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LOCATION:
Swearingen Engineering Center, Room 1A03
University of South Carolina
315 South Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208

This technical session will focus on the challenges associated with
interconnecting Distributed Energy Resources (DER) from the
perspective of a utility system protection and controls engineer.
We will cover general information associated with DER types and
the respective impacts to utility protection and reliability practices.
We will also discuss how the transformers selected for these
interconnections can provide benefit or create additional issues for
both the DER and the utility. The fault response of various DER
sites will be discussed and depictions of specific event data will be
presented. A brief discussion regarding the global impact to the
grid from these DER sources and the guidelines and requirements
that are being drafted will be introduced and discussed. Specific
introductions to the upcoming changes of IEEE1547 will be
discussed. Typical commissioning steps taken by a utility to
validate proper operation of the DER site as a system will also be
introduced.

Note: This presentation is not affiliated with any specific utility nor should it
be construed to represent the opinions or requirements of any specific utility.

AGENDA
6:00PM Networking & Dinner
6:15PM Greetings & Section Reports
6:25PM Presentations

Distributed Energy Resources and the Impact to the Grid
Anthony E. Eason, PE, Utility System Protection and Controls Engineer

University of South Carolina Power & Energy Group
Dr. Roger Dougal, Lead

8:30PM Closing

REGISTRATION: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/45506

Anthony E. Eason, PE, Utility System Protection and Controls Engineer
Tony is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has experience in the electrical utility industry (North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation & Duke Energy), involving fossil generation, nuclear generation, distribution protection, and transmission protection and controls. Tony also has experience as a plant engineer in textile manufacturing.

Dr. Roger A. Dougal, Chair, Electrical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia  
Lead, Power and Energy Systems Group 
Site Director, ONR Electric Ship R&D Consortium 
Co-director, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for GRid-connected Power Electronics 
Site Director, DOE Foundations of Engineering Education for Distributed Energy Resources