BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260728T181735Z UID:9323B100-A4CD-4EEA-8E92-E9FCC096BC2B DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261117T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261117T130000 DESCRIPTION:For our November meeting\, we are happy to welcome BenPaul Gilm ore from Lockheed Martin to come speak on Enhancing Efficiency with Smart Plant Infrastructure.\n\nPresentation:\n\nEnhancing Demand Control with In telligent Plant Infrastructure\n\nAir Force Plant #4 enhances demand contr ol through a network of intelligent meters that provide a comprehensive vi ew of the facility's electrical metering and submetering systems. With one -second data resolution\, the system delivers real-time visibility into pl ant operations. Combined with direct feedback from the ERCOT utility grid\ , this high-speed data enables advanced control programming that automatic ally responds to changing grid conditions. The result is a fully automated demand management system that optimizes energy consumption\, reduces peak demand charges\, and delivers significant operational cost savings.\n\nSp eaker Bio:\n\nBenPaul Gilmore is a BSEET with 39+ years of experience in C ontrol Systems Engineering and Energy Management Control System design and programming field. He is a Fellow with the Association of Energy Engineer s with Certified Energy Manager CEM\, Certified Demand Side Manager CDSM\, and Certified Energy Auditor CEA ratings. Currently he is Principal Engin eer and Fellow with Lockheed Martin. He is the systems administrator of U. S. Air Force / Lockheed Martin\, AFP#4's Energy Management Control System (EMCS) and Plant Wide Fire Protection and Mass Notification Systems.\n\nAs with all of our meetings\, we will be providing lunch. If you do not pay online beforehand\, we will not be purchasing lunch for you. Please reach out if there are any issues with payment and we will try to figure it out prior to the meeting. In my experience\, Paypal is the easiest and has had the least issues in the past.\n\nExcited to see everyone on the 17th!\n\n Bldg: 777 Main\, 777 Main St\, Suite 2500\, Fort Worth\, Texas\, United St ates\, 76102\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/570020 LOCATION:Bldg: 777 Main\, 777 Main St\, Suite 2500\, Fort Worth\, Texas\, U nited States\, 76102\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/570020 ORGANIZER:ieeepesfortworth@listserv.ieee.org SEQUENCE:28 SUMMARY:IEEE PES Fort Worth Monthly Meeting - November 17\, 2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/570020 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt\ ; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">For our November meeting\, we are happy to welcome BenPaul Gilmore from Lockheed Martin to come spea k on Enhancing Efficiency with Smart Plant Infrastructure.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\ ;">Presentation:</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-al t: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\;"><span style="font-family: verdana \, geneva\, sans-serif\;">Enhancing Demand Control with Intelligent Plant Infrastructure</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">Air Force Plant #4 enhances demand control through a network of intelligent meters that provide a comprehensive view of the facility's electrical metering and submetering systems. With one-second da ta resolution\, the system delivers real-time visibility into plant operat ions. Combined with direct feedback from the ERCOT utility grid\, this hig h-speed data enables advanced control programming that automatically respo nds to changing grid conditions. The result is a fully automated demand ma nagement system that optimizes energy consumption\, reduces peak demand ch arges\, and delivers significant operational cost savings.</span></p>\n<p> <span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\ ;">Speaker Bio:</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt\; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">BenPaul Gilmore is a BSEET with 39+ year s of experience in Control Systems Engineering and Energy Management Contr ol System design and programming field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">& nbsp\; </span>He is a Fellow with the Association of Energy Engineers with Certified Energy Manager CEM\, Certified Demand Side Manager CDSM\, and C ertified Energy Auditor CEA ratings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbs p\; </span>Currently he is Principal Engineer and Fellow with Lockheed Mar tin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span>He is the syst ems administrator of U.S. Air Force / Lockheed Martin\, AFP#4's Energy Man agement Control System (EMCS) and Plant Wide Fire Protection and Mass Noti fication Systems.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span s tyle="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\;"><img sr c="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/a6f3ef0a-27ac-48 4b-a67f-ca96fe4ad871" width="260" height="325"></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> \n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-s erif\;">As with all of our meetings\, we will be providing lunch. If you d o not pay online beforehand\, <strong>we will not be purchasing lunch for you.</strong> Please reach out if there are any issues with payment and we will try to figure it out prior to the meeting. In my experience\, Paypal is the easiest and has had the least issues in the past.</span></p>\n<p>< span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; ">Excited to see everyone on the 17th!</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR