2019 Hydropower and Stations Conference

The electric utility industry is undergoing major changes which are influencing the way energy and capacity services are provided and power systems are planned.

Hydropower has been used to provide low variable cost energy, flexibility, and grid reliability for many years. However, this traditional role is being challenged by the growing presence of intermittent renewables, low cost natural gas, low load growth, excess capacity, and market uncertainty, which are creating pressures to reduce operating and maintenance costs and restrain capital expenditures that are necessary to address issues of operational risk and aging infrastructure.

These major changes require the best available knowledge to improve planning, operations, and maintenance, and an understanding of the risks associated with potential failure modes and associated consequences.

There are many lessons to be learned from past experiences in order to best manage the future uncertainties and the evolving role of hydro in power system operations.

Hydropower Track 1: Value and Flexibility of Hydropower in Grid Dispatch and Reliability

Hydropower Track 2: Learning from International Experience, Best Practices, Incidents, and Failures

Hydropower Track 3: Hydro Equipment Reliability

This conference will explore initiatives that are changing traditional methods of collecting and analyzing large amounts of data and of gathering evidence of wear or degradation of equipment.

Conference Objectives

1. Gather information on techniques, technologies, and tools employed in analyzing the performance of substation assets.
2. Identify opportunities to improve diagnostic ability to increase station reliability and resiliency, preventing unexpected failures.
3. Examine methods and trends in failure analysis to address performance gaps and prevent repeat occurrences.
4. Explore new methods of data analytics to recognize trends and identify issues.
5. Learn from others who have developed or adopted new methods in performance analysis and diagnostics of station assets.
6. Examine the experience of other industries on these topics, for possible application to electric utilities.

Themes

1. Maintenance of Assets; Needs vs. Options
2. Trends in Failure Analysis
3. Failure Analysis; Root Cause and Symptoms
4. Performance Analysis & Diagnostics

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This conference is an industry open event, with registration open to:

• Electric Utilities
• Consultants
• Equipment Vendors
• Research Facilities and Laboratories
• Universities

CEATI Program Participants

This event is organized in coordination with the following Program Participants.

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Tucson, AZ 85718

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Presenter Timeline

Presentation Guidelines

Presentations should adhere to the Guidelines set forth by CEATI International.

Presentation Guidelines Include:

• Presentations must be submitted in Power Point format (PPT).
• Presentations will be distributed to attendees in secure electronic form (PDF).
• Page #s must be displayed in the lower right hand corner of each Power Point slide.
• Unless otherwise instructed, each presenter will be allocated 45 minutes of presentation time, including 15 minutes for Q&A.
• Presenters may be asked to participate, as Panelists, in an Open Discussion concerning the session topic as well as their specific presentation.
• Please note that all participants, including presenters, are required to register to attend.

Presentations will take place on March 19 & 20, 2019.

Please submit your presentation the appropriate contact person listed below.

Subsequent to submission, presenters may continue to revise Presentations but must submit their revised files on flash drive at a minimum of one (1) hour in advance of their scheduled presentation time.

Hydro Presentations must be submitted electronically to the attention of Miles Bell at [email protected]

Stations Presentations must be submitted electronically to the attention of Andrew Barrett at [email protected]

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Getting There and Around

There are many ways to get to Tucson, including daily direct flights into Tucson International Airport (TUS), from US cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas, just to name a few. For international visitors, multiple carriers feature flights to Phoenix, including British Airways which has a daily flight from London.

Getting from Phoenix to Tucson takes less than two hours via the I-10 freeway. Both the I-10 and I-8 are also great for visitors looking to experience southern Arizona by way of California, providing drivers with a direct route to Tucson from both Los Angeles and San Diego.

Women In Power

The Women In Power collaborative venture is a networking, mentorship, and peer-to-peer support group that spans across the entirety of the CEATI organization, including all our programs. It aims to promote engineering to women in the field and help females thrive in a male-dominated industry. In an effort to facilitate comradery and networking, this group is currently available to anyone involved in the CEATI programs or events at no added cost.

For more information about the Women In Power group, visit our website.

Please join us at our Women in Power Reception at CEATI’s Spring 2019 Conference!