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ACI’s Sixth National Conference on Microgrids • April 5-7, 2017 • Boston, MA

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• Best Practices for Developing Microgrid-as-a-Service Projects

• Microgrid Market Snapshot: Current Trends & Future Revenue Opportunities

• Bridging the Gap Between Yesterday’s Legacy Grid and Tomorrow’s Smart Grid

• Measuring the Value of Microgrids: A Benefit/Cost Framework

• Utility-Centric Microgrid Development

• From Resiliency to Solvency: The Business Case for Community Microgrids

• Energy Blockchains & the Distributed, Transactive Grid

• Mission Critical Microgrid Development in Rural Communities

• Energy Storage - The Backbone to Any Microgrid

• Energy Storage as the Bridge to Resilient & Sustainable Microgrids

• Transportable Microgrid with Energy Storage & a Synchronous Condensor (TMES) for Application to Utility & Military Sites

• Modular Microgrid

… And more!

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April 5-7, 2017 • Boston, MA

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Active communicAtons internAtionAl:

• Microgrid project owners and developers

• Investor-owned, municipal, and co-op utility professionals

• Software developers, technology providers and system integrator players

• Commercial and industrial end users and campus network executives

• Academic and research professionals pushing the industry forward

• Management and technology consultants

• Financial sector players focused on the mi-crogrid opportunity

• Consultants and system integrators

• Utility network planners and engineers

• C&I end users interested in microgrid strategies

• Solar and wind energy project planners

• Regulators and public policy professionals

• Non-governmental development professionals

Who Will Attend:

Chris Evanich, Applications Director of Microgrids S&C Electric

Michael Higginson, PE S&C Electric

Bruce Rich, PE, Area Construction Manager, Transit & Infrastructure Division WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Dr. Ryan Wartena, President GELI

Larisa Dobriansky, Chief Business & Policy Innovation Officer General Micrigrids Inc.

Mark Feasel, Vice President, Electric Utility Segment & Smart Grid Schneider Electric

Mike Jackson, Market Development Director Advanced Microgrid Solutions

Rebecca (“Becky”) Rush, President Resilient Power Works!

Rick Lank, Strategic Business Development DERP Technologies, LLC

Dr. Dan Maloney, Future Operations Team National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Bob Racicot, PE, CEM, Senior Consulting Engineer, Power Plant & Distributed Generation Expert DERP Technologies, LLC

Todd Olinsky-Paul, Project Director Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy States Alliance

Jean de Smet, Chair, Energy Commission Town of Windham, CT Member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Dr. Emily Lewis O’Brien, Policy Analyst, Climate & Energy Analysis Center Acadia Center

Jeffrey D. Roark, Technical Executive, Power Delivery & Utilization Electric Power Research Institute

Ken Horne, Director Navigant Research

Scott Kessler, Director LO3 Energy

Babak Enayati, PhD, Lead R&D Engineer National Grid

Don Harrod, Village Administrator Village of Minster

Jim Mader, Senior Project Manager United Illuminating

Joel Rinebold, Director of Energy Initiatives Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology

Philip Jonat WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Vishnu Barron, PE ENERG Rudox

Adam Zellner Greener By Design

Daniel Spaizman SDG&E

Chris Nystrom, PE WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Troy Miller, Director of Grid Solutions S&C Electric

Robert Schainker, Senior Technical Executive Electric Power Research Institute

Marcus Martin, CEO Martin Energy Group ServicesMichael Case, Vice President, Industrial & Energy Division WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Joe Camean, PE, Vice President van Zelm Engineers

Confirmed Speakers:

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MICROGRIDS-AS-A-SERVICE: A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVE RESILIENCY, EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES

This session will discuss how municipal, district, institutional, commercial campus or large buildings can benefit from a “Microgrid-as-a-Service” business model approach to stabilize their long-term energy costs and upgrade critical energy infrastructure without up-front capital.

