Northwest Energy Systems Symposium (NWESS) 2020 - Postponed
The IEEE NWESS 2020 scheduled for the University of Washington April 8&9, 2020 is being postponed. This decision has been made in accordance with public health guidelines. Registration has been closed. The conference will be refunding registration fees.
NWESS 2020 is a two-day symposium that focuses on a wide range of topics and provides information on how to best address some of the most pressing energy issues facing our region. 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 discussions.
This year, the theme is: Building & Operating a Carbon Free Energy System.
Key Note Speakers to open the conference
- Seattle City Light - Debra Smith, CEO/General Manager
- Snohomish PUD - John Haarlow, CEO/General Manager
- Tacoma Power - Chris Robinson, Superintendent
Topics to be presented
• Pacific Northwest Regional Energy Assessments - Hydro, Thermal, Renewables
• Washington State Northwest Regional Energy Transitions - Carbon Free Energy Systems by 2045
• Regional Transportation Electrification – Regional Efforts, Ferries, Buses, etc.
• Regional Wildfire Assessments & Mitigation
• Behind the Meter Advanced Analytics • Reliability and Resiliency – IEEE 1782 and Regional Utility Assessments
• Transportation Electrification – Local Utility Initiatives.
• Utility, Community and Residential Scale Solar economics and system impacts
• Washington State Clean Energy Funds – Smart City Living Lab, Microgrids, Battery Storage , Update on Initiatives
NWESS is sponsored by the electric energy industry in the Pacific Northwest, the IEEE and the Electrical Energy program at the University of Washington.
University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bonneville Power Administration
Snohomish County PUD
Puget Sound Energy
Seattle City Light
Tacoma Power
Centrica
GE
Date and Time
Location
Hosts
Registration
- Start time: 08 Apr 2020 07:30 AM
- End time: 09 Apr 2020 05:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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- 1310 NE 40th Street
- Seattle, Washington
- United States 98105
- Building: University of Washington- Building: Alder Hall
- Room Number: Auditorium
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memrick@ieee.org
Sarang.Amirtabar@centrica.com
- Starts 06 January 2020 05:00 AM
- Ends 13 March 2020 06:00 AM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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Speakers
Agenda - Wednesday April 8
| Start | End | Topic | Speaker |
| 7:00 | 8:00 | Registration Open, Breakfast at 7:15 | |
| 8:00 | 8:15 | Opening Remarks | NWESS Chair |
| 8:15 8:15 8:40 9:05 9:30 |
9:45 8:40 9:05 9:30 9:45 |
Keynote Speakers--Vision from the Top 1. Seattle City Light - Debra Smith 2. Snohomish PUD - John Haarlow 3. Tacoma Power - Chris Robinson 4. Q&A 15 min |
Debra Smith, SCL John Haarlow, SnoPud Chris Robinson, TPWR |
| 9:45 | 10:30 | Washington State Energy Transition - CETA, Clean Energy Transformation Act 1. Coal out by 2025 2. Carbon Neutral by 2030 3 Carbon Free by 2045 |
Glen Blackmon Washington Dept. of Commerce |
| 10:30 | 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 | 11:20 | Pacific Northwest Regional Energy Assessment |
John Fazio - Pacific Northwest Power & Conservation Council |
| 11:20 | 12:00 | Regional Energy Solutions | Therese Hampton - Public Generation Pool |
| 12:00 | 1:00 | Lunch |
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| 1:00 | 1:45 | Sound Transit Link Light Rail - Transportation Electrification – On track for a cleaner future! |
Travis Gustafson
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| 1:45 | 2:00 | Break | |
| 2:00 | 2:45 | Assessing and Mitigating Transmission Design and Corridor Risks of Wildfire | Bonneville Power Administation |
| 2:45 | 3:30 | Advanced Analytics - Behind the Meter, Managing Complex Buildings | Dr. Malkie - Centrica |
| 3:30 | 4:00 | The Future of Demand Response: "All of the Above" Approach | Tony Koch - BPA |
| 4:00 | 5:00 | IEEE PES and UW Student Poster Session Meet the students and help judge student posters |
University of Wash |
Agenda - Thursday April 9
| Start | End | Topic | Speaker |
| 7:00 | 8:00 | Registration Open, Breakfast at 7:15 | |
| 8:00 | 8:45 | How Utilities Can Use IEEE 1782 (Guide for outage data collection, categorization and utilization) to improve reliability | Heide Caswell - Pacific Corp |
| 8:45 | 9:30 | Building a Forward Looking Operational Posture | Mike Simpson & Amy Grice - Pen Light |
| 9:30 | 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Reliability Improvements and Data Analytics at Puget Sound Energy | Jeff Kensok, PSE |
| 10:45 | 11:30 | Seattle - Transportation Electrification (Buses, Ferries) | Andrea DeWees |
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30 | 1:15 | Tacoma - Transportation Electrification | Cam LeHoulier, TPWR |
| 1:15 | 2:00 | Smart City Living Lab, Washington State Clean Energy Fund | John Gibson -AVISTA |
| 2:00 | 2:15 | Break | |
| 2:15 | 3:00 | Snohomish County PUD Microgrid and Community Solar | Scott Gibson - SnoPud |
| 3:00 | Utility and Residential Scale Solar | Joachim Seel - Lawrence Berkeley Lab | |
| 4:00 | Closing Remarks | NWESS Chair |
Agenda
Program is available at NWESS.org
Registration includes refreshments and lunch.
Campus parking is available for $15/day.
For more information, check out www.nwess.org.
Media
| Symposium Brochure | 2.78 MiB |