46th Annual POWER SYSTEMS CONFERENCE November 2-4, 2010

Earle Brown Heritage Center 6155 Earle Brown Drive Brooklyn Center, MN 55430

Sponsored by: College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota Cosponsored by: IEEE, Power and Energy Society, Twin Cities Chapter

www.cce.umn.edu/mnpowersystems This conference provides electric utility engineers and consultants the opportunity to stay abreast of today’s power system technology. The conference emphasizes the unique challenges faced by electric utilities in the Midwest. The conference also serves as a forum for power engineers to meet with their colleagues from other utilities to discuss mutual concerns. Concurrent sessions include substations, utility industry futures, distribution automation/communications, power generation, delivery systems, project management, relaying, and two tutorials. Earn 15 Professional Development Hours for attending this program.

2010 MIPSYCON Planning Committee

Denny Branca Mark Harvey Dave Peterson Cannon Technologies-- ABB, Inc. Dairyland Power Co-op Cooper Power Systems Anoka, Minnesota LaCrosse, Wisconsin Plymouth, Minnesota Pat Hayes Jeff Schoenecker Larry Brusseau ABB, Inc. Dakota Electric MAPPCOR Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Association Roseville, Minnesota Chuck Healy Farmington, Minnesota Kristi Fischer Electro Tech , Minnesota Philip Spaulding University of Minnesota Xcel Energy St. Paul, Minnesota David Hoops Maple Grove, Minnesota Catherine Flannery GE Energy University of Minnesota Huron, South Dakota Mike Steckelberg St. Paul, Minnesota Paul Imbertson Maple Grove, Minnesota Nathan Germolus University of Minnesota Sebesta Blomberg Minneapolis, Minnesota Gerry Steffens Fargo, North Dakota Rochester Public Utilities *Michael Jensen Tom Guttormson Rochester, Minnesota IEEE PES Twin Cities Connexus Energy Chapter Chair Dave VanHouse Ramsey, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Power Mark Gutzmann Duluth, Minnesota Xcel Energy Michael Marz Jon Wahlgren Minneapolis, Minnesota American Transmission Connexus Energy Company Al Haman Ramsey, Minnesota STAR Energy Services Waukesha, Wisconsin Greg Woodworth Alexandria, Minnesota Steve Mohs Ulteig Engineers, Inc. Sebesta Blomberg. Jim Hanson Minneapolis, Minnesota Consulting Engineers Group Roseville, Minnesota Farmington, Minnesota Dan Nordell * Planning Committee Chair Xcel Energy Minneapolis, Minnesota Program Schedule Tuesday, November 2, 2010 GENERAL SESSION 8:15 a.m.-12:00 noon Moderator: Michael Jensen Co-Moderators: Mark Gutzmann, Gerry Steffens, Larry Brusseau 7:15 Check-in 10:00 Break Continental Breakfast 10:30 Commercial Nuclear Power 101 8:15 Welcome Hernando Madronero, General Mike Jensen, Xcel Energy and Electric IEEE Power and Energy Society 11:15 Cyber Security Threats -- What Chair You Need to Know 8:30 Climate Change Policy: What’s Craig Sorum, FBI-Minneapolis Next? Division Michael Robertson, Michael 12:00 Lunch Robertson & Associates 9:15 Transmission for Wind Generation: What Will We Need to Build? Mike Steckelberg, Great River Energy CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:00 – 4:15 p.m. SUBSTATION UTILITY INDUSTRY FUTURES Moderator: Chuck Healy Moderator: Dave VanHouse Co-Moderators: Steve Mohs, Co-Moderators: Tom Guttormson, Denny Branca Gerry Steffens 1:00 Fundamental Principles of 1:00 SmartGridCityTM - Lessons Transformer Thermal Loading and Learned in the Field Protection Randy Huston, Xcel Energy Joe Perez, ERLPhase Power 1:45 BESS Impact on Integration of Technologies PV and Wind Onto the AC Grid 1:45 Surge Arrester Use to Improve Pat Hayes, ABB Inc. Grid Reliability 2:30 Break Steve Brewer, Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. 2:45 Congestion Severity Index at American Transmission Co. (ATC) 2:30 Break Thomas Dagenais, AMEC Earth 2:45 GIS- Benefits and Considerations & Environmental, Inc. Over Traditional AIS Solutions 3:30 Offshore Wind Development in Rick Graf, Siemens Energy, Inc. the Great Lakes 3:30 Reactor Switching and Reactor Michael Murphy, HDR Switching Devices Engineering, Inc. Thomas Speas, Southern States, 4:15 Adjourn LLC 4:15 Adjourn

