October 1, Dear Forum Delegate;

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1 November 6 th, 2013

2 October 1, 2013 Dear Forum Delegate; The (APIC) is pleased to welcome you to our 6 th Annual Alberta Power and Energy Innovation Forum, Innovations in Alberta Power Delivery Systems. This year s forum highlights a number of creative and innovative solutions that have been devised to address some of the most pressing challenges of the Alberta power industry. Some planned development of Alberta s power system is also addressed. We are grateful for the participation of industry leaders who have generously agreed to share their experience and insights. We also appreciate the contributions of the students and researchers who will present their research results. Our forum would not be possible without the support of the organizing committee and numerous volunteers. Many thanks for their good work. I hope you will enjoy our forum, and look forward to meeting you. Sincerely, Fred Ritter Chair, Board of APIC Chief Engineer, AESO

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4 iii Table of Contents About APIC... 1 General Information... 2 Forum Location... 2 WiFi Connection... 2 Forum Website... 2 Downloading Forum Materials Online... 2 Forum Program... 3 Poster Presentations University of Alberta Researchers... 4 Poster Presentations Industry Engineers in Training... 5 Presentations and Speaker Biographies... 7

5 1 About APIC The (APIC) consists of six Alberta utility companies, AESO, AltaLink, ATCO Electric, ENMAX, EPCOR and FortisAlberta, and the University of Alberta. Established in the fall of 2007, its goal is to bring Alberta power companies together, with the University of Alberta as the coordinating organization, to solve technical problems of common interest, to produce more power engineering graduates, to support the professional development of APIC employees, and to promote technical cooperation and exchange in Alberta s power utility companies. APIC operates under the guidance of an Industry Advisory Board. Current board members are: Fred Ritter, Chief Engineer, Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) Daniel Wong, Principal Engineer, Altalink L.P. Management Ltd. Barrie Gorrie, Director, Distribution Engineering, ATCO Electric Ltd. Shamir S. Ladhani, Vice President, Planning & Asset Management, ENMAX Power Corporation. Suresh Sharma, Director of Transmission, EPCOR Distribution & Transmission Inc. Richard Bahry, Senior Manager of Distribution Planning, FortisAlberta Inc. Wilsun Xu, Research Chair Professor, University of Alberta

6 2 General Information Forum Location The forum is held in the Solarium, on the 2 nd floor of the Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex (ETLC building) of the University of Alberta, at street, Edmonton. A map of the University of Alberta campus is here: WiFi Connection A WiFi connection is available courtesy of the University of Alberta. The connection id is: Guest@UofA. No password is required. Forum Website The website of the forum can be accessed at: (click on Innovation Forum on the left side of the page) or at: pmwiki.php?n=forum.homepage2013 Downloading Forum Materials Online Presentations and other forum materials can be downloaded via the forum website. The password for accessing the materials is: UofAapic2013

7 3 Forum Program Time Activity and Speaker Morning 8:00 8:30 Breakfast, registration and poster session 8:30 8:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks Fred Ritter, APIC Chair 8:40 9:15 Alberta Electric System Development Long-Term View, AESO Jerry Mossing, VP Transmission Planning and Performance 9:15 9:50 Fortis Alberta Control Centre SCADA, Communication and Outage Management System Roll Out, FortisAlberta Spencer Murray, Sr. Telecommunications Engineer Jon Zawada, Supervisor, Control Centre Brian Vigna, SCADA Engineer 9:50 10:25 Distribution Automation Automation Towards a Distribution Management System at ATCO Electric, ATCO Electric Chris Loo, Senior Engineer 10:25 10:45 Coffee break and poster session 10:45 11:20 Distance Protection for Distribution Feeders, EPCOR Yordan Kyosev, Manager, P&C Engineering Curtis Ruff, Engineer, P&C Projects 11:20 11:55 Use of Current Limiters to Mitigate High Short Circuit Currents in Networked Distribution Systems, ENMAX Brent Thesen, Manager, Transmission Planning 11:55 1:30 Lunch and Poster Session U. of A. researchers will present research posters and demonstrations. Afternoon 1:30 2:10 HVDC Integration Into the Alberta Transmission System, AESO Stephen Heidt, Principal Engineer, HVDC Integration 2:10 2:50 Innovative Protection Study for the North West Area Co-ordination, AltaLink Gary Webster, Senior Protection Engineer Daniel Wong, Principal Engineer, Protection and Control 2:50 3:15 Coffee break and poster session 3:15 3:45 Measurement of Load Parameters for Power Systems Studies, U. of A. Wilsun Xu, Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 3:45 4:00 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements F. Ritter, APIC Chair