Issues faced by Montgomery County, Maryland (and many other large facilities)• Critical public safety facilities need 24/7 resilient power to ensure operational integrity• The cost of Infrastructure Modernization is a concern for any organization • The cost of electrical energy and heat needs to be stable over the long term for fiscal budget• Some organizations are credit-worthy, but Charter requirements limit the amount of debt• Non-profit organizations may require third-party ownership to realize Tax Incentives

Schneider Electric along with Duke Energy Renewables developed a unique “Microgrid-as-a-Service” approach for Montgomery County, MD to finance multiple Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), build two advanced microgrids, and support critical infrastructure upgrades, with no up-front capital. This industry-leading approach allows the partnership to focus on solving the issues faced by many large facilities: energy resiliency, infrastructure modernization, long-term stable energy cost, and third-party ownership, operation, maintenance and financing.

Mark Feasel, Vice President, Electric Utility Segment & Smart Grid, Schneider Electric Mark Feasel is responsible for Schneider Electric’s Smart Grid activities in North America which are focused on optimizing energy efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability from the electric utility control center through a consumer’s loads. Mark’s experience with microgrid began in the 1980’s when he was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the electrical systems associated with the nuclear reactor on a ballistic missile submarine, and have continued throughout his career while leading an energy management and distributed generation controls company, and leading commercial operations of the Power Management and Controls business for Schneider Electric North America.

9:00 AM

CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS

Larisa Dobriansky, Chief Business & Policy Innovation Officer General Micrigrids Inc.

8:45 AM

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE8:00 AM

Conference Day One • April 6, 2017:

CLOSE OF WORKSHOP AND EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION Sponsored by Martin Energy Group Services

6:15 PM

PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

This workshop will focus on lessons learned from the implementation of a microgrid at Las Positas College. The project is using large scale battery storage paired with solar, ice storage, and the Internet of Things. Advanced software from GELI helps the college maximize the returns from the assets purchased, and also improves performance during rare emergency events. Participants will also get the chance to work with financial models of technology options.

Workshop Leader: Bruce Rich, PE, Area Construction Manager, Transit & Infrastructure Division, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Dr. Ryan Wartena, President, GELI

4:15 PM

AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS3:45 PM

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP: MICROGRID DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

The workshop is intended for engineers, researchers, and industry managers who want to learn more about latest developments of Smart Grid technologies as well as design and implementation of microgrid systems. Participants will learn several aspects of the engineering design and analytical studies required for successful integration of modern microgrids. The workshop will include the discussion of an actual industrial-scale microgrid project.

Workshop Leader: Michael Higginson, PE, S&C Electric

1:45 PM


Chris Evanich, Applications Director of Microgrids, S&C Electric

1:30 PM

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

You are invited to attend this pre-conference, interactive workshop to enhance your conference experience and expertise in Microgrid implementation.

1:00 PM

Pre-Conference Workshop • April 5, 2017:






PANEL DISCUSSION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN YESTERDAY’S LEGACY GRID AND TOMORROW’S SMART GRID

The Grid is undergoing a key transformation because of (a) aging infrastructure, (b) increasing frequency and duration of blackouts, and (c) scheduled closings of coal and nuclear power plants. Emerging regulatory, political and technological changes will allow more distributed generation and Microgrids. Experts from industry and government will explore opportunities for making the Grid smarter, greener and increasingly robust.

Attendees will learn how to:• Identify where in the Distribution Grid is the best place to • Overcome obstacles to integrate Microgrids into the local install a Microgrid distribution network• Benefit from the recent changes in Standards and Regulations

Panel Moderator: Rebecca (“Becky”) Rush, President, Resilient Power Works! Becky Rush is heading up a new enterprise that is allied with DERP Technologies. Resilient Power Works! (RPW!) focuses on resiliency issues, including ownership structures of locally produced energy, such as community PV solar arrays, community wind and Local Energy Assurance Plans that enable communities to objectively evaluate their energy sources and vulnerabilities. RPW! also keeps abreast of regulatory and political trends in the mid-Atlantic region that impact the adaptation of distributed generation and microgrids. Given her background in energy assurance, it is no surprise that Becky was the lead strategic planner for the successful grant application submitted to the State of Connecticut for the “Safe Haven Microgrid” project in Windham. She is a long-standing member of the Maryland Clean Energy Center’s Legislative Committee and more recently she became a member of the Energy Sub-Committee of the Community Resilience Panel hosted by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. Additionally, Becky is the Project Manager for the Community Renewable Energy Initiative of the Land and Cultural Preservation Fund, a 501(c)3 organization, that advocates community ownership structures for distributed generation and advises farms in Maryland concerning entering into land-lease contracts with large solar developers.