CONCURRENT SESSIONS continued on next page CONCURRENT SESSIONS continued 1:00 – 4:15 p.m. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Moderator: Jim Hanson Co-Moderators: Michael Jensen, Larry Brusseau 1:00 Xcel Energy’s Buffalo Ridge 2:45 University of Minnesota SCADA Incremental Generation Outlet Implementation - Can It Be Done Project (BRIGO) in a Non-traditional Utility Mike Dunham, Xcel Energy Setting? 1:45 Eau Claire 16kV Conversion Proj- Mike Grimstad, University of ect Coordination Minnesota Joe Gravelle and Brad Nelson, 3:30 500kV TSR Facility Study Xcel Energy Bill Barnhart, HDR and Doni 2:30 Break Murphy, Natural Resource Group 4:15 Adjourn

EXHIBITOR RECEPTION 4:15-6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 3, 2010 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION/ DELIVERY SYSTEMS I COMMUNICATIONS Moderator: Michael Marz Moderator: Tom Guttormson Co-Moderators: Dave Peterson, Co-Moderators: Dave Hoops, Dave VanHouse Jim Hanson 7:30 Continental Breakfast 7:30 Continental Breakfast 8:30 D-VAR STATCOM System Helps 8:30 NERC CIP Standards – Large Canadian Meet Past, Present, and Future the “Grid Code” Ray Sefchik, Midwest Reliability Manisha Ghorai, American Organization Superconductor Corporation 9:15 Smart Grid Communication 9:15 CU Project: An Introduction to Network Requirements High Voltage Direct Current Byron Flynn, General Electric Transmission 10:00 Break Jack Christofersen and Karl Mortensen, GRE-retired 10:30 The NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) 10:00 Break Process and Results 10:30 EPRI’s Research on HTLS Dan Nordell, Xcel Energy Advanced Conductors 11:15 New Wireless Alternatives for John Chan, Electric Power Distribution Automation (DA) Research Institute and Fixed Wireless AMI 11:15 PEVs and the Electric Grid -- Rick Schmidt, Power Systems Challenges and Opportunities Engineering Rana Mukerji, New York 12:00 Lunch Independent System Operator 12:00 Lunch

RELAYING I Moderator: Mark Gutzmann Co-Moderators: Pat Hayes, Mark Harvey 7:30 Continental Breakfast 10:30 Fundamentals of Transformer 8:30 Smart Grid Substation: Case Inrush Study of the Substation of the Suhag Patel, GE Digital Energy - Future Multilin Andrew Beckel and John Grimm, 11:15 NERC Standards for Generator- Xcel Energy Transmission System 9:15 Performance Issues with Coordination Directional Comparison Blocking Charles Mozina, Beckwith Schemes Electric Bogdan Kasztenny, Schweitzer 12:00 Lunch Engineering Laboratories 10:00 Break Wednesday, November 3, 2010 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:00-4:15 p.m. POWER GENERATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS II Moderator: Jeff Schoenecker Moderator: Mike Steckelberg Co-Moderators: Steven Mohs, Co-Moderators: Philip Spaulding, Michael Marz Chuck Healy 1:00 Wind Energy and the Power 1:00 Distribution Generation System: Wind Power Myths Interconnection Panel Session Debunked Al Haman, STAR Energy Services, Matthew Schuerger, Energy Craig Turner, Dakota Electric, Systems Consulting Services, LCC Shawn Bagley, Xcel Energy and 1:45 University of Minnesota Research Mike Steckelberg, Great River Facility on Wind Turbines Energy Ned Mohan, University of 1:45 State Estimator Software Minnesota Application with Minimal 2:30 Break Real-Time Measurements and Use for Training Exercises. 2:45 Implementing PV Renewable Bob Endahl and Gabe Kainz, Energy Technology and A Case Otter Tail Power Company Study of Minnesota’s Largest PV Solar System 2:30 Break Mario Monesterio, Westwood 2:45 GIS – Substation and Renewables LLC Transmission Lifecycle 3:30 Lessons Learned from Management with Smallworld, Generation Event Reports ESRI, and ProjectWise Rogerio Scharlach, Schweitzer Craig Tobias, Xcel Energy Engineering Laboratories 3:30 Measurement, Calculation, and 4:15 Adjourn Prediction of T&D Losses: Technical / Economic Methods and Ramifications Richard Gonzalez, Excel Engineering, Inc. 4:15 Adjourn

