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Welcome Reception March 13, 2018
Conference March 14-16, 2018 All conference sessions held at the Falls Event Center, Roseville, CA
www.westernunderground.org
WESTERN UNDERGROUND COMMITTEE
GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
March 13-16, 2018
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CONFERENCE EVENTS LOCATION
Tuesday Activities:
12:00pm – 3:00pm Pre-Conference Optional Tour at TESCO Controls TESCO
https://tescocontrols.com/ (Utility Members only)
4:00pm – 5:00pm Executive Board meeting Hyatt Rm 1
5:00pm – 7:00pm Welcome & Networking Reception at Hyatt Hotel Hyatt Meeting
Hosted by: WESCO Rooms 1&2
Wednesday Activities:
7:30am – 8:00am Registration Main Hall
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast Learning Session Main Hall
Hosted by: KADDAS
9:00am – 9:40am General Opening Session Main Hall
9:40am – 10:15am Safety Sub - Committee Main Hall
10:25am – 11:15am General Session Main Hall
11:15am – 11:45am Mutual Problems Main Hall
11:45am – 1:00pm Lunch & Learn Main Hall
Hosted by: POLYWATER
1:00pm – 3:30pm Sub – Committee 1 Operations Large Conference
Sub – Committee 2&3 Engineering & Substructures Theater
Sub – Committee 5 Planning Small Conference
4:30pm – 7:30pm Manufacturer / Supplier Exhibits Event Main Hall
Thursday Activities:
7:30am – 8:00am Registration Foyer
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast Learning Session Main Hall
Hosted by: NOVINIUM
9:00am – 11:00am General Session Main Hall
11:00am – 11:30am Mutual Problems Main Hall
11:30am – 12:30am Lunch & Learn Main Hall
Hosted by: LAMINATED WOOD SYSTEMS, INC.
12:45pm – 4:30pm Technical Tour at Roseville Energy Park (REP) and Folsom Field Tour
Powerhouse State Historic Park
5:30pm Fellowship Dinner Yard House
Friday Activities:
8:00am – 8:30am Networking Breakfast Main Hall
Hosted by: WUC
8:35am – 10:30am General Session Main Hall
10:30am – 11:30am Mutual Problems Main Hall
11:45pm Conference and Meeting Adjourn Main Hall Revision 3/01/2018 7:30am
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Welcome Reception Hyatt Place Hotel Sacramento/Roseville
220 Conference Center Drive Roseville, CA 95678
Location: Meeting Room 1 & 2
Located on the first floor west of main entrance lobby adjacent to the elevators.
http://sacramentoroseville.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html
Conference Layout The Falls Event Center
240 Conference Center Drive Roseville, CA 95678
https://thefallseventcenter.com/location/roseville-ca/
INTERNET CODE FOR MEETING ROOMS & LOBBY AREA
WIFI Name: TheFalls-Guest
Password: No Password needed
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CONFERENCE EVENTS LOCATION
Tuesday, March 13
12:00pm – 3:00pm Pre-Conference Tour at TESCO Controls TESCO
Utility Members ONLY, Lunch included
TESCO Controls (Pedestal Manufacture)
8440 Florin Rd., Sacramento, CA, 95825
https://tescocontrols.com/
12:00pm- 12:45pm Bus to TESCO
12:45pm- 1:30pm Lunch / Overview of Company
1:30pm- 2:15pm Tour of TESCO Facility
2:15pm- 3:00pm Bus to hotel
4:00pm – 5:00pm Executive Board meeting Hyatt Room 1
5:00pm – 7:00pm Welcome & Networking Reception Hyatt Meeting
Hosted by: WESCO Rooms 1&2
Website: http://www.wesco.com/
Wednesday, March 14
7:30am – 8:00am Registration Main Hall
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast Learning Session Main Hall
Hosted by: KADDAS
Website: http://www.kaddas.com
Presentation 1: BirdguarD™ Material Quality and Requirements for
Todays’ Environment (15 min)
Presenter: Natalie Kaddas, CEO Kaddas Enterprises, Inc.
Presentation 2: Custom Utility Solutions ~ via Open and Productive
Collaboration (15 min)
Presenter: Patrick Scott, Director of Sales, Kaddas Enterprises, Inc.
Presentation 3: Cost of Retrofit versus Rebuild (15 min)
Presenter: Max Fuentes, General Partner, West Coast Utility Solutions, Inc.
