WEST MICHIGAN SECTION & OUR IEEE PES/PELS CHAPTER VIRTUAL MEETING

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER  19, 2020

5 PM EST-6:15 PM EST

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CEDAR RAPIDS & MADISON IEEE SECTIONS

Cedar Rapids Area August Derecho Storm:

Electrical Grid Impacts and Recovery

ALL WMS IEEE MEMBERS INCLUDING STUDENTS INVITED

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT ON-LINE NOW (no charge)

(You will receive sign-in codes via E-mail)

THE WMS WILL GET CREDIT FOR OUR 2^nd PES/PELS CHAPTER MEETING OF 2020 

QUESTIONS: CALL WMS VICE CHAIR RON FREDRICKS at 616-443-8576

(Ron’s quibble: "derecho" means “right” in Spanish as in Mi mano derecho – My right hand -- but when they labeled these straight-line windstorms derechos back in the 1880’s they thought that meant “straight”.  “Recto” es mas correcto! )

This meeting will be virtual.  The conferencing LINK and PASSCODE will be emailed to all REGISTERED people on November 18.  Watch for the email with Subject:  Derecho Impact and Recovery.

More details on the windstorm event itself and our two speakers are below, To register you can go directly to the derecho Meeting Sign-in at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247108. 

Alternately you can always find all upcoming IEEE meetings for any Section or Chapter by going to sites.ieee.org/VTOOLS, logging in and clicking on EVENTS although then you have to navigate around here to view meetings for the Cedar Rapids Section, not the West MI Section.  The Cedar Rapids Section operating unit code is R40003 and the event is listed simply as “derecho” (no quotes) and when you finally click on “upcoming” you will get the Nov 19 event details and actual registration form to fill out and submit (whew!!).

A rare derecho storm created straight line winds gusting between 126 – 140 mph in Linn/Benton Iowa counties with concentrated damage in the Cedar Rapids Iowa area. Cedar Rapids and Madison Power & Energy Societies are offering this virtual event focusing on the power system damage. Join us to hear the impacts and recovery of the power transmission network managed by ITC and the power distribution system managed by Alliant Energy.

The August 10 2020 derecho storm intensified and centered on Linn County/Cedar Rapids Iowa. Damage extended from Nebraska and beyond Indiana.  Severe building and tree destruction took out the power and communication grids.   

Join this event to learn of the impact and recovery on power transmission and distribution systems in the area.  ITC Midwest and Alliant Energy are the presenters. 

Read about the storm here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2020_Midwest_derecho

Derecho Meeting Sign-in to Register

https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247108

  Agenda

Introductions
ITC Midwest presentation
Alliant Energy presentation
Q&A.  Close

Speakers

Corey Proctor of ITC Midwest

Topic:

ITC Midwest Derecho Impact and Response

On August 10th the largest single storm event in the history of ITC Midwest affected the transmission system.  At the height of the storm over 145 individual circuits where out of service.  Over 500k electric customers were without power stretching from Des Moines to Clinton, IA.  The storms 40 mile wide path cut right through the heart of ITC Midwest’s transmission system.  The entire employee pool for the company went to work within hours of the storm and eight days later energized the last distribution substation with power.  The presentation will cover the effects and recovery from the storm and how the engineering team designs and builds resilience into the transmission system to serve our customers.

Biography:

Corey Proctor, Manager Transmission Design started his career in 1999 after graduating with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.  Over his career he has worked in Substation Design, System Protection, and Transmission Design Engineering for ITC Holdings.  Corey is currently responsible for the transmission design organization that supports engineering design for ITC Midwest, METC, ITCT, and ITC Great Plains for ITC Holdings Corporation a Fortis Company.

John Boston of Alliant Energy

Topic:

Alliant Energy - Restoring Power After the Derecho

The derecho on August 10 brought devastation few have ever seen before. More than a quarter of a million of Alliant Energy’s customers didn’t have power. In some communities, a near-complete rebuild of the electric system was necessary to restore power to all homes and businesses. John Boston, Director of Engineering at Alliant Energy, will discuss how Alliant Energy worked as quickly and safely as possible to rebuild the electric system and restore power to customers.

The presentation will also cover how Alliant Energy managed resources effectively, utilized advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data to validate outage information and the logistics of dispersing the massive amounts of materials needed to restore power.

Biography:

John Boston is the Director of Engineering at Alliant Energy. In his role he directs and guides the activities of the electric, gas and generation engineering teams to achieve the objectives of the Operations business unit. This includes ensuring that operational performance expectations and the evolving needs of customers are met. John and his team utilize new technologies and innovative ideas to achieve the company’s vision.  John joined Alliant Energy in 1994 and has held his current role since 2018. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State and an MBA from the University of Iowa.