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.