SouthWest Electric Distribution Exchange2019 Conference

Marriott Hotel & Golf Club Champions Circle, Fort Worth, TX May 1-3, 2019

Agenda

Event

Wednesday, May 1st Time

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

6:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Conference Registration

• Planning, Reliability, and External Relations

• Design

• Material, Equipment, Codes, and Standards

• Construction, Operations and Maintenance

Location

Registration Table (Foyer)

Guadalupe

Brazos

Colorado

Pecos

Brazos

Clubhouse

Clubhouse

Golf Course

Trinity Ballroom

SWEDE Committee Meetings

SWEDE Steering Committee Meeting

Golf Registration Golf

Lunch (Golfers Only)

Golf

Dinner & Casino Night (Dinner Served until 8:00 p.m.)

Thursday, May 2ndTime

6:30 AM – 7:45 AM

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

8:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Breakfast

Conference Registration

General Session (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

Conference Opening Robert Peterson (Pedernales Electric Cooperative) -

SWEDE Chairman Welcome Jim Greer (Oncor Electric Delivery) - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Construction, Operations and Maintenance

• URD Cable Treatment - Nickie Plaisance (AEP)• FCC Pole Attachments Rule Changes - Pamela

Ellis (AEP)• Animal Mitigation - Daniel Oconnell

(Centerpoint) 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Break

10:20 AM – 12:00 PM Design

• Volt VAR and grid modernization - MichaelCampbell (AEP)

• Analysis and Detection of Five-LimbTransformer Over-Excitation - Eric Weygandt(CenterPoint Energy)

• TXDOT Relocations - Mario Mendez, CTCM(TxDOT)

Lunch

• Drinks and Appetizers (Dinner on your own)

Event

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

SouthWest Electric Distribution Exchange2019 Conference

Marriott Hotel & Golf Club Champions Circle, Fort Worth, TX May 1-3, 2019

Lou White - Committee Chair

John Gilkey - Committee Chair

Location

Trinity Ballroom

Registration Table (Foyer)

Trinity Ballroom

Trinity Ballroom

Trinity Ballroom

Trinity Ballroom

Various

Trinity Ballroom Trinity Foyer

Workshops

Break

Trade Show/Vendor Exhibition Reception

SouthWest Electric Distribution Exchange2019 Conference

Marriott Hotel & Golf Club Champions Circle, Fort Worth, TX May 1-3, 2019

Event

Thursday, May 2ndWorkshops - Breakdown

Time

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location

Red River 1&2

• Switchgear Standardization - Trevor Marimira (Oncor)• Review of Standards for Antennas and Foreign

Attachments - Anthony Killoran, Karen Flewharty(Oncor); Michael Pittman (AE)

• Medium Voltage Cable System Failure Analysis - OliviuDemeter (Oncor)

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Rio Grande 1&2Planning, Reliability, and External Relations Workshop(Melvin Schoech)

• DG Growth Impacts Utility and ERCOT - (Panel)• EVs Impact - (Panel)• Easement Challenges - (Panel)• FLISR - Fault Locating Impacts - (Panel)

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Workshop(Lou White)

• Impediments to Distribution Automation (Panel)• Damage Assessment Tools (Panel)• Roundtable Maintenance Practices (Panel)• Resource Management (Substation Entry, ARCOS,

Fleet) (Panel)

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Brazos

Design Workshop (John Gilkey)

• TxDot Relocations - (Panel)• EV Charging Stations - (Panel)• Small Cell Tower Combo Poles - (Panel)• FR3 for Transformer - (Panel)• Storm Assessment - (Panel)

Material, Equipment, Codes and Standards Workshop (Michael Pittman)

Guadalupe

Friday, May 3rd

SouthWest Electric Distribution Exchange2019 Conference

Marriott Hotel & Golf Club Champions Circle, Fort Worth, TX May 1-3, 2019

Event

Time

6:30 AM – 7:45 AM Breakfast

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

General Session (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

Material, Equipment, Codes and Standards

• IEEE 1547 - Standard for Interconnecting DER - ClaytonStice (ERCOT)

• Standardization of Concrete Poles - Blake Voth (Oncor)• PV Hosting Capacity - Michelle Nance (Schneider

Engineering)

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Break

10:20 AM – 12:00 PM Planning, Reliability, and External Relations

• From Raw Data to Usable Insight: Calculating SAIDIfrom AMI Data - Jeremy Williams (Oncor)

• Reverse Power Application for DER IslandingProtection - Glenn Callaghan (CenterPoint Energy)

• High Growth Onto a Midsize Utility; Impacts andSolutions - Gregory Thomas (New Braunfels Utilities)

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch and Engineering Ethics Training Trinity Ballroom• Professional Practice Update - Rick D. Strong, P.E.,

Director of Licensing for the Texas Board ofProfessional Engineers

1:30 PM Adjourn

Location

Trinity Ballroom

Trinity Ballroom

Michael Pittman - Committee Chair

Melvin Schoech - Committee Chair Trinity Ballroom