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GLOBALViewpointIts Show Time, Chicago! The IEEE PES T&D Expo is rolling back into
Chicago and bringing a half-century of industry innovation. Youll want
to be front and center to see the latest and greatest offerings available
in our industry.
By Rick Bush, Editorial Director
BUSINESSDevelopments Ivanpah Solar Plant Is Fully Operational
DTE Energy, Consumers Energy and Nexant Join Association
for Demand Response & Smart Grid
First Cross-Border Power Interconnection Between Bangladesh
and India Complete
TECHNOLOGYUpdates EstLink 2 HVDC Transmission Link Increases Power Threefold
FACTS Technology to Reinforce Stability of Qubec Grid
Con Edison Demonstrates AC-Integrated Energy Storage
ENERGYTransitionsTransformation, Anyone? This new monthly column will serve as a vehicle
to examine the forces that are driving change in our industry and to explore
possible future outcomes.
By John Baker, Energy Editor
CHARACTERSwithCharacterMountain High. By day, Rusty Bascom focuses on underground cabling
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on the slopes as a member of the National Ski Patrol.
By James R. Dukart, Contributing Writer
STRAIGHTTalkSmart Grid Manifesto. Utilities should come together in an effort to enable
new grid capabilities, reduce costs, manage distributed energy resources
and provide growth opportunities for years to come.
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GLOBALViewpoint
Its Show Time, Chicago!
I ts time to finalize your travel plans, pack your bags and get
yourself on over to Chicago, because from April 14-17, the
Windy City is the place to be!
The IEEE PES T&D team has been working diligently for
the past two years to get everything lined up for this week.
Front man Tommy Mayne and consummate show manager
Barbara Powell are pulling out all the stops to make this the
best event ever.
Tommy tells me that this event now celebrating its 50-
year anniversary started out as an underground show.
Remember back in the day, when underground residential
distribution launched itself on center stage? As an industry
old-timer, Im feeling that a personal retrospective is in order.
I was working in distribution at Georgia Power back in the
1970s when the IEEE T&D show came to Atlanta. I recall our
drafters drawing up the show mascot, the lowly mole. And I
was still at Georgia Power when the show came back to Atlan-
ta. I was on the technical tours committee and arranged bus
transportation. I also handled details for the tour of the AT&T
fiber-optic manufacturing facilities. As some of you may recall,
that was one mind-expanding era when the broadband revela-
tion was in its infancy.
As a local boy, I loved it when the IEEE T&D expo came
to Atlanta, but my favorite show towns are New Orleans and
Chicago.
Remember when IEEE pitched one of the most lavish events
ever in New Orleans, with the opening parade and reception
right on the Mississippi riverfront? The IEEE T&D show had
expanded to such an extent that Tommy Mayne (with Entergy
then) and his cohorts decided that it was time to bury the mole
with a New Orleans-style jazz-infused funeral march. What a
blast! That mole went out in style.
Unfortunately, the next New Orleans-scheduled IEEE T&D
show was blown out when Hurricane Katrina blew in. So the
show team had to reschedule and put its efforts into overdrive
to relocate the show to Dallas. That event had a fusion of Loui-
siana and Texas with co-chairs Tommy Mayne and Jim Greer
(Oncor) moderating the opening session, which focused on
the Herculean efforts expended by the nation to bring the
Gulf region back from Katrina.
Chicago Is My Kind of Town
This year is actually my third trip to Chicago to attend
an IEEE show. My first Chicago show, I was responsible for
signing up the Georgia Power Research Center (now Geor-
gia Tech NEETRAC) to exhibit. We offered testing ser-
vices to the greater T&D community, and exhibiting at the Editorial Director
show enabled us to meet new clients while affording us the
opportunity to reconnect with existing clients.
I was working for T&D World when the next Chicago show
came around. Our editorial team was scurrying around daily
to provide attendees with up-to-date news on the happenings
of the day. We interviewed IEEE execs, including past PES
President Wanda Reder (what a workhorse for our industry).
Whats in Store for Us in 2014?
First, a shout-out to host utility ComEd is in order. Volun-
teers, thanks for all you do. If past years are any guide, you
will find volunteers around every corner eager to help you find
your way to the various events and sessions.
I am thrilled that the mixer will be at the Chicago Museum
of Science and Industry. This place is quite a fine venue for
engineers, a social event with a technical slant. And along with
the 50-year look back, IEEE is bringing in a futurist to speak
at the opening session and share what the next 50 years might
have in store for our industry.
We are glad to bring you this show issue. Here you will find
all the motivation you could need to sign up for this world-
class event. With more than 750 exhibitors, you will find the
resources and contacts you need to make your T&D purchases.
Of course, IEEE is an international organization, and if
you are traveling to this event from foreign lands, take your-
self over to the International Visitor Center. IEEE will provide
meeting areas with interpreters to assist as needed.
Feel like doing a bit of a wander? IEEE will have five techni-
cal tours available. Want a deeper dive? Five tutorials will be
available with instructors providing you with a pragmatic slant
on topics that vary from synchrophasers to distribution auto-
mation to smart substations. What else is available? You will
have access to forum sessions, panel sessions, poster sessions
and info sessions. What really caught my eye are the super ses-
sions that will address resiliency and aging infrastructure. And
speaking of aging, our workforce has a little of that going on.
To address this issue, IEEE has created an on-site job fair to
provide you with the opportunity to snag one of our graduat-
ing students coming into the industry.
So, whatever particular role you play in our dynamic elec-
tric energy industry, succumb to the siren call of the IEEE
T&D PES Conference & Exposition. See you in Chicago.
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BUSINESSDevelopments
DTE Energy, Consumers Energy and Nexant
Join Association for DR & Smart Grid
Three more leaders in demand response and smart grid have joined the Asso-
ciation for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS), the national demand response
(DR) and smart grid organization. The new members are DTE Energy, Consumers
Energy and Nexant.
ADS is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on de-
velopment and exchange of information among policymakers, utilities, technology
companies and other stakeholders. It includes as members companies and organiza-
tions as well as individuals who consider themselves DR and smart grid professionals.
We are excited to have these new members join ADS and help us grow our ability
to serve the needs of the DR and smart grid community, said Dan Delurey, execu-
tive director of ADS. Together, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy provide power
to a majority of the state of Michigan. Both utilities have developed a number of
demand response programs and have important lessons from their deployments
that they can share with the larger DR and smart grid community. Nexant is a leader
in supporting companies in the energy industry in areas including DR, smart grid,
technology commercialization and consumer engagement, and can thus provide a
range of expertise to the DR and smart grid community.
The association is preparing for its 11th Annual National Town Meeting on De-
mand Response and Smart Grid, which will be held May 19-21 in Washington, D.C.
For more information, visit www.demandresponsetownmeeting.com.
Ivanpah Solar Plant
Is Fully Operational
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generat-
ing System, the worlds largest concen-
trated solar power plant, is now fully
operational. Ivanpah employs concen-
trated solar power, which uses hundreds
of thousands of mirrors to reflect the
sun toward a tower. This heats a boiler in
the tower, which creates steam to drive
turbines and make electricity.
At full capacity, the facility can pro-
duce about 400 MW of solar power,
which should produce enough electric-
ity to provide 140,000 California homes
with clean energy while avoiding the
emission in the atmosphere of about
400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide
per year.
Ivanpah, located in Ivanpah Dry
Lake, California, is considered the larg-
est solar project of its kind and accounts
for almost 30% of all solar thermal ener-
gy operational in the United States. The
project has been developed by NRG En-
ergy Inc., BrightSource Energy Inc. and
Google for a total investment of about
US$2.2 billion.
Visit www.brightsourceenergy.com.
At the heart of the power-tower solarthermal system is an innovative solar eld design, optimization software and a control system that allow for the creation ofhigh-temperature steam.
First Cross-Border Power Interconnection
Between Bangladesh and India Complete
In March 2011, the Power Grid Com-
pany of Bangladesh Ltd. awarded Sie-
mens a contract to connect the power-
supply networks between Bangladesh
and India with a 500-MW back-to-back
HVDC system. This turnkey project in-
cluded engineering, civil works, deliv-
ery of all components, installation and
commissioning of the complete HVDC
system. In December 2013, the full
500-kW transmission power capacity was
achieved. The system is capable of fu-
ture expansion up to 1,000 MW.
The first 175 MW of power flowed
from India to Bangladesh in September
2013. This first electricity grid intercon-
nection among SAARC countries with a
400-kV AC link between India and Ban-
gladesh through a HVDC back-to-back
station in Bangladesh was formally inau-
gurated by the prime ministers of both
countries. The project was made pos-
sible under an India-Bangladesh power
exchange program funded by the Asian
Development Bank.
This monopole back-to-back HVDC
system links Indias eastern electrical
grid to Bangladeshs western grid. The
HVDC station in Bangladesh is connect-
ed to the countrys existing 230-kV grid.
A new 400-kV AC high-voltage overhead
line provides the cross-border connec-
tion to the 400-kV substation in India.
This project also enables the power gen-
eration of Bangladesh from less ineffi-
cient diesel power plants to be reduced,
helping the country to lower emission
levels.
Indias state-run power trading arms
VidyutVyapar Nigam Ltd. and the
Bangladesh Power Development Board
signed a government-to-government
electricity purchase agreement for
250 MW that allows Bangladesh to buy its
urgently needed power at a competitive
rate. For the remaining 250 MW, Ban-
gladesh signed another power purchase
agreement with PTC India Ltd. in 2013.
The HVDC station in Bangladesh has
been identified as part of this agreement
allowing a safe and reliable connection
of the power grids of both countries.
Visit www.siemens.com.
The valve hall of the 500-MW back-to-back HVDC system.
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Duke Energy Issues RFP for New Solar
Energy Projects in North Carolina
Duke Energy issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 300 MW of new solar en-
ergy capacity in its Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress territories.
The new capacity would be in service by the end of 2015.
The RFP gives bidders the flexibility to offer power and associated renewable
energy certificates as well as the option to provide a turnkey solution in which Duke
Energy takes ownership of the new facility. The RFP allows Duke Energy to further
its commitment to renewable energy, diversify its energy mix and meet North Caro-
linas Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards.
This proposal will practically double our current solar capacity for customers in
the Carolinas, said Rob Caldwell, vice president of renewable generation develop-
ment. It gives developers the opportunity to pursue projects for the long term, or
to negotiate for Duke Energy to acquire ownership of the new facilities once they
are operational.
