2024 IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference Schedule
30 April – 2 May, 2024 | Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tuesday April 30, 2024
Date | Event | Room |
8:00AM – 3:00PM | Exhibit Setup | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
8:00AM – 6:00PM | Registration | Registration Area (top of escalators) |
Subcommittee Meetings | ||
1:00 – 1:30PM | General Committee Meeting (Introductions, sub-committee meeting updates/discussion) | Boardrooms 3 & 4 |
1:30 – 2:30PM | Computer Applications | Boardroom 1 |
1:30 – 2:30PM | NESC | Boardroom 2 |
1:30 – 2:30PM | Power Quality and Efficient Electrical Use | Boardroom 3 |
1:30 – 2:30PM | Guides and Standards | Boardroom 4 |
2:30 – 3:30PM | General Committee Meeting (full business meeting) | Boardrooms 3 & 4 |
4:00 – 6:00PM | Vendor/Exhibit Reception | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
Wednesday May 1, 2024
Date | Event | Room |
7:00AM – 6:00PM | Registration | Registration Area (top of escalators) |
7:00-8:00AM | Breakfast buffet | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
8:00AM | Technical Session A Introduction – Logan Pleasant, P.E. | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
8:15AM | Keynote Speaker (Mentalist James Knight) | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
9:00AM | A-1 Application Of Fault Indicators for Substations and Feeders With Distributed Energy Resources-Allan Caspe | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
9:30AM | LS-1 Case Study: A Solution for rural electric utility communications when fiber is not the answer – Results and findings of a private LTE field trail pilot project-Justin McCann | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
10:00AM | A-2 Developing More Accurate Load Flow Studies for Extreme Winter Peaks-Adam Toth | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
10:30AM | Break | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
11:00AM | A-3 Case Studies in WYE and Delta Distribution Capacitor Installations-Alan Hannah | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
11:30AM | A-4 Co-optimizing the Use of Battery Energy Storage Inverters’ Grid Services with Conservation Voltage Reduction in an Existing Microgrid Installation- Fathalla Eldali | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
12:00 – 1:00PM | Lunch | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
1:00PM | Technical Session B Introduction – Clifton Oertli, P.E. | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
1:00PM | B-1 Analysis of Step Bank Autotransformers in Distribution Systems-Robert Kerestes | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
1:30PM | B-2 Implementing a Pole Fire Mitigation Strategy – Case Study-John L Lauletta | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
2:00PM | LS-2 Using STATCOM’s to Solve Distribution System Power Quality Issues-Viet Minh Tong | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
2:30PM | Break | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
3:00PM | B-3 Performance Evaluation of a Utility-Scale DC Microgrid Under Disturbances-Ali Hosseninpour | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
3:30PM | B-4 Practical Application of IEC 61850 in U.S. Substations Compared to Traditional Relay Protection-Chaitali Naik | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
4:00 – 6:00PM | Exhibits/Reception | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
Thursday May 2, 2024
Date | Event | Room |
7:00AM – 12:00PM | Registration | Registration Area (top of escalators) |
7:00-8:00AM | Breakfast buffet | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
8:00AM | Technical Session C Introduction – Brian Lassiter | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
8:00AM | LS-3 Development and application approach of EV impact and mitigation analysis methods for use in traditional rural electric utility planning practices-Justin McCann | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
8:30AM | C-1 Understanding line losses and transformer losses in rural isolated distribution systems- Kumaraguru Prabakar | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
9:00AM | C-2 Pole Inspection Program-Bruce Goss | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
9:30AM | Break | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
10:00AM | C-3 MicrogridUP: Prospecting High Value Microgrid Deployments Across Four Military Distribution Systems with a Multi-Staged Optimization Approach- David Pinney | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
10:30AM | C-4 The Challenges of Modeling Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) as Black Start Resources in Rural Electric Utilities-Srijib Mukherjee (paper) | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
11:00AM – 12:00PM | Lunch | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
12:00PM | Exhibit/Vendor Breakdown | Ballroom 3 & 4 |
12:00PM | Panel Introduction – Jim Cross, P.E. | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
12:00PM | Panel Discussion – Battery Storage – Large Scale and Consumer Capabilities | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
2:00PM | Plaque Presentation – Logan Pleasant, P.E. | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
2:10PM | Invitation to 2025 Westminster, Colorado – Clifton Oertli, P.E. | Ballroom 1 & 2 |
2:25PM | Door Prizes – Logan Pleasant, P.E. | |
2:45PM | Closing Announcements/Adjournment – Logan Pleasant, P.E. | Ballroom 1 & 2 |