8 4 Poster Presentations University of Alberta Researchers Presenter Ramiar Alaei Masoud Davari and Yasser A. I. Mohamed Tianyu Ding PengFei Gao Ahda P. Grilo Ahda P. Grilo H. M. Hassan and Yasser A. I. Mohamed Haitao Hu Xiang Li Moosa Moghimi Haji Arnaldo Rosentino Junior Masoud M. Shabestary Qingxin Shi Seyed Mostafa Tabatabaei and Kiarash Shaloudegi Yu Tian Yang Wang Yang Wang and Jean-Paul Prevost Xiaohan Wen and Yun Wei Li Bing Xia Hesam Yazdanpanahi Kan Yu Ke Zhu Title High Frequency Harmonics in Power Systems A Robust Multi-Objective Controller of VSC-Based DC-Voltage Power Port in Hybrid AC/DC Multiterminal Grids Zero Sequence Filters for Harmonic Mitigation A Zero Sequence Current Sensor Critical Time for Protection Actuation of Self-Excited Induction Generators After Disconnection From Grid Current State Estimation For Microgrids Energy Management of Distributed Generation Via Model Predictive Control With Constraints Optimizer Case Study of Alberta Province Harmonic Distortion Mitigation Based on Sensitivity Studies Active Power Filter for Residential Distributed System A Survey on Power Disturbance Data Analytics Applications Electric Characteristics of Arc Furnace & Considerations for Their Modeling Enhanced Fault Ride Through Using An Improved Control Strategy In Converter-Interfaced DGs Inside The Micro-Grid A Simulation Tool for Studying the Electric Features of Low Voltage Systems Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Methods & Applications PSS/E Based Network Frequency Response Analysis Tool Estimation of Fault Resistance From Fault Recording Data A High Frequency Half-Wavelength Transmission Scheme A Distribution System Harmonic Compensation Approach Using DG-Grid Interfacing Converters Trip Grounding: Issues and Solutions Field Discharge Method for Limiting Synchronous DG Fault Current Improvement of Power Line Signaling Technique for Anti- Islanding Protection An Active Adaptive Reclosing Technology for Distribution Lines

9 5 Poster Presentations Industry Engineers in Training 1. AltaLink s EIT Program Emily Burtt, EIT and David Driedger, EIT, AltaLink Emily Burtt is a 2013 graduate of Civil Engineering with a minor in Structural Engineering from the University of Calgary. Emily was a summer student in 2010 and an internship student in 2011 for 16 months, with AltaLink in their Engineering Standards & Support team in Asset Management. She joined AltaLink upon graduation and holds a position as a Civil EIT for the substations discipline. Her work experience includes civil and transmission lines engineering standards development, materials management, and subject matter expertise in design reviews for civil engineering aspects of substations such as foundation design, site grading, and steel superstructures. Emily is a registered EIT in the province of Alberta. David Driedger is a 2013 graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta. David completed summer work terms at consulting companies including Worley Parsons and Jacobs Engineering; upon graduation he joined AltaLink and works there now as an Electrical EIT in System Operations. His work experience includes outage coordination, realtime operations coordination, conducting power flow studies and developing operating procedures. David is a registered EIT in the province of Alberta Minute Line Ratings Andrew Smith, EIT, AltaLink Andrew Smith is a 2011 graduate from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a degree in Electrical Engineering (co-op). His university co-op program provided 2 years of experience between 5 companies across multiple industries including; construction, offshore oil and gas, the federal government, sub-sea electronics/machinery, and mining. Upon graduating he spent another year working with remote sensing technology for offshore environment monitoring. His most recent position is with AltaLink as a Transmission Lines EIT (Engineer-in-Training) with operational engineering. His functional role is to provide engineering support to other departments as well as field staff; specializing in live line work methods, grounding techniques, and line rating methodology. Andrew is the chair of the IEEE ESMOL (Engineering, Safety, Maintenance, and Operation of Lines) working group for the development of an insulator washing guide.

