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IEEE Power and Energy Society |
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| Phoenix Chapter |
| February 2005 Luncheon Meeting |
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| Date: |
Thursday, February 17, 2005 |
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| Speaker: |
Tom Glock, Manager Power Operations |
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Arizona Public Service Co. |
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| Topic: |
"Surviving the Summer of 2004" |
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Abstract:
This lunch meeting was the best attended meeting we have had in recent memory. Fifty three people were in attendance (not including the speaker)
to hear Tom Glock discuss the unique challenges that were faced during the summer of 2004 and how the utilities were able
to cope with the challenges. Tom discussed the June 14, 2004 fault event and how it impacted the July 4th Westwing transformer
fire event. He also discussed the Deer Valley transformer fire and Yuma gas turbine GSU transformer fire and how these
different outages affected the Phoenix area import capability. Operators were able to keep from shedding load during the
summer through innovative islanding schemes (8 different schemes used through the summer) combined with customer voluntary
load curtailment. A interesting array of questions were answered following the presentation.
Biography:
Tom Glock has a BS degree from the University of Arizona and has been an APS employee for 23 years. Tom started
working for APS at the Yucca Power Plant in Yuma mowing grass as a yardman. Currently he is the Manager of Power Operations.
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