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General Session
9:00am – 9:40am General Opening Session Main Hall
► Past Chairperson Remarks – Alan Kasanow, SCE, WUC 2017 Chairperson
► Member Self Introductions and Years of Service – Jaime Pinedo, LADWP, WUC 2018
Chairperson
► Recognition of Board Members
► Welcome Remarks – Michelle Bertolino, Roseville Electric, Utility Director
► Host Recognition – Jaime Pinedo, LADWP WUC 2018 Chairperson Presentation: WESCO Distribution
Presenter: Joe Hunter, Utility National Director of Business & Alliance Operations
Website: http://www.Wesco.com
9:40am – 10:15am Safety Sub - Committee Main Hall
Safety Chairperson: Rafael Rios
Presentation 1: Oroville Dam Spillway (40 mins)
Presenter: Mike Donlon, Chief Safety Officer Department Water Resources
Description: Overview of the Oroville Dam Spillway, Edward Hyatt Pump –
Generating Plant, and Oroville Spillways Incident of 2017. It will also include what
happened at the dam, the sequence of events that lead to the protection of the power
plant, rebuilding of the spillway, restoration of the river, and how ICS was critical in
organizing the initial restoration work of the Dam. Additionally, we will speak about
the construction that has taken place, what will continue to take place, and speak to
the general nature of any accidents/injuries and the overall logistics it takes to run
and maintain such a large project http://www.water.ca.gov/oroville-spillway/
10:15am – 10:25am BREAK
10:25am – 11:15am General Session Continues: Main Hall
Presentation 2: Roseville Energy Plant (40 mins)
Presenter: Matt Garner – Power Generation Superintendent
Description: Discussion of the history of the Roseville Energy Plant, the master
rebuild, and the recent outage.
11:15am – 11:45am Mutual Problems Main Hall
Closed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions/concerns shall be reviewed in order as received.
Please email Jun Golo: [email protected]
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11:45am – 1:00pm Lunch & Learn for Utility Employees Only Main Hall
Hosted by: POLYWATER
Website: http://www.polywater.com
Presentation: Preventing Outages & Increasing Safety with Sealants
Presenter: Pat Estenson, Polywater, Western U.S. Sales Manager
1:00pm – 3:30pm Sub-Committee Breakout Meeting Afternoon refreshments will be served
Sub – Committee 1 Operations Large Conference
Chairperson: Tom Fieldse, Technical Specialist, PWRD Construction Methods, Southern California
Edison
Presentation 3.1 (Sub 1, 2&3) High X/R Grounding Jumpers ASTM F855-2015
Requirements
Presenter: Jeff Kopp, Product Manager, Hubbell Power
Description: High X/R Grounding Jumpers
Presentation 3.2: History and Evolution of Climbing Safeties
Presenter: Kat Lea, Jelco
Description: History and Evolution of Climbing Safeties
Sub – Committee 2&3 Engineering & Substructures Large Conference
Chairperson: Mike Dyer, Executive Engineer, Salt River Project
Presentation 4.1: (Sub 1, 2&3) High X/R Grounding Jumpers ASTM F855-2015
Requirements
Presenter: Jeff Kopp, Product Manager, Hubbell Power
Description: High X/R Grounding Jumpers
Presentation 4.2: Advanced Materials & Design for Junctions boxes Theater
Presenter: Daniel Chavarria, Pacific Southwest District Manager, Power/Utilities Division,
Channell Commercial Corporation
Description: Advanced Materials & Design for Junctions boxes
1:00pm – 2:15pm Sub – Committee 5 Planning Small Conference
Chairperson: Elena DeStefano, Associate Electrical Engineer, City of Riverside, Public Utilities
Presentation 5.1: TESLA Powerwall Home Battery Systems
Presenter: Charles Picard: Sr. Engineer, Solar Product Compliance
Description: “Representatives from Tesla’s engineering team will discuss their
Powerwall home battery systems. The discussion will include the different options
for charging the Powerwall, how the systems are connected into the customer panels,
and the various options of how the Powerwall works during an outage situation and
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at peak daytime use. In addition to the technical aspects of the systems, there will be
a discussion on the expected penetration in the residential marketplace.”
2:15pm – 3:30pm
Presentation 5.2: Specific Plan Processing / Master Electric Planning
Presenter: Kathy Pease: Planning Manager and Joey McKinney: Electrical
Engineering Tech II
Description: Discussion on What is a specific plan?, Why do we use this process,
The components of processing a specific plan, Roseville Electric’s involvement, and
Master planning of substations and distribution circuits for the plan area.
4:30pm – 7:30pm Manufacture / Supplier Exhibits Event Main Hall
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Thursday, March 15
7:30am – 8:00am Conference Registration Foyer
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast Learning Session Main Hall
Hosted by: NOVINIUM
Website: http://novinium.com/
Presentation: Understanding Manhole Events and Prevention
Presenter: Branko Horvat, Noviniumy, Director of New Product Development
General Session
9:00am – 9:15am Reconvene General Session Main Hall
Administrative Items
► Approval of Minutes & Treasurer’s Report – Kory Nichols, SRP, Vice Chairperson/ Treasurer
► Executive Board Report - TBD, WUC Secretary
► Technical Tour & Fellowship Dinner Details – Rick Corral, Electric Engineering Tech
Supervisor, Roseville Electric & Jaime Pinedo, LADWP, WUC 2018 Chairperson
9:15am – 10:00am General Session Main Hall
Presentation 6: Resistograph Pole Testing (40 mins)
Presenter: Jason Grace – Electric Operations Manager
Tom Pontes – Electric Operations Supervisor
Kevin Keenan – IML, Inc.
