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2026 JUNE 9-12 |
USERS GROUP CONFERENCE |
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Tuesday
06/9
Wednesday
06/10
Thursday
06/11
Friday
06/12
Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30
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8:30 |
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12:00 |
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Opening of Conference & Introduction of Attendees - Meeting Instructions Nur Umar - SR3 Engineering |
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Treasurer Report Ryan Floyd - PacifiCorp and Bryce Presko - Burns & McDonnell |
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Approval of Minutes, etc. |
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Host Company Presentation Dominion Energy |
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Analysis and Design of Grounding Systems in High-Resistivity Soils for Large Electrical Installations Camilo Marconetto - Estudios Electricos |
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Localized Touch Voltages at Fault Injection Points in a Large 230/115 kV Utility Substation Jeff Nunn - MCW/AGE Power Consultants |
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Step Voltage Mitigation using Skirt Grounding Jerson Alex - MCW/AGE Power Consultants |
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AC Interference on Pipelines and Railroads from 765 kV Powerlines Boshra Momen Nejad - Burns & McDonnell |
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EMI in Crossing Lines: CDEGS Against Conventional EMT Approaches Stelios Papadakis - Hellenic Cables |
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A Case Study in AC Corrosion Risk Modeling and Field Validation on a Newly Constructed Pipeline Paralleling a 345 kV Transmission Line Nafiz Imtiaz - Commonrow Consulting |
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Electromagnetic Field Compliance Study for New Overhead Line Design Kieran Millar - Arcadis |
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Electromagnetic Interference Effects on Drones Using High-Directivity Antennas Maxime Daigle - SES |
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Full-Wave Electromagnetic Modeling and Analysis of a 3D Realistic Power Transformer using MultiFields Ultimate Edition Parisa Dehkhoda - SES |
Break 10:00 - 10:30
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Grounding Project Lifecycle: Measure. Design. Verify. Mitigate. Yash Patel - MCW/AGE Power Consultants |
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Modeling vs. Measuring: Current Splits Distribution with Transmission and Distribution Substations Brandon Dobrowski - safearth |
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Implications of Grounding & Bonding Practices between Utility Owned Substations and Large Load Customers Tony Arnold - Burns & McDonnell |
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Case Study: Calibration of Coating Area Resistance Assumptions in AC Interference Modeling Bradley O’Hagan - Lake Superior Consulting |
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An Alternative Approach to Substation Grounding Design without Traditional Return Paths Thomas E. Propts and Genesis Corporan - Dominion Energy |
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Modeling Three-Phase Networks Under Normal and Fault Conditions Using Power Transformers to Represent Thevenin Equivalent Three-Phase Sources Adrian Ngoly - SES |
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Improvements to Right-of-Way Luis Valcárcel - SES |
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Introducing Non-Conductive Enclosures and Plastic “Conductors” in CDEGS and AC Interference Effects on Pipelines Installed in Non-Conductive Enclosures Amir Akbari - SES |
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Recent Developments in SESConverter3D: An Interactive 3D CAD Conversion Tool for CDEGS Alexandre Juneau Fecteau |
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Thermal and Sag Databases in SESLibrary Maxime Daigle - SES |
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Practical Considerations for Wideband Modeling of Two-Winding Power Transformers Mohammad Shafieipour - SES |
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Development of Equivalent Wideband Models of Three-Winding Power Transformers Mohammad Shafieipour - SES |
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Runtime Performance Enhancements for Plates and Finite Volumes in HIFREQ Mohsen Nazari - SES |
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Workshop/Wishlist |
Lunch 12:00 - 13:30
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13:30 |
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16:30 |
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Improvements in SES Software Christian Voyer - SES |
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Automatic Removal of the Influence of Buried Metallic Structures from Resistivity Measurements Fariba Jafari - SES |
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Analyzing Large HIFREQ Networks with Devices Alexandre Juneau Fecteau - SES |
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Enhancements to Thermal MALZ - Conductor Coating and Finite Volumes Philippe Pouliot - SES |
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Impressed Voltage Earthing Arrangement for Steel Pipe Contained Underground Cable Will Penrice - Arcadis |
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Constitution Modifications Nur Umar - SR3 Engineering |
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Advances in SESShield-2D - IEC 62305 Update and NFPA 780 Risk Assessment Christian Voyer - SES |
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SESTransient Improvements Stéphane Franiatte - SES |
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Morning Sessions EDT: 8:30 - 12:00 PDT: 5:30 - 9:00 |
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Afternoon Sessions EDT: 13:30 - 16:30 PDT: 10:30 - 13:30 |
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Virtual Presenter |
Break 15:00 - 15:30
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Nested Volumes in CDEGS Mojtaba Dehmollaian - SES |
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Initial Results on the Two-Layers Inclined Soil Model in HIFREQ Hadi Behnamian - SES |
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Improvements to SESGallery and SESPlotViewer Luis Valcárcel - SES |
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Introducing SESReportBuilder Frédéric Grégoire - SES |
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DC Decouplers – Applications, Performance Characteristics and AC Mitigation Design Ideas Phil Eggen - Dairyland Electrical Industries, Inc. |
Workshop/Wishlist,
various topics, e.g. Right-of-Way Pro
Welcome Cocktail
16:30 - 18:00
Welcome Dinner
18:30