Southwest Electric Distribution Exchange Manual (Updated 8/08)
Workshop / Presentation Planning Questions

Attendee List
Conference Agenda
General Session I

Anatomy of a Feeder Maintenance Program
Integradted Outage Management
Linemen Training & Recruiting
Lighting Arresters and their Application
Safety Signs and ANSI Z535
Tollgrade Lighthouse Sensor Pilot

Workshop - Design Committee

Smart Grid: A Deployment Overview
Oncor - Frank Daniel
CenterPoint Energy - Jon Sudduth
AEP Texas - Brandon Rokohl

System Design
Fault Indicator Applications /Fusing

Commerial Load Estimation / XFMR Sizing
Oncor - Bob Fajkus
CenterPoint Energy - Richard Gaido

Workshop - Material, Equipment, Codes, and Standards Committee

Intelligent Grid, Lessons Learned
Safety Signs

Workshop - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Committee

Second Responder Cable Treatment Program
Alternative Equipment (Backyard Machines)
Mobile Resource Management
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
San Bernard Electric Cooperative, Inc.

General Session II

Acquiring Private Utility Systems
DCOS Perspectives: The Future of Electric Distribution Rate Making
An Update on Synchrophasor Research
aking the Business Case for Smart Grid at Bandera Electric Cooperative
345 kV High Side Distribution Substation
New Technology Solutions for Wind Integration in ERCOT

Engineering Ethic's Training
Cath Polito, UT Center for Lifelong Engineering Education

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Conference Program

General Session I
Why is LED Street Lighting Different?
IntelliRupter Status Update
Secondary Containment for Oil Filled Equipment
System Hardening: Legislative Rule Compliance
PHEV Design Impacts
Oncor Advanced Metering System

Workshop - Design Committee

Street Lighting Topics: TxDOT, NEC vs. NESC, Monitoring Systems, LED's

Street Lighting Topics Update on CSU's Street Light Monitoring System
NEC vs NESC and TxDOT
LED Street Lighting Pilot Project at CenterPoint Energy

Unusual Occurrences in D-Lines: Ferroresonance and Backfeed events

Backfeed Event - AEP-PSO
Voltage Backfeed on D-Lines - Oncor
Ferroresonant Condition

Homemade Design Tools and Applications

Design and Operating Spreadsheets
Design Tools and Applications - Oncor

Workshop - Material, Equipment, Codes, and Standards Committee

SEL Regulator and Single Phase Recloser Controls (3.5MB PDF)

Workshop - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Committee

Street Light Outage Tracking
Storm Preparation Logistics
System Reliability - Feeder Maintenance Program

General Session II

Electric Dredges Installed at Pelican Island
Cable Thermal Limits - Real Time Measurement
Trends in Data Centers - Server Farm in a Box
TWACS and the Smart Grid
Hurricane Ike Restoration
South Tulsa Switch Automation Pilot

Engineering Ethic's Training by Lance Kinney, P.E, Interim Executive Director, Texas Board of Professional Engineers

Engineering Ethic's Training Presentation

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Conference Photos - Golf Tournament
Conference Photos - Vendor Show

General Session I

AEP/PSO Overhead to Underground Conversion Program
SmartGRID for Cowboy's Stadium
NAS Battery for Grid Backup
DIG TESS & UG Locating Rules Update
OSU/TSTC Lineman School
Site Security: Security Pods by Pro Vigil

Workshop - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Committee

Back Lot Line Construction Update

Back Lot Line Construction - CPS
Back Lot Line Construction - PEC
Mobile Data Solutions

Hurricane IKE Response

Hurricane IKE Responses - Oncor
Hurricane IKE Responses - SBEC

Security Topics: Copper Theft

Workshop - Materials, Equipment Committee

Overhead Hardware Corrosions Prevention - Teflon Coating
Material and Equipment Issues
Report on Proposals for the 2012 NESC

