ADMS and DERMS Implementation Lessons and Challenges

September 19-20, 2023 | Denver, CO and Online

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“EUCI does a great job bringing the experience of the industry to the classroom in a very interactive way. The presenters tell the truth! You should be able to start your project and inject benchmarks into your own utility to deliver great results.” – SCADA/EMS Manager, Jamaica Public Service Co.

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 “Hearing from the Vendors and the Peer presentations were extremely useful” – Manager, DTE

Distribution operators face a formidable challenge as they need to respond to outages more effectively and increase reliability to suit a more demanding customer base, all while figuring out the place for distributed energy resources on the system.  Automated Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) offer technological solutions for those challenges by integrating DERs, increasing security, responding to outages more quickly, and enhancing overall system reliability. Register today to gain useful and actionable information from a variety of utility users and industry and technology experts on how ADMS can benefit your organization.

Learning Outcomes

• Discover SaskPower’s grid modernization journey and what has been learned
• Review what Oklahoma Gas & Electric has been learned from their ADMS deployment
• Discuss some of the freshest questions facing the industry and how they are being addressed by the industry
• Expand on how Fault Isolation and Service Restoration (FISR) has been an invaluable asset for Alabama Power
• Engage in a conversational panel on challenges with implementing an ADMS system
• Assess the considerations and drivers for DERMS for Arizona Public Service
• Review DERMS functionalities & capabilities and roles of ADMS and DERMS systems
• Review a few examples of evaluating different ADMS applications
• Engage with this technology panel discussion on DER integration into ADMS

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 : Mountain Time

 

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. :: Introductions and Welcome

8:45 – 10:15 a.m. :: ADMS Challenges, Developments, and the Future

Bring your questions and engage in this conversational panel on the challenges with implementing an ADMS system, as well as what the future needs and possible capabilities these systems can bring including DER integration.

Tom Servas, Executive Vice President, GridBright, Inc.

Melanie Miller, Power Delivery Technology Manager, Alabama Power

Grant Cochenour, Lead Distribution Management System Engineer, Oklahoma Gas and Electric

Avnaesh Jayantilal, Application Engineering Leader, GE Vernova

Dan Lysaker, Director, Product Design, OSI/Aspentech

William Peterson, ADMS Product Manager, Hitachi Energy

10:15 – 10:40 a.m. :: Morning Break

10:40 – 11:40 a.m. :: SaskPower’s ADMS Journey – So Far

SaskPower embarked on a Grid Modernization journey starting in 2014. Through multiple iterations of the plan, successes, and setbacks, SaskPower is now actively moving forward into a modernized grid future with a full AMI fleet deployment, early functionality of ADMS, and new organizations to support these operational changes. This talk will share what SaskPower is doing while embarking on the latest phase of their journey, detail what it took to get here, and what they think it will take to keep moving forward.

Mark Sax, Director, Distribution Control Office, SaskPower

11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. :: Lunch Break

12:40 – 1:40 p.m. Oklahoma Gas & Electric ADMS Implementation Case Study

This presentation will review Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s implementation and what has been learned from their ADMS deployment and its operation since then.

• Internal discussions
• Grid analysis for needs assessments
• Technology determination and procurement process
• Implementation and lessons learned
• Procedures and processes to go with FLISR

Grant Cochenour, Lead Distribution Management System Engineer, Oklahoma Gas and Electric

1:40 – 2:30 p.m. :: ADMS Review and the Future

This session will present the latest research & development into ‘Virtual Airgaps’ as a cloud-based approach for integrating solar PV telemetry into control room systems like ADMS.  A case study of the ongoing PIVA project sponsored by the Department of Energy will cover the use of Amazon Web Services, open-source technology, machine learning/artificial intelligence, and NREL’s ADMS test lab to demonstrate increased situational awareness and forecasting of Solar PV stochastic power generation.

Travis Rouillard, CTO, GridBright, Inc.

Ismeal Mendoza, Senior Researcher, National Renewable Energy Lab

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. :: Afternoon Break

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. :: Managing Large Scale Outages Using Closed Loop ADMS Fault Isolation and Service Restoration (FISR)

Since 2019, Fault Isolation and Service Restoration (FISR) has been an invaluable asset for Alabama Power, with over 2,000 successful restorations and over 1,000,000 customers restored. In 2021, FISR Loss of Voltage (LOV) was implemented at Alabama Power, and we have been working on a few enhancements to improve its performance. In this presentation, we will discuss the use of FISR LOV and future steps to further improve the success rate.

Melanie Miller, General Manager, Data and Technology, Alabama Power

Avnaesh Jayantilal, Director Product Management, GE Vernova

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 : Mountain Time

 

8:30 – 9:20 a.m. :: The DERMS Journey: How AI Will Shape the Future of the Grid

Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) like AI has increasingly become a buzz word with many interpretations ranging from an essential tool to a Rube Goldberg machine for resource management. In this session, we will explore some of the common drivers, the different considerations and drivers for DERMS, and attempt to forecast the final iteration of a DERMS and its role with ADMS.

