Presentations
2023 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
2023 MIPSYCON Program at a Glance
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General Session
- Supply Chain Update 2023
- Construction Resources: How Will Quanta Services Meet the Large Labor Need in the Coming Future with Significant Transmission Development
- Combating the Looming Crisis of Workforce Shortages in Electric Power Engineering by Democratizing Technical Education
- IEEE Ethics & Activities
Substation
- Transformer Overloading: A Necessary Evil, but at What Cost
- As Distributed Generation Increases, Does the Grounding Challenge Get Easier?
- Avoiding Structural Pitfalls when Scoping Substation Physical Upgrades
- Applying Digital Secondary Systems to Optimize Power System Reliability
Metering
- Megahertz-Sampled Observations of AC Level 2 Onboard Electric Vehicle Charging
- Do AMI Meters Cause Power Quality Problems?
- Utilization of Features of an AMI Deployment
- Leveraging AMI Data for Improved Grid Resiliency and Performance
Transmission Systems
- High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Mitigation for Electric Transmission Systems
- Lessons Learned and Challenges Modeling of Large Loads for Positive Sequence and EMT studies
- Power Quality Degradation: Harmonics and Voltage Flicker Issues on Transmission and Subtransmission System
- Assessing System Strength
Relaying I
- Cite Your Sources: An Analysis of Ground Sources and Impacts on Design for Inverter-Based Generation Resources and Collector Substations
- Improving Ground Fault Sensitivity for Transmission Lines Near Inverter-Based Resources
- Optimization of Distance Protection Performance Used in Wind Farms' Collection Networks
- Getting Lines Crossed: How a Three-Phase Series Fault Caused a Sequence of Relay Operations
Distribution Automation/Communications
- The Case for a Private LTE Network: Utility Focused
- Cybersecurity Overview and Maximizing Cyber Standards to Secure Your OT Environment
- The State of DERMS in the Industry
- Transformer Overload Protection Using Wireless Communications
Project Management
- Straits of Mackinac Submarine Cable Replacement Project
- The Power of Collaboration: 500kV Line Restoration
- Managing the Community Solar Garden Interconnections Portfolio
- Updates on IIJA/IRA Funding in Power Industry
Generation
- NuScale Power and the Small Modular Reactor Industry
- Energy Storage Market and Technology Update
- Strengthening the System for Inverter-Based Generation
- Inverter-Based Resource Performance Requirements at MISO: Supporting Renewable Integration During the Energy Transition
Safety/Security
- Hot Line Tag: A Sacrifice for Safety
- PPE for Protection of Line Workers against AC Induction Hazards during Overhead Line Work
- Cybersecurity-Operational Resilience for Electric Utility
- Then and Now: Substation Compliance and Physical Security
Civil/Structural
- Overcoming the Drilled Shaft Challenges
- LiDAR for Transmission Lines: Collection and Processing for the Lifecycle of a Facility
- Groundline Corrosion of Steel Embedded Structures: Practical Observations
- Meandering River Study: Risk to Transmission Structures
Distribution
- Electric Vehicle Penetration in a Distribution System
- Current Status of the Transformer Industry
- Distribution Outage Management at Runestone Electric during Summer 2022
- Smart Inverters Updates in the MN TIIR
Relaying II
- Case Study: Defining and Measuring Protection Signal Transfer Speed, Latency, and Reliability within Digital Trip Circuits
- Performance of IEC 61850 Sampled Values Relays for a Real-World Fault
- Summary Paper for IEEE C37.104 - 2022 Guide for Automatic Reclosing on AC Distribution and Transmission Lines
- Event: Analysis of 4.16 kV Generator Differential Misoperation
Emerging Technologies
- Design and Implementation of a Wide-Area Automated Voltage Control System
- Advances and Future Trends in Transmission STATCOM Applications
- Black Start and Grid Forming Inverters
- Hydrogen Production from Prairie Island Nuclear Plant
Tutorial I
Tutorial II
Energy Storage 101
Tutorial III
Power System Protection 201: Line Relaying
Tutorial IV
Transformer Testing 101: WR, TTR, PF, SC
2022 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
2022 MIPSYCON Program at a Glance
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Civil-Structural
- Helical Pile Foundations for Standard Series Steel Poles
- Reverse Engineering Transmission Towers Using Drones
- Advancing Decarbonization of Renewable Generation Collector Substations
- Nondestructive Evaluation Applications for Transmission and Substation Structures
Distribution
- Inverter-Based Radial Distribution System and Associated Protective Relaying
- Understanding Impacts of DER on the Distribution System
- Electric Utility Grant Opportunities Associated with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- Implementation of an Advanced Distribution Management System at Alliant Energy
Distribution Automation/ Communications
- Improving Distribution System Reliability with High-Density Coordination and Automatic System Restoration
- Modeling of a Networked 220Hz Power Line Carrier Load Management System
- Systems Architecture for Grid Modernization and Distributed Resources
- Assessment of CVR effectiveness for Demand Response Operations
Emerging Technologies
- Can the Gas Station Model for Fueling Survive EVs?
