Presentations
2024 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
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General Session
- Ethics and Integrity
- Climate Change in Our Own Backyard: Consequences and Challenges
- Right of First Refusal
- Grid Transformation – the Good, the Bad, and the Unknown
Substation
- Life Extension of Indoor Metalclad Switchgear
- Understanding the Collection Volume Method to Economically Protect Substations from Lightning Strikes
- Detection of Quickly Evolving Bushing Breakdown to Avoid Failure
- Effects of Fault Current at Data Center Customer Interconnect Facilities
Battery Energy Storage
- Grid Forming Battery Specification for Widespread Regional Adoption
- BESS Augmentation Strategy
- Enhancing Battery Dispatch with Visual Market Analysis Tools
- State-of-the-Art Battery Management for the Utility of the Future
Safety & Security
- AC Induction on parallel 345 kV Transmission Lines
- ATC’s Preparations for Milwaukee Hosting the Republican National Convention
- Analysis of Live Work Accidents in the Electric Utility Industry – A Review of Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Practices
- Comprehensive Security Strategies for Compliance with NERC CIP, TSA Pipeline Security, and AWIA Regulations
Relaying I
- A Call to Action: Say YES to Restricted Earth Fault Protection
- Comparative Performance Analysis of Identical Protection Functions in the Same IED Fed by Conventional and Process Bus Connected Analog Quantities
- Comparison of Processes for Testing, Commissioning, and Maintenance Methods – Digital Versus Conventional Substations
- Revisiting Open-Phase Detection for Fuse-Protected Power Transformers
Advanced Distribution Operations
- Case Study: A Subtransmission-Level Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR) Scheme
- Integration of Centralized and Decentralized DERMS
- Flexible Interconnections: Addressing Interconnection Challenges on Distribution Grids
- Overcoming the Challenges of License-Free Radio Communications with Secure Cellular Radios
Project Management
- Quit Annoying Your Contractor
- Procurement Challenges Prompted Our Resourceful Power Pivot Keeping the WPL Solar Program on Schedule
- Project Management: 21st Century Style
- Fair Game or Foul Play: Tools and Methods to Assess the Equity Impacts of Energy Infrastructure Projects
Generation
- Project Tundra Update
- Building Generation in the Bakken – Pioneer Generation Station
- The Design and Application of Synchronous Condensers
- Maximizing Inverter-Based Generation Performance for PV and Storage Generation Facilities
Transmission Systems
- Study Framework for NERC's Interregional Transfer Capability Study (ITCS)
- Ten Years of Grid Forming at the Mackinac HVDC
- FERC Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
- Great River Energy Utilizing Dynamic Line Ratings
Civil/Structural
- Case Study: Lessons in Failed Foundation Design
- Key Takeaways from Updated ASCE 113 Substation Structure Design Guide
- Navigating Challenges: Designing a Mass Concrete Foundation on the Mighty Mississippi
- Considerations for the Design 765-kV Transmission Lines
Distribution
- Lessons Learned from December 2023 Ice Storm
- Electric Vehicle Planning at Connexus Energy
- Automating the DER Interconnection Application Process
- NEC Requirements for High/Medium Voltage and Renewable Energy Sites
Relaying II
- Digital Substation Application Concepts for IBR Renewable Energy Plants
- Challenges and Solutions for Distance Elements Protecting Transmission Lines With Tapped Loads
- Evolving Ground Faults with Neutral Grounding Reactors
- Summary Paper for IEEE C37.109-2023 Guide for Protection of Shunt Reactors
Emerging Technologies
- Case Study: Enhancing Grid Reliability in the Presence of Inverter-Based Resources Through Advanced Oscillation Detection and Mitigation
- Hydrogen Fuel Cells as a Virtual Power Plant
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS): A Proven Decarbonization Solution for the Industrial and Power Generation Utility Sectors
- Benefits and Impacts of Grid Forming BESS on a Real-World Interconnected Power System
Tutorial I
Tutorial II
Energy Storage 201
Tutorial III
Tutorial IV
Testing, Commissioning, Diagnosing, and Troubleshooting Digital Protection Systems Communications
2023 Minnesota Power Systems Conference Presentations
2023 MIPSYCON Program at a Glance
Only presentations with permission to post have been listed here.
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
Papers
2024 Minnesota Power Systems Conference 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