APPA’s Engineering & Operations Virtual Conference: March 23-24
Join us online (March 23-24) for the Engineering & Operations Virtual Conference to hear about best practices, learn from case studies, and discuss new strategies in the areas of safety, T&D, system planning, grid modernization, environmental services, and supply management.
With nearly 300 public power professionals from across the country already signed up, this conference provides a great opportunity to connect and share ideas and experiences.
This year's event features over 35 breakout sessions, roundtable sessions, general sessions, a virtual expo, and networking events. Topics include:
With nearly 300 public power professionals from across the country already signed up, this conference provides a great opportunity to connect and share ideas and experiences.
This year's event features over 35 breakout sessions, roundtable sessions, general sessions, a virtual expo, and networking events. Topics include:
- Environmental Services: environmental regulations, RTO markets, natural gas supply risks, repowering or replacing coal-fired generation, decarbonization strategies coal ash and wastewater requirements, and community solar
- Grid Modernization: optical current transformers, securing substations from vandalism, broadband pros and cons, energy storage, securing the supply chain, and integrating smart devices
- Safety: mutual aid, restoration lessons learned, virtual reality safety training, safety culture excellence, and evolving your safety training
- Supply Management: warehouse benchmarking, tracking contract deliverables, warehouse audits, securing the supply chain, and an FBI briefing on fraud tactics
- Transmission & Distribution/System Planning: engineering excellence, securing substations from vandalism, defining resiliency, fuse coordination, planning for DERs, integrating smart devices, and drones