The companys RFP is targeting solar facilities greater than 5 MW. It is limited to
projects that are in the companys current transmission and distribution queue, as
those have a realistic chance to be completed by the end of 2015. Duke Energy affili-
ates will not be allowed to participate in the RFP.
Caldwell added there are many eligible projects, with more than 2,500 MW of
capacity being proposed in the state by solar developers.
Our mission is to bring more renewable generation onto the Duke Energy sys-
tem in the most cost-effective manner possible, said Caldwell. This RFP allows the
company to take advantage of projects already in the planning stages.
Caldwell said the company should be able to have projects selected and negotia-
tions completed by Oct. 1, 2014. He said the ownership option gives Duke Energy
additional benefits.
For bidders who wish for Duke Energy to assume ownership, it will allow us to
better locate and integrate the new capacity into our energy mix, he said. We are in
the best position to manage the unique characteristics of intermittent solar genera-
tion into our existing system to assure cost-effective, reliable, dependable electricity
for our customers.
For more information, visit www.duke-energy.com.
Com Ed Customers
Issued Penalties for
Smart Meter Refusal
Commonwealth Edison customers
who refuse new smart meters will pay a
penalty. The Illinois Commerce Com-
mission (ICC) approved a US$21.53-
a-month tariff to the bills of ComEd
customers who do not let the company
install the new meters. Smart meters
are wireless digital devices that relay
electricity consumption information di-
rectly to utilities, eliminating the need
for meter readers.
If customers make the decision to
refuse a (smart) meter now and incur
monthly charges associated with this
choice it should be with full knowledge
that this refusal is simply deferring the
inevitable, the ICC said in its order.
ComEd is switching all 4 million
northern Illinois customers to the de-
vices by 2021 to help modernize the
electrical grid. The ICC says the extra
charge reflects costs of reading and ser-
vicing the older analog meters. But the
commission says even customers who re-
fuse meters now eventually will get one.
ComEd says smart meters record usage
more accurately because its no longer
estimated. The meters eventually will
automatically alert utilities to an outage.
Visit www.comed.com.
NYSERDA Provides $5 Million for Innovative Technologies
to Reduce Energy Use of Data Centers and IT Systems
The New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA) has launched a program to help busi-
nesses, universities, data center operators and research centers
develop innovative technologies to reduce the power needs of
information technology (IT) systems across New York state.
NYSERDAs Innovations in Data Center, Information and
Communications Technology Energy Efficiency Program
looks to speed up the market readiness of early-stage technolo-
gies, products and techniques that reduce the energy impact
of IT systems.
Gov. Cuomo has made it a priority to reduce the cost of
doing business in New York state. This funding for innovative
technologies dovetails with that goal by supporting efforts to
reduce operating costs and increase the energy efficiency of
vital IT services at businesses around the state, said John B.
Rhodes, president and CEO, NYSERDA. Energy improve-
ments in data processing have the added benefit of significant-
ly decreasing energy use and demand on the electric grid.
Innovations eligible for funding could include technolo-
gies to monitor and measure energy efficiency that can be
used to improve data center efficiency, novel energy-efficiency
improvements from hardware or software, cutting-edge cool-
ing systems or on-site power generation. NYSERDA will select
projects through three proposal rounds through April 2015,
providing a total of up to $5 million:
$100,000 for a research or feasibility study
$300,000 for a pilot demonstration
$500,000 for product and technology development
$1 million for larger-scale demonstrations that show sig-
nificant innovation in new, holistic approaches to improved
energy efficiency of data centers.
A 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study
determined that data centers of all sizes account for 1.5% of
electricity used nationally. The EPA estimates 3% of power
consumed in New York state is from data centers. In an IT-
heavy business, the cost of energy to run a data center can be
as high as 30% of the centers total operating costs.
For more information, visit nyserda.ny.gov.
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TECHNOLOGYUpdates
Con Edison Demonstrates AC-Integrated Energy Storage
EstLink 2 HVDC Transmission Link Increases Power Threefold
FACTS Technology to Reinforce Stability of Qubec Grid
When completed in 2016, the SVC upgrades at the Albanel Substation will extend the life of the SVCs and reduce electrical losses.
Eos Energy Storage has selected Ideal Powers 30-kW bat-
tery converter technology to be integrated with its Aurora en-
ergy storage system. This system will be connected to the grid
and deployed by Con Edison in a New York City pilot project
in the second quarter of 2014.
The Aurora system employs Eoss zinc hybrid cathode
(Znyth) battery technology and is designed to enhance re-
newable energy generation, increase grid efficiency and re-
siliency, and reduce utilities costs and consumers electricity
bills. The compact design of both the battery pack and power
converter is suited for office buildings and facilities with space-
constrained environments.
Eoss low-cost Aurora battery system is designed to meet the
requirements of the grid-scale energy storage market. With
many hours of discharge capability, immediate response time
and modular construction, the Aurora system may be scaled
and configured to maximize profitability in utility, commer-
cial and industrial, and residential market segments.
Ideal Powers 30-kW battery converter offers high efficiency
in a modular and easy-to-install solution that can improve the
economics for energy storage applications. It is based on the
companys Power Packet Switching Architecture, which pro-
vides electrical isolation without the use of a bulky and expen-
sive transformer.
The demonstration project with Con Edison is supported
by funding from the New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority.