10 6 Poster Presentations Industry Engineers in Training 3. Asset Risk Assessment Graham Standish, EIT, AltaLink Graham Standish is a 2011 graduate from the University of Calgary with a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Management as well as a degree in Economics. Graham currently works at AltaLink as a Lifecycle EIT (Engineer-in-Training). As part of this role, Graham develops models that contribute to the long-term and economic planning of existing transmission line assets as well as developing the lines business cases for AltaLink s General Tariff Application. Graham is an active member and Treasurer of the IEEE, Southern Alberta Section in Calgary.

11 7 Presentations and Speaker Biographies 1. Alberta Electric System Development Long-Term View, AESO Jerry Mossing, VP Transmission Planning and Performance Jerry Mossing was appointed to Vice-President, Transmission Planning & Performance for the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) in July Mr. Mossing leads teams in Transmission System Planning, Operations Planning, System Performance and Engineering. Prior to joining the AESO, Mr. Mossing was employed with TransAlta in control center operations. Mr. Mossing joined the Power Pool of Alberta in 1997 and has been with the AESO since 2003, holding several positions including System Controller, Director of EMS, Director of IT Infrastructure, Director of Operations Planning and Director of Transmission Support. Mr. Mossing is a professional technologist (Engineering) with over 30 years of experience in both operations and information technology. 2. Fortis Alberta Control Centre SCADA, Communication and Outage Management System Roll Out, FortisAlberta Spencer Murray, Sr. Telecommunications Engineer Jon Zawada, Supervisor, Control Centre Brian Vigna, SCADA Engineer Spencer Murray P.Eng. Graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 2001 with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He started his career at SNC Lavalin T&D, starting out in Telecom/SCADA and working his way into substation Project Management. He worked on many interesting projects while at SNC Lavalin, such as 2 substations for the winter Olympics in Whistler, BC, and he managed the NW LRT extension in Calgary. From there he moved to FortisAlberta and has been there for 5 years. While at FortisAlberta he has been involved in Distribution Automation, AMI and the new control center. Jon Zawada began his career in the electric utility industry in 2002 as an Apprentice Power Line Technician in Saskatchewan. His work experience includes 11 years of construction, operation and maintenance of substation, transmission, and distribution assets. He moved to Alberta in 2005 where he obtained an Interprovincial Journeyman Power Line Technician Certificate at Fortis Alberta. He was a Leadhand, Operations in Sherwood Park with FortisAlberta and has a special interest in distribution operations and troubleshooting outages. Jon started on the Distribution Control Centre Project in 2012 as the Supervisor, Control Centre. Brian Vigna is a 2000 graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria. Brian worked in oil and gas for 8 years prior to coming to FortisAlberta and has over 13 years of technical engineering experience. Brian s work experience includes designing SCADA/HMI displays and maintaining their databases. He has a special interest in turning raw field data into valuable trends and reports. Brian currently holds a position with FortisAlberta as Scada Engineer. He is a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta.

12 8 Notes Speaker presentations can be accessed online at: Click on Innovation Forum on the left-hand side of the web-page. Under Download Forum Materials, the password is: UofAapic2013

13 9 Presentations and Speaker Biographies 3. Distribution Automation Automation Towards a Distribution Management System at ATCO Electric, ATCO Electric Chris Loo, Senior Engineer Chris Loo is a 2007 graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta. He has worked for ATCO Electric since before graduation, and has over 7 years of technical engineering experience. His work experience focuses extensively on the design, delivery, and support of SCADA and automation projects, both in substations and along distribution feeders; other work experience includes distribution line design, power quality, and creating software tools for engineering. He has a special interest in the automation: namely, making machines and systems do things that humans shouldn t have to. Chris is currently leading the Distribution Automation program at ATCO Electric. Chris is a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society and is a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta. 4. Distance Protection for Distribution Feeders, EPCOR Yordan Kyosev, Manager, P&C Engineering Curtis Ruff, Engineer, P&C Projects Yordan Kyosev has been with EPCOR since He is the team leader of EPCOR s protection team. He is accountable for the performance of the protection & control systems of the company including capital planning, project execution, asset management and operational support. Prior to joining EPCOR he worked sixteen years as a P&C engineer for the Bulgarian National Electric company and four years as a power systems engineer for Schlumberger, Canada. Yordan is a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta, Canada. Curtis Ruff graduated from the University of Alberta in 2009 with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Coop). In 2009, Curtis began working for EPCOR substations as a contractor. Curtis joined EPCOR s P&C group in June 2012 and earned his P.Eng. designation in May 2013.