- Superconductor Cable Update – Chicago Installation Experience
- Utility Scale Distribution Connected Batteries - Implementation and Lessons Learned
- Multi-day Energy Storage Technology and Pilot Project
Generation
- Case Study: Integrating and Stabilizing Renewable Energy on a Transmission Line Using Multiple Wind and Solar Farms
- Introduction to Synchronous Condenser Conversion
- Grid-Forming Batteries for Stabilizing a 100% Renewable Hawaiian Grid
- Three DPP Cycles, 79 Projects and 10.4 GW - ATC's Generator Interconnection Experience
Metering
- From kWh to kW - Bringing Demand into Focus
- Distributed Intelligence - Many Applications for High Impedance
- Cellular Technology Evolution Impacting Metering
- It's Time to Meet BOB
Project Management
- Supply Chain Vulnerability and Resilience
- Staying Competitive: A Scalable Approach to Program Management
- Risk Management Methods Utilized with an AMI – MDM – Demand Management Project
- Transmission Line Return Periods & Cost Considerations
Relaying I
- Microgrid Protection and Relaying: A Case Study
- Evaluating Phasor-Based and Time-Domain Elements for Short Line Applications
- Line Current Measurement at Dual-Breaker Terminals: Challenges and Solutions
- Transmission Line Setting Calculations – Beyond the Cookbook, Part II
Relaying II
- Distance Elements for Line Protection Applications Near Unconventional Sources
- Advances in Electric Grid Critical Infrastructure Protection and Automation
- 21 C Capacitor Bank Protection
- Loss of Motor Load Causes a Substation Transformer Differential Trip
Safety/Security
- Drone Security & Energy Infrastructure
- Utility’s Use of Immersive Technologies
- How to Build an Arc Flash Program from the Ground Up for Electric Utilities and Other Industry
Substation
- How Well is Your Breaker Performing? Things Your Protective Relaying Cannot Tell You
- Introduction to Ni-Cd batteries
- Findings of Substation Testing and Commissioning Activities
- High-Impedance Ground Grids: Challenges & Solutions for Safe Grounding Network Design
Transmission
- Unlocking the Value of AI-Powered Virtual Inspections at Xcel Energy
- Lessons Learned on Underground Cable Installation
- Colorado's Power Pathway – Transmission to Enable Xcel Energy's 80x2030 Clean Energy Plan
- MISO Long Range Transmission Plan (LRTP)
Tutorial I
- Power System Protection 101
Tutorial II
- DC/AC Inverter Characteristics for Electric Power Engineers
Tutorial III
- Substation Design from the Ground Up: A Cross-Discipline Primer
Tutorial IV
- Condition Monitoring of Substation Equipment
2021 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
2021 MIPSYCON Program at a Glance
Only presentations with permission to post have been listed here.
Civil Structural
- Civil Structural – Corona Noise Mitigation in High Voltage Transmission Lines
- Civil-Structural – Creative Structural Methods to Increase Transmission Line Capacities
DA/Comm
Distribution
- Distribution – UnderstandingGroundFault
- Distribution – UsingAGISforFieldDataCollection
- Distribution – NEW MEDIUM VOLTAGE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR LATERAL AND MAINLINE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DURING REVERSE POWER FLOWS
Emerging Technology
- Emerging Tech – Electrification of Interstate Corridors for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles
- Emerging Technologies – University of St Thomas (UST) Microgrid
Generation
Metering
- Metering – Electric Meter Evolution to a Grid Sensor
- Metering – Rates,DG, and Leveraging AMI Data
- Metering – Best Practices for Effective AMI Field Deployments
Project Management
- Project Management – Case Study Insulator Solutions to Mitigate Bird Dropping Faults.pdf
- Project Management – Using Project Management to Maximize Performance_GRE
- Project Management – Using Project Management to Maximize Performance_Minnkota
Relaying 1
- Relaying 1 – Best Practices for Protecting Shunt Reactors
- Relaying 1 – Case study Transformer Differential Incorrect Operation due to System Grounding
Relaying 2
Safety/Security
- Safety_Security – Substation Safety Considerations Associated With Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
- Safety-Security – Identification and Mitigation of Deficient Substation Ground Grids
- Safety-Security – Physical Security
- Safety&Security – Ensuring Step Voltage Safety When You Don't Know Everything.pdf
Substation
Transmission
Tuesday Lunch
Tutorials
- Tutorial 1 – PracticalDemonstrationIEC61850
- Tutorial 3 – Engineering Career Development-Ch3
- Tutorial 4 – Distribution Line Design 101
Wednesday Lunch
2020 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
2020 MIPSYCON Final Program at a Glance
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General Session
Civil-Structural
DA/Communications
- How Utilities Are Utilizing UAS-Based LiDAR
- To Broadband or Not to Broadband
- CVR Applied to Demand Response using AMI DATA
- Is Your Remote Alarm Unit Reaching End-of-Life
Distribution
- Modeling DER Solar and Storage using Distribution Engineering
- Distribution Switchgear Philosophies_Dead-Front vs Live-Front
- Predictive Fault Analytics
Emerging Technologies
- Dynamic Security Optimization for Hawaii Island Power Systems with 100% Inverter Based Generation
- Transportation Electrification Transition Challenges
- Energy Storage-5 Biggest Mistakes
- Utility Applications and Experience
Generation
- How Xcel Energy developed the largest community solar garden program in the country
- Incorporating Electromagnetic Transient Studies into the Generator Interconnection Process at ATC_110420
- Reactive Power-Voltage Control of IBR
- Solar Snow Management - Let the Sun Shine In
Metering
- Meter Based Distributed Intelligence_Tim Driscoll
- You don't have to have a PhD to use Machine Learning
Project Management
Relaying 1
- Recent Utility Experience with High Impedance Fault Detection
