Oregon PES Monthly Meeting
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- 12:30 Chair Makes Announcements and Introduces the Speaker
- 12:35-1:15 Speaker gives presentation
- 1:15-1:30 Q&A by the speaker, and final comments by the Chair
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- Starts 06 November 2026 08:00 AM UTC
- Ends 17 November 2026 09:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Brian of Bonneville Power Administration
Topic:
DLR Is Not a Control Room Project
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 17, 2026 from 12:30–1:30 PM PDT.
Presentation Topic:
DLR Is Not a Control Room Project
Lessons from operationalizing Dynamic Line Rating across utilities and markets
Lessons from operationalizing Dynamic Line Rating across utilities and markets
Presentation Summary:
Dynamic Line Rating is technically proven, but many utilities still struggle to move from a successful pilot to ratings that operators actually use. The hard part is rarely the physics. It is trust, integration, governance and scale. This talk draws on deployments across European and North American TSOs and DSOs to set out practical approaches to operationalizing DLR. It covers how to choose which lines to monitor and how to combine sensor-based and sensorless (weather-model) ratings across a network. It also covers how to turn rating forecasts into decisions operators can stand behind, and how to integrate ratings into SCADA/EMS and existing procedures. We share what has worked, what has slowed adoption, and how utilities have built confidence step by step: from monitoring, to advisory use, to ratings used in real-time operations and connection decisions. The aim is a pragmatic roadmap that grid operators can adapt to their own systems.
Dynamic Line Rating is technically proven, but many utilities still struggle to move from a successful pilot to ratings that operators actually use. The hard part is rarely the physics. It is trust, integration, governance and scale. This talk draws on deployments across European and North American TSOs and DSOs to set out practical approaches to operationalizing DLR. It covers how to choose which lines to monitor and how to combine sensor-based and sensorless (weather-model) ratings across a network. It also covers how to turn rating forecasts into decisions operators can stand behind, and how to integrate ratings into SCADA/EMS and existing procedures. We share what has worked, what has slowed adoption, and how utilities have built confidence step by step: from monitoring, to advisory use, to ratings used in real-time operations and connection decisions. The aim is a pragmatic roadmap that grid operators can adapt to their own systems.
Biography:
Bio:
Brian Berry has spent 18+ years keeping power grids stable and efficient - through technical leadership at Eskom, GE, Reactive Technologies and Ampacimon, that hands-on experience now shapes Heimdall's product direction as Chief Product Officer, with a MSc in Electrical Engineering rounding out the toolkit.
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Address:3712 SW Marigold Street, , Portland, Oregon, United States, 97219