Fundamentals of Power Delivery for the Non-Electrical Professional
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Course Overview
During the 3-day course various aspects of generation, transmission and distribution will be discussed. This course will help you understand various terminologies and technologies used at utilities. Whether you are in customer service, operations or management, without a formal background in electrical engineering or you are new engineer to the field, this course will provide valuable information that will help in making decisions intelligently at your job. The course includes discussion on emerging technologies that are changing the industry.
Who Should Attend?
- Utility customer service, supply chain, regulatory, and management employees
- Project managers
- Large utility customers
- Electrical consultants and contractors
- Non-technical utility employees
Course Outline
Basics of Electricity
- What is it?
- History
- Types of loads
- Definitions of terms
The Electric Grid
- Generation
- Transmission
- Distribution
- Changes to system with advent of distributed energy resources and storage
Substations
- Main equipment
- Control systems
- Difference between generation, transmission and distribution substations
Generation
- Types of fuel
- Generators
- Renewables
Transmission
- Components
- Transmission voltages
- Challenges
- Transmission reliability
- Overhead vs underground transmission
- High Voltage DC transmission
- Transmission Control center operations
Distribution
- Distribution voltages
- Distribution planning
- Reliability
- Overhead vs underground distribution
- Metering
- Distribution control center operations
Major Players
- NERC
- FERC
- Public Service Commissions
- ISO
Safety Practices
New Technologies
Instructor
Steven Blume
Steve is a registered professional engineer with a master’s degree in electrical engineering specializing in power systems, a bachelor’s degree specializing in telecommunications, and a NERC certified reliability coordinator. Steve’s 40 years in engineering and operations includes generation, transmission, distribution, protection, safety, and high voltage testing. He is active in IEEE and has published two books. Steve is the founder of Applied Professional Training and APT College.
Fundamentals of Power Delivery for the Non-Electrical Professional
Course #: RA01590Fundamentals of Power Delivery for the Non-Electrical Professional
Date: Mon. May 20, 2024 – Wed. May 22, 2024ID: RA01590-D112
Fee:
- $1,695
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Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, course materials, and the book: Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional, 2nd Edition.
- CEU: 2
- PDH: 20
Fundamentals of Power Delivery for the Non-Electrical Professional
Date: Tue. December 13, 2022 – Thu. December 15, 2022ID: RA01590-C710
Fee:
- $1,550
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Fee covers live online course instruction and materials.
- CEU: 1.8
- PDH: 18
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