Dr. Julio of Quanta Technology

This presentation will provide an overview of grid modernization activities and smart distribution systems around the world, and discuss objectives, modern equipment, technologies, leading industry practices, solutions and methodologies used by the electric power industry to modernize distribution grids. This tutorial will bring together all these aspects in a cohesive and holistic description that would allow attendees to understand this rapidly evolving and increasingly complex area. This tutorial will address the following aspects:

1. Objectives: industry trends, drivers, justification and need for distribution grid modernization, including efficiency improvement, climate change, emissions reductions, evolving customer patterns, and resiliency/reliability improvement
   
   
2. Modern equipment, technologies, and solutions: microprocessor-based relays, reclosers and switches; Distributed Energy Resources (DER) including Distributed Generation (DG), Distributed Energy Storage (DES) and microgrids; electric transportation; advanced controllers and sensors (e.g., distribution PMUs); power electronics-based distribution equipment (distribution class STATCOMs, etc.); Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI); Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS); Outage Management Systems (OMS); and DER management Systems (DERMS); telecommunications technologies (optic fiber, meshed radio, etc.), and grid edge devices and home automation systems.
   
   
3. Modern methodologies: modern planning, operations and engineering analysis for power distribution systems, including spatial load forecasting; predictive reliability analysis; DER integration; hosting capacity analysis; Non-Wires Alternatives (NWA); advanced distribution automation (Fault Location, Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR), Volt-Var optimization (VVO), etc.); value of DER and value of the grid, real-time monitoring, protection, automation, control, and operations; and grid analytics.
   
   
4. Business, regulatory and policy trends: benefit-cost analyses and business case development for deployment of grid modernization solutions, technology roadmap and strategy development, etc.
   
   
5. Case studies: examples of grid modernization solutions for real-life power distribution systems.

Biography:

Julio Romero Agüero, PhD, MBA, Executive Advisor, Senior Vice President, has been with Quanta Technology since 2007. Julio provides leadership to Quanta Technology in technology and business strategy, grid modernization, regulatory support, distribution systems planning, reliability and resilience, and integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), electric transportation, and emerging technologies. He has developed solutions for electric utilities and regulatory boards in the US, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia. He has provided expert witness testimony on behalf of large investor-owned utilities in regulatory proceedings on grid modernization, reliability and resilience improvement, and DER integration.

Address:Houston, Texas, United States