Episode 05 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Breaker Failure Due to Multiple Reclose Events

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Chris Sakr: Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars. Some say their hype is overblown. Others that they should be rushed to the streets. But&nbs…

RA Symposium - Today's reality, what is the risk?

Panel 1 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Stefan Bird, PacifiCorp, Mike Cashell, Northwestern Energy, Gerry Froese, Avangrid, and Frank Lawson, Eugene Water & Electric Board. These utility leaders share how they are reshaping their business models to meet the goals of the future and provide insight into what they are doing to ensure regional reliability.

RA Symposium - Accelerating the conversation

Panel 2 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Nicole Hughes, Renewable Northwest, Senator Lee Beyer, Oregon, Jim Collins, Microsoft. This panel's conversation underscores the growing expectation for clean energy and achieving our environmental goals while maintaining highly reliable electric services by working together and keep an eye toward the future.

RA Symposium - What we know today

Panel 3 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Scott Kinney, Avista, Dan Kirschner, NW Gas Association, Ben Kujala, NW Power & Conservation Council, and Arne Olson, E3. These experts provide a comprehensive analysis from various perspectives on resource adequacy and integrated resource plans that compare and contrast efforts, providing insight into the art of what could be.

RA Symposium - Where are we heading?

Panel 4 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Mark Holman, Powerex, Gregg Carrington, Chelan County PUD, and Rick Link, PacifiCorp. These industry professionals share findings of the analysis of regional resource adequacy assessments, and provide insights on the design elements for a successful resource adequacy program to ensure continued reliability.

RA Symposium - Owning the Solution

Panel 5 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Steve Wright, Chelan County PUD, Maria Pope, Portland General Electric, and Elliot Mainzer, Bonneville Power Administration. These leaders reflected on the events of the day and shared thoughts on what it will take, along with possible next steps, to ensure continued reliability with resource adequacy under the new paradigm.

Episode 03 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Current Drone Usage

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Chris Sakr:It's the not so distant future. You're riding home from a long day at work in your autonomous car, spacing out, and you look up through the glass bubble overhead to a skyline filled with drones whizzing around. You're as accustomed to seeing this as we are to seeing power lines ove…

Episode 02 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Preparing Circuit Breakers for Operation in Cold Weather

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Chris Sakr:Did you know the human body can survive for up to 45 minutes in freezing water below 32-1/2 degrees Fahrenheit? It's possible. Of course, lots of factors are at play. What kinds of clothes are you wearing? What's your body fat situation? Are you fully su…

Episode 01 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Lesson Learned - Breaker Failure Due to Trip Coil Polarity

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Greg Park:From a system operator perspective, it is interesting to understand, or important to understand, that if you don't have a operational trip coil, you cannot open that breaker. You can't open it locally, can't open it remote…