14 10 Notes Speaker presentations can be accessed online at: Click on Innovation Forum on the left-hand side of the web-page. Under Download Forum Materials, the password is: UofAapic2013

15 11 Presentations and Speaker Biographies 5. Use of Current Limiters to Mitigate High Short Circuit Currents in Networked Distribution Systems, ENMAX Brent Thesen, Manager, Transmission Planning Brent Thesen graduated from the University of Alberta in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power systems. After graduating, he joined ENMAX in the Engineer in Training program. His work experience has been primarily focused on system analysis and conceptual engineering. Since 2012, Brent has held the role of Manager of Transmission Planning, a team accountable for system studies, connection proposals, and conceptual engineering of transmission system additions. Most recently, he has been involved with ENMAX s Cost Of Service regulatory application to the AUC. Brent has completed a certificate in Professional Management at the University of Calgary and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA. 6. HVDC Integration Into the Alberta Transmission System, AESO Stephen Heidt, Principal Engineer, HVDC Integration Steve Heidt graduated in 1990 from the University of Saskatchewan with a B.SC. in Electrical Engineering specializing in Communications and Power systems. He started his engineering career at TransAlta Utilities where in 1996 he began developing his power system operational background. In 1999 he moved to the Power Pool of Alberta as a senior engineer and then on to the role of Manager of System Operations and Analysis as the Power Pool merged with the Transmission Administrator in 2004 to form the Alberta Electrical System Operator. Since that time he has been a manager of several engineering teams and most currently in the role of Principal Engineer in HVDC operations.

16 12 Notes Speaker presentations can be accessed online at: Click on Innovation Forum on the left-hand side of the web-page. Under Download Forum Materials, the password is: UofAapic2013

17 13 Presentations and Speaker Biographies 7. Innovative Protection Study for the North West Area Co-ordination, AltaLink Gary Webster, Senior Protection Engineer Daniel Wong, Principal Engineer, Protection and Control Gary Webster is a 2006 graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta. Gary has worked for AltaLink since graduation and has over 8 years of technical engineering experience. His work experience includes analysis of transmission system disturbances, developing protection settings, short circuit protection modelling and simulations, engineering standards development, and integrating new technologies into the transmission system. He has a special interest in wide area protection and control simulation. Gary currently holds a position with AltaLink as Senior P&C Engineer. Gary is a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society and is a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta. Daniel Wong received his B.Sc. degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1975, and worked as a Lab Instructor at UNB. From 1976 to 1981, he worked for NB Power in the Distribution Department. From 1981 to 2000, he worked for TransAlta Utilities, where he held many key roles in power system protection. From 2000 to 2005, Daniel worked for General Electric, where he held the positions of Lead Protection Engineer, Product Line Manager and Asia Sales Liaison. In June 2005, he joined AltaLink as the Principal Engineer for Protection & Control. Daniel has over 38 years of engineering experience in the electric power industry. He is a Professional Engineer in Alberta and New Brunswick, and an IEEE Senior Member. He is also an Executive Board Member of APIC. 8. Measurement of Load Parameters for Power Systems Studies, University of Alberta Wilsun Xu, Professor, Deptartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Wilsun Xu received a B.Sc. degree from China in 1982 and a Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in From 1989 to 1996, he was with BC Hydro as an Electrical Engineer. He has been with the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, as a Faculty Member since 1996 and is currently a NSERC/iCORE Research Chair Professor. His current research interests are power disturbance issues such as power quality and power disturbance analytics.

18 14 Notes Speaker presentations can be accessed online at: Click on Innovation Forum on the left-hand side of the web-page. Under Download Forum Materials, the password is: UofAapic2013