Visit www.eosenergystorage.com and www.IdealPower.com.
Siemens Energy completed the EstLink 2 project, a
HVDC link consisting of converter stations in Anttila, Finland,
and Pssi, Estonia. Power is now transmitting by the custom-
ers Fingrid, the transmission system operator in Finland, and
Elering, the transmission system operator in Estonia. This
new link increases the power transmission capacity between
the countries by a factor of three. The new, more reliable joint
transmission capacity between the two countries is now in-
creased from 350 MW to 1,000 MW.
This project plays an important role in the integration of
energy markets between Baltic and Scandinavian countries,
opening up access to renewable energy sources and generating
revenue resources. It is also a major step toward meeting the
goals of the European Unions Baltic Energy Market Intercon-
nection Plan, which aims to integrate Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia with EU transmission networks and energy markets.
The EstLink 2 project spans a total of 170 km (106 miles).
Power is transmitted over about 14-km (9 miles) of overhead
line in Finland, about 145 km (90 miles) of submarine cable
laid on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland, and approximately
11 km (7 miles) of underground land cable in Estonia.
Siemens designed the HVDC system as a monopolar con-
nection with metallic return conductor. This turnkey project
included delivering, installing and commissioning of the com-
plete HVDC converter stations, excluding the overhead line
and power cable part in between the stations. The value of the
converter station turnkey project was 100 million euros.
Visit www.fingrid.fi and estlink2.elering.ee.
Hydro-Qubec has awarded ABB
a US$60 million order to replace vital
components of its ultra-high-voltage
transmission system that helps trans-
port clean hydroelectric power from
north to south Qubec. ABB will
upgrade two static var compensators
(SVC) located at the Albanel Substa-
tion, about 500 km (311 miles) north
of Montreal, that provide fast-acting
reactive power compensation for the
735-kV electricity network.
SVCs are part of ABBs family of
FACTS (flexible alternating current
transmission systems) technologies, which help enhance the
capacity and flexibility of power transmission systems and con-
tribute to the evolution of smarter grids. They compensate for
fluctuations in the voltage and cur-
rent of an electric grid, thereby allow-
ing more power to flow through the
network while maintaining network
safety and stability.
FACTS solutions allow more pow-
er to reach consumers through the
existing transmission network. This
results in lower investment costs and
shorter implementation times than
the traditional alternative of building
new power plants and transmission
lines, with the added benefit of mini-
mizing environmental impact. They
also help address voltage- and frequency-stability issues, and
enable the transmission system to run more efficiently.
For more information, visit www.abb.com.
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TECHNOLOGYUpdates
Utility Uses High-Voltage Underground Cable
for Substation Expansion with Space Constraints
At a recent substation expansion project located near Buf-
falo, New York, U.S., where expansion of a substation yard
and extension of an overhead 115-kV bus was impracticable,
and relocating facilities within the substation was impractical,
Kerite Co. provided turnkey underground cable installation
services that allowed new capacitor banks to be installed and
energized in a reasonable amount of time and for a reason-
able cost.
NYSEG, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, needed to add ca-
pacitor banks to improve the electrical system to handle load
growth in the Buffalo area. The utility, which serves 877,000
electricity customers and 261,000 natural gas customers
across more than 40% of upstate New York, chose to install
two new 115-kV, 25-MVAR switched capacitor banks at the Big
Tree Substation, a facility constructed in the 1940s. The sub-
station feeds the Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo
Bills, and new capacitor banks were important to for ensuring
overall system improvements and supporting system voltage
in the area.
Consulting engineers Laramore, Douglass and Popham
were brought in to design the project. Senior substation en-
gineer Stan Bail explains that, while the Big Tree Substation
seemed large, it was actually impossible to add both banks
aboveground, as is commonly done with substation expan-
sions. There was a wide open space on the south side, but the
north side was very close to a fence, with a house just outside
the fence.
We came to the conclusion that the banks had to be under-
ground because transmission lines were in the way, said Bail.
We couldnt place the capacitor banks off the existing bus,
because it was 35 ft (11 m) in the air, and there was no room to
place the capacitor banks under the existing structure.
According to Bail, they had room within the substation
fence if they could have gotten the overhead wire bus extend-
ed to the area where the capacitor banks would fit. The issue
was that NYSEG needed two capacitor banks and two break-
ers. Since the bus was split, with one on the north end and one
on the south end, the best solution would be taking the two
locations from overhead to underground. They then ran the
underground cable, coming up at one central location, ter-
minating the underground cable and connecting to two dif-
ferent circuit breakers and two different capacitor banks. The
solution was an uncommon one for a substation; underground
cable transmission lines are more frequently used when an air-
port is nearby and it is important to keep circuits from inter-
fering with airport operations.
After deciding on the engineering approach, Bail began
discussions with Kerite, which had a reputation for high-qual-
ity, high-voltage underground cable and a great deal of recent
installation experience.
I explained the substation project and found it was a per-
fect match; we needed high-voltage underground cable, and
they had services to provide.
The design included a conduit system to facilitate cable
pulling from the bus area to the capacitor bank, including a
conduit plan showing how and where to place the 6-inch (152-
mm) PVC conduit, with one conduit per cable per phase. After
the conduit system was installed, Kerite brought the cable to
the site for the electrical subcontractor, Northline Utilities, to
do the cable pulls. Instead of working with one large 1,300-
ft (396-m) reel, Kerite cut each run individually to length on
smaller reels, which are easier to store and make pulling the
runs much faster and simpler. This allowed the subcontractor
the flexibility of pulling one phase and leaving it if necessary,
then returning the next morning to pull the next phase.
