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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

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WESTERN UNDERGROUND COMMITTEE

GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION

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CONFERENCE EVENTS LOCATION

Tuesday Activities:

TBD Executive Board meeting TBD

12:00pm – 3:00pm Pre-Conference Optional Tour at TESCO Controls TESCO

https://tescocontrols.com/ (Utility Members only)

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 – 9:30am General Opening Session Main Hall

9:30am – 10:15am Safety Sub - Committee 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 Manufacture / Supplier Exhibits Event Main Hall

Thursday Activities:

7:30am – 8:00am Registration Foyer


Hosted by: NOVINIUM



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 Main Hall

Friday Activities:

8:00am – 8:30am Networking Breakfast Main Hall

Hosted by: WUC

8:30am – 10:00am Safety Session Main Hall

10:00am – 11:30am Training & Development (Ad Hoc) Main Hall

11:30pm Conference and Meeting Adjourn Main Hall

https://tescocontrols.com/



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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

http://sacramentoroseville.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html

https://thefallseventcenter.com/location/roseville-ca/



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CONFERENCE EVENTS LOCATION

Tuesday, March 13

TBD Executive Board meeting TBD

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


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

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


Hosted by: KADDAS

Website: http://www.kaddas.com

Presentation: Title

Presenter: Name, Company, Title

General Session


► Existing 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

► Host Recognition – Jaime Pinedo, LADWP WUC 2018 Chairperson

► Welcome Remarks – Michelle Bertolino, Roseville Electric, Utility Director

Video of Roseville Electric


http://www.wesco.com/

http://www.kaddas.com/



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9:30am – 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 Main Hall

10:25am – 11:15am General Session Continues:

Presentation 2: Roseville Energy Plant (40 mins)

Presenter: Matt Garner – Power Generation Superintendent / Nathan Ribordy –

Power Plant Engineer

Description: Discussion of the history of the Roseville Energy Plant, the master

rebuild, and the recent outage.


Closed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions/concerns shall be reviewed in order as received. Please email Jun Golo: ([email protected])

11:45am – 1:00pm Lunch & Learn for Utility Employees Only Main Hall

Hosted by: POLYWATER

Website: http://www.polywater.com

Presentation: Title


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

http://www.water.ca.gov/oroville-spillway/

http://www.polywater.com/



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Description: Description

Presentation 3.2: History and Evolution of Climbing Safeties

Presenter: Kat Lea, Position, Jelco


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


Presentation 4.2: Advanced Materials & Design for Junctions boxes Theater

Presenter: Daniel Chavarria, Pacific Southwest District Manager, Power/Utilities Division,

Channell Commercial Corporation


1:00pm – 2:15pm Sub – Committee 5 Planning Small Conference

Chairperson: Elena DeStefano, Associate Electrical Engineer, City of Riverside, Public Utilities

Presentation 5.1: Duncan Cleminshaw: Manager, Solar Product Compliance and Charles

Picard: Sr. Engineer, Solar Product Compliance

Presenter: Duncan Cleminshaw: Manager, Solar Product Compliance and 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

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.”

2:00pm – 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

Please stop by the booth of our Platinum Sponsor:



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Please stop by the booths of our Learning Session Host:



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Thursday, March 15

7:30am – 8:00am Conference Registration Foyer


Hosted by: NOVINIUM

Website: http://novinium.com/

Presentation: Title


General Session

9:00am – 9:15am Reconvene General Session Main Hall

Administrative Items

► Approval of Minutes & Treasurer’s Report – Name, Company, Vice Chairperson/ Treasurer

► Executive Board Report - Name, Company, WUC Secretary

► Technical Tour & Fellowship Dinner Details – WUC Chairperson/Roseville Electric

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, Fabian Hunger – 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 Main Hall

10:15am – 11:00am General Session Continues

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)

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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


11:30am – 12:30pm Lunch & Learn for Utility Employees Only Main Hall

Hosted by: Laminated Wood Systems, Inc.

Website: http://www.lwsinc.com

Presentation: Title


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

*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

http://www.lwsinc.com/

https://roseville.ca.us/REP

http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages501/files/FolsomPowerhouse.pdf



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Friday, March 16

8:00am – 8:30am Breakfast Network Session Main Hall

Hosted by: Western Underground Committee


Moment of silence for fallen comrades

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

9:45am – 10:30am General Session Continues Main Hall

Presentation 9: PGWWTP Cogeneration Project - Micro Turbines at WWTP (40 mins)

Presenter: George Hansen – Senior Engineer

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.

10:30am – 11:30am Training & Development Mutual Problem


11:45am Conference and Meeting Adjourn



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Next Meeting/Conference to be held in Tucson, AZ

Fall 2018

October 2-5, 2018