IEEE Metropolitan Los Angeles Section Power & Energy Society Chapter

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructors: Pedro Rodriguez (LIST), Xiongfei Wang (KTH), Heng Wu (Aalborg University), Rolando Burgos (Virginia Tech) The learning objectives of this tutorial are: Review the impact of power converters on grid performance. Introduce the operating principles of grid-forming converters. Discuss the implementation mechanisms and specifications of these converters. Examine the performance of GFM converters under adverse grid conditions. Present the small-signal modeling of GFM converters. Analyze the impact of GFM converters on grid stability. Discuss the effect of GFM converters on transient stability. Analyze the influence of GFM converters on the grid’s transient performance.

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructors: Manish Patel (Southern Company Services), W. Wes Baker (Southern Company Services) The IEEE Std 2800 was published in April of 2022. Since then, the industry is working on the adoption of this standard and may have questions regarding the origination, details, and interpretation of some of the included requirements. The objective of this tutorial is to inform the target audience with details and the origination of specified requirements and help answer their questions. This may further help in the faster adoption of this standard.

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructors: Dr. M. Kemal Çelik (ANL), Dr. Karthikeyan Balasubramaniam (ANL), Dr. Bilal Ahmad Bhatti (PNNL), Dr. Rui Yang (NREL), Dr. Lingling Fan (University of South Florida), Dr. Jin Dong (ORNL), Dr. Suman Debnath (ORNL) Learn how to use the OEDI SI platform to duplicate and extend the data and algorithms for power systems integration on OEDI SI. Learn the most recent approaches to steady-state and transients problems in electric power systems planning and operations. Learn how to integrate various input data from multiple utility operational technologies into a single input data set for different system analysis algorithms, including steady-state single snapshot, quasi-static time series and transient analysis.

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructors: Costas Vournas (NTUA), Venkataramana Ajjarapu (Iowa State), Udaya Annakkage, (U of Manitoba), Katelynn Vance (Dominion Energy), Anurag Srivastava (West Virginia University) The objective of this tutorial is to get basic understanding of voltage stability with evolving power grid, especially with inverter-based resources and active distribution systems. Experience from industry analyzing need and integration into grid operations will also be shared.

Price: Early Bird $295, Regular $395; Student Early Bird $100, Student Regular $150Instructors: Megan Culler (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel Noyes (Idaho National Laboratory), William Vining (Sandia National Laboratory), Georgios Fragkos (Sandia National Laboratory) As renewable energy penetration grows, these systems become both more critical to the reliability of the grid and a larger target for cyberattacks. These systems were not all designed and deployed for today’s threats, and adversaries are capable of changing their tactics swiftly. Hacking organizations around the world have already proven that they can turn off electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes by remotely accessing and changing the command settings of operational technology, and events in recent years have demonstrated both intentional and unintentional targeting of renewable energy providers and equipment. To train the renewable energy workforce to proactively think about the cyber risks and apply mitigations at their own organizations, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Offices of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO), in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) have developed the CyberStrike STORMCLOUD training program. Curriculum covers specific renewable energy cybersecurity incidents and emerging threats, and hands-on exercises mimic real-world adversarial and defensive scenarios for students.

Price: Early Bird $295 USD, Regular $395 USD; Student Early Bird $100 USD, Student Regular $150 USDInstructors: Jens Boemer (EPRI), Janette Sandberg (Portland General Electric), Michael Ropp (Sandia National Lab), Ben Ealey (EPRI), Jaime Kolln (Pacific Northwest National Lab), Abrez Mondal (EPRI) The intent of the tutorial is to introduce IEEE 1547-2018. The student will not leave the tutorial with a ‘working knowledge’ of IEEE 1547, but rather will have better understanding of where to follow-up and continue learning to meet specific work needs.

Price: Early Bird $295 USD, Regular $395 USD; Student Early Bird $100 USD, Student Regular $150 USDInstructors: Roberto Langella (University of Campania), Wilsun Xu (University of Alberta), Canada, Gary Chang (National Chung Cheng University), Dave Mueller (EnerNex United States) Get familiar with the fundamentals of harmonic modeling of Inverter Based Resources based on voltage source inverters, unique challenges and differences compared to those based on line commutated inverters, and related aspects of computational complexity. Learn how to perform harmonic assessment of IBRs connected to transmission and distribution systems for interconnection studies and how to design passive harmonic filters. Learn through the detailed analyses of practical use cases taken from industry practice. At the end of this tutorial the attendee will understand harmonic assessment of IBRs according to the IEEE Standard P2800.

Price: Early Bird $295 USD, Regular $395 USD; Student Early Bird $100 USD, Student Regular $150 USDInstructors: Rajarshi Roychowdhury (AES US Utilities), Xuan Wu (AES US Utilities), Hui Zhang, (AES Corp), Sean Murphy (PingThings), Wade Malcom (OES), Zhaoyu Wang (Iowa State University) Get familiar with Steady State, Dynamics and Transient Analysis of power systems and why utilities run these studies. Be familiar with T&D operations and how Grid Enhancing Technologies might play a role in T&D operations. Get insights on advanced PMU data analytics with machine learning with practical use cases. Learn about the OpenFMB architecture and the need for data interoperability. Get insights about power industry’s practices and activities on VVO and learn technology developments of VVO. Learn how vertically integrated utilities might use optimization aspects to plan for renewable generation.

Price: Early Bird $295 USD, Regular $395 USD; Student Early Bird $100 USD, Student Regular $150 USDInstructors: Gord Stephen (NREL), Genevieve de Mijolla (EPRI), Simon Tindemans (TU Delft) This tutorial describes the aims and objectives of resource adequacy assessment. Compare the modelling assumptions underlying common approaches to resource adequacy assessment; Interpret and critically evaluate a variety of resource adequacy metrics. Discuss current challenges and recent developments in the field of resource adequacy.

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructors: Dr. Vasudev Gharpure (Quanta Technology), Dr. Mital Kanabar (GE Grid Solutions) This tutorial will introduce the new Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) standard, IEEE C37.247-2019, with application details on functional & performance requirements. Furthermore, the audience will gain an understanding of the inclusions/exclusions made during PDC standard development and how to apply these PDC standard specifications to successfully design a wide area synchrophasor system. Advanced PDC functions and PDC testing, and industrial experience with lessons learned, will also be presented.

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructor: Prof. Osama Mohammed (Florida International University), Prof. Fei Gao (University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard), Mr. Ahmed Soliman (Florida International University) Define the suitable data-driven model needed for each application. Know constraints governing hardware implementations. Get familiar with dSPACE applications for rapid control prototyping. Get familiar with real-time simulations and HIL technology for power electronics. Advantages and disadvantages of these approaches with commercial solution examples. Learn how to implement a simple example for hardware implementation.

Price: Early Bird $195 USD, Regular $240 USD; Student Early Bird $50 USD, Student Regular $75 USDInstructors: Ryan Quint (NERC), Aung Thant (NERC), Andrew Isaacs (Electranix Corporation), Andy Hoke (NREL), Deepak Ramasubramanian (EPRI) Attendees will learn tools and techniques used to conduct EMT studies for interconnecting renewable energy projects. Attendees will also gain an understanding of real-world experience studying high inverter-based resource systems using EMT studies. Lastly, attendees will gain useful knowledge related to NERC activities in this area, and the changing regulatory requirements around EMT modeling/studies, model quality, and model verification activities.