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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nThe theme of the NWESS 2026 conference is Powering Progre
 ss “Navigating a Transforming Utility Landscape”.\n\nNWESS 2026 is a 2
  day symposium that focuses on a wide range of topics and provides informa
 tion on how to best address some of the most pressing energy issues facing
  our region.\n\nThe symposium is an industry driven conference\; the topic
 s are suggested and voted on by the Industry. The symposium is a combinati
 on of presentations and discussions.\n\nKey Note Speakers to open the conf
 erence\n\n- Michel Vargo\, Puget Sound Energy\n\nTopics to be presented at
  NWESS 2026 include:\n\n- Risk Based Management (wildfire mitigation)\n- S
 eismic Transformer Study\n- Transformer Loading\n- AI for Power Utilities 
 by NVIDIA &amp; NEETRAC\n- Preparing for Middle Housing and EPRI Tool for Seco
 ndary Design\n- Load Seer - Top Down and Bottom Up and how you plan for el
 ectrification and climate change\n- Data Center Load Growth -The Opportuni
 ty\, The Risk and the Reality\n- Integrated Load Planning Study\n- EPRI E-
 Roadmap Tool / NEVI\n- The Grid Center for Reliable Electricity Delivery (
 GridCRED)\n\nNWESS is sponsored by the electric energy industry in the Pac
 ific Northwest\, the IEEE and the Electrical Energy program at the Univers
 ity of Washington.\n\nUniversity of Washington\, Dept. of Electrical &amp; Com
 puter Engineering\n\nPacific Northwest National Laboratory\n\nBonneville P
 ower Administration\n\nElectric Power Systems Inc\n\nSnohomish County PUD\
 n\nPuget Sound Energy\n\nSeattle City Light\n\nPeninsula Light\n\nTacoma P
 ower\n\nAgenda: \nThe NWESS 2026 full program and agenda with speaker biog
 raphies and abstacts are available at www.nwess.org\n\nParking: The closes
 t option is the [central parking garage](https://www.washington.edu/maps/#
 !/central-plaza-garage-c01-c02-c03-c04-c05-c06)\, entrance on 15th Ave NE 
 and NE 41st.\n\nPublic transportation: Consider using the link light rail 
 to the [U-district station](https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/stop
 s-stations/u-district-station).\n\n1315 NE Campus Parkway\, Seattle\, Wash
 ington\, United States\, 98105
LOCATION:1315 NE Campus Parkway\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States\, 98
 105
ORGANIZER:memrick@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:Northwest Energy Systems Symposium (NWESS) 2026 - Powering Progress
  &quot;Navigating a Transforming Utility Landscape&quot;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/509908
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/v
 tools_ui/media/display/bce6ec46-1997-4b6e-bcdf-59d919f34a1c&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=
 &quot;1056&quot; height=&quot;816&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The theme of the NWESS 2026 conference is &lt;st
 rong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Powering Prog
 ress &lt;/span&gt;&amp;ldquo\;Navigating a Transforming Utility Landscape&amp;rdquo\;.&lt;/
 strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;NWESS 2026 is a 2 day symposium that focuses on a w
 ide range of topics and provides information on how to best address some o
 f the most pressing energy issues facing our region.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The symposium
  is an industry driven conference\; the topics are suggested and voted on 
 by the Industry. The symposium is a combination of presentations and discu
 ssions.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Key Note Speakers to open the conference&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\
 n&lt;li&gt;Michel Vargo\, Puget Sound Energy&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Topics to be presen
 ted at NWESS 2026 include:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Risk Based 
 Management (wildfire mitigation)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Seismic Tr
 ansformer Study&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Transformer Loading&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;
 li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;AI for Power Utilities by NVIDIA &amp;amp\; NEETRAC&lt;/l
 i&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Preparing for Middle Housing and EPRI Tool fo
 r Secondary Design&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Load Seer - Top Down and
  Bottom Up and how you plan for electrification and climate change&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;
 li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Data Center Load Growth -The Opportunity\, The Ris
 k and the Reality&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;Integrated Load Planning 
 Study&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;EPRI E-Roadmap Tool / NEVI&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li 
 class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot;&gt;The Grid Center for Reliable Electricity Delivery (Gr
 idCRED)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;NWESS&amp;nbsp\; is sponsored by the electric energy i
 ndustry in the Pacific Northwest\, the IEEE and the Electrical Energy prog
 ram at the University of Washington.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;University of Washing
 ton\, Dept. of Electrical &amp;amp\; Computer Engineering&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;Pacific Northwest National Laboratory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonnev
 ille Power Administration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electric Power Systems 
 Inc&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Snohomish County PUD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong
 &gt;Puget Sound Energy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle City Light&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peninsula Light&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tacoma Power&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NWESS 2026 full program and agenda
  with speaker biographies and abstacts are available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ww
 w.nwess.org&quot;&gt;www.nwess.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
 Parking: &lt;/strong&gt;The closest option is the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.was
 hington.edu/maps/#!/central-plaza-garage-c01-c02-c03-c04-c05-c06&quot; data-saf
 eredirecturl=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.washington.edu/maps
 /%23!/central-plaza-garage-c01-c02-c03-c04-c05-c06&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;
 ust=1703972945631000&amp;amp\;usg=AOvVaw3R-4GimKiIlb2xZ39mTglO&quot;&gt;central parkin
 g&amp;nbsp\;garage&lt;/a&gt;\, entrance on 15th Ave NE and NE 41st.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;f
 ont-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Public transportation: &lt;/strong&gt;Consider using 
 the link light rail to the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.soundtransit.org/rid
 e-with-us/stops-stations/u-district-station&quot; data-saferedirecturl=&quot;https:/
 /www.google.com/url?q=https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/stops-stat
 ions/u-district-station&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=1703972945631000&amp;amp\;u
 sg=AOvVaw3NkEEgzL-AE47xmDNREjAv&quot;&gt;U-district station&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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