This webinar was originally held on July 11th, 2024, and is now available for on demand viewing.
Duration: 1 hour
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Summary
Utilities are challenged with maintaining grid reliability and resiliency in the face of extreme capacity growth requirements, environmental challenges, unexpected events, and the addition of DERs to the ever-evolving grid. The need for visibility and control to ensure power quality, reliable power delivery, and accurate forecasting is paramount. It is also critical to ensure reliable connectivity to facilitate quick detection and response to issues and improve system resilience and safety. But how do we, as an industry, evolve the grid and focus on reliability and resiliency amidst this energy transformation?
With edge-computing capabilities, distributed intelligence makes distribution grid support decisions in real time, efficiently and effectively—by effectively bringing the solution closest to the problem. As a result, this drives distribution grid innovation to achieve better reliability and efficiency and enables renewables to be safely connected and active participants in a dynamic grid. How utilities manage the load of the low- and medium-voltage distribution network will play a key role in operating, optimizing, and controlling these resources at the grid’s edge.
Attend this webcast and understand:
- How to address reliability & resiliency challenges by resolving issues such as transformer loading and high impedance.
- How actively monitoring transformers and voltage provides utilities with the visibility to detect transformer load and the control to achieve rightsizing – thereby protecting and preserving these critical components of the distribution system.
- How high impedance detection provides early and real-time identification of low-voltage distribution hot spots which saves time, money and keeps customers safe. In addition, learn how to enhance reliability and efficiency by extending secure grid monitoring and control outside the substation fence.
Utilities are now managing these dynamic challenges by achieving new levels of distribution system visibility and control through real-time grid operations and awareness—thereby increasing grid resiliency and reliability and managing rapidly changing conditions. Learn how you can go beyond the meter and ahead of the curve.
Speakers
Spencer Gill
Vice President & Executive Lead, Asset Management & Grid Modernization
Hydro One
Spencer Gill is the Vice President & Executive Lead Asset Management & Grid Modernization at Hydro One. He and his team are responsible for integrating planning and investments to maintain the safe and reliable operation of Hydro One’s transmission and distribution system assets. With over $2.7B per year in transmission and distribution projects and programs, the planning team creates value for Hydro One and its customers by focusing on safety, reliability, the environment while considering future needs to enable the energy transition.
With more than 14 years’ experience at Hydro One, Spencer has built a reputation as a transformational leader with extensive knowledge of the utilities sector. Spencer has held multiple roles within the organization, including VP Customer Service, Strategic Advisor to the President & CEO, Director of Customer Solutions & Key Account Management, and Director of External Relations. Throughout his career, Spencer has advocated to the needs of Hydro One customers by shaping programs, policies, and innovative technologies. As a thought leader, Spencer continues to participate in several working groups related to the integration of Distributed Energy Resources and has served as a member of the Ontario Energy Board's Framework for Energy Innovation Working Group, and Chair of the Electricity Distributor Association’s Electrification Council.
Spencer holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Ontario Tech University, and a Diploma in Electro-Mechanical (Robotics and Automation) Technology from Durham College.
Eric Young
Director, Grid Management and Distributed Intelligence
Itron
As the director of grid management, Eric provides expertise throughout Itron's grid edge intelligence products, use cases, and automated system operations. Eric brings a wealth of experience to client engagements from nearly two decades of design and implementation of new and innovative solutions for electric utilities across the globe. He is an innovator in Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) and hybrid-distributed optimization routines. His extensive knowledge in power and utility systems is essential during the process of configuring the next generation systems to meet desired outcomes. Eric is an accomplished executive with expertise in making sense of the digital disruption for asset intensive companies and industries. His ardency for assisting organizations move to next generation digital technologies, analytics, and services, enables for a new and improved consumer experience. Eric’s 17 years at IBM followed by successfully navigating new product introduction at a startup through successful exit, gaining direct experience with large and mid-size enterprises in the US, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey and South Africa, he has developed leading-edge concepts to target specific business challenges in the areas of smart metering, predictive asset management, demand side management, reactive power management and reductions in electric curtailment. Eric holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
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