The north end connection cable was about 275 ft (84 m),
while the south bus connection underground cable link was
approximately 150 ft (46 m). Each end of the connections re-
quires three terminations (one for each phase), so there were
a total of 12 terminations at the substation. The terminations
for the end of the Kerite cable are 6.5 ft (2 m) tall and each
termination takes approximately eight hours to complete.
Kerites turnkey installation services included supplying
the cable, doing the terminations and conducting the test-
ing. The testing included both high-voltage DC high potential
testing at the factory to ensure that there were no defects and
additional lower-voltage field testing.
There was a great deal of cooperation between Kerite and
Northline Utilities on site, said Bail. When you are termi-
nating cables, it is extremely important to avoid any wet con-
ditions. Each one of the terminations took hours of sanding
and dressing the cable after it was pulled, and Kerite needed a
shelter to keep the wind, mist and rain off while doing the ter-
minations. Northline built a shelter to keep them dry so they
could keep working through whatever conditions the weather
threw out there.
When space is limited, underground high-voltage cable is a
viable option when compared to other more expensive substa-
tion expansion alternatives.
For more information, visit www.kerite.com.
Additional capacitor banks were needed to improve the electrical system to handle load growth in the Buffalo, New York, area.
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ENERGYTransitions
Transformation, Anyone?
By John Baker, Energy Editor
With so many forces impinging on the delivery busi-
ness, our industry must be ready to make the trans-
formation required to not only remain relevant but
also to become vibrant deliverers of innovation. That said, I
am making a personal transition to writing a monthly column
for Transmission & Distribution World in which I will share per-
spectives from decision makers who impact the energy mar-
ketplace. Since I will be working with my good and longtime
friend Rick Bush, I know the ride will be exciting.
Today it is difficult to read an industry article or hear a util-
ity executive presentation without the author or speaker dis-
cussing the important challenges that we face. While change
in this industry is nothing new, the speed and magnitude of
this current shift will make the final outcome difficult to envi-
sion, much less predict.
I began my career almost 40 years ago as an engineering
intern in the distribution engineering department of the Low-
er Colorado River Authority. My first task was to read circular
charts that were produced by ink-pin-on-paper analog record-
ers. After examining each chart and determining the peak, I
would apply the appropriate multiplier to calculate kilowatts,
kVar and power factor. I dutifully recorded the results of this
cross-eyed-inducing effort, along with the date and time of
the observation, into an industrial-size logbook. Each an-
nual logbook contained 260 data entries for each feeder and
served as the starting point for distribution forecasting and
planning efforts.
Weve Made Giant Strides
Todays engineering interns might think Ive described
how cave pictographs were made. Today our information and
communications systems gather, process and store many mag-
nitudes greater data in a fraction of a second than I could
have gathered in a whole year. This process of making the grid
smarter will continue as the costs of communication band-
width and computing power decline.
The application of intelligent digital technology to our
power grids is not the only change that separates the utilities
of my early career from today. Environmental concerns and
resulting energy policy, regulatory challenges, cybersecurity,
system reliability and resiliency, aging infrastructure and in-
creasing rates are some of the other change drivers in play. As
impactful as they may be, I believe none of the above will be
as transforming as what is happening on the customers side
of the meter.
In the future, utility customers will have real alternatives
to grid power available to them. Energy efficiency and distrib-
uted generation are rapidly taking their place alongside tra-
ditional energy sources. Add in electric vehicles, and future
customers may present a far different (and at times negative)
load profile to the utility serving them. Already delivery sys-
tems with high concentrations of solar are experiencing ad-
verse operational impacts today.
Along with future challenges, we also have access to poten-
tial opportunities. Demand response still holds the promise
of being a controllable resource that may help to balance the
growing amount of wind and solar generation connected to
the grid. Electric vehicles could add to this demand response
potential. Advances in power electronics may allow solar con-
verters to become grid resources, as well. And electric energy
storage could become a valuable grid resource, or it might
even become the final element needed to remove some solar
photovoltaic customers from the grid altogether.
If looking back nearly four decades feels like an archeo-
logical expedition today, just imagine what the view will look
like when todays engineering interns contemplate their early
careers in 2050. Given all the forces at work today, the change
going forward will likely be massive when compared to that
experienced in the past. The technical challenges alone are
daunting enough, but they may prove to be relatively straight-
forward when compared to the regulatory and business model
changes that may be needed. The ability to anticipate such a
future will be difficult at best, but it is a future that must be an-
ticipated if utilities are to remain relevant and indeed thrive.
Fortunately for my eyesight, I only spent a small part of my
career reading circular paper charts. Since that beginning, I
have been fortunate to have been involved in almost every as-
pect of the electric utility business: I have been an engineer de-
signer and utility executive; I have run system operations and
customer care; and I have been a consultant and a strategist.
Along the way, I have been blessed to work with many truly
remarkable people. The opportunity to write this column
adds yet another dimension to that experience.