Panelists: Rick Lank, Strategic Business Development, DERP Technologies, LLC Rick is in charge of strategic business relationships and new product development at DERP TECH. His firm performed “FEED” services for the Town of Windham, CT and was one of the first eight approved and funded microgrids in the State’s microgrid program admininstered by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). Designed for an evacuation center near a nuclear power plant, it was dubbed the “Safe Haven Microgrid” by DEEP – as it had to provide sheltering considerations in emergencies. Rick is the P.I. and signatory on the CRADA (Collaborative Research and Development Agreement) with NETL; together, members of this partnership are slated to next be making joint presentions at the TechConnect Global event in May at the National Harbor, just south of Washington, D.C.

Dr. Dan Maloney, Future Operations Team, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Dr. Maloney has a forty-year career in R&D with extensive experience in the development of advanced low emission power systems, including gasification and combustion of coal and natural gas fuel sources, as well as the development and application of novel unstrumentation and controls. In his current position on the Future Operations Team at NETL, Dr. Maloney is focusing on strategic facilities development – including energy security – to ensure the continuity of operations of all of the NETL facilities and research labs.

Bob Racicot, PE, CEM, Senior Consulting Engineer, Power Plant & Distributed Generation Expert, DERP Technologies, LLC Bob has well over thirty years experience in electric utility systems design and power plant integration at U.S. Military bases around the work – specifically working with Navael Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and the Marine Corps. In his career, Bob has performed technical reviews of repairs, alterations, rehabilitation, installation, improvement, and demolition projects of utility systems. Bob’s work has also included system performance and economic analysis of advanced utility systems. In terms of emergency power and contingencies for power continuity, Bob has provided support to Contingency Engineering as a member of the Urgent Response Team (URT), including damage assessments and construction support due to natural disasters or “Military Operations Other Than War.” Bob brings his considerable and wide-ranging expertise to DERP Technologies (DERP TECH’s) work with microgrids and Hybrid Power generation systems; he is working with the team at NETL’s HyPer Lab on DERP TECH’s advanced power controls for “embedded” distributed generation and microgrid in the local distribution network.

Todd Olinsky-Paul, Project Director, Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy States Alliance Todd Olinsky-Paul serves as Project Director for both Clean Energy Group and Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA). As a Project Director for Clean Energy Group, Todd co-directs the Resilient Power Project (www.resilient-power.org), which supports deployment of clean distributed technologies such as solar+storage at critical facilities to enable the provision of essential services during grid outages. He also serves as a CESA Project Director for the Energy Storage and Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), a federal-state funding and information sharing project that aims to accelerate the deployment of electrical energy storage technologies in the U.S. (http://bit.ly/CESA-ESTAP). Todd also works on CESA member services, new member outreach efforts, and communications products for both organizations, and manages emerging projects in the areas of biomass thermal energy and combined heat and power. Todd has a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from Bard College and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.

10:50 AM

MORNING REFRESHMENTS Sponsored by Schneider Electric

10:20 AM

UTILITY-CENTRIC MICROGRID DEVELOPMENT

Microgrids can and should be a valuable utility asset in the cleaner, smarter electric grid. A utility-centric microgrid provides essential grid and distribution system services during normal operations. Microgrid operating platforms co-optimize distributed generation, storage, and demand management controls to support grid and distribution utility services. During both short- and long-term system outages the microgrid transfers to island-mode to support priority loads.

Attendees will learn about:• Distributed generation integration • Why multi-use microgrids are ideal for urban environments • How utilities are building a transactive grid to enable the and will help transform the modern grid utility-centric microgrid

Mike Jackson, Market Development Director, Advanced Microgrid Solutions

9:40 AM






FROM RESILIENCY TO SOLVENCY: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR COMMUNITY MICROGRIDS

The commercial and financial success of microgrids, especially in the absence of government incentive, hinges upon the development and implementation of viable and replicable business models. Community microgrids are of particular interest in jurisdictions concerned with resiliency, but their business models are more complex than traditional single owner/user models due to the involvement of several disparate participants and stakeholders.

