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