- Case Studies of IEC 61850 Process Bus Systems Using GOOSE and Sampled Values- Recent Installations and Research
- Impact of Voltage Transients and System Impedance Ratio on Zone 1 Distance Relay Reach
Relaying 2
- Improving Protection Applications for Modern Distribution Switchgear Systems_BVandiver
- Analysis of Composite Protection System Misoperations
Safety-Security
- Calculating Cybersecurity Risk and Selecting Mitigations in Power
- AF Considerations for Utility & Industrial Power Systems
- Innovation and Partnership
Substation
Transmission
- NERC SPIDERWG - Addressing impacts of Distributed Generation
- Energy Storage as a Transmission Asset in MISO
- The Future of ND Transmission Capacity
Tutorials
2019 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
2019 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Final Program
General Session
- Electric Utility Futures: Perspective from the Prairie
- The Integration of Customer, Smart Grid, and Operations
- 2019 Polar Vortex—Looking Back and Planning for the Future
- Engineering Ethics
Substation
- Cold Weather Circuit Breaker Performance
- Transformer Evaluation, Inspection, Design, and Installation—Utility Perspective
- Resistivity Testing of Substation Surfacing Stone: Lessons Learned
Safety/Security
- Understanding the New IEEE 1584-2018 Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations and the 2017 NEC Arc Energy Reduction Articles
- Personal Safety Story: Coal Dust Explosion Survivor
- Using Intelligent Lighting to Enhance Perimeter Security
Distribution
- Improving System Line Hardening Using Ductile Iron Poles
- Distribution STATCOMs for Improving Power Quality, Deferring Capital, and Expanding Hosting Capacity
- SCADA and AMI Data Meet to Improve Distribution Planning
- Deploying an Advanced Distribution Management System
Relaying I
- IEC 61850 Digital Substation Design Tutorial for Novices
- Complying with NERC PRC-027: Planning, Preparation, and Implementation Strategies
- A Creative Line Differential Protection Scheme for the Hudson River Crossing Section of a 345kV Transmission Line
Distribution Automation/Communications
- Navigating Grid Modernization
- Using Analytics in Underground Distribution Networks for Situational Awareness and Fault Prediction
- Advanced Distribution Automation Application with Miscoordination Correcting Algorithm Based on Neural Network
Project Management
- Past, Present and Future of Manitoba's Bipole III Project
- Big Stone South to Ellendale: Collaborative Relationships Builds Project Success
- Denny Substation: Not Your Grandfather’s Substation
- Keys for a Successful Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
Generation
- Project Tundra: Carbon Capture in ND
- ALLETE Clean Energy Wind Project Refurbishment
- Solar Plus Storage: From Concept to Implementation
- Stabilizing the Bulk Power System with a Combination of Virtual and Physical Batteries
Emerging Technologies
- Managing Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations on the Grid
- Modeling Renewables as IBR Penetration Rises
- Panel Session: Integrating High Levels of Renewable Resources
- Residential Battery Storage Systems: An Installation and Operations Case Study
Civil-Structural
- Innovative Ways to Shore up Deteriorating Network Vaults
- GNTL Corridor Geotechnical Challenges
- The Myth of Aging Pole and Tower Infrastructure: Constructed Quality Is Critically More Important to Long-Term Structural Reliability and Performance
- Case Study: Substation Foundation Replacement Utilizing Helical Piles
Transmission
- Transmission Line Conductor Size Selection
- Emerging High Transmission Voltages and their Mitigation
- Transmission Lessons Learned from the Decarbonization of Minnesota’s North Shore
Relaying II
- Low Impedance Differential Protection: New Challenges and Advanced Solutions
- Exploring IEEE C37.246-2017 Guide for Protection Systems of Transmission-to-Generation Interconnections
- Case Study: Analysis of 138/13.8kV Transformer Differential Misoperation Points to Faulty CT
Metering
- Big Data: Driving Value-Added Solutions Through the Convergence of Advance Metering Infrastructure, Geographic Information Systems, and Distribution Reliability Systems
- Rate Analysis Utilizing Meter Data
- Smart Meters Go Beyond AMI
- Beyond AMI: Using AMI Data to Solve Problems Before They Become Problems
Tutorial I
Tutorial II
Tutorial III
Tutorial IV
2018 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
General Session
Delivery Systems
- Beating the Peak
- Evaluating Dynamic Reactive Support Options for Minnesota’s North Shore
- MISO Generation Interconnection Process and Challenges
- Beating the Peak using Load Shifting
Delivery Systems - Renewables
- Do We Really Need to Worry About Harmonics in Wind and Solar Plants?
- Integration of Renewable Generation Maintaining Reliability and Economics
- Minnesota DER Interconnection Process
- Reducing Contingency-based Windfarm Curtailments through use of Transmission Capacity Forecasting (presentation)
Distribution Automation/Communications
- Converging Communications, IT and OT
- DER System Information
- Field Area Network for Multiple Grid Apps – Roadmap into Deployment
Metering
- 20 Years into Interoperable Communication Standards
- Metrology....
- History and Future
- Metering Installation Errors
Power Generation
- Advanced Coal-Fired Power Cycles
- Benefits of a Cooling Tower VFD Retrofit
- Challenges of Simulation Model Validation for Renewable Resources
- Dynamic behavior of islanded distributed energy sources
Project Management
Relaying I
- Improving Transformer Protection
- Protective Relaying Considerations for Standby Generation Systems
- Quantitative Analysis of Distribution Protection Enhancement using Fault Circuit Indicator
Relaying II
- Do we have to reduce underreaching distance relay reach solely based on System Impedance Ratio(SIR)?