In this discussion, Navigant will identify best practices and key challenges for the commercial and financial viability of microgrids, with a specific focus on community microgrids. Navigant will outline a novel, robust framework that accounts for value flows between the many and varied community microgrid stakeholders. Using examples from its research and work on microgrids—in particular its work supporting development of the New York Prize Community Grid Competition and Navigant’s Small Grid Multi-Client Project—Navigant will identify strategies to monetize value streams and opportunities for market innovation.

Attendees will learn how to:• Summarize market trends for microgrids • Identify disconnects between market drivers and current practices• Define commercial and financial viability for microgrids • Identify key stakeholders and value streams necessary for a viable • Use best practices in developing a viable community microgrid microgrid business model • Describe relevance and importance of community microgrids• Identify specific challenges for community microgrid business • Summarize community microgrid market needs and opportunities model design for innovation

Ken Horne, Director, Navigant Research Ken Horne is a Director in Navigant’s Global Energy Practice where he leads the DER Cross-Practice Leadership Team and the Microgrid Center of Excellence. Ken supports utilities, project developers, manufacturers, investors, state agencies, policy advocates and other stakeholders to identify and understand opportunities and risks and to develop strategic responses to the rapidly changing DER and microgrid landscape. Mr. Horne is Chair of the DistribuTECH Microgrid Track and is a recognized industry expert in microgrid commercial development. He frequently presents and publishes thought leadership for the industry. Mr. Horne holds an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT’s Sloan School of Business and a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston. He also holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Philosophy from Iowa State University. Mr. Horne is a licensed Professional Engineer and a certified Project Management Professional.

1:20 PM

LUNCH12:20 PM

MEASURING THE VALUE OF MICROGRIDS: A BENEFIT/COST FRAMEWORK

This presentation will examine different case studies which evaluate the costs and benefits of microgrids. There are a variety of factors complicating the application of a utility-planning framework to questions concerning microgrids and advanced energy communities. Using EPRI’s Integrated Grid Benefit-Cost Framework, one can narrow down the set of economic questions the analysis is intended to answer. The analysis can then be applied to several utilities in the form of case studies. This presentation will cover the lessons learnt from these case studies.

Attendees will learn:• How EPRI’s Integrated Grid Benefit-Cost Framework has been • What are the “lessons learned” from the Framework as it applies applied to various microgrid implementation efforts to microgrids• How microgrids can play a role in an advanced energy community

Jeffrey D. Roark, Technical Executive, Power Delivery & Utilization, Electric Power Research Institute Jeffrey Roark is a Technical Executive at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). His primary responsibilities include extending the EPRI/DOE Cost/Benefit Analysis Methodology for Smart Grid Demonstration Projects, as well as managing projects demonstrating operational and economic characteristics of intelligent devices deployed at various sites in the U.S. and abroad. Joining EPRI in 2011, Mr. Roark has 40 years’ experience in the electric utility industry. Though trained in electric power engineering, his experience is mostly in the business side of the industry, encompassing many aspects of utility planning and power market analysis. His experience includes generation and reliability planning for both Southern Company and TVA. As a power-market analyst for Mirant, an unregulated utility company, he composed structured offerings for its trading and marketing activities, and projected revenues for development and acquisition of power plants in restructured power markets domestically and internationally. He also served in a Strategic Planning role for each of these diverse entities. At EPRI, Mr. Roark has extended the EPRI/DOE Cost/Benefit Analysis Methodology for Smart Grid Demonstration Projects, and contributed to the conceptual and economic frameworks for EPRI’s Integrated Grid project. He currently consults and performs benefit/cost analysis on Integrated Grid demonstration projects. Roark holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

12:10 PM

Jean de Smet, Chair, Energy Commission, Town of Windham, CT, Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Jean is the Chair of the Energy Commission for the Town of Windham, CT – one of the first eight locations in the State to win the first round of funding in the Microgrid Grant and Loan program; the Safe Haven Microgrid was commissioned at an evacuation center last fall. She helped to move the microgrid application process through many bureaucracies and several town hall meetings; she worked with the Town Council to smooth the way for approvals. Currently, Jean is also involved with both community resiliency policy and establishing standards for sustainable communities, initiatives based at Eastern Connecticut University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). Jean serves on the Board of the local branch of The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), which brings together artists, architects, scientists, landscape architects, engineers, and others in a first of its kind collaboration to create local electricity generators that are also works of art. landartgenerator.org/ In the past decade, Jean served one term as First Selectman (the equivalent of Mayor) of Windham. With her “hands on” management-style in every undertaking, Jean is also a Master Electrician and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).