It is my intent to use this column as a vehicle to examine the
forces that are driving change in our industry and also to ex-
plore possible future outcomes. I am calling on fellow explor-
ers to share your insights and opinions with me as our industry
journeys into uncharted waters.
Please contact me at [email protected], and we will pro-
vide you with a forum for your perspectives to be heard.
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CHARACTERSwithCharacter
Mountain High
Rusty Bascom, Electrical Consulting Engineers, P.C.
By James R. Dukart, Contributing Writer
By day, Rusty Bascom spends a lot of time thinking about
whats underground, specifically underground cabling
for electrical transmission. Catch him on nights and
weekends, though, and his thoughts and actions are high
aboveground, often as high as the top of a ski resort, decked
out in the red and black outerwear of the National Ski Patrol.
Bascom is a principal engineer and founding partner of
Electrical Consulting Engineers, P.C., of Schenectady, New
York, U.S. After graduating with a degree in electric power
engineering from nearby Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in
Troy, New York, in 1990, Bascom worked for a couple of power
engineering consulting companies in upstate New York. Then,
four years ago, he and a partner struck out on their own to
form Electrical Consulting Engineers, P.C. and offer out-
sourced transmission systems engineering, with a focus on un-
derground power cable system planning, analysis and design.
We basically support electric utilities underground cable
efforts, Bascom explains. Back in the day, utilities had their
own cable groups. More recently, due to attrition and diverse
utility engineer responsibilities, they often outsource to spe-
cialists like us. Bascom adds that Electrical Consulting Engi-
neers also does work for research organizations such as EPRI
and CEATI.
Underground transmission, Bascom notes, is often the sec-
ond choice to overhead, but it is often the only feasible choice
for electric utilities planning new transmission today.
If a utility can build a transmission circuit overhead, it will,
because its less expensive, he comments. But if theres no
space or there are other challenges to put in an overhead line,
that drives a circuit underground. Projects we get involved in
are in tight urban areas, across a large water crossing or under
a highway.
Away from the office, Bascom spends a lot of time far away
from underground transmission much of it, in the winter at
least, on the slopes of the West Mountain Ski Resort in Queens-
bury, New York, where he has been a member of the National
Ski Patrol for the past 10 years. For one weekend day and one
weeknight, on average during the downhill ski season, Bascom
drives 45 minutes north, straps on his skis and serves as a vol-
unteer patroller and outdoor emergency care technician.
I love skiing, and I like to get out and enjoy the winter,
Bascom states. Ski patrol training, he explains, involves a full
season of both classroom and on-slope instruction, covering
everything from individual skier safety tips to medical emer-
gency and rescue training. He likens being on ski patrol duty to
being an emergency medical technician in an ambulance, not-
ing that the medical issues a ski patrol faces are usually trauma
such as broken bones or sprained knees and elbows. The role
of the patrol, he says, is primarily to respond to accidents, sta-
bilize patients and hand them off to a higher level of care. At
West Mountain, Bascom explains, there are first aid stations at
the top and at the foot of the slopes. The station at the foot of
the mountain receives patients injured on the hill and trans-
ported down by patrollers using toboggans, or walk-ins that
enter under their own power. When an incident happens on
the slopes, patrol is usually dispatched from the mountain-top
first aid station to assist the skier or snowboarder.
Bascom says he enjoys the outdoors in the winter, appreci-
ates that ski patrol helps him engage his two teenage daugh-
ters in downhill skiing, and enjoys the social interaction with
fellow patrollers.
Its like if youve ever driven past a firehouse and seen all
the firefighters socializing and waiting for a call, except its on
a ski slope, he explains. People bring in food to snack on, you
catch up on what is going on in other peoples lives. We talk
about things that happen on the mountain. Its very social.
Other perks include free skiing at West Mountain for days
he is not patrolling as well as occasional day-long ski passes he
offers his daughters so the family can ski together.
My wife, she is not quite as interested in skiing as I am,
Bascom adds. She needs some encouragement to get out and
play in the cold.
Speaking of cold, one of Bascoms more memorable cold-
weather experiences took place during a winter Mountain
Travel & Rescue training class he took last January. Training
consisted of hiking snow-covered trails and camping out over-
night with only tents and the gear that could be brought in,
with a simulated search and rescue the following day.
Wouldnt you know it, the weekend we had training, the
temperature dropped to 5 degrees below zero, Bascom re-
calls. It was so cold my breath froze on the top of the inside of
my tent and came down on me like snow when I got up in the
morning. Then, the portable camp stove I brought and had
left outside my sleeping bag wouldnt work. The butane fuel
had frozen and gelled, and it was inoperable.
I had a cold breakfast that day; that was no fun, Bascom
sighs. On the other hand, now I know Im personally rated to
minus 5 degrees!
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IEEE PES T&D CONFERENCE
2014 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition
The IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Confer-
ence & Exposition returns to the Windy City in
April after six years. IEEE is celebrating its fi rst 50
years of ideas, growth and success at the show as it
looks toward The Next Fifty years of innovation.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an international hub for fi nance,
commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications and
transportation, and is a fi tting venue for this years conference
theme. The 2014 IEEE PES T&D Organizing Committee, the
City of Chicago, host utility ComEd (an Exelon company) and
hundreds of volunteers have dedicated their time and exper-
tise to present a conference and expo that will showcase the
technologies, products, companies and minds that will lead
the power industry into the future. Opportunities will abound
for hands-on experience with the latest in products and tech-
nology, combined with interactive programs and product
demonstrations. More than 750 exhibiting companies, nation-
al and international, are expected to present their equipment,
products and services at McCormick Place.
