IEEE Chattanooga Section

Anatomy of an Accident: How Sloppy work and a Lack of Documentation Caused Massive Payouts! On Thursday morning, January 7, 1999, a woman walking to work died on the sidewalk in front of UTSA downtown. The cause was ruled as electrocution from an energized metal lid in the sidewalk. The resultant investigation revealed a lack of final inspection on the original work and many problems with subsequent work. Enough that San Antonio’s Central Power Supply (CPS) and others paid out a combined $6.4M. James Mercier, who was at that time an engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation, will present and discuss the various errors discovered from his investigation for TxDOT and in the court records. Long after the court case was settled, James may have figured out what really happened that day! Speaker(s): James, Agenda: - Introduction - Presentation by Mr. James Mercier Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/482904

The IEEE Chattanooga Section and PES Chapter invite you to join us on APRIL 30, 11:30 AM EDT, for a virtual Lunch-and-Learn to hear George Pitts from TVA provide an Analysis and Troubleshooting of 500kV line operation. Analysis and Troubleshooting of 500kV line operation "George will step through the sequence of events for an actual event on the TVA system in which a tree contacted a high voltage transmission line, the engineering analysis of the event, and the conclusions drawn." George Pitts PE, TVA George is presently senior program manager interconnection planning with TVA, working with renewable energy projects from beginning to commercial operation. He has over 30 years of electrical engineering experience spanning oil & gas pipelines, pulp & paper mills, and electric utilities. George has been a project, controls, maintenance, protection, planning, and commissioning engineer in his many roles throughout his career. He earned the BSEE degree from Mississippi State University and is a Senior Member of IEEE. 1 PDH Available Please Note that the meeting invite is part of this email, click on the Microsoft Teams meeting invite provided in the location section of the e-notice email Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481555

The IEEE Chattanooga Section and PES Chapter invite you to join us on March 19, 11 AM EDT, for a virtual Lunch-and-Learn to hear Rich Hunt from Quanta Technology provide an introduction to IEC 61850. Introduction to IEC 61850 This session will discuss the fundamentals of IEC 61850, including the data model, communications methods, services, and configuration. Topics: - Why do we care about IEC 61850? - What does IEC 61850 do? - How does IEC 61850 work? At the end of this session, you should have a general understanding of IEC 61850. This session can be the starting point for further investigation into system and network architectures, testing, and implementing specific system functionality. Rich Hunt, PE, Executive Advisor – Quanta Technology Mr. Hunt has over 30 years of experience in the electric power industry, specializing in protective relaying. Over the last 15 years, he has focused on specifying and designing digital substations, including IEC 61850, process bus, non-conventional instrument transformers, networking, and time synchronization. Rich earned his BSEE and MSEE from Virginia Tech. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of the Main Committee of the IEEE Power System Relaying & Control Committee, and a registered Professional Engineer. 1 PDH Available Please Note that the meeting invite is part of this email, click on the Microsoft Teams meeting invite provided in the location section of the e-notice email Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/472407