Sandy Pond HVDC Terminal Tour
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- Ayer, Massachusetts
- United States
- Starts 06 April 2024 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 03 June 2024 04:00 AM UTC
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- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Jim McGrath, PE
Biography:
Jim is an electrical engineer with 34 years of experience in the electric utility industry. During this time, he has filled many roles within operations, asset management and engineering and is now the Director of the HVDC – Sandy Pond Interconnector. He has a MEng in Power Systems from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Lowell. He is also a registered PE in Rhode Island and an IEEE PES member.
Jamison LaRoche, PE
Biography:
Jamison is a Senior HVDC Maintenance Engineer at National Grid’s Sandy Pond HVDC converter terminal. He has been an IEEE member since 2015 and a PES member since 2016. After graduating from WPI in 2018, he began his career as a Substation Engineer for National Grid where he was the project lead for jobs such as 3V0, bay expansions, breaker replacements, and greenfield projects. Shortly after earning his MEng in Power Systems Engineering from his alma mater in 2022, he moved over to the world of HVDC, starting in compliance and engineering support before moving to the engineering team in 2023.