Conference and Exposition
The conference begins with a welcome reception on Mon-
day, April 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Museum of
Science and Industry. How much do you know regarding the
history of the IEEE PES T&D Conference? The IEEE Power &
Energy Society invites you and your colleagues from around
the world to look for clues around the museum, and then
enter your answers for a chance to win an iPad.
While searching, you will have to opportunity to view ex-
hibits such as Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives, a U-505
submarine and so much more. (Visit www.msichicago.org to
see whats in store.) What better way to remember 50 years ago
than by enjoying food and drinks with friends while listening
to hits by the Beatles, Beach Boys, Supremes and other greats.
Larry Kings Orchestra will bring it all back so you can dance
the night away.
Your badge is required for entry, so register early to have it
mailed to you in advance. Shuttle bus service will be provided
from McCormick Place and from all conference hotels.
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However, dont stay at the museum too late, because you
wont want to miss the opening session on Tuesday morn-
ing, April 15 at 8:30 a.m. in the S100 ballroom of McCormick
Place. The session What Technologies Will Shape the Future
of the Electric Utility Industry? features Daniel Burrus, who
is considered one of the worlds leading futurists on global
trends and innovation. The New York Times has referred to him
as one of the top-three business gurus. Addressing the open-
ing session, Burrus will discuss his vision for the breakthrough
technologies that will impact the world and, more specifi cally,
affect the electric utility industry. This captivating speaker will
set the tone for the T&D Conference & Exposition theme of
The Next Fifty.
Afterward, the exhibits open at 10 a.m. One of the largest
meetings of engineers, manufacturers, buyers and suppliers,
the IEEE PES T&D Conference & Expo will include a large
number of veteran and fi rst-time exhibitors. As the utility in-
dustry continues to automate power systems to save money
and energy, integrate renewable energy into the grid and
build new transmission to keep up with the demands of the
progressing population, these exhibitors will feature the tech-
nologies to make that happen.
The Next Fifty
This years program consists of super sessions, technical
panel sessions, poster sessions, educational tracks, plain talk
courses, exhibitor info sessions, continuing education and
professional development.
The super sessions will cover topics such as design for re-
siliency, transmission and distribution technology innovation,
and aging infrastructure and asset development. The poster
and panel sessions, scheduled continuously throughout the
event, include the following main topics:
The smart grid, including communications, cybersecu-
rity, physical security, distributed generation and standard
developments
Energy and the environment
Energy storage systems
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Integrating wind and solar energy into the transmission
and distribution grids
Gas-insulated substation, gas-insulated transmission and
mixed technology switchgear
Flexible AC transmission systems
Electric vehicles and their impact on the grid and stan-
dards development
Innovations in transmission line design
Protection and control
Asset management
Operations and maintenance
Transmission and distribution systems analysis and soft-
ware tools
Power and energy education, collaborative research and
the aging workforce.
The conference also offers technical panel sessions sched-
uled each day; special interest sessions focusing on in-depth
issues that are timely and have a high level of interest to at-
tendees; plain talk courses for the non-power engineering pro-
fessional; an educational track designed to provide refresher
materials for attendees; and special info sessions that are con-
ducted by exhibitors and allow attendees to gather informa-
tion and ask questions of the experts as they demonstrate and
explain new and exciting dimensions of their business in an
uninterrupted setting.
Networking Reception
On Wednesday, April 16 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., attend-
ees will have the opportunity to make new acquaintances and
reconnect with old friends and industry associates at the net-
working reception. This reception will occur in both exhibit
halls, providing a relaxed atmosphere for national and inter-
national product specialists, experts and industry leaders to
come together. The event is sponsored by Cooper Power Sys-
tems and Leidos Engineering, LLC.
Technical Tours
Chicago offers some of the worlds best, modern engineer-
ing feats. IEEE PES T&D attendees are encouraged to partici-
pate in the technical tours of various industrial facilities:
ComEds Rockford Training Center and Lee/DeKalb
Cloud Gate is a polished stainless-steel sculpture in Millennium Park that reects and distorts the citys skyline. Also known as The Bean, it is said to have been inspired by liquid mercury.
Wind Energy Center: Located on the grounds of ComEds
Rockford headquarters on Energy Avenue, the new training
center and education center features 34,000 sq ft (3,160 sq m)
of indoor training space and 85,000 sq ft (7,897 sq m) of out-
door training space.
ComEds Operations Control Center: Attendees will
tour ComEds state-of-the-art Operations Control Center. All
dispatch activities for the ComEd distribution system, which
serves more than 3 million customers, take place from this
center. The tour will detail the physical layout of the facility,
including the emergency command center and dispatch
pods as well as an explanation of the IT systems in use.
Exelon City Solar, located in Chicagos West Pullman neighborhood, is the largest urban solar power plant in the United States.
The Wallace Smart Substation, located in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood, uses state-of-the-art technology to reduce the fre-quency and duration of power outages.
Exelon City Solar Combined with Wallace Smart Sub-
station: Situated on 41 acres (17 hectares) of former indus-
trial brownfield property that has been vacant for more than
30 years, the site is now remediated and restored to produc-
tive use. More than 32,292 solar photovoltaic panels convert
the suns rays into clean electricity with zero carbon emissions
and generates more than 14,000 MWh of electricity per year.
