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Past Technical Presentations

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Title: California 33% RPS

Download Presentation from the June 24th, 2009 Meeting

Speakers: Barney Speckman and Anupama Pandey, Nexant Corporation
(Updated 23 November 2009)

Title: Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers using Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA)

Download Presentation from the March 16th, 2009 Meeting

Speaker: Dr. Ahmad Shahsiah, P.E., Exponent Failure Analysis Associates.
(Updated 25 April 2009)

Title: Smart Grid - 1 Day Workshop

Below are the Presentations and Speakers from this Workshop on 11/03/08:
The Smart Grid Vision

Speaker: Terry Mohn, Technology Strategist, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Vice Chairman of the Grid Wise Alliance
Defining the Pathway to the California Smart Grid of 2020

Speaker: Michael Gravely, Manager-Energy Systems Research, California Energy Commission (CEC)
Infrastructure Standards and Architecture Development for the Smart Grid

Speaker: Joe Hughes, Senior Technical Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Demand Response and Research Activities in California

Speaker: Mary Ann Piette, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Demand Response Research Center
The PG&E Smart Meter

Speakers: Ben Tatera, System Automation - Engineering and Technology, PG&E, and Joel Ibarbia, Smart Meter Operations - Engineering, PG&E
Megawatt Storage Farms

Speaker: Dr. Edward Cazalet, Megawatt Storage Farms, Inc.

Title: Addressing Global Warming with Solar Energy

Download Presentation from the August 6th, 2008 Summer Banquest

Speaker: Bob Stuart, Senior Director of Transmission, Bright Source Energy, Inc.
(Updated 8 November 2008)

Title: Project Management Aspects of the Solar Installation at AT&T Park

Download Presentation 1 from the July 2008 Meeting
Download Presentation 2 from the July 2008 Meeting

Speaker: Fernando Aguilar, Senior Project Manager, Electric Transmission, PG&E
(Updated 13 September 2008)

Title: Past, Present and Future of Solar Thermal Generation

Download Presentation from the June 2008 Meeting

Speaker: Bruce Kelley, renowned expert in solar energy.
(Updated 18 July 2008)

Title: Root Cause Analysis

Download Presentation from Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Meeting

Speaker: Walter Bak
Senior Managing Engineer at Exponent
(Updated 8 July 2008)

Title: Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)

Download Presentation from April 2nd, 2008 Meeting

Speaker: Sara Kamins, Policy Analyst
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
(Updated 28 April 2008)

Title: Holistic Transmission and Resource Planning - For the Good of the Whole

Download Presentation from March 3rd, 2008 Meeting

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Lee, Senior Technical Executive
Power System Planning and Operation - EPRI
(Updated 13 March 2008)

Title: Out of Step Protection Fundamentals

Download Presentation from December 13th, 2007 Meeting

Speaker: Demetrious Tziouvaras, Senior Research Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
(Updated 22 December 2007)

Below are the references used for this presentation:
Out of Step Protection Fundamentals and Advancements
Relay Performance During Major Sytem Disturbances
Zero-Setting Power-Swing Blocking Protection
Power Swing and Out-Of-Step Considerations on Transmission Lines

Title: Cyber Security

Download Presentation from October 15th, 2007 Meeting

Speaker: Joseph M. Weiss, PE, CISM Managing Partner, Applied Control Solutions, LLC and industry expert on control systems and electronic security of control systems.
(Updated 19 October 2007)

Also you can read the testimony of Joe Weiss before the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives on October 17, 2007. His testimony was titled, "Control Systems Cyber Security-The Need for Appropriate Regulations to Assure the Cyber Security of the Electric Grid" Click here for his testimony.

Title: Recent Trends in Substation Automation and Enterprise Data Management

Download Presentation from September 27th, 2007 Meeting

Speaker: John McDonald P.E., V.P., Automation Power System Planning for KEMA, Inc., IEEE PES President and IEEE Fellow
(Updated 17 October 2007)

Title: Protection Basics for Power Engineers - 1 Day Workshop

Protection plays an important role in the safe, reliable operation of the electric system. During this workshop we reviewed a variety of protection related topics presented by distinguished speakers from the CAISO, PG&E and InfraSource.
The class materials, including Power Point presentations and audio files, are now available for the purchase price of $50. The audio files can be downloaded to your MP3 player and listened to while you follow the presentation on your computer. The sound quality is excellent!

Note: There was a total of 7 topics presented, as you can see from the course agenda below. Due to technical difficulties, we have no audio file for Topic 2, Project Planning and Protection Considerations, but we do have the Power Point presentation. We also have the Power Point presentations and audio files for the other 6 topics.

Click on this link for the protection course agenda and biographies of the speakers.