- Impact of Incipient Faults on Sensitive Protection (presentation)
- Summary of Revision C37.119-2016
Safety/Security
Substation
- Effectiveness of Surge Capacitors on Transformer Tertiary connected shunt reactors in preventing failures - Field measurements and comparison with Transient study results
- Guide for the Design of Low Voltage AC and DC Auxiliary Systems for Substations
- RTU Life Extension & Migration Strategy
- Substation Grounding Design Challenges and Lessons Learned
Civil Structural
Utility Industry Futures
- Electric Storage Resources & Wholesale Electricity Markets
- Modeling and Stabilization of Low-inertia Grids
Tutorial II
Tutorial III
Tutorial IV
2017 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
General Session
- Electricity in Transition: A Regulatory Perspective
- 100MW North StarSolar Project
- The Evolution of the Grid in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Region
Substation
- Air Core Reactors: Magnetic Clearances, Electrical Connection, and Grounding of Their Supports
- Operational Experiences of an HV Transformer Neutral Blocking Device (presentation)
- Evaluating Transformer Heating Due to GMD
Safety and Security
- Secure Business Transformation through Mobile Device Management (MDM)
- CIP-003-6—Low-Impact CIP Implementation
- Securing IEDs Against Cyber Threats in Critical Substation Automation and Industrial Control Systems
Delivery Systems I
- Basin Electric NERC CIP Program
- System Studies for American Transmission Co.’s Benson Lake SVC Project
- Demystifying IROL (Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit)—Does Exceeding IROL Always Imply Loss of Reliable Operation?
- Distribution Analysis - How's Your System?
Relaying I
- Protection of Distribution Feeders that Contain Distributed PVGeneration
- Solutions to Common Distribution Protection Challenges (presentation)
- Commission Testing Methods for Protection Systems (presentation)
- End-to-End Testing
Distribution Automation/Communications
- Needed Communications for DA Applications—Panel Session
- Implementing Volt/VAR Optimization with DER Penetration
Project Management
- Process/Project Management—Xcel Energy MN Solar*Rewards Community Program
- Great Northern 500 kV Transmission Line Behind the (Electrical) Design
- Building an SVC Substation on Rock
Utility Industry Futures
- The Growing Connectedness of the Electric and Natural Gas Systems
- DER Hosting Capacity Analysis
- Energy Storage: Xcel Energy Project Updates and Industry Landscape
- Enabling Advanced Capabilities for Distributed Energy Resources(DER)—Takeaways from the Interconnection Standard IEEE 1547 Full Revision
Power Station
- Simulating Success at Antelope Valley Station
- Resource Planning for a Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (RICE) Project
Civil-Structural
- Challenging Transmission Structure Designs: Case Studies
- What Structural Engineers Should Know About Substation Rigid Bus Design
- Red Rock Hydroelectric Project—New Hydro at an Existing Flood Control Dam
Delivery System II
- Delayed Current Zero Crossing Phenomena during Switching of Shunt-Compensated Lines
- Panel: Implementing GMD Standard TPL-007 (Mike Steckelberg)
- Panel: Implementing GMD Standard TPL-007 (Michael Marz)
- Case Study on Aggregate Load Modeling in Transient Stability Studies
- Voltage Changes Caused by Distributed Energy Resources and Their Impact on Hosting Capacities
Relaying II
- Redundant Bus Protection Using High-Impedance Differential Relays
- What’s New in C37.113-2015, IEEE Guide for Protective Relay Applications to Transmission Lines
- Considerations for Implementing a Zone-Selective Interlocking Scheme on Medium and Low Voltage Systems
Metering
- AMI Trials and Testing
- AMI Performance Requirements and Testing
- Metering Communications Interoperability: Are We There Yet?
- Local Balancing Authority Metering in MISO: An Engineering Perspective
Tutorial I
Tutorial II
Tutorial II
Tutorial IV
2016 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
General Session
- Clean Power: Now and in the Future
- The Ethical Practice of Engineering: Case Studies from Administrative and Court Actions
Substation
- Implementation Considerations for Electronic and Physical Substation Security Improvements for CIP-014
- Physical Security Challenges and Responses for High Voltage Transformers
- Substation Yardstone Resistivity—Is it Really 3,000 ohm-meters?
- A Case Study for Substation Lightning Risk Evaluation
Utility Industry Futures I
- Electric Grid Resiliency (Kenneth Barry)
- Electric Grid Resiliency (Mike Jensen)
- Grid Energy Storeage Overview
- Future Grid
- Resource Reliability in a Changing Environment
Delivery Systems I
- Advanced Grid Intelligence & Security Initiatives at Xcel Energy
- The Use of Sensors for Distribution and Substation Applications
- Using a Geographic Information System to Create a Load Flow Model
- Generating Asset Health Indices which are both Useful and Auditable
Relaying I
- Resistance Coverage of Memory Polarized Mho Distance Elements
- Phase Rolling and the Impacts on Protection
Distribution Automation/Communications
- Spatiotemporal Pattern Detection in Distribution Networks Using Complex Event Processing
- NERC CIP in the Real World on a Real Budget
- The Importance of Testing Smart Grid IEDs against Security Vulnerabilities
- Wireless Technology and Application
Project Management
- Mississippi River Crossing—CapX2020
- Project Management Advice—Panelists Share Their Insights (the ‘Good’ and the ‘Bad’)
Utility Industry Futures II
- Detailed Simulation Studies as a Solution to 21st Century Power System Challenges
- Designing Volturnus, a Small Hydro Technology
Power Generation
- Camp Ripley Solar Partnership
- Columbia Energy Center Air Quality Control System Retrofit
- Coordination of Controls of Renewable Power Plants to Meet Steady State and Dynamic Response Requirements for Voltage Control and Reactive Power Supply
- Deer Creek Station - Combined Cycle Generation
Civil-Structural
- Codes, Standards, Specifications, & Promises—Why Details Matter in Steel Pole and Tower Fabrication
- Dirt and Steel: The Need for Geotechnical and Structural Collaboration
- The Dirt on Soil Investigations
- River Bank Foundation Design
Delivery Systems II
- Consolidated Edison’s Experience with Online Monitoring and Mitigation of Geomagnetic Disturbances
- Interharmonics: What They Are, Where They Come From and What They Do
- History and Application of the MN Stray Voltage Guide
- 40 Ohm Ground Fault Impedance—Still applicable?
