Substations Committee
    Annual Meeting
    Raleigh, North Carolina
    May 20 - May 24, 2012


Technical Tours:

• Tour #1 - Monday May 21, 2012
• 2.2 MW Solar Farm
• Located on SAS's sprawling work campus is their own 2.2 megawatt capacity solar farm. Consisting
  of two separate installations, Solar Farm 1 & 2 combine to feature 10,000 solar panels fanned across
  12 acres. Together they generate enough electricity to power 325 average homes.
• Tour attendees will get an up-close look at the typical layout of a solar farm, the mechanisms that
  continuously adjust the angle of the solar panels for optimal solar generation, the power collection
  system, and the power electronic conversion and interconnection to Progress Energy's distribution grid.
• PE_Solar_Farm_Fact_Sheet.pdf

• Tour #2 - Tuesday May 22, 2012
• 100/13 kV GIS Substation Tour
• Located on the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill campus are three 100/13kV, 4-breaker ring
  bus, gas insulated substations.
• Tour attendees will get an up-close look at a substation featuring gas insulated switchgear, a 3-in-1
  bus design, gas insulated bus (GIB) to air bushing connections to an overhead 100kV transmission line;
  and GIB to air bushing connections to power transformers. Space savings, reliability, and safety of
  these substations will be demonstrated and why GIS was chosen for these university campus
  applications.
• The following is the minimum PPE for all GIS Substation tour attendees:
• 100% natural fibers pants and shirts (i.e. jeans, 100% cotton or wool)
• Shoes with non-slip soles and substantial upper covering (no high-heels or sandals)
• No Jewelry (no provisions for storage of jewelry will be made during the tour)
• Safety Glasses & Hard Hats (to be provided to all attendees)