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(Updated 16 June 2007)

Title: Beacon Flywheel System Test Results

Download Presentation from March 28, 2007 Meeting

Speaker: Mike Gravely, Research Program Manager-Energy Systems Integration Research Program, California Energy Commission
(Updated 23 May 2007)

Title: Electrical Failure Investigations

Download Presentation from February 20, 2007 Meeting

Speaker: Ashley Harkness, Laboratory Manager at ETI Conformity Services
(Updated 23 April 2007)

Title: Cathodic Protection

Download Presentation from January 18, 2007 Meeting

Speaker: Craig Meier, V.P. of Corrosion Control, Inc.
(Updated 26 January 2007)

Title: Third Generation California Electricity Market Design

Download Presentation from November 14, 2006 Meeting

Speaker: Dr. Chris Mensah-Bonsu, Senior Market Design Engineer - California Independent System Operator.(CAISO)
(Updated 3 December 2006)

Title: Why AC Transformers "Complain" Noisily About DC Current

Download Presentation from October 30, 2006 Meeting

Speaker: Ron Sharp, Principal Engineer - Pacific Gas and Electiric, Electric Systems Engineering Dept.(PG&E)
(Updated 8 November 2006)

Title: Application of New Technologies for Power Transmission Systems

Download Presentation from June 7, 2006 Meeting

Speaker: Mark Reynolds, P.E. - Siemens High Voltage Systems Group (Siemens)
(Updated 12 June 2006)

Title: California and the Western Grid: Transmission Challenges

Download Presentation from May 11, 2006 Banquet

Speaker: Stewart Ramsay, Vice President of Asset Management & Electric Transmission (Pacific Gas and Electric)
(Updated 21 May 2006)

Title: Application of Auction Theory in Electricity Markets

Download Presentation from April 2006 Meeting

Speaker: Dr. Shmuel S. Oren (UC Berkeley)
(Updated 07 May 2006)

Title: The Disaster Recovery Workshop - 1 Day Course

Download the agenda from the March 30th workshop

Speakers:

Thomas Siegel - Supervising Engineer in Electrical System Operations at PG&E

Stig Nilsson - Practice Director and Principal Engineer Electrical Practice at Exponent Inc.

John Osteraas - Civil Engineer at Exponent Inc.

Cole Emerson - Director specializing in Business Continuity for KPMG

Greg Suhr - Deputy Chief of Police, San Francisco Police Department

NOTE: Course instructional materials are available for purchase.
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(Updated 12 June 2006)

Title: Pad Mounted Substations

Download Presentation from February 2006 Meeting

Speaker: Mr. John Wood (PG&E)
(Updated 28 Feb 2006)

Title: Broadband Over Powerlines

Download Presentation from January 2006 Meeting

Speaker: Mr. Jerry Ramie (NCT, ARC Technical Resources)
(Updated 29 Jan 2006)

Title: Harnessing the Waves and Tides to Generate Electricity

Download Presentation from October 2005 Meeting

Speaker: Mr. Peter O'Donnell of the (San Francisco Department of the Environment)
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(Updated 18 Oct 2005)

Title: The Future of California Energy

Download Presentation from October 2005 Banquet

Speaker: Mr. Yakout Mansour, CEO of the (California ISO)
(Updated 18 Oct 2005)

Title: Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) - Pending Permission from ABB

Speaker: Mr. Ron Beltran of (ABB)
(Updated 18 Sept 2005)

Title: What Goes On In A General Rate Case

Download Presentation from May 2005 Meeting

Speakers: Mr. Bruce T. Smith (Pacific Gas and Electric) and
Mr. Marty Lyons (California Public Utilities Commission)
(Updated 18 Oct 2005)

Title: Transbay Underwater HVDC Cable

Download Transbay Cable Presentation from March 2005 Meeting

Download HVDC Technology Presentation from March 2005 Meeting

Speakers: Mr. Lindsay Martin of (Siemens) and
(Updated 18 Oct 2005)

Title: Congestion Management In Interconnected Power Systems - 1 Day Course

Download Description of October 16th Course

Download SF PES October 16, 2004 Short Course Photos:
Instructors: Ali Amirali, Rajat K. Deb, Lorenzo Kristov, Stephen T. Lee, and Tom Qi Zhang

Course instructional material are available for $50 purchase.
Contact Ms. Shirin Tabatabai at (415) 973-1474 regarding purchase of course presentations.
Note: course materials are proprietary. Copy or distribution of course materials without permission from SF PES is prohibited.

Title: Demand Response Initiatives: Lowering Costs and Preventing Blackouts

Download Presentation from August 2004 Banquet

Speakers: Ms. Mary Ann Piette (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and
Mr. Joe Desmond (Advisor to the Governor of California)
File Size: 1.5 MB
(Updated 22 August 2004)

Title: Overview of the August 2003 Northeast Blackout

Download Presentations from April 2004 Banquet

Speakers: Messrs. Bob Stuart (Pacific Gas & Electric Company)
and Terry Winter (California Independent System Operator)
Total File Size: 14.7 MB (Three Files)
(Updated 22 August 2004)

Title: Distributed Generation

Download Presentations from October 2003 Short Course

Instructors: Messrs. Chase Sun (Pacific Gas & Electric Company), Brian Sekula (Altran), Willie Chew (PG&E), Gary Olson (Cummins Power Generation), Chuck Whitaker (Endecon Engineering), and Drs. ShyShenq Liou (San Francisco State University School of Engineering) and Mohammad Varizi (PG&E)
File Size: 7.7 MB
(Updated 22 August 2004)

Title: Role of FACTS Technology on Transmission Grid Reliability

Download Presentation from May 2003 Banquet

Speaker: Mr. Mike Bahrman (ABB)
File Size: 3.2 MB
(Updated 11 August 2003)

Title: Landfill Gas Utilization Project in Santa Cruz County

Download Presentation from March 2003 Meeting

Speaker: Mr. Tom Vence (Brown, Vence & Associates)
File Size: 805 kB
(Updated 21 March 2003)

Title: Engineering Green Buildings

Download Presentation from February 2003 Meeting

Speaker: Mr. Geof Syphers (KEMA)
File Size: 4.0 MB
(Updated 12 February 2003)