Date: February 19, 2025
Topic: Grid Control Room Operations Software
Speaker: Aravindhan Vadivel is the Manager – Grid Operations at GE Vernova. He manages a team of Power System Engineers in the Advanced Technology Organization (ATO) focused on innovation using AI/ML for Transmission and Distribution applications. In …
Date: January 15, 2025
Topic: Quantum Computing in Power Systems: A Focus on Quantum EMT Simulation
Speaker: Yifan Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University since 2022. She received her Bachelor’s degree with the highest distinction in …
Date: February 5, 2025
Topic: Trends In Energy
Speaker: Booga Gilbertson is an experienced senior executive and advisor with over three decades in energy and infrastructure. She previously served as COO at Puget Sound Energy, where she was responsible for all facets of electric and gas operations, …
Date: February 12, 2025
Topic: Digital Twins in Marine Power Systems
Speaker: Thomas Morrell graduated from Gonzaga University in 2015 with a BS in electrical engineering and from Washington State University in 2017 with an MS in electrical engineering. In 2017, he began working at POWER Engineers, …
Date: January 8, 2025
Topic: Energy Storage: Boosting System Performance and Cutting Costs — But What About Operating Risk?
Speaker: Dr. Miguel Ortega Vazquez – EPRI
Dr. Vazquez earned his EE degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia, M.Sc. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, and Ph.D. The University of …
Seattle IEEE Power & Energy Society Meeting
Bellingham’s Spark Museum Tour
Saturday October 12, 2024
Topic: Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham
Agenda
9:45 am – 10:00 Arrival – Don’t be late. Doors will be closed after 10am.
10:00 am – 10:45 am – MegaZapper Electrical Show
11:00 am – 12:00 pm …
2024 Grand Coulee Dam Tour: Built by the Army Corps of Engineers between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee Dam was the largest concrete structure in the world for decades. With the expansion of the third power station in 1974 made it the largest power plant in the world at the time. It still remains the largest power plant in the USA with a capacity of over 6 GW in three power stations.
The NWESS 2024 symposium has come to a close, and it was a resounding success! This two-day event brought together industry professionals from across the Pacific Northwest to tackle the region’s most pressing energy issues. With a theme of “Making a Resilient Northwest Grid,” the symposium featured a range of topics and presentations that sparked valuable discussions and knowledge sharing.
Historically, the timing, magnitude, and location of demand in electrical grids was easy to forecast, and the supply was highly controllable. With the growth in variable renewable energy, distributed energy resources, and electrification of buildings and transportation, this is no longer the case.
Seattle City Light is well along the pathway toward an electrified future, and despite having a 96% carbon free baseload we have a long way to go to meet our collective goals. As a utility provider we’re embracing the transition opportunities ahead, while recognizing our role has shifted from simply keeping the lights on to powering much more in our daily lives through partnerships, equity, grid modernization, and transportation and building electrification.