Dr. Emily Lewis O’Brien, Policy Analyst, Climate & Energy Analysis Center, Acadia Center Emily Lewis is Policy Analyst in Acadia Center’s Climate and Energy Analysis (CLEAN) Center based in Hartford. She works on clean energy, efficiency, and transportation issues, with a special focus on CT state policy. She comes to the position after completing an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis at the Department of Energy, where she worked on issues related to coal-fired electricity generation, power plant waste issues, and risk management in the electricity sector. Prior to joining DOE, Emily worked on energy and mineral resources policy as an American Chemical Society Congressional Fellow on the Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee. A chemist by training, Emily conducted her PhD research at Tufts University on catalysts for gas-to-liquid technologies. At Northeastern University, her MS and BS research investigated fuel cell catalysts.







Chris Evanich, Applications Director of Microgrids, S&C Electric

9:00 AM

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE8:30 AM

Conference Day Two • April 7, 2017:

CLOSE OF DAY ONE AND EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION Sponsored by AECOM

6:50 PM

TRANSPORTATION TO VENUE6:05 PM

SITE TOUR: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S BOSTON ONE CAMPUS MICROGRID

In early 2016, Schneider Electric USA made the commitment to implement a state-of-the-art microgrid at its US headquarters, Boston One Campus (BOC), located in North Andover, MA. A number of key factors, including increasing resiliency, reliability, and sustainability, drove the decision. Schneider Electric believes in staying at the forefront of innovation and developing business opportunities in commercial microgrids, by “walking the walk” as an end-user.

Boston One Campus is Schneider Electric’s global Research and Development Center and its North American headquarters.

It operates in collaboration with four other global R&D centers in Bangalore, Shanghai, Grenoble, and Mon-terrey. Schneider moved into the building in 2014. The facility is approximately 240,000 square feet, across two buildings, and home to more than 750 employees from multiple business lines.

Approximately 40kW of solar will be installed on the rooftop. The second phase of the installation includes approximately 400kW of solar carports. A subsequent phase of the project will include the installation of Schneider Electric’s new EcoBlade, an intelligent energy storage system. This advanced system will provide 500kW of capacity and 1MWhr of energy. During the early phases of the deployment, an existing natural gas-fired 400kW genset that supplies backup power support to the BOC data center will be connected to the microgrid configuration.

A unique feature of the microgrid being deployed at BOC will be the living laboratory test environment that enables continued research, development, and evaluation of new products, software, and control logic without impacting the performance and operation of the facility. The approach will include the capability of performing hardware in the loop (HIL) testing.

Another capability incorporated into this live working microgrid is a demonstration center that will allow BOC employees and visitors to experience the value of microgrid solutions through interactive displays, real-time monitoring of the microgrid performance, and grid-connected facility optimization.

4:05 PM

TRANSPORTATION TO SITE TOUR3:20 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING A MICROGRID: FROM CONCEPT AND DESIGN TO COMPLETION

Once you’ve decided that you are going to build a Microgrid, you now find yourself looking for someone to design and build the complete system. This panel will be comprised of stakeholders who have built a Microgrid, the discussion will be around how they built their Microgrid and hear their recommendations.