Relaying II
- I Bought It But Do I Have To Use It? - AKA: My Favorite Function is the One I Turned Off!
- Applications of Automated Protective Relay Testing
- Avoiding Dangerous Relay Testing Practices
Metering
- Automating the OMS with the DMS - How To Get There
- AMI Deployment at a Rural Electric Cooperative
- Measuring the Bakken: Metering and Monitoring Power Consumption in Western ND and Eastern MT
- Meter Data Everywhere, Is It All the Same?
Tutorial I
Tutorial II
Tutorial III
2015 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
PowerPoint Presentations from speakers who have given permission will be posted for an indefinite time after the conference.
General Session
- Construction of the Minnesota Multipurpose Stadium
- Delivering Electric Power to the Bakken
Substation
- 3D Coming to a Substation Near You
- Evaluating Dielectric Condition in SF6 Gas Breakers
- Experiences with Mobile Substation Installations
Utility Industry Futures I
- Performance Analysis of 258 kWac Solar Demonstration Project
- Distributed Generation and Electric Rates
Delivery Systems I
- Xcel Energy Field Area Network
- Meeting the Challenges in Regional Transmission Planning and Development
- Distribution Grid Resiliency Structure Testing, Results and Learnings
- Robots for Energized Transmission Line Work
Relaying I
- A Practical Guide to Performing Wide-Area Coordination Analysis
- Transmission Line Automated Relay Coordination Checking
- Improving Reliability and Security of System Protection
Distribution Automation/Communications
- Antenna Systems – The Weak Link in High Data Throughput Wireless Data Communications Systems
- Hacking SCADA Networks—Awareness and Prevention
- What Protection Engineers Need to Know About Networking
- Securing Communications for SCADA and Critical Industrial Systems
Project Management
- Leveraging the Power of GIS Technology for Asset Management—Pole Replacement Tracking Tool
- Challenges of Urban Construction—the Hiawatha Corridor Project
Utility Industry Futures II
- Lessons Learned in Implementing Battery Systems Controls in Low-Inertia Systems
- Risk of Unintentional Islanding in the Presence of Multiple Inverters or Mixed Generation Types
- Integrating Solar Energy
- MISO Dynamic Stability Limited Interface Limit Calculation
Power Generation
- Traditional and Emerging Emissions Control for Baseload Generation Stations
- Low SCR Wind Generation Instability Identification and Mitigation
- Minnesota Power Laskin Energy Center Gas Conversion
Civil-Structural
- Lessons Learned from Failures
- Study of Galloping Mitigation
Delivery Systems II
- Transition from SPS to RAS—What Will Really Change?
- Downtown East Distribution System
- Transmission Planning for Physical Security of Critical Electricity Infrastructure
- Meeting Minnesota Energy Efficiency Requirements with Utility Projects
Relaying II
- Methods for Testing Transformer Differential Relays Applied to Delta-Grounded Wye Transformers Using Single-Phase Test Currents
- CT Saturation Tolerance for 87L Applications
Metering
- Advantages of Two-Way AMI/Demand Response Systems
- Achieving Interoperability in a World of Standards Compliance
- What to Do with All That 2-Way End-Device Data
Tutorial I
- Methods to Reduce Arc-Flash Hazards - I
- Methods to Reduce Arc-Flash Hazards - II
Tutorial II
- Project and Construction Management Techniques - I
- Project and Construction Management Techniques - II
Tutorial III
- Shunt Capacitor Banks—Specifications, Applications, and Best Practices for Protection and Switching
2014 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
PowerPoint Presentations from speakers who have given permission will be posted for an indefinite time after the conference.
General Session
- Minnesota Discovery, Research and InnoVation Economy (MnDRIVE): Robotics, Sensors, and Advanced Manufacturing
- Emerging Issues and Trends as Viewed from Washington D.C.
- Applied Professional Ethics for Engineers
Substation
- Extracting Valuable Information from HV Circuit Breaker Testing
- Power Factor Insulation Diagnosis - Demystifying Standard Practices
- Bus Protection Considerations for Various Bus Types
Utility Industry Futures I
- Grid Friendly Solar PV Power Plant
- Battery Storage of Wind Power in Luverne, MN
- Simulation Study of a Dynamic VAR Compensator as a Solution to a Large Motor Start Problem
- Determining the Capacity Impacts of Plug-In Electric Vehicles on Xcel Energy’s Distribution System
Delivery Systems I
- Fault Current Calculations and NEC Requirements
- An Overview of Restoration Issues and Black-Start Analysis
- Energy Storage Can Enable the Wider Deployment of Distributed Generation
- Locating Faults by the Traveling Waves They Launch
Relaying I
- Distribution Bus Protection Upgrade Considerations When Integrating Distributed Generation
- Protective Relaying Redundancy and Reliability
- False Application of Reliable Relaying Principles – Revisited
- Testing the Tester – Common Pitfalls Testing Microprocessor Based Protective Relays
Distribution Automation/Communications
- Design and Implementation of a Communication Network to Support Real-time Distribution Feeder Automation, SCADA Integration and Backhaul of Substation and Metering Data
- Adaptive Control Strategies and Communications for Utility Integration of Photovoltaic Sites (presentation)
- Can a Grid Be Smart Without Communications? A Look at IVVC Implementation.
