Monday, October 19th - System Protection Day

8:30 AM: SEL Updates

8:35 AM: Increasing Quality of the Electric Grid by Living in the Spirit of Continuous Improvement

10:35 AM: Advancing Condition Monitoring Capabilities Through Improvements in IED Design

1:25 PM: Developing an Efficient and Economical Relay Replacement Program

2:25 PM: Omaha Public Power District Substation Automation

3:25 PM: Designing Systems to Avoid Delayed Zero Crossings and Using Point on Wave Control to Mitigate Asset Stress

4:25 PM: Case Study: Application Considerations for Local and Remote Breaker Failure Protection from a Utility's Perspective

Tuesday, October 20th - Substation Day

8:30 AM: DOE 2029 Transformer Efficiency Standards

10:30 AM: 800kV Circuit Breakers

11:15 AM: Grounding Design Case Study with Generic vs. Site-Specific Parameters

1:00 PM: Mixed Gas Technology

1:45 PM: Engineering Ethics: Professional Responsibilities and Emerging Challenges

2:35 PM: Am I Ethical?

3:00 PM: Power Quality Challenges in Modern Electrical Networks: Capacitor Bank Deployment and the Impact of Emerging Data Center High-Density Loads

4:00 PM: 69kV Capacitor Banks at OPPD: Technical Overview & Implementation History

Wednesday, October 21st - Generation Day

8:10 AM: Back-up Fuel Options for Natural Gas Fired Power Generation

8:40 AM: From Reserved Space to Operating Capacity: Lessons from the South Powerblock Expansion Design

9:25 AM: Alternative Weld Repairs Without Post Weld Heat Treatment for Ferritic Steels

10:25 AM: Effects of Pedestal Settling for the Nebraska City 2 Steam Turbine Train

10:55 AM: Gas Market Update

12:25 PM: Flexible Operation Challenges for Gas Turbines: Effects on Performance, Maintenance, and Life

1:25 PM: The Rest of the Story

2:40 PM: Industry Challenges with Grade 91/92 Steel

3:40 PM: Animal Damage to Generator Breaker

4:10 PM: Aging Generator Circuit Breakers