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Boston Chapter
Babak Enayati
Vice Chair
Executive Committee Susan Soergel | Chair [email protected] Lead Engineer, Northeast Utilities Senior Member IEEE, PES
Babak Enayati | Vice-Chair [email protected] Lead Engineer, Retail Connections Engineering, National Grid Senior Member IEEE, IAS Society, PES, IEEE Standards Committee
Bryan J Gwyn | Chair Emeritus [email protected] Senior Director, Protection & Control Asset Management, Quanta Technology Senior Member IEEE, Power Systems Relay Committee, PES
James Cialdea, PE | Secretary [email protected] CEO, Owner, Three-C Electrical Co, Inc. Member IEEE, IAS Society, PES
Jack Martin, PE | Treasurer [email protected] Consulting Engineer, Transmission Planning, National Grid Senior Member IEEE, IAS Society, Standards Society, PES
Betty M. Ly | Member [email protected] Engineer, System Performance and Reliability, NSTAR Electric Member IEEE, PES
Alan D. Roe | Member [email protected] Consulting Engineer Energy Initiative Group LLC Senior Member IEEE, PES, IAS
Thomas Prevost | Member [email protected] OMICRON Electronics Corp. USA Senior Member IEEE, PES, Transformers Committee, IEEE Board of Governors, Member-at-Large
OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD Many factors coming together
Strong Links with local Power and
Energy Companies and Schools
Strong Development Plan
Young and Enthusiastic Committee Members
Mentorship from Industry Leaders
Relevant and Engaging Technical
Program
Local Power and Energy Companies, and Schools
• Strong Support from several Utilities and Vendors
– Reimbursement of IEEE & PES Membership if participation demonstrated
– Leadership participation and encouragement
– Subject Matter Expert Participation
– Recognize the value all this brings
Strong Development Plan
• Technical Meetings 9 months of the year • Relevant courses and workshops meeting local and
national needs – Subject Matter Experts – Use Distinguished Lecturers and Industry Leaders
• UMASS Lowell new student chapter • Continued collaboration with the Northeastern University
chapter. • Donated $10,000 to the PES Scholarship program to
enhance local Boston community. • Financial Plan
Young and Enthusiastic Committee Members
• Recently Graduated Engineers
– They know what’s new and exciting!
• Great Team sprit on Executive committee
– We have fun!
• But – a good mix of experience
– links to past members
– what worked well in the past
Mentorship from Industry Leaders
• Great guidance and Support from Local Industry Leadership
• Understanding the needs of your Membership and potential Membership
Relevant and Engaging Technical Program
Technical Meeting Program 3rd Tuesday every month
Educational Program: Series of courses and workshops
Recent Courses
2013:
• Symmetrical Components
- 35 people attended
• Transformers
- 50 people attended
2014:
• Distribution System Design
- 40 People attended
• Microgrids
- 80 people attended
• Joint Distributed Generation workshop with NREL
- 90 people attended
Technical meetings in 2013 Title Date Speaker
Avian Issues 1/15/2013 Brian Reynolds, National Grid
Cable Systems 3/19/2013 Fahrudin Mekic, ABB
Space weather 4/16/2013 Philip Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory Wayne Hagman, NSTAR
Keeping the lights on and the information flowing
5/14/2013 Prof. Daniel Kirschen, University of Washington. IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Smart Grid: Concepts, Solutions, Standards, Recent Deployments and Lessons Learned
6/18/2013 John McDonald, GE - Energy
GIS Integrated Analytics for Preventive Maintenance and Storm Response
7/16/2013 John L. Lauletta, Exacter
National Fire Protection Association 9/17/2013 Michael Fontaine, Jean Blanc, National Fire Protection Association
Why do we need a Smart Grid? 10/15/2013 Prof. Peter Crossley, University of Manchester, UK
Voltage Source HVDC Converters 11/19/2013 Rajat Majumder, Siemens Energy
Technical meetings in 2014 to date
Title Date Speaker
A practical experience of working with IEC 61850 products
2/18/2014 Eric Udren, Quanta Technology, LLC
Energy Storage Policy - Best Practices and Challenges
3/18/2014 Rick Fioravanti, DNV GL Energy - Kema Inc.
Electricity Markets 4/15/2014 Ronald Coutu, ISO-NE
Modernizing the Massachusetts Power Grid
5/20/2014 Ben Davis, Department of Public Utilities, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Transformer Endurance 6/17/2014 Phil Prout / Mike Wolf, National Grid
Communication
• Up-to-date and interesting website
• Calendar of Activities
• Annual dinner
• Encourage Networking. - The executive committee members attend the courses and technical meetings early to foster conversations and stay afterwards to continue the discussions.
• Future plan: develop a smart phone app
for any upcoming event notifications.
Questions ?
Strong Links with local Power and
Energy Companies and Schools
Strong Development Plan
Young and Enthusiastic Committee Members
Mentorship from Industry Leaders
Relevant and Engaging Technical
Program