Project Management
- Mackinac HVDC Construction and Testing
- The Center to Grand Forks 345 kV Transmission Line Project - Challenges, Hurdles and Lessons Learned
- Project Management for Chub Lake Substation
- Fox Valley Tornado Recovery
Utility Industry Futures II
- Chemical Looping Clean Coal Technology
- Great River Energy Distributed Generation Pilot Program
- Renewable Energy Lessons Learned
- Solar Valuation - Process for Determining Economic Value
Power Generation
- Photovoltaics Outlook for Minnesota
- Effect of Fukushima on the Nuclear Power Industry
- Synchronous Condensers for Transmission Systems - The Second Generation
- Cogeneration Plant Switchgear Replacement Improves Safety and Reliability While Maintaining Service to Critical Loads
Civil-Structural
- Panel Discussion on Industry Standards
- Utility Scale Wind Turbine Foundation Performance Evaluation
- Transmission Long Span Design
Delivery Systems II
- Enhanced Multiple Contingency Screening and Cascading Analysis for NERC Compliance
- How MISO Studies Power Plant Retirements
- Designing For a Critical Load Using a Spot Network
- Distribution Grid Management
Relaying II
- Get in Step with Synchronization – A Review of Synchronization
- Special Considerations for Distribution Protection Coordination
Metering
- A Panel Discussion of Revenue Metering Arc Flash Hazards and Mitigation (Tom Ernst)
- A Panel Discussion of Revenue Metering Arc Flash Hazards and Mitigation (Dan Nordell)
- Interoperability in Smart Utility Networks
- Power Quality Measurements from Smart Revenue Meters
Tutorial I
- Insulation Coordination
Tutorial II
- Electric Drives 101 & Variable-Frequency Drives (Ned Mohan)
- Electric Drives 101 & Variable-Frequency Drives (Robin Priestley)
Tutorial III
- Distribution Planning (Tom Guttormson)
- Distribution Planning (Al Haman)
Papers
2023 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- Combating the Looming Crisis of Workforce Shortages in Electric Power Engineering by Democratizing Technical Education
- Transformer Overloading: A Necessary Evil, but at What Cost
- As Distributed Generation Increases, Does the Grounding Challenge Get Easier?
- Avoiding Structural Pitfalls when Scoping Substation Physical Upgrades
- Applying Digital Secondary Systems to Optimize Power System Reliability
- Megahertz-Sampled Observations of AC Level 2 Onboard Electric Vehicle Charging
- Do AMI Meters Cause Power Quality Problems?
- Leveraging AMI Data for Improved Grid Resiliency and Performance
- Lessons Learned and Challenges Modeling of Large Loads for Positive Sequence and EMT Studies
- Assessing System Strength
- Cite Your Sources: An Analysis of Ground Sources and Impacts on Design for Inverter-Based Generation Resources and Collector Substations
- Improving Ground Fault Sensitivity for Transmission Lines Near Inverter-Based Resources
- Optimization of Distance Protection Performance Used in Wind Farms' Collection Networks
- Getting Lines Crossed: How a Three-Phase Series Fault Caused a Sequence of Relay Operations
- The State of DERMS in the Industry
- Transformer Overload Protection Using Wireless Communications
- The Power of Collaboration: 500kV Line Restoration
- PPE for Protection of Line Workers against AC Induction Hazards during Overhead Line Work
- Cybersecurity-Operational Resilience for Electric Utility
- Overcoming the Drilled Shaft Challenges
- Groundline Corrosion of Steel Embedded Structures: Practical Observations
- Meandering River Study: Risk to Transmission Structures
- Case Study: Defining and Measuring Protection Signal Transfer Speed, Latency, and Reliability within Digital Trip Circuits
- Performance of IEC 61850 Sampled Values Relays for a Real-World Fault
- Summary Paper for IEEE C37.104 - 2022 Guide for Automatic Reclosing on AC Distribution and Transmission Lines
- Event: Analysis of 4.16 kV Generator Differential Misoperation
- Design and Implementation of a Wide-Area Automated Voltage Control System
- Advances and Future Trends in Transmission STATCOM Applications
- Metering 101
- Transformer Testing 101: WR, TTR, PF, SC
2022 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- 21C Capacitor Bank Protection
- A new type of personal protective equipment for linemen for protection against induced voltage
- Enhancing Grid Resiliency Case Study: How emerging sub-transmission technology improves Utility control over critical grid performance
- How to Build an Arc Flash Program from the Ground Up for Electric Utilities and Other Industry
- Mitigation of Inrush Current and Voltage Drop at Solar Farm Interconnections due to Transformer Energization using Closing Resistors
- Solar Utility Intertie Considerations: How Innovative Switching Can Reduce the Impact on System Voltage and Provide Energy Cost Savings
- Where oh where has weld quality gone?
