Northwest Energy Systems Symposium (NWESS) 2020 - Postponed

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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 02:30 PM UTC
  • End time: 10 Apr 2020 12:00 AM UTC
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  • 1310 NE 40th Street
  • Seattle, Washington
  • United States 98105
  • Building: University of Washington- Building: Alder Hall
  • Room Number: Auditorium
  • Contact Event Host

  • memrick@ieee.org

    Sarang.Amirtabar@centrica.com

     

  • Starts 06 January 2020 01:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 13 March 2020 01:00 PM UTC
  • Admission fee ?

  Speakers

Topic:

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

 
1:00 1:45 Sound Transit Link Light Rail - Transportation Electrification – On track for a cleaner future!

 Travis Gustafson
 Jessica Rose
 Shaw Lynds

 
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

Topic:

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