Work Group Meetings

Much of NASPI’s impact is due to the ongoing volunteer work that occurs within its task teams. These teams develop and promulgate best practices while serving as incubators for new ideas and approaches to solve common problems. During quarterly task team meetings, participants will have the opportunity to engage with presenters, discuss technical topics, and contribute to work products. All meetings will be held virtually and are free of charge.

Please see the agenda above for details of this two day NASPI Task Team meeting.

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Call for Abstracts, Due February 1, 2025

The next North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI) Work Group meeting will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 15-16, 2025. We invite the synchronized measurement community to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting.  We are particularly interested in receiving abstracts that showcase innovative and novel applications of wide-area time-synchronized technology to solve operational or other electric power reliability and resilience challenges. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Cross-Cutting Topics

1. Success stories and lessons learned from field deployment of synchronized measurement systems and tools.
2. Statistical analysis and deep learning for extracting actionable information from large datasets.
3. High-speed waveform measurements that augment traditional synchrophasor measurements for additional resolution of high-speed phenomena.
4. Use of synchronized measurements to support the integration of inverter-based resources.
5. Incorporating advanced sensors into measurement infrastructure, including mixing different types of measurements and using heterogenous measurements to make decisions.
6. Visualization and human factors, including cognitive systems engineering, decision support, and human-machine interfaces.
7. Any other novel and timely topics related to time-synchronized measurements that would be of interest to the broader NASPI community.

Control Room Solutions Task Team (CRSTT)

1. The use of real-time synchrophasor applications for the purpose of improving control room operations and grid reliability.
2. Training to support control room deployment.
3. Enhancing wide-area protection schemes utilizing time-synchronized measurements.

Distribution Task Team (DisTT)

1. The use of time-synchronized measurements to enhance distribution system operations and/or planning applications.
2. Benefits of and key success factors in deploying synchronized measurement in distribution systems.

Data and Network Management Task Team (DNMTT)

1. Advanced architectures for networking and communications technologies.
2. Experience with data networking, architecture, archiving, and other supporting technologies.
3. Requirements for time-synchronized measurement applications, e.g., data quality and measurement uncertainty.
4. Advances in synchronized measurement technology adoption through standardization, testing, or other technological accomplishments.

Engineering Analysis Task Team (EATT)

1. The use of time-synchronized measurements in transmission applications, including advanced protection and wide-area control schemes.
2. Extracting actionable information from synchronized measurements to characterize system health, detect equipment failures, evaluate grid disturbances, analyze oscillations, etc.

Detailed Abstract Submission Instructions

NASPI will not require submittal of papers; individuals who wish to present at the Work Group meeting should email an abstract (using the submittal information listed below) to naspi@pnnl.gov  no later than February 1, 2025. The NASPI Leadership Team will review the submissions to determine which presentations will be selected. Based on the number of abstracts submitted in each of the technical areas of interest, the NASPI Leadership Team may also invite abstract submitters to participate in the poster session. The poster session will be hosted during the NASPI reception April 15.  We will notify all abstract submitters of their acceptance no later than March 1, 2025. Questions about the call for abstracts can be emailed to naspi@pnnl.gov.

ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL INFORMATION

1. Responsible author’s name, affiliation, and contact information (email and phone number)
2. Additional author’s name(s), affiliation, and contact information (email and phone number)
3. Will any presenters need assistance with a visa to enter the United States?
4. Title of proposed presentation
5. Topic area (Cross-Cutting, CRSTT, DisTT, DNMTT, EATT) – for organizational purposes only
6. Summary of proposed presentation (1-3 paragraphs)
7. Statement of novelty or impact, answering the question why would the NASPI community benefit from receiving this presentation? (1 paragraph)

By submitting an abstract and later providing a presentation at the meeting, the submitter grants NASPI permission to publicly post the presentation and share their name, affiliation, and email through on-line posting on the NASPI website following the meeting.

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The NASPI Leadership Team will be presenting 2024 NASPI MVP Awards at the Work Group meeting! Stay tuned for information on how to nominate your MVP.

The North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI) Work Group In-Person Meeting and Vendor Show will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 15-16, 2025, featuring invited speakers and technology partners demonstrating their latest offerings. You will hear presentations from companies and individuals who are using synchronized measurement technology successfully to solve specific challenges and the lessons they learned along the way. Our distinguished keynote speaker is Jordan Bakke, Director of Strategic Insights and Assessments at Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO).

Date:
April 15-16, 2025

Meeting location:
Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Downtown
12 Sixth Street South
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55402, USA

Registration is open! Early-bird registration will be $590 for regular attendees and $175 for students until March 15, 2025. Rates will then increase to $690 for regular attendees and $275 for students.

Partners: If you are a vendor and would like to attend this meeting as a NASPI Partner, please review the Partnership Opportunity document. Determine what level of partnership you would like and make that selection during registration. You will be sent a code to register your additional attendees as noted in the partner document. Partner tables will be set up at the back of the main meeting room to maximize your interaction with attendees. All our partners will receive shipping instructions and setup/take down times and dates for the hotel location. If you have any additional questions, please email naspi@pnnl.gov.