Tuesday April 29, 2025

Date	Event	Location
8:00AM – 3:00PM	Exhibitor Setup	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)
7:00AM – 6:00PM	Registration	Westminster Ballrooms Foyer
Committee Meetings
1:00PM – 1:30PM	General Committee Meeting (introductions and sub-committee updates)	Cotton Creek I & II
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Computer Applications Subcommittee	Cotton Creek I
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Guides and Standards Subcommittee	See Registration Desk
1:30PM – 2:30PM	NESC Subcommittee	See Registration Desk
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Power Quality and Efficient Electrical Use Subcommittee	Cotton Creek II
2:30PM – 4:00PM	General Committee Business Meeting	Cotton Creek I & II
4:00PM – 6:00PM	Exhibits/Happy Hour Reception	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Date	Event	Location
7:00AM – 8:00AM	Breakfast Buffet	Westminster Ballrooms I, II
7:00AM – 6:00PM	Registration	Westminster Ballrooms Foyer
8:00AM	Technical Session A Introduction – Clifton Oertli, P.E.	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
8:00AM	A-1: “TCC Evaluation Method for Evaluating Arc Flash and Arc Blast Hazard at Low Voltages and First-Degree Burns”, Christopher L. Brooks, PE-Brooks Consulting	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
8:30AM	LS-1: “Utilizing AMI Data for Operational Purposes”, Bruce Goss, United Cooperative Services	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
9:00AM	A-2: “Arc Flash: Not How or Why, but WHEN to Complete an Assessment on an Electrical Distribution System”, Christopher Smart, Finley Engineering Company	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
9:30AM	Break/Exhibits	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)
10:00AM	A-3: “Enhancing Fault Analysis in Unbalanced Distribution Networks: Aggregate Modeling of Behind-the-Meter Solar Photovoltaic Systems and Defining Critical Penetration Thresholds”, Jack Carnovale, University of Pittsburgh	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
10:30AM	LS-2: “Distribution Automation – Not Your Grandpa’s Distribution System”, Scott Iverson, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
11:00AM	A-4: “The Value of Early Student Interventions in Building the Future Rural Energy Workforce”, Sean Kufel, PSE, Power System Engineering	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
11:30AM – 12:30PM	Lunch & Keynote Speaker: Mike Duffy	Westminster Ballrooms I, II
12:30PM	Session B Introduction – Brian Lassiter	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
12:30PM	B-1: “Utility Distribution and Power Transformer Planning Practices Surveys and Proposed Planning Guidance Considering Future EV Adoptions”, Justin McCann, West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
1:00PM	LS-3: “The Fargo-Moorhead Flood Diversion Project Utility Relocations and Impacts”, Troy Knutson, Cass County Electric Cooperative	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
1:30PM	B-2: “Optimized Rules for Battery Management in a Rural Coop Billing Environment”, Soumyadeep Nag, Idaho National Laboratory	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
2:00PM	Break/Exhibits	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)
2:30PM	B-3: “Identifying Road Speeds and Analyzing Trajectories: GPS-Based Response Time Insights for Electrical Grid Metrics”, Weston Mueller, Powder River Energy Corporation	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
3:00PM	B-4: “FLISR: When Communications Fail – A Dynamic Approach to Grid Resiliency and Improved Reliability”, Mat Garver, Beckwith Electric – Hubbell Utility Solutions	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
3:30PM	B-5: “Proof of Concept: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence with Ground Level Imagery to Identify and Inventory Rural Electric Utility Overhead Infrastructure”, Justin McCann, West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
4:00PM – 6:00PM	Exhibits/Happy Hour Reception	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Date	Event	Location
7:00AM – 12:00PM	Registration	Westminster Ballrooms Foyer
7:00AM – 8:00AM	Breakfast Buffet	Westminster Ballrooms I, II
8:00AM	Committee/Subcommittee Information Session – Clifton Oertli, P.E.	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
8:30AM	Technical Session C Introduction – Jim Cross	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
8:30AM	C-1: “Artificial Intelligence using Large Language Model Applications to Improve Reliability and Operational Efficiency of Small-Scale Hydro Distributed Generation”, Arjun Bhattacharyya, University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
9:00AM	LS-4: “Retrofitting for Reliability: A Roadmap to Cost-Effective Wildlife Mitigation”, Duncan Eccleston, EDM International, Inc	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
9:30AM	C-3: “Photovoltaic Output Clustering for Economic Analysis”, Narayan Bhusal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
10:00AM	Break/Exhibitors	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)
10:30AM	C-4: “Synchrophasor Based Islanding Detection on Sub-Transmission Distributed Generation”, Timothy Clements, NEI	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
11:00AM	C-5: “Lesson Learned through Operation and Maintenance of Distribution Electric Grid Connected Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Generation and Storage Projects”, Srikanth Madala, Bluestem Energy Solutions	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
11:30AM	C-6: “Technical Evaluation of Surge Arrester Sizing: Balancing PSCAD Simulation, IEEE Standards, and Engineering Judgment”, Chaitali Naik, NEI	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Lunch/Exhibits	Westminster Ballrooms I, IV
1:00PM	Exhibitor Breakdown	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
1:00PM	Plaque Presentation – Clifton Oertli, P.E.	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
1:15PM	Invitation to 2026 – Tampa, FL March 31-April 2	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV
1:30PM	Door Prizes	Legacy Ballroom (exhibit hall)
2:00PM	Adjourn	Westminster Ballrooms III, IV