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2024 GPA Synchrophasor User's Group Forum

DAY 1: Wednesday October 23 (9am to 4:30pm)

08:30 a.m.– 09:00 a.m.
Security Check-in, Registration and Continental Breakfast
09:00 a.m.– 09:10 a.m.
Welcome, Introductions and Logistics
Dr. Christoph Lackner, Operating Officer, GPA
Dr. Kevin Jones, Manager – ET Strategic Initiatives, Dominion
09:10 a.m.–09:40 a.m.
Keynote Synchrophasor at Dominion Energy
Dr. Matthew Gardner, Vice President, Electric Transmission, Dominion
09:40 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Overview of GPA and Synchrophasor
Terry Boston, Former CEO, PJM
10:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
Intro to Enterprise Edition and Licensing Changes
Dr. Christoph Lackner, Operating Officer, GPA
10:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Using openPDC/SIEGATE at the Substation
Dr. Ittiphong Leevongwat, Entergy
Ritchie Carroll, Lead Architect, GPA
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
GPA Synchrophasor Products Failover & Minimizing Downtime
Stephen Wills, Senior Analyst, GPA
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m.
Archiving Features & Improvements
Erika Wills, Senior Manager, Product Development, GPA
12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
GPA Synchrophasor Products Reference Architectures at Utilities
Dan Brancaccio, Executive Advisor, Quanta Technology
2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Connectivity and Performance Updates
Ritchie Carroll, Lead Architect, GPA
2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Update on PNNL’s Oscillation and High-Speed Measurement Research
Dr. James Follum, PNNL
3:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
User Interfaces Reimagined
Dr. Christoph Lackner, Operating Officer, GPA
3:50 p.m.–4:20 p.m.
Real-time Applications of PMU Measurement for Power Grid Monitoring and Control
Dr. Joy Zhao, Assistant Research Professor, UTK
Cici Jia, Research Assistant, UT
4:20 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Day 1 Summary, Logistics
Dr. Christoph Lackner, Operating Officer, GPA
Dr. Kevin Jones, Manager – ET Strategic Initiatives, Dominion

DAY 2: Thursday October 24 (9am to 3:45pm)

08:30 a.m.– 09:00 a.m.
Security Check-in, Registration and Continental Breakfast
09:00 a.m.– 09:10 a.m.
Welcome Back, Logistics
Dr. Christoph Lackner, Operating Officer, GPA Dr. Kevin Jones, Manager – ET Strategic Initiatives, Dominion
09:10 a.m.–09:50 a.m.
Use of Synchrophasor Displays for Blackout Restoration
Daniel Gschliesser, ARTEMES
09:50 a.m.–10:10 a.m.
Reporting, Data Quality, & Beyond
Stephen Wills, Senior Analyst, GPA
10:10 a.m.- 10:40 a.m.
Use of GPA Synchrophasor Products at ONS
Ricardo Lira, Engineering Systems Specialist for Operation I, ONS
10:40 a.m.- 11:10 a.m.
Break
11:10 a.m.–11:40 a.m.
STTP at Scale – 3 million tags and up
Giro Iuliano, Director of Sales, PingThings
Joshua Mellen, Engineer III, Dominion
11:40 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
Use of Synchrophasors at SPP
Micheal Nugent, Lead Operations Engineer, SPP
12:10 p.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Updates from DOE
Sandra Jenkins, Program Manager, DOE
12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
01:30 p.m.–02:00 p.m.
Oscillation Analysis - MANTRA
Dr. Mani Venkatasubramanian, Washington State University
02:00 p.m.-02:30 p.m.
Use of Synchrophasors for Analysis at TVA
Jonathan Sides, Power Systems Engineering Specialist, TVA
02:30 p.m.–02:45 p.m.
Day 2 Summary and Thank you
Dr. Christoph Lackner, Operating Officer, GPA
Dr. Kevin Jones, Manager – ET Strategic Initiatives, Dominion
02:45 p.m.–03:45 p.m.
Dominion Control Room Tour
Dr. Kevin Jones, Manager – ET Strategic Initiatives, Dominion
Thomas J Purcell, Engineer, Dominion
Ibukunoluwa O. Korede, Dominion