RELAYING II Moderator: Nathan Germolus Co-Moderators: Jon Wahlgren, Mark Gutzmann 1:00 Protecting Transmission Lines 2:30 Break Terminated Into Transformers 2:45 Broken Rotor Bar Detection . . . Roger Hedding, ABB, Inc. Past, Present, and Future 1:45 Highlights of the IEEE C37.234 Dan Swigost, Basin Electric Guide for Protective Relay Power Cooperative Application to Power System 3:30 Fault Locator Based Line Current Buses Differential Relay Synchronized Working Group K14 of the IEEE Measurements PES Power System Relaying Ilia Voloh, GE Digital Energy - Committee (Pratap Mysore, Xcel Multilin Energy) 4:15 Adjourn Thursday, November 4, 2010 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon TUTORIAL I TUTORIAL II Moderator: Al Haman Moderator: Tom Guttormson Co-Moderators: Jon Wahlgren, Co-Moderators: Mike Steckelberg, Nathan Germolus Larry Brusseau 7:30 Continental Breakfast 7:30 Continental Breakfast 8:30 Relaying 102 8:30 Distribution Planning for the Tom Ernst, Minnesota Power “Smart” Utility 10:00 Break David Farmer, UC Synergetic, Inc. 10:30 Relaying 102 (continued) 10:00 Break 12:00 Adjourn 10:30 Distribution Planning for the “Smart” Utility (continued) 12:00 Adjourn

