for electric utilities to innovate and improve their customer service, systems and operations.  Join this... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Mike Beehler
National Spokesperson
Power Delivery Intelligence Initiative
Panelist
Mark McVey
Principal Engineer
Dominion Energy
Panelist
Judson Tillinghast
Manager, Customer to Grid Solutions, Strategic Projects
Arizona Public Services
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Wednesday, April 12, 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL62
Next-Gen AMI and Distributed Intelligence refer to the next wave of advancements in the energy industry, aimed at modernizing the way electricity is monitored, managed, and distributed. The integration of new technologies such as IoT devices, AI, and advanced algorithms into the traditional energy grid creates a smarter, more efficient,... Read More
Speaker(s)
Presenter
Marc Spieler
Sr. Director – Energy
NVIDIA
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Wednesday, April 12, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL29
Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and technologies are critical in accelerating EV adoption rates. A key barrier to the rapid adoption of EVs for personal and commercial use is access to reliable and fast charging. Today, it takes 2–3 minutes to fill an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle's fuel tank.... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Nikoo Kouchakipour
Manager – Electrification Technology
Quanta Technology
Panelist
Sudipta Chakraborty
Global Technology Manager
Eaton
Panelist
Youhan (Monsoon) Fu
Director of Product Innovation
Jule
Panelist
Josh Mauzey
Senior Manager, Grid Edge Innovation
Southern California Edison
Panelist
Nick Morelli
Expert Strategic Analyst - Decarbonization Strategies
PG&E
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Wednesday, April 12, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL79
Distribution grid operators are finding it increasingly difficult to accommodate higher levels of Distributed Energy Resources at the edge of the grid. Currently hosting capacity calculations are performed off-line, using conservative limits that do not fully utilize the available capacity of the distribution grid. Calculation of hosting capacity in real-time,... Read More
Speaker(s)
Presenter
Farrokh Albuyeh
Executive Vice President, Smart Grid Projects
OATI
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Wednesday, April 12, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL57
The U.S. Department of Energy is examining evolution at the grid edge and undertaking efforts to better understand operational coordination requirements, as well as grid designs, to enable the effective use of distributed energy resources. These efforts include examining the evolution of merchant business structures, requirements for coordinating DER services... Read More
Speaker(s)
Chair
Joe Paladino
Technical Advisor
U S Department of Energy
Panelist
Paul De Martini
Panelist
James Ogle
Chief Electrical Engineer
PNNL
Panelist
Juliet Shavit
President and CEO
SmartMark Communications
Panelist
Jeff Smith
Senior Program Manager, T&D Operations and Planning
EPRI
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Thursday, April 13, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL75
To manage, monitor and control the influx of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) on the grid, it’s estimated the number of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) will need to increase by 600 to 1500%. As utilities transition from constant to variable generation services, they’re faced with how to collect and transport all... Read More
Speaker(s)
Speaker
David Hulinsky
Private Networks Leader; E&PI Grid Solutions
Black & Veatch
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Thursday, April 13, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL80
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Mital Kanabar
Innovation Office Leader, Grid Solutions
GE
Speaker
Sean Moser
Chief Product Officer
GE Digital Grid Software
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Thursday, April 13, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL48
In this presentation, some initial quantitative analysis results standing from the bulk power system operation point of view, about the impacts that the large amount of IBRS may have to the electric power gird are firstly proposed, and the potential methods to overcome that is also put forward, along with... Read More
Speaker(s)
Presenter
Zian Wang
Solution Manager of R&D Centre
Sieyuan Electric Co., Ltd
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Thursday, April 13, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL60
The panelists discuss the latest advancements in Advanced Metering Infrastructure technology and its impact on transforming traditional power grids into smarter systems. Industry experts will discuss the benefits, including improved energy management and reduced energy waste, and challenges of implementing AMI 2.0. Attendees will learn about the role of AMI... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Michael Cleveland
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Panelist
Sean Dempsey
Director Solution Architecture
Honeywell
Panelist
Natalie Hammer
Sr Manager AMI Strategy and Data Analytics
ComEd
Panelist
Nipesh Patel
Area Vice President, Strategic Sales
Itron
Track(s)

Thursday, April 13, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL49
Michael Stadler, CTO of Xendee, will provide an inside look at how microgrid and DER design software can offer customers a streamlined process for integrating renewable energy. He will explain how a synthesized approach to design and implementation speeds up the process and creates sustainable, bankable microgrids and DER deployments. ... Read More
Speaker(s)
Presenter
Michael Stadler
Chief Technology and Marketing Officer, Co-Founder
Xendee Corporation
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Thursday, April 13, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

  • Room: Grid Modernization Stage/Exhibit Hall
  • Session Number: PL40
Today’s electric grids benefit from a variety of state-of-the-art technologies that enable utilities to implement projects that serve multiple approaches. One deployment of this nature is related to conservation voltage reduction (CVR), a part of VVO methodology. The application of voltage reduction in MV and LV grids to reduce peak... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Troy Cherry
Head of US Development
Reinhausen Manufacturing Inc.
Panelist
Wen Fan
General Engineer
ComEd
Panelist
Dominik Martini
Business Development Manager
Reinhausen Manufacturing Inc.
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