Keynote Speakers
Phil Bratby
Executive Project Director, Energy Co
Colin Crisafulli
General Manager of Future Grid & Asset Management, Endeavour Energy
Kasia Kulbacka
General Manager of Network Planning, Transgrid
Tim Jarratt
Group Executive, External Affairs and Strategy, Ausgrid
Marc Thiebaut
Head of Strategy, Essential Energy
Electric Energy Society of Australia – NSW/ACT Chapter
NSW Electric Energy Conference and Exhibition
“Updates on the NSW Electric Energy Transition”
Conference Agenda
7.00am - 8.00am
Exhibitor Only Access
Set up
8.00am - 8.30am
Registration and Arrival Coffee in Exhibition area
Registration and arrival coffee in the Exhibition area
8.30am - 8.35am
Welcome and Official Opening
8.35am - 8.45am
Conference Sponsor Presentation by Siemens
8.45am - 10.30am
Opening Session – Progress with the NSW Electricity System Transition
Session Chair – Shabir Ahmadyar
Executives from EnergyCo, Transgrid, Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy and Essential Energy covering the following topics.
• The implementation, connection, and operation of Renewable Energy Zones.
• Transmission System changes to cope with the connection of REZs, Storage systems, gas fired generators, pumped hydro etc.
• Distribution System changes – managing domestic solar exports, home and community batteries, load and voltage variations and power quality - and the effect of Stand-alone Power systems etc.
• Customer impacts – the challenges with balancing Reliability, Affordability & Sustainability for a safe and reliable supply from an extremely complex network during extreme weather events.
Panel Discussion and audience Q&A
10.30am - 11.00am
Morning Tea
In the exhibition area
11.00am - 12.30pm
Technical session 1 - System Development – “Translating strategy into cost effective engineering outcomes that satisfy system and customer needs. Subject areas include translating ISP assumptions into DNSP/TNSP planning models, updating technical standards for DER, storage, and flexible demand and more. ”
Session Chair – Doug Thomson
4 technical presentations
Audience Q&A with the Panel of Presenters
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch in the exhibition area – networking opportunities and exhibition viewing
In the exhibition area
1.30pm - 3.00pm
Technical session 2 - Project Delivery - “The challenges of delivering all the system developments during the NSW transition. Subject areas include REZ connection infrastructure, staging and interim solutions, brownfield upgrades vs greenfield builds, supply chain, and workforce constraints as well as detailed technical challenges.”
Session Chair – Jenna Connellan
4 presentations
Audience Q&A with the Panel of Presenters
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
In the exhibition area
3.30pm - 4.55pm
Technical Session 3 – System Operations – “Issues to be managed for successful operation the transmission and distribution systems during the transition. Items such as high inverter penetration, protection coordination challenges in low fault-level networks, and operating with synchronous condensers will be covered. Weather events, cyber security threats, variable loads and generation and the use of AI will also be discussed.”
Session Chair – Pallavi Singh
4 technical presentations
Audience Q&A with the Panel of Presenters
4.55pm - 5.00pm
Closing Remarks
Closing remarks by Shabir Ahmadyar, Chair, EESA NSW/ACT Chapter
Best Paper Presentation and Conference Prize Draw
5.00pm - 6.00pm
Networking Function
Networking, drinks, and canapes in the exhibition area