Topic Descriptions

GENERAL SESSION Commercial Nuclear Power 101 Hernando Madronero, General Electric Climate Change Policy: What’s Nuclear energy plays a major role in Next? meeting the world’s energy needs. At the Michael Robertson, Michael Robertson end of 2005, there were 443 nuclear power & Associates plants operating in 32 countries. These An assessment of the current state, plants account for 17 percent of the regional, and federal prospects for world’s electricity. The industry remains legislation on climate change. dynamic, as evidenced by the fact that several new plants enter commercial Transmission for Wind Generation: operation every year and there are, What Will We Need to Build? typically, 30 or more in various stages of Mike Steckelberg, Great River Energy construction at any given time. Several entities are conducting electrical transmission planning studies to Cyber Security Threats -- What You determine a design for a high-voltage Need to Know electric network to provide for wind Craig Sorum, FBI-Minneapolis Division power transfers. This presentation will FBI SSA Craig Sorum, head of the provide an update of the current studies Minnesota Cyber Crime Task Force including the estimated costs for the (MCCTF), a jointly sponsored task force by proposed networks. the FBI and U.S. Secret Service, will present “Cyber Security Threats – What You Need to Know.” Topics will include an overview and mission of the MCCTF and threats and current trends to include computer intrusions, malicious codes, social engineering, identity theft, and internet threats against children. SUBSTATION UTILITY INDUSTRY FUTURES Fundamental Principles of SmartGridCityTM - Lessons Learned Transformer Thermal Loading and in the Field Protection Randy Huston, Xcel Energy Joe Perez, ERLPhase Power SmartGridCityTM provides an opportunity Technologies to better understand how smart The IEEE Guide C57.91-1995 allows users technologies will impact the electric to calculate dynamics ratings for power utility industry, our states, our nation, transformers, which are used in plan- and most importantly, our customers. ning/operations cases to alleviate load While still a work in progress, important constraints and to set new lessons are becoming evident and this microprocessor thermal relays. presentation discusses some of those related to operations through the use of Surge Arrester Use to Improve Grid actual examples. Reliability Steve Brewer, Hubbell Power Systems, BESS Impact on Integration of PV Inc. and Wind Onto the AC Grid We will first tackle the replacement of Pat Hayes, ABB, Inc existing Silicon Carbide arresters on the This paper will discuss the electrical, system. Second, we will cover the use of thermal, and environmental effects of PV line arresters to eliminate lightning and Wind on an AC grid system. It will caused breaker operations. address the areas where the renewable solutions are heavily saturated and how GIS -- Benefits and Considerations the grid code’s low voltage ride through Over Traditional AIS Solutions criteria are used or not used. It also will discuss the sizing of BESS systems, Rick Graf, Siemens Energy, Inc. batteries, inverters, and transformers A brief overview of GIS technology and to minimize the power fluctuations and how it might be beneficial for improve the grid performance. consideration in today’s substation design. Examples will be shown that describe the characteristics of GIS Congestion Severity Index at versus AIS technology. When should one American Transmission Co. (ATC) consider the use of GIS for their new or Thomas Dagenais, AMEC Earth & upgraded substation? Environmental, Inc. ATC uses a Congestion Severity Index, Reactor Switching and Reactor combines the financial impact of Switching Devices constraints with the frequency of Thomas Speas, Southern States, LLC constraints, for use as a screening indicator to determine areas of the Switching reactive loads produces system where potential upgrades may voltage transients, chops currents, and be cost-effective. stresses equipment. The switching device used for shunt reactors can significantly impact on these factors. Offshore Wind Development in the This paper presents an overview of Great Lakes reactor switching options showing the Michael Murphy, HDR Engineering, Inc. benefits of using the different types of Mr. Murphy will present an overview of switching devices available on the the status of offshore wind development market today. on the Great Lakes. The challenges and issues that are associated with offshore wind development for siting, permitting, and construction of such projects will be discussed. PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION/ COMMUNICATIONS Xcel Energy’s Buffalo Ridge Incremental Generation Outlet NERC CIP Standards – Past, Present, Project (BRIGO) and Future Mike Dunham, Xcel Energy Ray Sefchik, Midwest Reliability This presentation will be about Xcel Organization Energy’s $64 million Buffalo Ridge A chronological review of the evolution of Incremental Generation Outlet (BRIGO) the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection project from the project management Reliability Standards. perspective. Content will cover project management activities, stakeholders, challenges, and lessons learned. Smart Grid Communication Network Requirements Byron Flynn, General Electric Eau Claire 16kV Conversion Project Coordination This paper will present several Smart Grid use cases and review the minimum Joe Gravelle and Brad Nelson, Xcel and typical communications bandwidth Energy and latency performance requirements at The presentation will provide an various points along the system driven by overview of Xcel Energy’s project the data and applications in case. management as implemented on the Eau Claire – Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 69kV to 161kV conversion, a multiyear (2009-2011) The NIST Smart Grid Interoperability $33-million series of projects. An Panel (SGIP) Process and Results emphasis will be placed on the Dan Nordell, Xcel Energy EMC coordination efforts used to plan and The Energy Policy Act of 2007 charged schedule the project’s transmission the National Institute of Standards and system outages years in advance, with Technology (NIST) with the task