Archived Work Group Meetings

Work Group Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina

Oct 16, 2008 - Oct 17, 2008
Charlotte , North Carolina
Contact
Teresa Carlon

The third meeting of 2008 focused on research and development with presentations and poster sessions by some of the world's leading synchrophasor researchers.

16
Oct 2008
Registration (refreshments and networking)
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome
08:30 AM - 08:40 AM
Agenda and Logistics Review
08:40 AM - 08:45 AM
U.S. DOE Update and Comments
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Update on the NASPInet Specification Development
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
NERC Update and Comments
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
October 15 Leadership Meeting Summary – Task Team Activities and Priorities
09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Break (refreshments and networking)
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Situational Awareness - Visualization and Significance of Bus Phase Angles for the Eastern Interconnect
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Situational Awareness - Wide-area detection of power system events using phasor measurement units
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Situational Awareness - Precursor Signals of Potential Cascading Outages Based on Proper Visualization of PMU Data
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Situational Awareness - Observations from FNET Measurements of 3 Major Interconnections
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Situational Awareness - Wide Area Power System Visualization and Location of Disturbance Using NASPI PMU Measurements
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Situational Awareness - Characteristic Ellipsoid Visualization Concept
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Stability Analysis - Oscillatory mode shape and combined EMS/ WAMS data to characterise and locate stability issues
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Stability Analysis - Oscillation Monitoring System using Synchrophasors
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Stability Analysis - Propagation of Power System Dynamic Disturbances and the Effects of Local Area Conditions
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Stability Analysis - Adaptive Impact Energy Method for Synchrophasor Measurements Based Inter- Area Instability - Prediction and Remedy
01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Stability Analysis - Application of Synchronized Phasor Measurements in Entergy and AEP for Dynamic Security Assessment
01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Real Time Control/Dynamic Model Benchmarking - WECC Dynamic Probing Tests: Purpose and Results
01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Real Time Control/Dynamic Model Benchmarking - Voltage Stability Control Project
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Real Time Control/Dynamic Model Benchmarking - Model Parameter Calibration Using Recorded Dynamics
02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Break (refreshments and networking)
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Task Team Break Out Sessions
02:45 PM - 05:30 PM
Reception and Poster Session
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
17
Oct 2008
Morning Refreshments
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
NIST Updates - New Dynamic PMU Testing
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
System State Identification - Improved State Estimation and Development of Real-Time Wide-Area Monitoring and Control Test Bed
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
System State Identification - Phasor Data Processing and State Estimation
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
System State Identification - Estimation of Radial Power System Transfer Path Dynamic Parameters using Synchronized Phasor Data
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
System State Identification - Application of PMUs for improved grid operations
09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
System State Identification - Development of Methods for Optimal Placement of PMUs, Machine Internal State Estimation and a Global Index for Voltage Stability Prediction
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Phasor Networks - Modeling Communications for Wide-Area Power Grid Control
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Phasor Networks - GridStat and the NASPInet Data Bus Concept
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Phasor Networks - Modeling NASPInet Data Flows
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Wrap up and lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Work Group Meeting, Bellevue, Washington

Jun 11, 2008 - Jun 12, 2008
Bellevue , Washington
Contact
Teresa Carlon

The second meeting of 2008 focused on software and hardware advances with presentations and displays by vendors as well as success stories from the utilities.

11
Jun 2008
Registration (refreshments and networking)
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome
08:30 AM - 08:40 AM
Agenda and Logistics Review
08:40 AM - 08:45 AM
U.S. DOE Update and Comments
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
NERC Update and Comments
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Keynote Address I
09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Break (refreshments and networking)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Vendor Presentations (Session 1) - Vendor 1-Power World
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Vendor Presentations (Session 1) - Vendor 2-Enterprise Horizons
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Vendor Presentations (Session 1) - Vendor 3-Qualitrol
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Lunch (provided)
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Vendor Presentations (Session 2) - Vendor 4-Areva
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Vendor Presentations (Session 2) - Vendor 5-ABB
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Break (refreshments and networking)
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Task Team Working Sessions and Vendor Display
03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Reception at Vendor Display area– Light Hors D’Oeuvres and No-Host Bar
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
12
Jun 2008
Morning Refreshments
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Keynote Address II
08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
CAISO Operations-PDCI
09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Using PMU’s in Iceland
09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Break (refreshments and networking)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Vendor 6-Schweitzer Engineering Labs
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Vendor 7-Bigwood Systems
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Task Team Report Outs
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Wrap up and lunch (provided)
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM

Work Group Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mar 06, 2008 - Mar 07, 2008
New Orlean , Louisiana
Contact
Teresa Carlon
06
Mar 2008
Registration (refreshments and networking)
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome
08:30 AM - 08:40 AM
Agenda and Logistics Review
08:40 AM - 08:45 AM
U.S. DOE Update and Comments
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
NERC Update and Comments
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Overview of Modern Communications Systems
09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Wide-Area Communications Networks – Redundancy, Reliability, Latency, Bandwidth
09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Break (refreshments and networking)
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
The role of Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC requirements for Large Scale Applications)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Network Management and Data Repository
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Wrap-up: Integrating all the Pieces
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
EPRI Roles in Support of NASPI Research and Training
01:00 PM - 01:20 PM
Successful Utilization: Phasor Data in Closed Loop Control
01:20 PM - 01:40 PM
Oscillation Monitoring System
01:40 PM - 02:00 PM
Break (refreshments and networking)
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Task Team Working Sessions
02:15 PM - 05:00 PM
Reception – Light Hors D’Oeuvres and No-Host Bar
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
07
Mar 2008
Morning Refreshments
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Online event location determination and reporting using wide area measurements
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
Enhancement of State Estimation Results using Phasor Measurements
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
Georgia Tech Distributed State Estimator at VIWAPA
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
Successes from California Public Interest Research in Phasor Measurement Applications
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
Break (refreshments and networking)
09:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Dynamic Data Recording in New England and New York
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM
Wide-Area Visualization Integrating Google- Earth
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Task Team Report Outs
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
PG&E Phasor Data System
01:00 PM - 01:20 PM

Work Group Meeting, Montreal, QB, Canada

Sep 06, 2007 - Sep 07, 2007
Montreal, QB, Canada
Contact
Teresa Carlon
06
Sep 2007
Registration (refreshments and networking)
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Introductions
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
NASPI Update
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Synchrophasor activities in Brazil
09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Break (refreshments and networking)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Synchrophasor activities in China
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Synchrophasor activities in Mexico
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Synchrophasor activities in Switzerland
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Synchrophasor activities in Italy
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Break (refreshments and networking)
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Task Team Break Out Sessions
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Reception – Light Hors D’Oeuvres and No-Host Bar
07
Sep 2007
Synchrophasor activities in Manitoba
08:00 AM - 08:45 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Anomalies in the Past and a Look to the Future
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Preview 2008 Meeting Dates and Venues and Discuss 2008 NAPSI Goals
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Carson, CA, Work group meeting

May 09, 2007 - May 10, 2007
Carson , California
Contact
Teresa Carlon

Special "Thank you" to Southern California Edison Company for co-hosting this meeting.

09
May 2007
Registration
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
AM Refreshments / Networking
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome
08:30 AM - 08:40 AM
Introductions
08:40 AM - 08:50 AM
NASPI Update and DOE to NERC Transition
08:50 AM - 09:00 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Southern California Edison Demo
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
PMU Pioneers Panel
Working Lunch
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Breakout Meetings
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Break
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Task Team Breakout Meetings (continued)
02:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Reception
10
May 2007
Registration
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
AM Refreshments
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PMU System Performance Panel
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Working Lunch
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Business Case Presentation
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Real-Time Situational Awareness
01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Statistical Monitoring and Alerting for the Electric Power Grid
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Break
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Update on the FNET based North America Situation Awareness Monitoring System
02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
In Search of the Holy Grail of PMU Applications for Visualization and Prediction of Cascading Outages
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Meeting Wrap-up and Adjourn
03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Attendees