SunPower Tracker technology rotates the panels to follow the
suns path across the sky to maximize panel productivity.
IITs Microgrid: The Galvin Center partnered with
the U.S. Department of Energy to build the first-ever Per-
fect Power microgrid an electric system that will not fail
at IITs main campus in Chicago. Beginning in 2008, this
$13 million partnership has developed the first functional
smart microgrid in the country. This flagship system will con-
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Dow Electrical & Telecommunications has been providing SC (super-clean) insulation, jacketing,
conventional and super-smooth semiconductive compounds for high voltage (HV) cable construction
to the North American power industry for 15 years. And, we remain the only global producer of
world-class HV compounds that can be sourced locally in North America.
Underground HV cable made from quality materials proudly produced in the USA. Quality you
can count on for long-lasting, reliable service in your new and refurbished power transmission
infrastructure.
Ask us about our products and technical expertise for your next project. We help deliver peace
of mind for you and your customers.
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Schedule of Events
Monday, April 14
7 a.m. 5 p.m. Registration Open
7 a.m. 5 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Tutorials (ticket required)
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Technical Tours
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Leadership Workshop (sponsored by Women in Power)
6:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Conference Opening Reception at Museum of Science and Industry
Tuesday, April 15
7 a.m. 5 p.m. Registration Open
7 a.m. 5 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Opening Session
10 a.m. 12 p.m. Technical Sessions
10 a.m. 5 p.m. Educational Track Sessions (registration required)
10 a.m. 5 p.m. Exhibits Open
11 a.m. 4 p.m. Technical Tours
11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Conference Luncheon in the Exhibit Halls
1 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Technical Sessions
1 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Educational Track Sessions (registration required)
3 p.m. 5 p.m. Super Session I
Wednesday, April 16
7 a.m. 5 p.m. Registration Open
7 a.m. 5 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Super Session II
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Technical Sessions
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Technical Tours
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Educational Track Sessions (registration required)
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Info Sessions
9 a.m. 11 a.m. Student Job Fair (students only)
10 a.m. 1 p.m. Dedicated Exhibit Floor Only Hours
(no technical sessions)
10 a.m. 6 p.m. Exhibits Open
11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Collegiate/GOLD/Industry Luncheon (ticket required)
1 p.m. 3 p.m. Super Session III
1 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Technical Sessions
1:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Student Job Fair (students only)
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Networking Reception in Exhibit Halls
5 p.m. 7 p.m. Poster Session and Reception; Meet Your PES
Executive Committee (open to exhibitors at 6 p.m.)
Thursday, April 17
7 a.m. 2 p.m. Registration Open
7 a.m. 2 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Educational Track Sessions
8 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Technical Sessions
8 a.m. 2 p.m. Info Sessions
10 a.m. 3 p.m. Exposition Open
2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Closing Reception and Rafe
front and model for other campus environments, munici-
palities, community developments and more a solution to
the nations energy crisis. The revolutionary smart microgrid
is designed to eliminate blackouts, cut its peak load by 20%
and integrate more distributed renewable energy resources.
Elmhurst Substation VAR Compensator (SVC): Two
Siemens SVCs are connected to 138-kV system at TSS 135
Elmhurst. Each SVC is rated for 300 MVAR in approximate-
ly 75-MVAR increments. One spare transformer is installed
and shared between the two SVCs. Each SVC can control two
57-MVAR, 138-kV bus capacitors.
Collegiate/GOLD Program
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to the
popular Collegiate Program. Employers are invited to partici-
pate in the Student Job Fair and a variety of exclusive access
sponsorship opportunities. More than 200 students partici-
pated in the Collegiate Program at the 2012 T&D event in Or-
lando, Florida. Highlights of the program include a Student
Job Fair, a social media-fueled frenzy known as the Infinitely
Electrifying Energy Extravaganza (IEEE) Scavenger Hunt in
the exhibit hall, a collegiate reception, eight opportunities to
refuel from Monday dinner through Thursday breakfast, a
student poster contest with prizes, and a Collegiate/Industry
luncheon. These activities will provide networking opportu-
nities with roughly 750 exhibitors and thousands of industry
professionals.
International Visitors Center
The IEEE PES is an international organization with a desire
to attract a worldwide audience of electric utility professionals
and associates to the 2014 event. During the conference and
exposition, international attendees are invited to visit the In-
ternational Visitors Center located at the convention center.
Visitors to the center will be welcomed by representatives
of the show committee who will assist international attendees
with planning their visit to the conference and exposition and
Chicago. Translators will be available.
Looking Ahead to 2016Join the crowd on Thursday, April 17 from 2:30 p.m.
to 4 p.m. to celebrate the success of the week and wave
goodbye to Chicago. The IEEE PES Organizing Committee
will be ready to point the way to the 2016 IEEE PES T&D
Conference & Expo and offer a small sampling of what
awaits you in Dallas, Texas. Attendees will be encouraged
to drop badges in the rafe for a chance to win exciting
prizes, including three iPads.
Follow T&D World editors on Twitter @tdworldmag
as they bring you live updates from the show.
And be sure to visit tdworld.com for more coverage
of the 2014 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition.
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