of respect to construction staging and coordinating standards development for system operational requirements. the Smart Grid. This presentation provides a roadmap to the resulting process and University of Minnesota SCADA anticipated results. Implementation - Can It Be Done in a Non-traditional Utility Setting? New Wireless Alternatives for Mike Grimstad, University of Minnesota Distribution Automation (DA) and The what, why, and how of trying to Fixed Wireless AMI integrate a new SCADA system into the Rick Schmidt, Power Systems University of Minnesota primary Engineering distribution system and what the future This presentation will provide an may bring. overview of the existing and emerging communications media alternatives for 500kV TSR Facility Study Distribution Automation (DA) and Fixed Wireless AMI backhaul. Technologies Bill Barnhart, HDR and Doni Murphy, discussed will include: 900 ISM Spread Natural Resource Group Spectrum, 900 ISM WiMax, 3.65 GHz We will present the development of a WiMax, licensed 700 MHz and 220 MHz, multi-utility, regional system, 500kV and new software-defined radio licensed transmission line and network WiMax technology. Mr. Schmidt will interconnection facility study. The project provide an overview of the common consisted of preparing a Midwest ISO communications requirements for both (MISO) facility study for a proposed 1100 DA and AMI, insights into the vendor MW, 500kV transmission line from Canada solutions, and advice on how to properly to southwest Minnesota. size the bandwidth for an extensive multi-application utility automation infrastructure. DELIVERY SYSTEMS I RELAYING I D-VAR STATCOM System Helps Smart Grid Substation: Case Study Large Canadian Wind Farm Meet of the Substation of the Future the “Grid Code” Andrew Beckel and John Grimm, Xcel Manisha Ghorai, American Energy Superconductor Corporation This presentation will describe the recent How a hybrid dynamic reactive efforts at the Xcel Energy Merriam Park compensation system is configured to Substation to implement a complete assist wind farms in meeting AESO’s wind control system using the IEC61850 interconnection requirements including automation standard. It also will describe power factor, voltage control, and LVRT the efforts to integrate various substation requirements. monitoring systems such as battery monitors, transformer oil monitors, and CU Project: An Introduction to High cameras. Voltage Direct Current Transmission Jack Christofersen and Karl Mortensen, Performance Issues with Directional GRE-retired Comparison Blocking Schemes The North Dakota – Minnesota, Bogdan Kasztenny, Schweitzer Cooperative Power Association and Engineering Laboratories United Power Association (CU) Project This presentation reviews a number of will be described to provide an field cases of DCB scheme misoperations. introduction to High Voltage Direct A case is made for switching from Current Transmission (HVDC). The intent blocking to permissive schemes when is to supplement the University of digital relays and channels are used. Minnesota’s leadership in the National Science Foundation Program to Reform Fundamentals of Transformer Inrush the Electrical Energy Systems Curriculum. Suhag Patel, GE Digital Energy - Multilin This paper will present an overview of the EPRI’s Research on HTLS Advanced transformer inrush phenomenon and its Conductors impact on differential relays. Prevention John Chan, Electric Power Research of misoperation on transformer and Institute generator differential relays will also be A number of advanced conductors using discussed. a composite core have been developed in recent years to increase the transfer NERC Standards for Generator- capacity of transmission lines. EPRI is Transmission System Coordination conducting numerous tests to evaluate Charles Mozina, Beckwith Electric and predict the performance of these conductors. The paper outlines current NERC standards that address coordination of generator and transmission line PEVs and the Electric Grid -- protection. It discusses setting guidelines Challenges and Opportunities for generator protective elements, which Rana Mukerji, New York Independent misoperated during the 2003 blackout. System Operator This paper describes the impact of increasing levels of plug-in electric vehicles on the nation’s electricity grid. It outlines the effect of different charging schemes on the electric system loadings and suggests several mechanisms to integrate increasing volumes of plug-in electric vehicles. The tie-in with renewable resources is also explored. POWER GENERATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS II Wind Energy and the Power System: Distribution Generation Wind Power Myths Debunked Interconnection Panel Session Matthew Schuerger, Energy Systems Al Haman, STAR Energy Services, Craig Consulting Services, LCC Turner, Dakota Electric, Shawn Bagley, The presentation will address a number of Xcel Energy and Mike Steckelberg, popular misconceptions about wind power Great River Energy and power systems, including output This panel session will present the various variability, capacity value, backup capacity, aspects of connecting generation to and energy storage. distribution system circuits, both business practices and technical issues. The University of Minnesota Research panelists will describe their practical Facility on Wind Turbines experiences associated with these Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota interconnections. This presentation will describe the cutting-edge research planned at the State Estimator Software Application University of Minnesota, through a funding with Minimal Real-Time Measure- of nearly $8 million from the Department of ments and Use for Training Exercises Energy (DOE). As a part of this project, a Bob Endahl and Gabe Kainz, Otter Tail utility-scale wind turbine will be installed Power Company at the University of Minnesota’s UMore The large amount of unmeasured system Park property that will allow faculty from presented a specific challenge for state various disciplines to work towards the estimation. Through vendor cooperation, DOE’s nationwide goal of achieving 20 OTP was able to acquire a tool that greatly percent wind power by 2030. aids operator visibility and training.