- Corrosion Attack on Power Delivery Structures: Identifying, Measuring, Evaluating and Remediating
- When DER Installations Require Mitigation to Meet Interconnect Standards
2021 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- A Comparison Between Dielectric Frequency Response and Narrow Band Frequency Response as Methods for Assessing the Insulation of Transformers and Bushings
- Case Study: Phasor-Based Control for Managing Inverter Generation
- Corona Noise Mitigation in High Voltage Transmission Lines
- Permissive or Blocking Pilot Protection Schemes? How to Have It Both Ways
- Selective Tripping at Point of Common Coupling (PCC) Using Inverse-Time Voltage Characteristics
- The emerging conflict of common ravens roosting on electric power transmission line towers in Montana, USA
- Types of System Oscillations and Their Detection - Concepts and Applications
- Understanding Ground Fault Detection Sensitivity and Ways to Mitigate Safety Hazards in Power Distribution Systems
2020 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
2019 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- Addressing Analog Leased Line Obsolescence by Preserving Protection Channel Performance Over Ethernet (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- Case Study: Analysis of 138/13.8kV Transformer Differential Mis-operation Points to Faulty CT - Paper (Relaying)
- Evaluating Overhead Line Reclosing Sequences Based on Transformer Through-Fault Exposure (Relaying)
- Exploring IEEE C37.246-2017 Guide for Protection Systems of Transmission-to-Generation Interconnections - Paper (Relaying)
- Low Impedance Differential Protection: New Challenges and Advanced Solutions - Paper (Relaying)
- The Useful Life of Microprocessor-Based Relays: A Data-Driven Approach (Relaying)
2018 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- Beyond the Knee Point: A Practical Guide to CT Saturation (Relaying I)
- CCVT Failures and Their Effects on Distance Relays (Relaying II)
- Effectiveness of Surge Capacitors on Transformer Tertiary connected shunt reactors in preventing failures- Field measurements and comparison with Transient study results (Substation)
- Emerging Communications and Sensor Technologies That Advance Distribution Automation (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- Impact of Incipient Faults on Sensitive Protection (Relaying II)
- Challenges of a Small Project (Project Management)
- Project Management Office: More than Schedules and Budgets (Project Management)
- Reducing Contingency-based Windfarm Curtailments through use of Transmission Capacity Forecasting (Delivery Systems-Renewables)
- Do We Have to Reduce Under-Reaching Distance Reach Solely Based on System Impedance Ratio (SIR)? (Relaying II)
2017 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- A Case Study on Aggregate Load Modeling in Transient Stability Studies (Delivery Systems)
- Air Core Reactors: Magnetic Clearances, Electrical Connection, and Grounding of their Supports (Substation)
- Apply a Wireless Line Sensor System to Enhance Distribution Protection Schemes (Distribution, Automation, Communications)
- Beyond the Nameplate – Selecting Transformer Compensation Settings for Secure Differential Protection (Relaying)
- Commission Testing Methods for Protection Systems (Relaying)
- Delayed Current Zero Crossing Phenomena During Switching of Shunt-Compensated Lines (Delivery Systems)
- Operational Experiences of an HV Transformer Neutral Blocking Device (Substation)
- Solutions to Common Distribution Protection Challenges (Relaying)
- What’s New in C37.113TM-2015, IEEE Guide for Protective Relay Applications to Transmission Lines (Relaying)
- Voltage-Based-Limitations-on-PV-Hosting-Capacity-of-Distribution-Circuits (Delivery Systems)
2016 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- A Case Study for Substation Lightning Risk Evaluation (Substation)
- A Current Story—When Primary Met Secondary (Relaying)
- Coordination of Controls of Renewable Power Plants to Meet Steady State and Dynamic Response Requirements for Voltage Control and Reactive Power Supply (Power Generation)
- Generating Asset Health Indices which are both Useful and Auditable (Delivery Systems)
- Interharmonics: What They Are, Where They Come From and What They Do (Delivery Systems)
- NERC CIP in the Real World on a Real Budget (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- Phase Rolling and the Impacts on Protection (Relaying)
- Physical Security Challenges and Responses for High Voltage Transformers (Substation)
- Resistance Coverage of Memory Polarized Distance Elements (Relaying)
- Resource Reliability in a Changing Environment (Utility Industry Futures)
- Understanding the Dynamic Mho Distance Characteristic (Relaying)
2015 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- A Practical Guide to Performing Wide-Area Coordination Analysis (Relaying)
- Conductor Dynamics: Practical Information for Design Engineers (Civil-Structural)
- CT Saturation Tolerance for 87L Applications (Relaying)
- Distributed Generation and Retail Electric Rates (Utility Industry Futures)
- Xcel Energy's Downtown East Distribution System (Delivery Systems)
- Evaluating Dielectric Condition in SF6 Circuit Breakers (Substation)
- Improving System Protection Reliability and Security (Relaying)
- Lessons Learned in Implementing Battery Systems Controls in Low-Inertia Systems (Utility Industry Futures)
- Life Lessons from the Power System (Relaying)
- Methods for Testing Transformer Differential Relays Applied to Delta-Grounded Wye Transformers Using Single-Phase Test Currents (Relaying)
- Paralleling CTs for Line Current Differential Applications: Problems and Solutions (Relaying)
- Risk of Unintentional Islanding in the Presence of Multiple Inverters or Mixed Generation Types (Utility Industry Futures)
- Robots for Energized Transmission Line Work (Delivery Systems)
- Securing Communications for SCADA and Critical Industrial Systems (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- System Upgrades for Phase Angle Regulating Transformers (Substation)
- Traditional and Emerging Air Pollutant Control for Baseload Generation Stations (Power Generation)
- Transmission Line Setting Calculations—Beyond the Cookbook (Relaying)
- What Protection Engineers Need to Know About Networking (Distribution Automation/Communications)
