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Program Schedule <br />Tuesday, November 2, 2010 <br />GENERAL SESSION <br />B:15 a.m.-12:00 noon <br />Moderator: Michael Jensen <br />Co-Moderators: Mark Gutzmann, Gerry Steffens, Larry Brusseau <br />7:15 Check-in 10:00 Break <br />Continental Breakfast <br />8:15 Welcome <br />Mike Jensen, Xcel Energy and <br />IEEE Power and Energy Society <br />Chair <br />8:30 Climate Change Policy: What's <br />Next? <br />Michael Robertson, Michael <br />Robertson & Associates <br />9:15 Transmission for Wind <br />Generation: What Will We Need <br />to Build? <br />Mike Steckelberg, Great River <br />Energy <br />10:30 Commercial Nuclear Power 101 <br />Hernando Madronero, General <br />Electric <br />11:15 Cyber Security Threats --What <br />You Need to Know <br />Craig Sorum, FBI-Minneapolis <br />Division <br />12:00 Lunch <br />CONCURRENT SESSIONS <br />1:00 - 4:15 p.m. <br />SUBSTATION <br />Moderator: Chuck Healy <br />Co-Moderators: Steve Mohs, <br />Denny Branca <br />1:00 fundamental Principles of <br />Transformer Thermal Loading and <br />Protection <br />Joe Perez, ERLPhase Power <br />Technologies <br />1:45 Surge Arrester Use to Improve <br />Grid Reliability <br />Steve Brewer, Hubbell Power <br />Systems, Inc. <br />2:30 Break <br />2:45 GIS-Benefits and Considerations <br />Over Traditional AIS Solutions <br />Rick Graf, Siemens Energy, Inc. <br />3:30 Reactor Switching and Reactor <br />Switching Devices <br />Thomas Speas, Southern States, <br />LLC <br />4:15 Adjourn <br />UTILITY INDUSTRY FUTURES <br />Moderator: Dave VanHouse <br />Co-Moderators: Tom Guttormson, <br />Gerry Steffens <br />1:00 SmartGridCityT"^ -Lessons <br />Learned in the Field <br />Randy Huston, Xcel Energy <br />1:45 BESS Impact on Integration of <br />PV and Wind Onto the AC Grid <br />Pat Hayes, ABB Inc. <br />2:30 Break <br />2:45 Congestion Severity Index at <br /> American Transmission Co. (ATC) <br /> Thomas Dagenais, AMEC Earth <br /> & Environmental, Inc. <br />3:30 Offshore Wind Development in <br /> the Great Lakes <br /> Michael Murphy, HDR <br /> Engineering,lnc. <br />4:15 Adjourn <br />CONCURRENT SESSIONS continued on next page <br />