Panel Moderator: Chris Evanich, Applications Director of Microgrids, S&C Electric

Panelists: Babak Enayati, PhD, Lead R&D Engineer, National Grid

Don Harrod, Village Administrator, Village of Minster

Jim Mader, Senior Project Manager, United Illuminating

2:40 PM

ENERGY BLOCKCHAINS & THE DISTRIBUTED, TRANSACTIVE GRID

The blockchain-based TransActive Grid platform and is currently being deployed in the Brooklyn Microgrid in New York City. This presentation will discuss how neighbours are moving away from RECs, net metering, and feed in tariffs and are already trading local, renewable energy with one another, how the platform creates a real-time location-based value for this energy, and how that price will drive further development of DERs in the neighbourhood. The presentation will also discuss how the real-time price of energy can be used to turn on/off devices and transact energy efficiency. Finally the presentation will discuss the future of truly transactive community microgrids and how utilities should plan for that future.

Scott Kessler, Director, LO3 Energy Scott’s background includes the administration of energy efficiency programs with a state agency as well as time spent at a consulting firm assisting utilities in improving their existing programs and assessing their impacts. Throughout his nearly ten years of experience in the energy industry in New York and California, Scott has combined an engineering background with experience in business and project management to achieve success and energy savings amidst difficult regulatory environments.

2:00 PM






MODULAR MICROGRID

• Deploying Microgrids Smarter & Quicker • Less Costly per project• Less Complex and quicker deployment • Development of more greenfield projects

Marcus Martin, CEO, Martin Energy Group Services

1:30 PM

LUNCH12:25 PM

TRANSPORTABLE MICROGRID WITH ENERGY STORAGE & A SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSOR (TMES) FOR APPLICATION TO UTILITY AND MILITARY SITES

Presented is a description of a new type of microgrid that is transportable and will enable reliable electric support of critical loads at utility, industrial and/or military sites during emergency conditions during grid islanding and resynchronizing events. It utilizes battery energy stor-age, inertial rotation synchronous condenser, protection relays, and advance control system “plug-and-play” modules that are commercially available today. Field testing of this microgrid will include a wide variety of duty cycles including islanding, black start, peak shaving, ramp-ing, frequency regulation, VAR support, and spinning reserve.

Attendees will learn:• Provide emergency power to critical utility, industrial and/or • Reduce emissions from emergency diesel generators military loads • Design a microgrid for transportability• Smooth out power fluctuations from solar and/or wind power • Enhance microgrid installation time via utilizing a real time generators simulator during factory testing

Robert Schainker, Senior Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute

11:45 AM

THE IMPORTANCE AND INTEGRATION OF A MICROGRID CONTROLLER WITHIN A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Cybersecure microgrid control solutions provide a distinct opportunity to address end-user operational and business needs. These may include: enhanced security, energy cost reduction, and increased reliability & resiliency. Distributed intelligence and autonomy is a key approach in achieving such goals. For example, the ability to protect end users from distribution network faults and rapidly detect and cor-rect them - while enabling distributed energy generators to address the evolving energy demand. This presentation will discuss a recently completed microgrid project. Takeaways from this discussion will include lessons learned in designing microgrid systems, the application of an autonomous, distributed microgrid control solution, cybersecurity application considerations, and fault detection and isolation methods in a distribution microgrid system.

Troy Miller, Director of Grid Solutions, S&C Electric

11:05 AM

MORNING REFRESHMENTS Sponsored by Alevo

10:35 AM

PANEL DISCUSSION: POWER GENERATION ALTERNATIVES AND MICROGRIDS

How do you know which power generation technology is right for your facility, campus, or town? This panel will discuss the pros and cons of power generation technologies including cogeneration, solar + storage, microturbines, and more.

Panel Moderator: Philip Jonat, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Vishnu Barron, PE, ENERG Rudox

Adam Zellner, Greener By Design

Dr. Ryan Wartena, President, GELI

Daniel Spaizman, SDG&E

Chris Nystrom, PE, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

9:55 AM

MISSION CRITICAL MICROGRID DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

This presentation will provide an overview of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Communities Energy Assurance Program (RCEAP) as it is being executed with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) Microgrid Program. The presentation will highlight the step-by-step process used to implement this Microgrid Program, including structuring of the project team, selection of municipalities, and microgrid analysis for selected municipalities. Participants will be shown examples of pro-posed microgrid projects which will include geographic layouts of systems being proposed, layout diagrams, one-line diagrams, communica-tion diagrams, projected savings/emissions reductions and sequences of operation. The approach used to implement this program may be replicated and used for other municipalities with the objective to develop mission critical microgrid projects for increased energy reliability with clean energy technology.

