Electric Power Forum 2025

EPRC Conference

May 20, ISU Memorial Union

• Keynote
  Adria Brooks, Grid Strategies
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/96q13b4d18v4g0heyzynyvg5chf65eb4
• The Plan Iowa Energy Project
  James D. McCalley, Iowa State University
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/aykbkcvjup6ht08nnedipjtokpubmk99

765-kV design workshop

May 21, ISU Memorial Union, Sun Room

• Extra High Voltage: The Evolution of 765-kV Transmission
  Cory Henderson, Burns & McDonnell
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/c2q5mjjvybcd0l23yeym8b6cdn43m2wa
• AEP’s 765-kV operating experience
  Evan Wilcox, AEP
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/0b7lx5nxaszatzlc984bkl97rfe3zbr4
• MISO 765 kV Minimum Facility Design Requirements and Recommendations
  Matthew Tackett, MISO
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/qk4facv7802e80zg19btksuonxgrhyvg
• ITC’s Journey to 765 kV line standards
  Aaron Graber, ITC Holdings
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/1ta3i352ohvzue3jck1a3pq11md1erhf
• GMD: the role of the USGS Geomagnetics program
  John Spritzer, USGS
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/kt3db1vndocu4do3mc4vy1877zjw3utp
• ITC approach to 765 standards development for substations
  Alex Rannow, ITC Holdings
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/7xwff3fy3hgvsw6n1hya61570s4xs0a1
• Hitachi 800 kV Dead Tank Circuit Breakers
  Michael Lane, Hitachi
  Presentaiton: https://iastate.box.com/s/7zllhlu897zr8bnd70mdwzjhoc5sz4ix
• Cold, Complex, and Critical: Navigating 765kV Substation Challenges
  Stephen Moerer, Burns & McDonnell
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/d0wnnkadku82aikp0yy0h87e720n0z0m
• Testing and Development of 765kV configuration
  Jean-Pierre Marais, EPRI
  Presentation: https://iastate.box.com/s/k8kgbw4j4k89tmmvznbjae7uds7xd4qj

HVDC Transmission Short Course

May 22, ISU Memorial Union, Great Hall

• P. Lof, National Grid, Introduction to HVDC Technology
• Jim McCalley, ISU, Point-to-Point HVDC
• X. Fang, Mississippi State University, Offshore Wind Power Integration
• Matthew Tackett, MISO, Legacy EHV vs 765 kV vs HVDC
• A. Mehrizi-Sani, Virginia Tech, Power Electronics 101: Fundamentals of switching power converters and EMT
• L. Tolbert, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Modular multilevel converter design
• H. Cui, North Carolina State University, VSC-HVDC Converter station technologies
• Raj Rajan, SOO Green, HVDC short course lunch speaker

Poster Winners

• 1st prize, Charlie Phillips (advisor: Jim McCalley)
• 2nd prize, Luis Guillen (advisor: Hugo Villegas)
• 3rd prizes
  • Zohreh Parvini (advisor: Jim McCalley)
  • Kebei Wang (advisor: Manimaran Govindarasu)
  • Santoyani Bose (advisor: Manimaran Govindarasu)