2017 Conference Schedule
| Saturday, April 22, 2017 | |
| Tee Times Start at 1:30 PM | Pre-Conference Networking Golf Scramble |
| Jefferson Country Club | |
| Sunday, April 23, 2017 | |
| 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Registration (South Regency Foyer) |
| 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Set Up Exhibits (Regency Ballroom) |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Subcommittee Meetings:
Computer Applications (Union A) Guides and Standards (Fayette) Membership Subcommittee (Marion) NESC, Job Training and Safety (Morrow) Paper Review (Madison) Power, Quality and Efficient Electric Use (Knox) Scholarship Subcommittee (Union B) |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Committee Business Meeting (Union A & B ) |
| 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Vendor Display/Exhibitions & Reception (Regency Ballroom) |
| Monday, April 24, 2017 | |
| 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Registration (South Regency Foyer) |
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast Buffet & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Opening General Session (Delaware) |
| Presiding: Wil Schulze, Chair – REPC | |
| Keynote Speaker: Allan McDonald – Truth, Lies and O-rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster | |
| 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Companion Tour Meet on the Hyatt Second Floor next to Starbucks |
| 9:00 AM – Noon | Technical Session “A” (Delaware) |
| Moderator: Wil Schulze | |
| 9:00 AM | A-1 |
| Improving Distribution Circuit Performance Without Circuit Rebuilds |
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| John Lauletta – Exacter, Inc | |
| 9:30 AM | A-2 |
| Three Single-Phase Voltage Regulators Neutral Grounding Design and Analysis |
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| Xuan Wu – American Electric Power | |
| 10:00 AM | Break & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 10:30 AM | A-3 |
| “Important Considerations for Testing and Commissioning Digital Protection Relays” | |
| Drew Welton – Beckwith Electric | |
| 11:00 AM | A-4 |
| “Secondary Low-Voltage Circuit Models – How Good is Good” | |
| Jouni Peppanen – EPRI | |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Buffet & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Technical Session “B” (Delaware) |
| Moderator: C.H. Campbell, Vice Chair – REPC | |
| 1:00 PM | B-1 |
| Securing the Grid and Your Critical Utility Functions | |
| Bill Bateman – GDS Associates | |
| 1:30 PM | B-2 |
| Design of a New Operating Mode for Voltage Regulator Controls in a Smart Distribution System | |
| Dr. Murty Yalla – Beckwith Electric | |
| 2:00 PM | B-3 |
| Application of DFA Technology for Improved Reliability and Operations | |
| Carl L. Benner – Texas A&M University | |
| Robert Peterson – Pedernales Electric Cooperative | |
| 2:30 PM | Break & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 3:00 PM | B-4 |
| Reducing Peak Demand through Distributed Grid Edge Control | |
| Shane Smith – Utilities District of Western Indiana | |
| 3:30 PM | B-5 |
| System Modernization and Reliability: A Transition to Underground | |
| Chris Fluke – IJUS, LLC | |
| Richard Walton – IJUS, LLC | |
| 4:00 PM | B-6 |
| A Modern Intelligent Grid Means New Motivations, Models and Methods | |
| Steve Collier – Milsoft Utility Solutions | |
| 4:30 PM | Adjournment |
| 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Vendor Display/Exhibitions & Reception (Regency Ballroom) |
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | |
| 7:00 AM – Noon | Registration (South Regency Foyer) |
| 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast Buffet & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 8:30 AM – Noon | Technical Session “C” (Delaware) |
| Moderator: Jodi Bullinger, Secretary – REPC | |
| 8:30 AM | C-1 |
| Solar Interconnection Study | |
| Trishia Swayne – Leidos Dave Barton – Clark County REMC |
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| 9:00 AM | C-2 |
| Innovation Pointe Progressive Energy Resource Park (PREP), an Application of Distributed Generation, Microgrid and Smart Grid | |
| Todd Hiemer, P.E. – Central Electric Cooperative | |
| 9:30 AM | C-3 |
| Optimal settings for multiple groups of Smart Inverters at secondary networks using autonomous inverter control | |
| Mobolaji Bello – EPRI | |
| 10:00 AM | Break & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 10:30 AM | C-4 |
| “DER–What the Future May Hold and How to Better Prepare for it Now” | |
| Jeff Triplett – Utility System Consultant | |
| 11:00 AM | C-5 |
| “Does a PV Tracking System Make Sense for Co-ops?” | |
| Douglas Danley – NRECA | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Lunch Buffet & Vendor Display/Exhibitions (Regency Ballroom) |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Invitation to 2018 REPC Conference in Memphis, TN (Delaware) |
| C.H. Campbell, Vice Chair – REPC | |
| 12:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Tear Down |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Technical Roundtable Session – Community Solar Panel – (Delaware) |
| Moderator: Rhett Reid, Secretary Elect – REPC | |
| Panelists: Shane Sobotka – One Energy Renewables | |
| Ben Wilson – Ohio Statewide | |
| Trishia Swayne – Leidos Engineering | |
| Greg Starheim – CFC | |
| 3:00 PM | Door Prizes – You Must Be Present to Win (Delaware) |
| Presentation of Top Speaker Awards | |
| Presenter: Mary Ackleson – NRECA | |
| Closing Announcements | |
| Conference Adjournment | |
| Post Conference Workshop Schedule |
| Details on the Post Conference Workshops scheduled for Wednesday April 26th can be found here. |
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