Joel Rinebold, Director of Energy Initiatives, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology

9:15 AM






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END OF CONFERENCE AND AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS3:40 PM

CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS

Larisa Dobriansky, Chief Business & Policy Innovation Officer, General Micrigrids Inc.

3:30 PM

MICROGRIDS: RETURN TO THE FUTURE FOR ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY & SECURITY

Joe Camean, PE, Vice President, van Zelm Engineers Joseph F. Camean is Vice President and Principal of van Zelm Heywood & Shadford, Inc., leading the firm’s Power and Utility practice, and consulting as an Expert-Engineer providing due-diligence for investors and advising intellectual property developers. His engineering and design work includes Power Generation, Cogeneration Combined Heat and Power, Utility Distribution and Microgrid systems. In addition to professional practice, Mr. Camean is an Adjust Professor at Central Connecticut State University, School of Engineering Science and Technology, and Lecturer in Energy Technology and Policy at the University of Connecticut. Mr. Camean earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Marine-Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, and a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College, subsequently becoming licensed as a Professional Engineer registered with the National Council of Examiners for Multi-State practice, Chief Engineer National Institute for the Uniform Licensing of Power Engineers, and U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Officer Steam, Motor, Gas Turbine (Unlimited Horsepower). Mr. Camean is a past President and Director of the Connecticut Power and Energy Society, past Chair and Executive Committee member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers New London Section, past Executive and Policy Committee member of the Northeast Clean Heat and Power Initiative, and a Life Member of the Association for Facilities Engineering. Mr. Camean serves as an Expert-Engineer for clients that include the Connecticut Siting Council, and as an appointed study committee member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Additionally, he serves as Economic Development Commissioner for the Town of Old Lyme, Connecticut. Born into a family of Merchant Mariners, Naval Engineers, Shipbuilders and Tradesmen, his upbringing included work in machining, welding, pipefitting, electric power, instrumentation and the construction and commissioning of complex mechanical and electrical systems. Starting his career as a seagoing Marine Engineer, Mr. Camean gained experience with the critical reliability and resiliency requirements of power plants aboard oceangoing commercial and U.S. Navy ships. These shipboard electrical systems afforded him early experience with “islanded” power generation, flexibly connected or disconnected with grid power, as the originating technology of MicroGrid CHP. Where fuel-based energy infrastructure is warranted, van Zelm Engineers advocates for efficient and reliable CHP, yielding the best financial returns, minimizing environmental impacts, and providing power system resiliency. Having more than forty years of experience with energy infrastructure for maritime, industrial, utility, nuclear, fossil, biomass and waste-to-energy, Mr. Camean has maintained a strong focus on practical deployment of energy efficiency, including CHP sourced district energy, with integration of large scale solar electric and thermal. Prior to his current position at van Zelm, Mr. Camean worked for KeySpan (now National Grid) as Director - New England Region, into which his engineering consultancy was merged. Preceding his work in consulting engineering, he was Plant Engineering Manager at E.I. DuPont, and an accomplished Start-up Engineer with assignments including Oyster Creek Nuclear Station, GE’s first large, 670 MW boiling water reactor project, as well as power island start-up for Parsons & Whittemore in biomass waste-to-energy project work. Mr. Camean served as Engineering Officer on U.S. Merchant Marine oceangoing ships and in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Honorably Discharged as a Lieutenant.

2:50 PM

BRONX ZOO MICROGRID

The world famous Bronx Zoo (now known as Wildlife Conservation Society) located in Bronx, New York City has been cogenerating power and heat for years and operate an existing medium voltage microgrid in both grid connect mode with buyback service to the local utility as well as in islanded mode. With the vision of conservation and sustainability, the Wildlife Conservation Society has embarked on additional on-site generation with the installation of a fuel cell combined heat and power generation plant as well as a microturbines combined heat and power generation plant. WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has assisted the Zoo in the development of interconnection agreements and operating procedures with the local utility for proper operations in all modes of operations.

Michael Case, Vice President, Industrial & Energy Division, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

2:10 PM





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