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| Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 | | |
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| 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | CLOSED MEETING - IAB Members
(Open to all attendees of companies that are Industry Members of CAPER) | Becca Rye
Dominion Energy
CAPER IAB Chair |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Registration - General Meeting (Lunch On Your Own) | |
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| 1:00 - 1:10 pm | Welcome Statement, Safety Moment & Meeting Objectives | Dr. Robert Cox
EPIC Executive Director
CAPER Director |
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| 1:10 - 1:30 pm | CAPER Annual Impact Report | Dr. Robert Cox
EPIC Executive Director
CAPER Director |
| - CAPER Operations Review
- Student Hiring Summary
- Project Impacts From Industry Perspectives | |
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| 1:30 - 2:15 pm | Opening Keynote Address - - Renewable Energy Powering the Grid | Mark Lauby
NERC
Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer |
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| 2:15 - 3:30 pm | Panel Session - Balancing Reliability & Affordability in the Southeast | |
| Dominion Energy Integrated Resource Plan | Nate Rice
Dominion Energy
Supervisor - Electric Transmission Strategic Initiatives |
| Carolinas Resource Plan, Duke Energy | Thomas Beatty
Duke Energy
Lead Engineer |
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| 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Break | |
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| CAPER - Sponsored Senior Design Project:
"Design and Implementation of System Protection Schemes for Electric Utilities" | |
| 3:45 - 4:00 pm | UNC Charlotte Team | James Stoupis
ABB
Electrical Systems Department Manager |
| 4:00- 4:15 pm | NC State Team | Becca Rye
Dominion Energy
Electrical Systems Department Manager
(CAPER IAB President) |
| 4:15 - 4:30 pm | Clemson Team I | Drew Clarke
Duke Energy
Manager, System Operations Engineering
(CAPER CSC Chair) |
| 4:30 - 4:45 pm | Clemson Team II | Drew Clarke
Duke Energy
Manager, System Operations Engineering
(CAPER CSC Chair) |
| 4:45 - 4:55 pm | Q&A | |
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| 4:55 - 5:00 pm | Day 1 Wrap-Up | |
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| 5:00 - 7:00 pm | Reception & Poster Session - Harris Alumni Center - (Closed Session - Open to CAPER Members only) | |
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| Thursday, March 26th, 2026 | | |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Registration - General Meeting | |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Highlights from Day 1 and Objectives for Day 2 | Drew Clarke
Duke Energy
CSC Chair & Facilitator
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| 9:15 - 10:15 am | Panel Session - Research & Supply Chain Challenges Due to Large Load Demand | Dr. Robert Cox
EPIC Executive Director
CAPER Director |
| | Huangjie Gong
ABB
Senior Scientist- Electric Systems Department |
| | Jonathan Landy
Director, Emerging Technology and Operations
Duke Energy |
| | Joe Lavalliere, Alejandro Schnakofsky
Prevalon Energy
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| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Break | |
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| CAPER Research Projects - Overview
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| 10:30 - 10:40 am | PD-06: “A Machine Learning Based Automated Load Model Parameterization Tool” | Dr. Ning Lu
CAPER Co-Director
NCSU/Clemson |
| 10:40 - 10:50 am | PD-07: “Data Center Load Characterization for Grid Analysis and Planning” | Dr. Dingrui Li
Clemson/UNCC |
| 10:50 - 11:00 am | PD-08: “Bad Data Detection and Investigation of Measurement Schemes to Improve Real-Time Power Flow Performance in Distribution Circuits with Solar Generation” | Dr. Valentina Cecchi
UNCC/NCSU |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 pm | Closing Keynote Address - Infrastructure Needs & Challenges - Balancing Reliability and Affordability | Dr. Robert Cox
EPIC Executive Director
CAPER Director |
| Reliability: More than Megawatts
| Tim Ponseti
SERC Reliability Corp.
Vice President, Operations |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 pm | Wrap Up & Adjourn | Dr. Robert Cox
EPIC Executive Director
CAPER Director |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | CAPER Lunch - All Attendees | |
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