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CIGRE membership – for both engineers and their employers

John McDonald, SmartGrid Business Development Leader, GE Power, Atlanta explains how CIGRE membership provides value for both engineers and their employers, thereby also benefiting the entire power system. CIGRE is an international community that shares information to contribute to the betterment of power systems by enhancing the expertise of people within it. Those within CIGRE… Continue reading CIGRE membership – for both engineers and their employers

Where CIGRE is unsurpassed

John McDonald, SmartGrid Business Development Leader, GE Power, Atlanta and IEEE Life Fellow shares his personal perspective I have been actively involved in the IEEE and the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) for 46 years, with many leadership positions and awards. It’s a very valuable organisation. However, CIGRE provides me three benefits I do… Continue reading Where CIGRE is unsurpassed

2022 Grid of the Future

OCTOBER 28–31, 2022 | RESTON, VA Register here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam luctus, augue a hendrerit congue, nisi risus adipiscing turpis, et scelerisque purus mauris eget elit. Proin faucibus felis in justo. Morbi sapien enim, rhoncus at, posuere id, lacinia id, nulla. Curabitur sed leo eget ipsum consectetuer pulvinar. Nulla… Continue reading 2022 Grid of the Future

Paris Session 2022

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CIGRE USNC Annual Meeting and Luncheon

AUGUST 7, 2018 | OREGON CONVENTION CENTER | PORTLAND, OR During the IEEE PES GM. Register here before July 27. Executive Committee meeting: 2:00 – 4:00 pm in OC- E144 USNC Annual Luncheon meeting: 11:30 – 2:00 in OC – Portland Ballroom 252& 253 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam luctus, augue a hendrerit congue, nisi risus… Continue reading CIGRE USNC Annual Meeting and Luncheon

CIGRE membership – how does the young professional fit in?

Mandy Olson, who leads the USNC NGN group explains Acknowledging that the future leaders of the power system are our young professionals, CIGRE has and continues to establish Next Generation Network (NGN) groups around the world. These groups are formed specifically to help young professionals on a range of fronts. Being a member of the… Continue reading CIGRE membership – how does the young professional fit in?

CIGRE’s global earthquake experience provides the answer

David Roop, Director – Electric Transmission Operations & Reliability, Power Delivery Group, Dominion Energy explains how CIGRE membership provided a direct route to solving a challenging and unusual problem. “In 2011 a 5.8 Magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of the United States, disrupting power to one of our nuclear power stations. Before we could… Continue reading CIGRE’s global earthquake experience provides the answer

CIGRE industry data underpins major system reliability improvement

David Roop, Director – Electric Transmission Operations & Reliability, Power Delivery Group, Dominion Energy explains how CIGRE membership resulted in improved customer reliability and reduced cost. “About fifteen years ago we experienced increasing mechanism failures in our transmission circuit breakers. To find out why and how best to solve this problem we initially looked at peers… Continue reading CIGRE industry data underpins major system reliability improvement

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