Extreme weather events threaten the power delivery infrastructure causing an extended disruption of electricity supply to the critical services. Most impacts are observed at the mid and low voltage distribution systems due to inadequate incorporation of resilience at the distribution level. Fortunately, recent advances in the distribution grid, including the integration of distributed generation and distribution automation capabilities, provide potential means to improve system resilience if applied in a purposeful and methodical manner. The changing nature of the grid and extreme weather events motivate new mechanisms to manage grid operations by leveraging smart grid technologies. This talk will introduce the approach to model and quantify the impacts of extreme weather events on the power grid and discuss planning and operational solutions to improve the power systems resilience.

The weather was great, over 80F. Attendance for the tour was 37. The Spark Museum CEO, John Jenkins led our group to various sections of the Museum. Mr. Jenkins had himself procured many of the one of kind artifacts and gave us the history of the pieces and how they were obtained.

The tour started at 12:00 noon at the Visitor Center where we received a safety briefing from Ivan Snavely.  We loaded into the USBR vans and headed to the Banks Lake Headworks, Crown Point viewing area, 3rd Powerhouse and top of the dam.

This meeting was the first of many meetings to be held to support the Seattle 2024 General Meeting to be held in Seattle.  Attendance at the GM meeting is expected to be around 3000.  This team, the LOC, Local Organizing Committee will help develop speakers, tours, technical talks and support the Plenary session and student events.