T&D Webinar | Secondary Networks

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Secondary Networks

Nov. 2018

Most of North America uses overhead radial systems to distribute electricity, but metropolitan areas with dense load are served by more sophisticated, highly reliable secondary network systems. Unlike the radial distribution system, a network delivers power to each customer through several parallel feeders and transformers. This redundancy improves reliability because the loss of any one primary line or transformer will not interrupt the power supply. We will discuss how an independent assessment and benchmarking can yield immediate improvements to managing secondary networks

Presenters

Gary Huffman | Burns & McDonnell

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Gary has managed all aspects of transmission, distribution and substation projects and programs, from regulatory policy and field operations on the utility/owner side to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), program management and storm recovery on the contractor side. He has 25 years of utility management experience, and has successfully and safely managed operations, maintenance and capital project teams. He testified before the California Public Utilities Commission, California Air Resources Board, and South Coast Air Quality Management District as an expert witness.

Matthew Olearczyk | Burns & McDonnell

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Matt is a project manager with over 30 years of experience in the utility sector. He has a deep knowledge of electric utility distribution systems advanced planning, construction, operations, emergency restoration, safety and the integration of distributed energy resources. His specialty is utility urban secondary network systems, where he had led more than 20 assessments at utilities in North America, Europe and Australia.

Spruha Sheth | Department Manager, Burns & McDonnell

Spruha Sheth is a transmission & distribution substation department manager at Burns & McDonnell. She has more than 15 years of experience in protection and control design and engineering, along with P&C commissioning support experience for substations in various voltages. She is experienced in developing one-line diagrams based on project scope documents, protection requirements, and automation requirements. Spruha’s background includes scoping, protection design and engineering, estimating, procurement, protection commissioning support and outage sequence analysis. She received her bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 2001 from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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