Implementing PV Renewable Energy GIS – Substation and Transmission Technology and A Case Study of Lifecycle Management with Minnesota’s Largest PV Solar System Smallworld, ESRI, and ProjectWise Mario Monesterio, Westwood Craig Tobias, Xcel Energy Renewables LLC This will be an overview of spatial data Minnesota’s solar resource potential is not management and document management very well understood and much less the related to the entire lifecycle of a facility process and challenges for implementation. from its conception through design to This presentation will provide an overview maintenance. of general requirements and processes associated with the financial and Measurement, Calculation, and construction aspects to complete a Prediction of T&D Losses: successful project. Included are discus- Technical / Economic Methods and sions on preliminary analysis, finance, Ramifications design and permitting, installation, O&M and monitoring. The presentation will be Richard Gonzalez, Excel Engineering, Inc. rounded off with a case-study of the This paper describes the considerations largest PV tracking system in the midwest. involved, and the methods which are applicable to performing economic Lessons Learned from Generation evaluations of T & D system losses. Recent Event Reports changes in electric energy market structure Rogerio Scharlach, Schweitzer are addressed with respect to how these Engineering Laboratories affect the correct valuation of capacity and energy components of the loss This paper analyzes real-world event evaluation. report data in the interest of uncovering valuable lessons for setting and commissioning generator relays. RELAYING II Fault Locator Based Line Current Differential Relay Synchronized Protecting Transmission Lines Measurements Terminated Into Transformers Ilia Voloh, GE Digital Energy - Multilin Roger Hedding, ABB, Inc. This paper presents a new patent pending Transmission lines that are terminated multi-ended fault locator, integrated into transformers are applications where within line current differential relays the line and transformer cannot be protection relays and working in real time. separated by a circuit breaker and are It takes advantage of synchronized therefore in the same zone of protection. measurements transmitted between line These applications may be addressed terminals and is achieving great accuracy with either current differential or line at no additional cost. distance protection. In either case the implementation of separate transformer differential protection isolating the TUTORIAL I protection zone is recommended. The line protection application needs to consider Relaying 102 the instrument transformer locations and Tom Ernst, Minnesota Power transformer winding connections at the This tutorial series is aimed at the transformer end. This paper will discuss engineer who is new to protective the application considerations for both relaying or is looking for a refresher. It will line differential and distance schemes for be interactive with the audience and will lines terminated into transformers and cover the application principles of provide setting examples. protective relaying including communication systems, advanced line protection methods, shunt capacitor bank Highlights of the IEEE C37.234 Guide protection and rotating machine for Protective Relay Application to protection. Real-life examples will be Power System Buses provided. Working Group K14 of the IEEE PES Power System Relaying Committee Pratap Mysore, Xcel Energy TUTORIAL II The presentation highlights bus protection concepts discussed in the Distribution Planning for the IEEE guide, C37.234-2009. Selection and “Smart” Utility application of protection schemes David Farmer, UC Synergetic, Inc. influenced by the availability and location As smart grid technologies evolve from of breakers, current transformers, and the substation to the end user, the amount disconnect as well as bus switching of information available will increase scenarios also will be presented. exponentially presenting distribution engineers with unique challenges previously unseen in the industry. Broken Rotor Bar Detection . . . Past, Integrating distributed generation and Present, and Future renewable energy sources will present Dan Swigost, Basin Electric Power planners with new technical challenges, Cooperative as well. This presentation will review A microprocessor relay has been used for essential distribution planning concepts the last decade to find or confirm broken with a focus on new techniques and rotor bars in squirrel cage induction mindsets that will be necessary as these motors. A look at how it has been used technologies penetrate the system. and what additional relay enhancements would make broken rotor bar detection effective. General Information

