Astoria Borealis
On the evening of Thursday December 27, 2018 a bright electrical arc with a bluish hue illuminated the night sky over New York for more than four minutes. The arc was caused by a short circuit at a transmission substation in Astoria, Queens. Dan Taft, Chief Engineer of Con Edison’s Control Systems Engineering Department will explain what happened by walking through the sequence of events and describing how the power system, and the equipment that protects it, responded that evening.
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- Date: 21 May 2019
- Time: 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-05:00) US/Eastern
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- 4 Irving Place
- New York City, New York
- United States 10003
- Building: Con Ed Building
- Room Number: The Forum
- Starts 09 May 2019 08:00 PM
- Ends 21 May 2019 12:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-05:00) US/Eastern
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Dan Taft of Consolidated Edison of New York
Astoria Borealis
On the evening of Thursday December 27, 2018 a bright electrical arc with a bluish hue illuminated the night sky over New York for more than four minutes. The arc was caused by a short circuit at a transmission substation in Astoria, Queens. Dan Taft, Chief Engineer of Con Edison’s Control Systems Engineering Department will explain what happened by walking through the sequence of events and describing how the power system, and the equipment that protects it, responded that evening.
Biography:
Daniel Taft has worked in the electric power industry for almost 40 years, including 27 years with Con Edison in Engineering, System Operation, and Transmission Planning. He graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and later earned a Master’s Degree in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of New York and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.