Learn How Electric Power Systems Work, And How They Fail

2/4/2004

From: Chris McManes of IEEE-USA, 202-785-0017, ext. 8356, or e-mail: c.mcmanes@ieee.org

News Advisory:

WHAT: "Blackout 101" is designed to help you understand blackouts: why they happen; how they can be prevented; why they're difficult to stop once they start; and how to prevent large-scale outages like the one last August. Participants will become familiar with power system terminology, operating fundamentals, failure modes and factors affecting reliability, while learning from four IEEE Fellows.

WHO: The IEEE Power Engineering Society and IEEE-USA are sponsoring the seminar.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 6, 12 noon to 2 p.m. (Lunch provided)

WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-340, Washington, D.C.

THE PRESENTERS:

-- John McDonald, P.E., manager of automation, reliability and asset management, KEMA, Inc., past chair of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Substations Committee

-- Dr. B. Don Russell, P.E., Regents Professor of Electric Power Engineering, Texas A&M University, past president of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, member, National Academy of Engineering

-- Dr. Pete Sauer, P.E., Grainger Chair of Electric Power Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, site director, Power Systems Engineering Research Center, member, National Academy of Engineering

-- Dr. Bruce Wollenberg, professor, electrical and computer engineering, University of Minnesota, director, UM's Center for Electric Energy

CONTACT: To attend the seminar, contact Chris McManes, senior public relations coordinator, IEEE-USA, at c.mcmanes@ieee.org or 202-785-0017, ext. 8356.

The IEEE Power Engineering Society provides the world's largest forum for sharing the latest in technological developments in the electric power industry; for developing standards that guide the development and construction of equipment and systems; and for educating members of the industry and the general public. See http://www.ieee.org/pes/.

IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., created in 1973 to advance the public good, while promoting the careers and public- policy interests of the more than 225,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. For more information, go to http://www.ieeeusa.org.