2014 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- Adaptive Control Strategies and Communications for Utility Integration of Photovoltaic Sites (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- An Overview of Restoration Issues and Black-Start Analysis - Paper (Delivery Systems)
- Bus Protection Considerations for Various Bus Types - Paper (Substation)
- Distribution Bus Protection Upgrade Considerations When Integrating Distributed Generation - Paper (Relaying)
- Enhanced Multiple Contingency Screening and Cascading Analysis for NERC Compliance -Paper (Delivery Systems)
- False Application of Reliable Relaying Principles – Revisited - Paper (Relaying)
- Get in Step with Synchronization – A Review of Synchronization - Paper (Relaying)
- Grid Friendly Solar PV Power Plant - Paper (Utility Industry Futures)
- Locating Faults by the Traveling Waves They Launch - Paper (Delivery Systems)
- Mackinac HVDC Construction and Testing - Paper (Project Management)
- Operation and Protection of the Weak Transmission System in SE Colorado (Relaying)
- Power Factor Insulation Diagnosis - Demystifying Standard Practices - Paper (Substation)
- Simulation Study of a Dynamic VAR Compensator as a Solution to a Large Motor Start Problem - Paper (Utility Industry Futures)
- Special Considerations for Distribution Protection Coordination - Paper (Relaying)
2013 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- A Guide to Establish an Arc Flash Safety Program for Electric Utilities (Delivery Systems)
- A Highly Redundant, Low-voltage Solar Topology (Utility Industry Futures)
- Aerial Saw Side Trimming (Project Management)
- Analysis of Substation Asset Life Decisions: Replacement or Refurbishment? (Substation)
- Application of Multi-function Motor Protection Relays to Variable Frequency Drive Connected Motors (Relaying)
- CVT Transients Revisited – Distance, Directional Overcurrent, and Communications-Assisted Tripping Concerns (Relaying)
- Design and Testing of System Integrated Protection Schemes (SIPS) (Relaying)
- Geomagnetic Disturbances and the Transmission Grid (Delivery Systems)
- Harmonic Effects on Electricity Metering (Metering)
- Lessons Learned in Wind Generation (Delivery Systems)
- Open Phase Conditions in Transformers - Analysis and Protection Algorithm (Relaying)
- Power Grid Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Modeling with Transformer Neutral Blocking and Live Grid Testing Results(Utility Industry Futures)
- Practical AMI-Demand Response Applications Using Wireless-RF Technologies (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- Shunt Reactor Switching Transients at High Compensation Levels (Delivery Systems)
- Transformer Failure Analysis on Three Failures at Xcel Energy Substations – Chisago, Harrison & Fifth Street (Substation)
- Transformer Loading Evaluation Using Enhanced Condition Monitoring (Delivery Systems)
- Validating Transmission Line Impedances Using Known Event Data (Relaying)
- What’s Happening at the Power Systems Relaying Committee, What is it, and Why is it Important to You? (Relaying)
2012 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- 100% Stator Ground Fault Detection Implementation at Hibbard Renewable Energy Center (Relaying)
- Calculating the Loadability of Distance Relays (Relaying)
- Comprehensive Testing of Generator Protection Systems (Relaying)
- Event Analysis of the May 10, 2011, Upper Peninsula (Michigan) Blackout (Delivery Systems)
- Implementing NERC Guidelines for Coordinating Generator and Transmission Protection (Relaying)
- Mackinac VSC HVDC Flow Control Project Design (Delivery Systems)
- Manitoba Hydro’s System Development Plans (Project Management)
- Merging Sonet and Ethernet Communications for Power System Applications (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- Metering Best Practices – Generation &Transmission Metering (Metering)
- Minnesota’s Deep Geothermal Energy Potential (Utility Industry Futures)
- Mobile Substation Design (Substation)
- NERC Facility Rating Alert (Delivery Systems)
- Power Electron Tubes as an Enabling Technology for the Grid (Utility Industry Futures)
- Simplifying Protection System Design for Distribution Systems (Relaying)
- Stray Flux Effects on Current Transformers (Relaying)
- Testing Considerations for Line Current Differential Schemes (Relaying)
- The Future Role of Passive Methods for Detecting Unintentional Island Formation (Power Generation)
- Understanding Differences in Harmonic Restraint and Harmonic Blocking in Transformer Differential Protection (Relaying)
- Wind Farm Volt/VAR Control Using a Real-Time Automation Controller (Power Generation)
2011 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Papers
- Alternative Construction Access Method on Heavily Regulated Wetlands (Project Management)
- Applying the National Electrical Code (NEC) in Substations (Substation)
- Designing a New IEC 61850 Substation Architecture (Relaying)
- Detection of Undamped Sub-Synchronous Oscillations of Wind Generators with Series Compensated Lines (Relaying)
- Differential Protection for Power Transformers With Non-Standard Phase Shifts (Relaying)
- Duluth Electric System Upgrade (Delivery Systems)
- Evaluation of Coupling Effect between DC and AC Transmission running on the Same right-of-Way (Delivery Systems)
- High-Speed Communication – Assisted Tripping and Sectionalizing For Distribution Systems (Distribution Automation/Communications)
- Integration of IEC 61850 GSE and Sampled Value Services to Reduce Substation Wiring (Substation)
- Line Protection: Redundancy, Reliability, and Affordability (Relaying)
- Minnesota Power’s Boswell Unit 3 Environmental Compliance and Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades (Power Generation)
- Minnesota Power’s Upgrade of Network Transformers (Project Management)
- Power System Instability – What Rely and Planning Engineers Need to Know (Relaying)
- Smart Electricity Storage for Heating: A Resource for Renewable Integration and Fast Regulation (Utility Industry Futures)
- Swept Frequency Response Analysis to Detect Power Transformer Shipping Damage (Substation)
- Temporary Overvoltage Issues in Distribution-connected Photovoltaic Systems and Mitigation Strategies (Delivery Systems)
- Underground Power Cable Considerations – Alternatives to Overhead (Delivery Systems)
- Using COMTRADE to Commission Protection (Relaying)
- Where Did Those Transients Come From and How Are We Going to Handle Them? A Fresh Look at CCVT Transients and Other Analog Input Phenomena (Relaying)
- Wireless Communication for Distribution Automation in the Smart Grid (Distribution Automation/Communications)