Lloyd 700 Building

IEEE Oregon Section Power & Energy Society Chapter Meeting

Subject: Cascade Crossing 500 kV Project. Speaker: Christine Goldsworthy, BPA Time/Date: February 15, 2011 - 12:30 to 1:30 PM Location: Conference Room A&B - Third floor of 700 NE Multnomah Blvd - Portland, Oregon

Abstract:

New Developments in Energy Testing and Classifications. An overview of metal oxide varistor (MOV) construction, operation, failure mechanisms, and the relationship with energy dissipation in MOV's. New developments in IEEE C62.11 related to energy testing and new surge arrester energy classifications.

Speaker: Christine Goldsworthy, Electrical Engineer with Bonneville Power Administration since 1991. Currently in Substation Maintenance & High Voltage Equipment Engineering.

Location: The Portland chapter of PES meetings will be held every third Tuesday of the month. These Meetings will be held at the Lloyd 700 Building, 700 NE Multnomah Boulevard, third floor meeting room A&B.

Meetings will start at 12:30 PM and will last for one hour. Also, attending these meetings can be used as equivalent to one PDH for members who need to keep up their professional engineering licenses. You may go to http://www.ieee-or.org/ site and select events vTools for future PES meeting notices.

Biography: Christine Goldsworthy, Electrical Engineer with Bonneville Power Administration since 1991 Education 1985 Graduated AAS - Electronics from Clark County Community College (Nevada) 1991 Graduated BSEE from University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Work Experience 1985-1987, EG&G Energy Measurements at the Nevada Test Site, Electronics Technician 1987-1991, DOE Nevada Operations Office, Engineering & Facilities Management, Co-Op Student & Jr. Project Manger 1991-1997, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Substation Design, Test & Energization, System Planning 1997-2002, Customer Service Engineering & Planning 2002-Present, Substation Maintenance & High Voltage Equipment Engineering Technical Affiliations Active in various work groups/task forces on IEEE C62.11 & C62.22, IEEE 1312 & 1313, New member IEC USNC TC37 TAG 6099-4, 5, 6, & 8

Agenda: Meeting: 12:30-1:30 pm

Location: Room: Third floor - Conference Room A&B Lloyd 700 Building 700 NE Multnomah Blvd Portland, Oregon 97232

IEEE Oregon Section Power & Energy Society Chapter Meeting

Subject: BPA Large Wind Integration Challenges and Solutions for Transmission Operations/System Reliability Speakers: Mr. Bart McManus and Mr. Scott Simons Time/Date : September 21, 2010 - 12:30 to 1:30 PM Location: Conference Room A&B - Third floor of 700 NE Multnomah Blvd - Portland, Oregon

Summary: BPA has experienced a large amount of wind integration over the past three years, growing from 1,000 MW in late 2007 to over 3,000 MW current installed wind capacity. In order to effectively manage this amount of wind in the BPA Balancing Authority Area, methods had to be created to calculate the total reserve needed for current and future wind penetration levels, including trying to accurately forecast the estimated output of future wind projects. Once the needed reserve was calculated, it was found that it would be difficult for BPA to manage this level of wind so multiple initiatives were created to mitigate the issues brought by large scale wind in the BPA Balancing Authority Area.

Speakers: Bart McManus has been at BPA for 16 years. He is the wind integration lead for BPA Transmission Operations.

Scott Simons has been at BPA for 28 years. He has served as an applications developer, project manager, and has led the transmission scheduling organization.

Location: The Portland chapter of PES meetings will be held every third Tuesday of the month. These Meetings will be held at the Lloyd 700 Building, 700 NE Multnomah Boulevard, third floor meeting room A&B. Meetings will start at 12:30 PM and will last for one hour. Also, attending these meetings can be used as equivalent to one PDH for members who need to keep up their professional engineering licenses. You may go to http://www.ieee-or.org/ site and select events for future PES meeting notices.

Speaker(s): Mr. Bart McManus, BPA Transmission Operations, Scott Simons, BPA Transmission Operations

Agenda: Meeting: 12:30-1:30 pm

Location: Room: Third floor - Conference Room A&B Bldg: Lloyd 700 Building 700 NE Multnomah Blvd Portland

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