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Western North Carolina (WNC) Section of IEEE is one of the five sections that make up the IEEE North Carolina Council. North Carolina is part of IEEE Region 3. (For additional information see more about section)
Next WNC Section MeetingTOPIC: Smart Grid - What is all the buzz about? DATE/TIME: Tuesday June 23, 2009 at 5:30 P.M. LOCATION: Asiana Grand Buffet SPEAKERS: Amanda Sahlstrom and Biren Patel, design engineers for the Transmission and Distribution division of Burns & McDonnell's Atlanta office. RSVP: Please RSVP to Fred Orland at fredorland@ieee.org no later than June 19 to confirm your seat. Although and RSVP is not mandatory, it is greatly appreciated for planning purposes. Guests are welcome. Abstract: It is hard to get very far without hearing people talk about smart grid or green energy or carbon footprints. The pressure for utilities to adopt smart grid technologies and reduce carbon emissions is growing by the day, but what exactly is a smart grid? The smart grid is the convergence of information and operational technology applied to the electric grid, allowing sustainable options to customers and improved security, reliability, and efficiency to utilities. The smart grid will bring a plethora of benefits to customers, utilities, and the environment. Customers will see lower relative electricity costs, and the ability to control appliances dynamically and while away from the home. A benefit to customers and utilities alike is increased reliability; by taking preventative action, utilities can isolate faulty equipment before it becomes a catastrophic problem and can reconfigure the grid to avoid potential overload situations. Because demand can be controlled, fewer new generating units will need to be constructed or utilized, leading to fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Control of demand and grid configuration will allow more green energy, distributed throughout the grid, to be connected to the grid and used as efficiently as possible. Electric grids are becoming smarter by the day as new technologies are being implemented all across the country. Before all the benefits of the smart grid can be realized, more smart devices will need to be rolled out both on the customer side and the utility side. The advantages of a smart grid for customers, utilities, and the environment are numerous and are beginning to be seen-even without a fully implemented version of the smart grid. To subscribe to email meeting notices and announcements, send an email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG with the command "SUBSCRIBE WNC-SECTION YOUR NAME" in the body, without the quotes, and no subject. You will be sent an email requesting confirmation. Follow the instruction in that email and you will be added to the distribution list. |