Flexibility of The Smart Grid

Electric Utility T&D Managers and Electrical Engineering Professionals, Consulting Electrical Engineers, Industrial, Commercial, Institutional Electrical Engineers, Energy Managers, Electrical Engineering Graduate Students

1.            CONSIDERATIONS OF SMART GRIDS

• The Big Picture
• Transactive Energy
• Distributed Energy Resources
• Communication Requirements
• Optimal Configuration
• The connected World
• Collaboration with other Market Entities and Government Agencies

2.            ARCHITECTURAL PLATFORMS

• An Architecture Model of the Smart City
• The Evolving Architecture of the Smart City
• Roadmap and Architecture
• Centralized versus un-centralized architecture
• Systems Interface Architecture
• Power Electronics
• Static Var Compensators
• Distribution Voltage and VAR Control
• Intelligent Transformers
• Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
• The connected world of the Smart City: Sky, Highways, City

3.            CHANGES IN CUSTOMER BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS

• Utilize the Sky
• Smarter Cars and Highways
• The home as an enterprise
• Design individual entertainment
• Service oriented IT platforms

4.            THE FLOW OF INFORMATION: INTEROPERABILITY

• Central Cloud based Data Management
• Challenges ahead

5.            METERING INFRASTRUCTURE

• Advanced Metering Infrastructure
• Controllers for Local Energy Networks
• Residential Energy Management Systems
• Big Data

6.            RENEWABLE GENERATION RESOURCES

• Solar Power
• Wind Power
• AC and DC networks using semi conductor switches
• Grid connected Renewable Resources
• Distribution network connected Distributed Resources

7.            ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE

• Storage Technologies
• Electrical Vehicles

8.            ADVANCED GRID APPLICATIONS

• Enabling Demand Response, Storage and Distributed Energy Resources
• HVD, FACTS
• The Distribution Network

9.         SMART METER ECOSYSTEM

• Utility data analytics industry ecosystem
• Smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for energy storage
• Advanced grid controls and sensors
• Accessible energy data for end-use demand response
• Innovative policies and adaptive social infrastructure (still in development)

10.          INTEROPERABILITY and IMPACTS on Demand Management

• Controllers for Local Energy Networks
• Residential Energy Management Systems
• Financial Impacts of Smart Energy Technologies
• The Transactive Energy Model

11.          ADVANCED GRID APPLICATIONS

• Components of Smart Enabling Demand Response and Storage   
• Distributed Energy Resources
• Controls in smart grid
• Study Cases of Smart Networks

12.          THE SMART SUBSTATION

• Primary Equipment and Sensors
• Ethernet Switching and Monitoring
• Wide Area Controller
• Digital Substation HMI
• IEEE 1588

13.          INTEGRATED PLANNING

• Power electronic technologies with self-commutated converters

14.          SMART STANDARDS

• The Green Button for Electricity Consumption
• The Orange Button of Solar Energy
• The Smart Solar Standard

15.       INTERNET OF THINGS (of EVERYTHING) – IOT/IOE

• The Next Generation of IOT
• Move from Thermostat to Full Control
• The Future of IOT/IOE

16.       INTERNET OF THINGS WORLD FORUM REFERENCE MODEL

• Why it impacts the DSM Programs
• Two Way Controls: Remote and at Home
• The Power of Virtual Devices
• SMART DEVICES

17.          SMART HOME OF THE FUTURE: Telecom, Energy, Health

• The HOME as an ENTREPRISE
• Data Centric Architecture
• More Big Data

18.          LOAD MANAGEMENT AT FEEDER LEVEL

• Volumetric Risk
• Weather Response

19.          PLANNING

• Renewable Energy Forecast
• Demand Management

20.          North American Electricity Reliability Council (NERC) STANDARDS and REQUIREMENTS

•         Standards – Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), IEEE, NIST, IEC, NARUC,others

21.          THE SMART CITY – A CONNECTED WORLD

• The networks: Wired and wireless, bandwidth, connectivity
• The Service Oriented Architecture
• Availability and Scalability
• Social Adaption and App development
• Smart City Business Model

22.          CYBER SECURITY

• Privacy
• Security Certification
• Vulnerability
• Blockchain