Description: Discussion of equipment Roseville Electric uses to test their utility
poles. History of how we contracted this effort previously, the equipment we
purchased to perform this task in house including custom configuration and an
analysis of the cost savings we have achieved. Presentation will be a joint effort
between City of Roseville and IML Incorporated. IML Incorporated is the
manufacturer of the Resistograph pole tester as well as other wood testing and
measurement devices.
10:00am – 10:15am BREAK
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10:15am – 11:00am General Session Continues Main Hall
Presentation 7.1: Digital Maps for Field Crews (40 mins)
Presenter: Adam Beller – GIS Analyst
Description: This presentation will go over the evolution of providing our field
crews with maps of our distribution system from hand drawn maps to using ArcGIS
Online maps and everything in between.
Presentation 7.2: ArcGIS Collector App (40 mins)
Presenter: Jeff Wilcox – Electrical Drafting Technician
Description: This presentation will go over using the ArcGIS Collector app to
collect real time data with your mobile device to be imported into the master GIS
databases.
11:00am – 11:30am Mutual Problems
Closed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions/concerns shall be reviewed in order as received. Please email Jun Golo: [email protected]
11:30am – 12:30pm Lunch & Learn for Utility Employees Only Main Hall
Hosted by: Laminated Wood Systems, Inc.
Website: http://www.lwsinc.com
Presentation: AVR Structural Support System for Deteriorated Utility Vault &
Manholes
Presenter: Robert Reisdorff, P.E., President, Laminated Wood Systems, Inc.
Description: This presentation will explore the options available for reinforcing
deteriorating utility vault ceilings with an emphasis on the AVR® Adjustable Vault
Reinforcement system. Various installations of both permanent and temporary
designs from around the country will be highlighted providing cost comparisons.
12:45pm – 4:30pm Technical Tours
Roseville Energy Park (REP) – The REP is a natural gas-fired combined-
cycle electrical generating facility that consists of 2-natural gas and 1 steam
turbine with a maximum output of 160 megawatts.
https://roseville.ca.us/REP
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park – Built in 1895, the plant, one of
oldest hydroelectric facilities in the world, was one of the nation’s first
power systems to provide high-voltage alternating current over long-
distance transmission lines.
http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages501/files/FolsomPowerhouse.pdf
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*Tour Details:
Bus 1 Bus 2
1:00-1:15 Bus to REP 1:00-1:30 Bus to Folsom Powerhouse
1:15-2:00 Tour REP 1:30-2:45 Tour Folsom Powerhouse
2:00-2:45 Bus to Folsom Powerhouse 2:45-3:30 Bus to REP
2:45-4:00 Tour Folsom Powerhouse 3:30-4:15 Tour REP
4:00-4:30 Bus to Hotel 4:15-4:30 Bus to Hotel
5:30pm WUC Fellowship Dinner:
Yard House 1100 Roseville Pkwy, Bldg. E
DON’T FORGET YOUR DINNER TICKET
Friday, March 16
8:00am – 8:30am Breakfast Network Session Main Hall
Hosted by: Western Underground Committee
8:30am – 8:35am Moment of silence for fallen comrades Main Hall
General Session
8:35am – 9:15am General Session Main Hall
Presentation 8: Douglas Substation Rehab (40 mins)
Presenter: Mitch Larkin – Senior Power Engineer
Ozro (OJ) Corulli – Power Engineer
Vince Bottoni – Power Engineer
Description: Douglas Substation is one of the oldest substation in the system
originally constructed in early 1960’s. The upgrade project consisted of renovating
the original outdoor breakers to new indoor switchgear, changing the original single
phase transformers to larger 3-phase units more than doubling the capacity of the
substation and reconfiguring the 60kV yard to network in the substation to the rest of
the system.
9:15am – 9:30am BREAK
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9:45am – 10:30am General Session Continues Main Hall
Presentation 9.1: PGWWTP Cogeneration Project - Micro Turbines at WWTP (20 mins)
Presenter: Adam Ross – Senior Manager – Brown and Caldwell
Description: Discuss project that uses digester gas from PGWWTP expansion
project. Waste gas is refined removing containments and carbon dioxide, and
compressed to produce renewable compressed natural gas to fuel City’s solid waste
collection vehicles. Waste gas from the gas upgrading process will be blended with
natural gas and used as fuel for stationary power generation.
Presentation 9.2: Roseville Utility Exploration Center (20 mins)
Presenter: Rachel Tooker – Interpretive Service Supervisor – Roseville Utility
Exploration Center
Description: Rachel will discuss the vision for the Roseville Utility Exploration
Center. She will show how the Center’s mission and programs invite residents to
partner with Roseville’s utilities to ensure a healthy and sustainable community.
10:30am – 11:30am Mutual Problem
Closed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions/concerns shall be reviewed in order as received. Please email Jun Golo: [email protected]
11:45am Conference and Meeting Adjourn
Next Meeting/Conference to be held in Tucson, AZ
Fall 2018
October 2-5, 2018
