Louisville Section Technical Meeting

Date:               Friday, April 19, 2024

Time:              Arrive: 2:00 PM Eastern

NOTE: Government issued picture ID is required and will be retained by security while inside the data center.

Location:        LG&E and KU Control Center
55 Kingbrook Parkway
Simpsonville, KY 40067

Price:              Free

RSVP:*            Tim Brooks
Email: tbrooksee@ieee.org

                        *SPACE IS LIMITED. You will receive email from Tim confirming your registration.

Please RSVP to Tim by 12:00 pm Midnight Monday, April 15, 2024.          

Topic:           LG&E/KU TCC/DCC Tour

Speakers:   Nick Jewell, Group Leader of EDO Emerging Technology Engineering, LG&E/KU

Abstract:

LG&E/KU’s Transmission and Distribution Control Center (TCC/DCC) tour.  During this tour, technical experts from LG&E and KU will provide walkthroughs of the company’s cutting-edge Distribution   Control Center (DCC), Transmission Control Center (TCC), and corporate data center.  These facilities are used to manage day to day operations of the electric grid throughout Kentucky. Discussions will be held to highlight the many projects and enhancements that are currently underway with each facility.  Discussions will include advanced smartgrid functions currently in use, as well as those under development for grid operation.

Biography:

Nicholas Jewell, Ph.D., PMP (S’07–M’15–SM’18) received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in electrical engineering from the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, in 2014. He is currently the Group Leader of Electric Distribution Emerging Technologies Engineering with the Electrical Engineering and Planning Department at Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU). At LG&E and KU, he leads a team of engineers to implement cutting edge technologies and manage distributed resource interconnection, while serving as the company subject matter expert in areas such as distribution planning, power systems analysis, and distributed energy resources (DER).

Dr. Jewell’s primary focus is on implementing advanced DER strategies and defining and executing a multi-year strategic roadmap pertaining to distribution hosting capacity, distribution system interconnection requirements, customer usage behavior, and system analysis regarding DER impacts to protection systems. He has been an author or co-author for numerous industry publications, has received several Tech Transfer Awards from the Electric Power Research Institute, and has one patent disclosure. Additionally, he was named a Top Innovator by Public Utilities Fortnightly in 2018 for his work with energy storage technologies. Dr. Jewell is also a licensed Professional Engineer in KY and a registered Project Management Professional (PMP).

*PDH certificates will be emailed to all attendees requesting one*

This Event is Co-sponsored by:

The Louisville Section of the IEEE,

Power & Energy Society Chapter (PE31) of the Louisville Section,

Computer Society Chapter (CS16) of the Louisville Section