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Convenient lodging for out-of-town This conference provides electric utility participants is available at the Embassy engineers and consultants the opportunity Suites Minneapolis – Brooklyn Center Hotel, to stay abreast of today’s power system 6300 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, technology. The conference emphasizes MN 55430. The rate is $109, plus tax, for a 1 the unique challenges faced by electric King Suite or 2 Queen Suite. Participants are utilities in the midwest. The conference responsible for making their own lodging also serves as a forum for power reservations. To make a reservation, call engineers to meet with their colleagues 763-560-2700 or 1-800-362-2779. To receive from other utilities to discuss mutual the special conference rate, please identify concerns. Concurrent sessions include yourself as a participant of the Minnesota substations, utility industry futures, Power Systems Conference. Reservations distribution automation/communications, must be made by October 8, 2010. After this power generation, delivery systems, date reservations will be accepted on a project management, relaying, and two space and rate available basis. The hotel is tutorials. next to the Earle Brown Heritage Center and parking is free. LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS REGISTRATION AND FEES The conference will be held at the Earle The fee for the conference is $275 if Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown received by October 18; if received after Drive, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. For October 18, the fee is $325. The conference directions, please visit their Web site – fee includes all sessions, two luncheons, www.earlebrown.com. The Earle Brown refreshments breaks, the exhibitor Heritage Center is located near the reception, and the conference proceedings intersection of I-94/694 and Shingle Creek CD. You are encouraged to register early Parkway (just north of Brookdale Shopping to take advantage of the lower fee. If Center). There is ample free parking you cancel your registration by October surrounding the facility. Please see map for 25 a refund, minus $30, will be issued. If details. you cancel after this date you will not be eligible for a refund. A full refund will be issued if the conference is cancelled by the University of Minnesota. Earle Brown Heritage Center EXHIBITOR RECEPTION FOR REGISTRATION The exhibitor reception will be held on INFORMATION Tuesday, November 2, from 4:15-6:00 p.m. 612-625-2900 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center (the [email protected] same location as the conference sessions). Exhibitors will display brochures and small equipment. All CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2011 conference attendees are invited to CONFERENCE attend this reception to view the exhibits, Deadline for abstract submission for meet the exhibitors, and enjoy some hors MIPSYCON 2011 is January 14, 2011. d’oeuvres and beverages. Notification of acceptance will be mailed by June 2011. If you would like to be considered for the 2011 program, please CONTINUING EDUCATION submit an abstract of approximately 300 UNITS (CEUs) words online at www.cce.umn.edu/mn- Participants who attend the entire powersystems. conference will receive 1.5 CEUs. Participants who attend only Tuesday and Wednesday will receive 1.2 CEUs. EXHIBITOR INFORMATION One CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of AND REGISTRATION participation in an organized continuing If you are interested in having a display education experience under responsible at the exhibitor reception on November 2, sponsorship, capable direction, and 2010, and you would like more information qualified instruction. A CEU certificate and registration materials go to www.cce. will be sent to each participant after the umn.edu/mnpowersystems lefthand link, conference. A permanent record of CEUs Exhibitor Information. earned will be maintained by the University of Minnesota Office of Admissions and Record’s Transcript Unit.

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