Workshop - Design Committee

Automated Street Light Monitoring & Reporting System

Automated Street Light Monitoring & Reporting Systems - City of College Station
Automated Street Light Monitoring & Reporting System - Oncor
ARC Harzard Modeling

Underground Cable

Underground Cable - AEP/PSO
Underground Cable - CPS
Underground Cable - Oncor

General Session II 

Arc Fault Interrupter Reaction to Utility Event
2.2 MW Induction Wind Generator Interconnection
Distribution Planning Using SMART Automation - Delaying Substation Capacity Increase with Controlled Feeder Switches
DOE Transformer Efficiency Requirements Status Update
Arc Flash Hazard Analysis Report
LED Street Lighting

Engineering Ethic's Training by Professor Peter G. LoPresti

Engineering Ethic's Training Presentation
Engineering Ethic's Training Workbook

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Conference Photos - Slideshow

General Session I

ISO 9001 Project Update
Electronic Resetable Sectionalizers
Intelligent Grid
Meeting ERCOT Power Factor Requirements

Workshop - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Committee 

Employee Recognition and Moral Building
The Importance of Emergency Management for Utilities

Workshop - Design Committee

Serving High-Rise Residential Buildings

General Session II

Trip Saver, IntelliRupter and IntelliTEAM System
Interconnecting DG to a Utility's System
Seeing the Whole, a Lean Journey in Supply Chain
Design Solutions for Vegetation Management
Wind Farm Impacts on Electric Grid
Microprocessor Based Relaying

"Public Health, Safety, Welfare...and the Environment" - Engineering Responsibilities

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General Session I 

10% Worst Performing Circuits Reliability Program
Retail Electric Provider Perspective
Assessment of 35kV Distribution Systems - Reliability Considerations
DOE - Transformer Guidelines - Transformer Design Impacts
Utilizing BPL to Create a 21st Century Grid
2007 National Electric Safety Code Changes

Workshop - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Committee

Program Management/Resource Issues
AMR/BPL Initiative
Benefits of Thermographic Inspection

General Session II 

Network Automation Project
New Service Delivery Team
TXU Electric Delivery Restructure
Integration of Applications
Distribution Project Management

Ethics for the Practicing Engineer -  Engineering Responsibilities

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Conference Photos - Slideshow

General Session I 

TxDot Utility Accommodation Policy Revision
Survey of Recloser Manufactures
Spreadsheet of Reclosers in Service
Lighting Protection Pilot Project
Distribution Fault Anticipator
Reliability Tool
Bridgelands Project

Workshop - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Committee 

The Utility Breaker
Pad Mounted Equipment Program Part I
Pad Mounted Equipment Program Part II
Apprenticeship Program at TNMP
Hurricane Katrina & Rita - Entergy's Response

Workshop - Materials, Equipment and Guidelines Publications Committee

Arc Flash / NESC Treatment
Current Limiting Fuses on Transformers
Update on BPL

Workshop - Design Committee

Residential Redevelopment Issues
Roadway Lighting on TxDOT Right of Way
Distributed Generation - CenterPoint Energy
Distributed Generation - CPS

General Session II

PowerOn Implementation
Distribution Location Numbering / GPS Project
Fatal Electrical Contact Incident at Kendall Substation
Automatic Load Transfer
Automatic Capacitor Control Program
Plug In Hybrid

AEP-OMS SWEDE 2005 Presentation
AVL Presentation

OG & E Mutual Assistance 2005
New Capacitor Analysis Process
Automation for Fault Isolation
I-10 Relocation
Steel Poles
Proposed Changes to the 2007 National Electric Safety Code
PQ Standards and Guidelines
Transformer Asset Management
Distribution Automation Survey

Elements of Distribution Pole Ground
Using Infrared to Proactively Maintain the Distribution System
Storm Callout System
GIS/WMS Outage System
Ice Blaster
Red Simpson Inc.
Loop Automation; Reclosers and Sectionalizers
Auto Changeover and Feeder Automation