Agenda

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Microgrid Implementation Models – Joe Sullivan, Concord Engineering

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Inverting the Microgrid Risk Proposition – Michael Boswell, Concord Engineering

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm The Innovative Business Models Enabling Microgrids Across Global Markets – John Murray, Delta Energy & Environment 

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Seeking Bankability of Microgrids – Sudipta Lahiri, DNV GL

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee & Refreshment Break

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm So You Want To Be Your Own Utility? – Chilkoot Ward, University of Alaska Fairbanks

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Microgrids Bring Certainty to Healthcare – Steve Pullins & Brian Levite, Hitachi America  

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Case Study of an Automated Power Distribution System Serving a Medical Center Campus – Stephen Bowman, Wiley Wilson

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Getting To “Microgrid–Ready”
What does it take to put together a well-performing Microgrid?

• PEER as a tool to understand performance.
• How to perform a viable Gap Analysis (PEER Gap Analysis)
• Cases in Best Practice, with emphasis on Northeastern US.

Session Moderator: Dahlia Kelada, S&C Electric

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee & Refreshment Break

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Amtrak NYC and Transit Oriented Microgrids – Tom Bucher, Booz Allen Hamilton

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Political, Financial and Technical Considerations of a Municipal Multi-User Microgrid – Douglas Nordham, Arup North America

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Microgrid – Market Implementation Strategy- John Driscoll, Icetec

11:00 am – 11:30 am Power Begins at Home: Assured Energy for U.S. Military Bases – Jeffrey Marqusee, Noblis

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Portsmouth Naval Shipyard – History of a Microgrid – James Redden, Ameresco  

11:00 am – 11:30 am Solar and Something: How Microgrids Unlock 1+1 = 3 Value for Renewables – Ken Horne, Navigant  

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Community Solar Microgrid Project  – Case Selection Pending

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Use Of Stationary Fuel Cells as the Backbone of the Modern Microgrid- Michael Palmer, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm The Key Role of CHP in Microgrid Systems – William Steigelmann, Lockheed Martin

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Education Uninterrupted: Creating Campus Microgrids for Schools and Universities – John Merritt, Ideal Power

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm The Blue Lake Rancheria Microgrid: Challenges and Successes in Designing, Building, and Operating a Remote Community Microgrid  – Max Majkowski, Siemens  

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm A Microgrid Case Study at a Data Center Using CHP, Solar, Wind and Energy Storage – Terry Mohn, OATI

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Potsdam Microgrid – A Community Effort – Michael Duschen, National Grid

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Lessons Learned from Field Implementation of Three Utility Microgrids – Duke Energy – Aleksander Vukojevic & Stuart Laval, Duke Energy

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm MicroTurbine CHP in Microgrids – Justin Rathke, Vergent Power Solutions

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm Urban Ingenuity’s New Microgrid Extension Service for Washington,  DC – Shalom Flank, Urban Ingenuity

4:45 pm – 5:15 pm US DOE CHP Resiliency Accelerator – Jay Wrobel, US DOE 

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm Integrating Distributed Energy Resources and Cybersecurity to Improve Energy Resiliency- John Carroll,  IPERC

4:45 pm – 5:15 pm Lessons Learned in Successful Microgrid Controls and Protection – William Edwards, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

8:00 am – 9:00 am Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has been working with industry to develop an innovative Distribution Grid Locational Value Model to assist utilities, developers and regulators with evaluating the economic and operational impact of DER and microgrids.  Project participants will provide an overview/update, including:

• Christopher Berendt, Drinker Biddle Reath, MRC
• Gonçalo Cardoso, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
• James Reilly, J. Reilly & Associates

8:00 am – 8:30 am Microgrids-as-a-Service: A New Approach to Solve Resiliency, Efficiency, Sustainability Challenges – Mark Feasel, Siemens  

8:30 am – 9:00 am Innovative Utility Partnership – Tufts University CHP Microgrid – Randy Preston, Tufts University; Michael Webster, ICETEC; Representative, National Grid

9:00 am – 9:30 am NY Prize Stage 2 Projects Update – Tom Bourgeois, DOE NE CHP TAP

9:30 am – 10:00 am FERC and State Regulatory Policy Update – C. Baird Brown, Drinker Biddle & Reath; MRC

9:00 am – 9:30 am Innovative Load Management and Grid Services in Cellular Micro-Grids- Karl Kolmsee, Smart Hydro Power Ltd.

9:30 am – 10:00 am Sigora Haiti – “Moun Yo Swaf Kouran” (People Are Thirsty For Power) – Andy Bindea, Sigora International

10:30 am – 11:00 am Optimizing District Energy Systems with CHP and Microgrid Controls – Scott Higgins, Schneider Electric

11:00 am – 11:30 am CHP with Spinning Reserve – Core of a Larger Microgrid – Suresh Jambunathan, Veolia  

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Climate Change and Resilient District Energy – Tim Peer, BOND

10:30 am – 11:00 am Application of the Sequence of Events IO Module – Haig Monokian, Thermo Systems

11:00 am – 11:30 am Optimization of Microgrid Assets Using Artificial Intelligence – Terry Waldron, Waldron Engineering & Construction

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Model Based Real-Time Power Management – A Key Element to Any Microgrid Program – Frank Kling, ETAP

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Microgrid Islanding with CHP – The Evolution of a Project – Michael Dempsey, Burns & McDonnell; Chuck Heidt, Gainesville Regional Utilities

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Financial and Engineering Case Study of a Two-Sided Platform Business Model for Microgrids Using Existing CHP Facilities in Brooklyn and Queens – Guy Warner, Pareto Energy

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Working with Utilities: How to Make the Microgrid/Utility Relationship Work for Everyone– Emma Walker & Peter Falcier, GI Energy

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Understanding Microgrid & Energy Storage Feasibility Studies – John Vernacchia, Eaton

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm The Future of Microgrids – How Energy Storage Systems Add Reliability and Efficiency – Jayesh Goyal, Younicos

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Energy Storage-Based Microgrids – Jessi Lord & Bill Sproull, ESS Inc