Preparing Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) for a Distributed Future

Oct. 25, 2017

The Distribution Resource Plan (DRP) in California gives IOU's ten years to plan and design for Distributed Energy Resources (DER's) such as DG, storage, aggregated DR, EV charging infrastructure and other "non-wire" solutions. Integrating these advanced technologies into the legacy T&D grid at scale is increasingly complex. Explore the technical control challenges and best practices learned to date on early implementation of these technologies at Pacific Gas & Electric. Learn how PG&E P&C engineers work with the next generation distribution engineer to make these changes safe, reliable, affordable and clean.

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Presenters
Mike Jensen | Principal Protection Engineer, Pacific Gas & Electric
Mike Jensen is a Principal Protection Engineer with Pacific Gas and Electric, with 25 years of experience in the power industry in transmission protection, substation design, generation protection, and nuclear power plant maintenance/design at Diablo Canyon PP. He is presently the PG&E Protection Lead for transmission and distribution interconnected generation projects, specifying interconnection requirements and testing for interconnection into the PG&E system. Mike has extensive experience with various protection schemes from distribution feeder protection, to transmission high speed communication assisted schemes, transmission transformer protection and generation protection. He is an active member of IEEE PSRC and a member of NERC drafting teams. Mike served 6 years in the U.S. Navy on board nuclear submarines as a nuclear power plant operator and technician. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of California.
Phuoc Tran | Distribution Planning Supervisor, Pacific Gas & Electric
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Phuoc Tran is a Distribution Planning Supervisor with Pacific Gas and Electric, with 27 years of experience in the power industry in transmission/distribution protection, Industrial Plant, and Distribution Planning. He is presently the PG&E Distributed Generation Supervisor responsible for interconnection into the PG&E Distribution system. Received a BS in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo in 1990, MBA from San Jose State University in 1996, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of California
Shuvo Chowdhury | Alectra Utilities
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.
Joel Farrier | Regional Manager
Joel has 27 years of management and account development of technical services in the water, transportation, environment, power facilities and construction markets. He is an energetic, motivational leader focused on building great sales-oriented teams. Joel is a thought leader in all areas of business, notably in strategic account development, critical thinking, safety, client satisfaction, financial controls, continuous improvement, and organizational excellence. He is dedicated to building peer-to-peer collaboration across organizational boundaries. He currently serves as Burns & McDonnell’s account manager for SoCalGas and is helping lead the development of our gas engineering business in California.