Power & Energy Chapter
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A Chapter of:	IEEE Power & Energy Society , Newsletter
Chapter Chair	Bala , biography
Past Chapter Chair	Mario
Chapter Vice-Chair	Pratap , biography
Secretary	Lynda , biography
Chapter Events	upcoming         past
News	Nov 2012: Toronto Hydro are holding an event to highlight the challenges and oppportunities in sustaining Ontario's urban electricity assets. The event will be held on the 29th of Nov 2012. Click here to register.
	Oct 2008: The symposium proceedings and presentation slides for the highly successful Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy held on July 15, 2008, have been archived here.
	Sep 12, 2003: August Power Blackout - Report on August 14, 2003 Outage Sequence of Events by the NERC U.S./Canada Power Outage Task Force - [14 page PDF file]
Power Engineering Chapter Meeting, May 1, 2003
Upcoming Events
Mar 07, 2013	Optimization Challenges in Smart Grid Operations
Past Events († indicates event photos added)
Jan 21, 2013	SMART Power Flow Controller for Smart Grid Applications
Oct 22, 2012	Control of Medium Voltage Drives
Aug 2, 2012	Simulating GOOSE Publishing and Subscribing
May 24, 2012	Simulating GOOSE Publishing and Subscribing (CANCELLED - Moved to August 2, 2012)
April 3, 2012	Digital Control Technologies for Switching Power Converters
February 27, 2012	Embedded Power Electronics for Next Generation Smart Photovoltaic Panels
January 26, 2012	Smart Grid Solutions for Sustainable Buildings: Advances in renewable energy and efficiency within the context of buildings
Dec 1, 2011	Magdy Salama: Smart Grid from Vision to Implementation
Nov 22, 2011	Plug-in Electric Vehicle Impact on Ontario's Grid
Nov 14, 2011	Smart Grid Control and Communication: IEC 61850 Standard and Substation Automation
June 21, 2010	Current and Future Trends in Power Systems
April 29, 2010	Vision To Reality: Deployment Of The Smart Grid At Toronto Hydro (slides)
April 27, 2010	Causes and Mitigation of Manhole Events
June 11, 2009	Distributed Generation – Overview
June 4, 2009	Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems & Details for Commercial/Residential Installations
September 25, 2008	Industrial Revolution for Protection and Control Systems in Electric Utilities (slides)
May 21, 2008	Toronto Hydro's Conservation Demand Management Initiatives Talk and feedback session
April 17, 2008 rescheduled from March 27	Recent Applications and Developments in Digital Protective Relaying
November 22, 2007	Recent Developments in FACTS Technology an IEEE Power Engineering Society Distinguished Lecture
September 27, 2007	Hydro One's Transmission Development Plans (slides) †
April 26, 2007	Ontario Wind Turbines - Testing of Electrical Safety (slides)
October 19, 2006	High-Power Converters and Applications in Drive/Wind/Utility Industries (slides)
June 13, 2006	Reliability Standards in the North American Bulk Electric System (slides)
April 20, 2006	Reliability in Deregulated Electricity Markets: The Ontario Example
March 23, 2006	Use of Overhead Conductor Ground Clearance Measurements to Calculate Effective Wind Speed for Transmission Line Rating †
February 21, 2006	On-line and Off-line Transformer Monitoring †
November 10, 2005	Smart Electricity Meters [PEO] & Special PES Chapter Dinner Meeting
May 19, 2005	The Effect of Maintenance on Component and System Reliability
April 21, 2005	Nuclear Power Generation – Where are we going? †
February 25, 2005	Power Systems for the Non-Power System Engineer (poster) †
February 21, 2005	Reliability Impact of Wind Power on Power Generation Planning (slides) †
October 21, 2004	Tour of Hydro One's Ontario Grid Control Centre at Barrie †
October 10 - 13, 2004	IEEE Power Engineering Society’s 2004 Power Systems Conference and Exposition Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY, USA
September 15, 2004	Tour of the ABB Power Transformer Plant in Guelph †
August 9, 2004	Evolving Concepts of Wide Area Measurements in the Electric Power Industry (slides)
June 6 - 10, 2004	IEEE Power Engineering Society 2004 General Meeting Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA
May 4, 2004	Power System Operations Seminar - includes technical presentations
October 29, 2003	End of Life for Power Transformers †
October 3, 2003	IEEE Toronto Centennial Forum on Reliable Power Grids in Canada featuring experts from four utilities in BC, Ontario, and Quebec click here for links to photos and presentations †
September 17, 2003	Tour of the Pickering Wind Turbine Generating Station followed by project and technical presentations. Click on image at right to see full size photo of OPG presentation by Chuck Edey. Presentation [PDF] by Dave Young. Tour report with photos
July 13 - 17, 2003	IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting/conference
July 16, 2003	Power Systems Basics for Business Professionals
July 14,15, 2003	Highlights from the PES Toronto Conference at the Sheraton Centre, July 13 - 17, 2003 †
May 1, 2003	An Overview of the Ontario Electricity Market and the Summary of the First Year of Operations (slides)
April 23, 2003	Nuclear Power, an Alternative to Fossil Fuels POSTPONED
November 8, 2002	Optimization Applications in Distribution System Operations
June 27, 2002	Lightning Challenges in Ontario
May 24, 2002	Tour to Hydro One Provincial and Greater Toronto Area Transmission System Control Centre and Telecommunication Control Centre
December 1, 2000	Visit to Independent Electricity Market Operator's (IMO) Clarkson System Control Center
November 10, 1999	PES - Toronto Section meeting
February 18, 1999	The Great Canadian Ice Storm 1998 - Impact on Power Lines