Michael J. McMaster, Electrical Engineer, Technology Assessment Engineering Lead – DERMS Program Lead, APS

9:20 – 10:00 a.m. :: Utility Systems of the Future: The Role & Functionality of DERMS

DERMS offer utilities the opportunity to visualize, control, and deploy front-of-the-meter (FTM) and behind-the-meter (BTM) distributed energy resources (DERs). SEPA worked with a taskforce of 12 utility partners to review vendors, discuss DERMS capabilities, understand architecture implications, and share information on the utility’s individual experiences with DERMS and DERMS-like tools. This session will walkthrough overviews of DERMS functionalities & capabilities, explain the different roles of ADMS and DERMS systems, provide insights into DER integration including the role of aggregators, virtual power plants, and vehicle-to-grid services, and provide learnings on how to begin roadmapping for a DERMS implementation. The audience will takeaway an understanding of DERMS systems, the role of DERMS within the utility grid, and how to plan for a DERMS.

Brittany Blair, Senior Analyst of Research & Industry Strategy, Smart Electric Power Alliance

10:00 – 10:20 a.m. :: Morning Break

10:20 – 11:10 a.m. :: A Test Bed for Evaluating the Performance of ADMS and DERMS

This session will present the capabilities and example use cases of a laboratory test bed for evaluating the performance of advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) and distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS). The test bed is located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity’s Advanced Grid Research Program. The ADMS Test Bed was established to accelerate the industry development and adoption of ADMS capabilities. The test bed enables utility partners, vendors, and researchers to evaluate the performance of commercial or precommercial utility management systems, such as ADMS and DERMS, on existing or future distribution power systems in a realistic laboratory environment. This presentation will highlight a few examples of the use of the test bed to evaluate different ADMS applications—such as volt/VAR optimization and fault location, isolation, and service restoration (FLISR)—and how we are currently using it in some projects that involve DERMS.

Annabelle Pratt, Chief Engineer – Power Systems Engineering Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. :: Distributed Energy Resources and Distribution Management Systems

Bring your questions for this technology panel discussion on DER integration into ADMS and the grid overall. Challenges with DER as well as how DERMS systems are being used and developed will be discussed.

Annabelle Pratt, Chief Engineer – Power Systems Engineering Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Michael J. McMaster, Electrical Engineer, Technology Assessment Engineering Lead – DERMS Program Lead, APS

Terry Nielsen, Executive Vice President & Board Member, GridBright, Inc.

Jesse Gantz, Director of Product Management (GridOS DERMS), GE Vernova

Jon Curtis, Sr. Power Industries Consultant – ADMS, DERMS, Microgrids, OSI/Aspentech

Steph Ross, Data Scientist, EnergyHub

Ernst Scholtz, VP, Product Management Network Control, Hitachi Energy

12:00 p.m. :: Final Comments and Conference Adjourns

• Brittany Blair, Senior Analyst of Research & Industry Strategy, Smart Electric Power Alliance

• Grant Cochenour, Lead Distribution Management System Engineer, Oklahoma Gas and Electric

• Jon Curtis, Sr. Power Industries Consultant – ADMS, DERMS, Microgrids, OSI/Aspentech

• Jesse Gantz, Director of Product Management (GridOS DERMS), GE Vernova

• Avnaesh Jayantilal, Application Engineering Leader, GE Vernova

• Dan Lysaker, Director, Product Design, OSI/Aspentech

• Michael J. McMaster, Electrical Engineer, Technology Assessment Engineering Lead – DERMS Program Lead, APS

• Ismeal Mendoza, Senior Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

• Melanie Miller, General Manager, Data and Technology, Alabama Power

• William Peterson, ADMS Product Manager, Hitachi Energy

• Annabelle Pratt, Chief Engineer – Power Systems Engineering Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

• Steph Ross, Data Scientist, EnergyHub

• Travis Rouillard, CTO, GridBright Inc.

• Mark Sax, Director, Distribution Control Office, SaskPower

• Tom Servas, Executive Vice President, GridBright, Inc.

• Ernst Scholtz, VP, Product Management Network Control, Hitachi Energy

Please Note: Confirmed speakers do not need to register and are encouraged to participate in all sessions of the event. If you are a speaker and have any questions please contact our offices at 1.303.770.8800

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ADMS and DERMS Implementation Lessons and Challenges

September 19-20, 2023 | Denver, CO

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Credits

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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must log in each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the conference to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Case Studies and PowerPoint presentations will be used in this event

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Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 12.0
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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Who Should Attend

This conference was developed for those working or specializing in the following areas : 

• Managers, Directors and Supervisors of Distribution Operations and Management
• IT Managers, Directors and Supervisors
• Utility personnel tasked with implementing/upgrading their OMS, DMS, ADMS and DERMS solutions
• Regulators who wish to better understand the decision-making utilities undergo
• Vendors who wish to learn from utilities implementing new systems

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