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Power Supply Planning and Projects Conference

March 1-2, 2012
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2012 Topics:
• Developing a Cost Effective Woody Biomass Pulverized Coal “PC” Technology Co-firing System
• Snowflake Power – A Biomass Plant Case Study
• Reactive Power Options – Generator to Synchronous Condenser Conversions
• Development of 575 MW Coolidge Peaking Generating Station
• Cameo Coal Plant Decommissioning
• A Decade of Challenges: An Update on the Holcomb Expansion Project
• Renewable Integration: Navigating Renewables on the RTO Superhighway
• Case Study on Coal-to-Natural Gas Fuel Switch

2012 Transmission Planning and Operations Conference

March 6-7, 2012
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Event Topics:
• BA System Control 
• Operations, Planning and Maintenance: Facility Ratings Coordination
• Using LiDAR, PLS-CADD and Other Tools to Improve Design and Compliance
• How Facility Ratings, Design and Operations Work Together: Planning
• Distance, Differential, and EPE’s Mis-Operation Reduction Scheme 
• Transmission Planning at SRP for the 20 year Planning Horizon
• Cost Allocation of Transmission: Implementation in the East and West
• Underground Transmission: Steps to a Successful Project
• The Central Lincoln Reliability Project
• Planning for Unplanned Events

Attend the 2012 Distribution Conference

March 8-9, 2012
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2012 Event Topics:
• Colorado Spring’s approach to Arc Flash Protection
• Power Transformer Winding Design for Thermal Loading and Short-circuit Withstand 
• Colorado Springs Utilities Copper Theft Prevention Initiatives
• Distribution Feeder Protection Considerations
• Introduction to Hitachi Metals Metglas Amorphous Metal
• Distribution Interconnection Standards
• Alternative Materials for Distribution Poles (steel, fiberglass, composite, etc.)
• Case Study: Longmont Power’s LED Lighting Experiences, a LED Street Test