This presentation covers the development of electric energy in the Puget Sound Region from its early beginnings to the present, and a look into the future. Technical development, utility governance, and the administrative structure necessary to meet the myriad responsibilities of the modern utility are addressed. Speaker(s): Uzma, Location: Seattle, Washington

This presentation will provide an overview of the 2017 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). An IRP is intended to ensure the utility can provide reliable power at lowest reasonable cost and risk over the long term. Historically, the primary questions Tacoma Power has asked in the IRP have been whether, when and which new resources are needed to meet future demand and regulatory requirements. However, the IRP may soon require asking new questions: Does the traditional utility business model need to change? How do we evolve in an increasingly constrained environment? Load growth in the region has been in decline for quite some time; however, the 2017 IRP update marks the first planning cycle in which Tacoma Power’s load is actually projected to be lower in 20 years than it is today. For an industry that has been built on and supported by growth in demand for decades, declining load growth will require innovative thinking and planning.   Speaker(s): Ahlmahz, Location: Seattle, Washington

Topic: Sparks Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham Date: Saturday November 10, 2018 Time: 9:45am  – 12:00 PM, Mega  Zapper Show and Museum Tour Place: 1312 Bay Street, Bellingham, WA 98225   Agenda: Agenda 9:45 am – 10:00 Arrival – Don’t be late. Doors will be closed after 10am. 10:00 am – 10:45 am – MeggaZapper Electrical Show 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Museum Tour with Curators 12:00 pm – Museum is open for you to wander and visit. If you have never been to this museum it is a wonderful place to look at electrical equipment in its early beginning. Other things to do: Arrive early and have donuts and coffee right next door at Rocket donuts. Stay afterwards and go visit the historic Fairhaven District for great food or visit one of Bellingham’s micro brews. If the weather is good, you can even bicycle the water front.  Stop by Edison, yes there is an Edison with a great Edison Bakery by taking Chuckanut drive on the way in or the way home.  Location: 1312 Bay Street Bellingham, Washington 98225

The Z-Utimate Self-Defense Studios (ZUSDS) Women's Self Defense Class is ideal for all women of all ages and skill or athletic levels. You will have fun and gain confidence, learning skills that will help get you out of potentially dangerous situations. Participants practice full-force self-defense on actual people. ZUSDS members put on full protective gear and let participants really hit them. Participants see what a real life situation is like and realize that they have the strength to fight back. Instruction fees must be paid ahead of time through the vTools registration. No payment will be accepted at the door.   No experience required. Must be 11 years or older to attend. Limited spots available! Register today!     Speaker(s): Master Preston Ducati, Agenda: 2:45pm-3:00pm : Arrive at the dojo 3:00pm-5:00pm: Self-defense instruction 5:00pm-5:30pm: Closing Location: Bldg: Ste 107 8862 161st Ave NE Redmond, Washington 98052

This presentation explains the new 3GPP technical specifications for the new 5G Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on latest release which is Release 15. It details the LTE protocol stack of an IoT device, architecture and framework, how they are functioning and communicate with cellular infrastructure, and supported features and capability. NB-IoT is designed to connect a large number of devices in a wide range of application domains forming so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Connected devices are to communicate through cellular infrastructure. This technology is new within the 3GPP specifications and is part of upcoming new wireless technology known as 5G. Speaker(s): Dr. Hossam Fattah, P.Eng, Location: Room: 1919 Bldg: 99 14820 NE 36th ST Microsoft Redmond, Washington 98052-5319

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Co-sponsored by: Washington State University Everett Electromagnetic reverberation chambers have been used for many years by the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) community to measure the susceptibility and emissions for various electronic components and systems. This presentation describes how statistical processes were used to reduce the uncertainty of these chambers to a level necessary for precision metrology applications. These processes were applied to the calibration of electromagnetic field probes and the assessment of antenna efficiencies. A brief comparison of traditional calibration methods employing transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cells and anechoic chambers to the new statistical reverberant environment will be shown. The presentation also goes on to explain how these techniques were later applied to a wide variety of aircraft measurements. A technique which utilizes two side by side reverberation chambers sharing a common wall with an arbitrary shaped aperture, useful for the assessment of component shielding, will be discussed.  Utilizing this same approach, it is possible to assess the shielding of large structures such as commercial aircraft.  These aircraft shielding measurements are necessary for High Intensity Radiated Field Susceptibility (HIRF) certifications. With the proliferation of wireless devices it is important to understand how they behave in complex electromagnetic environments and how they interact with other devices and systems in which they are collocated . Aircraft environments have been shown to behave similarly to reverberation chambers and therefore these techniques can be employed to study propagation environments and system interactions. This presentation will give examples of how these techniques were employed to measure bulk absorption used to simulate passenger loading of aircraft, field mapping which is useful for the evaluation of signal coverage and channel interference as well as signal propagation characteristics. Location: Room: 256 Bldg: WSU Everett 915 N. Broadway Everett, Washington 98201

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) offer tremendous potential for increasing the flexibility and resilience of the grid. DERs can help utilities and grid operators to cost-effectively manage electricity demand growth, congestion, power quality, and reserve allocation. DERs can also increase reliability while reducing electricity costs for end consumers. In this presentation we will review typical Behind-The-Meter (BTM) value streams found in DER optimization applications from an aggregator or energy manager perspective. We’ll then discuss practical challenges that arise when deploying real-time optimization in BTM applications and offer insights about how to address those. Speaker(s): Silva, Location: Seattle, Washington

Presenter: Scott Whittington from International Seismic Application Technology   Scott has 22 yrs. in construction consulting, supply and design services and 6 years of commercial carpentry experience. Scott ISAT’s  Northwest Technical Support Manager responsible for a five-state territory.   Meeting Agenda   What seismic restraints are and why they are required by law. Where do you find the requirements in the building code? Understanding seismic code terminology. How to identify whether seismic restraints are required on your projects and to what extent. How the seismic forces for a project are determined and what impacts the magnitude of the forces. Changes in the codes that can drastically affect the success of projects. Roles and responsibilities of members of the project design team. What a “complete” seismic design package should look like. Questions & Answers Location: Bldg: Brown & Caldwell 701 Pike St Suite 1200 Seattle, Washington 98101

Summary: Approximately 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to the electricity grid. This form of energy poverty disproportionately afflicts those living in less economically developed countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. Achieving universal electrification through grid extension is optimistically decades away and might never be a viable option in rural areas. Instead, many communities will rely on off-grid electricity solutions in the form of renewable energy-powered microgrids. This presentation describes the role of microgrids and other off-grid solutions in providing electricity access. Technical design examples from microgrids in Zambia will presented. Parking: Please park in front lot, free & open space parkingPSE employees: please park in gated area to maximize open parking space Speaker(s): Dr. Henry Louie, Daniel Nausner Agenda: 6:00 pm – Networking and Light Refreshments 6:45 pm – Introductions and Technical Talk and Demo 8:00 pm – Adjourn Location: Room: Columbia & Bennett Room 13230 SE 32nd St Bellevue, Washington 98005

The heavier loading of existing power systems infrastructure along with the utilization of significant amounts of renewable energy sources pose new challenges to the power systems real-time operational security, defined by NERC as the ability of electric power grids to withstand sudden, unexpected disturbances such as short circuit faults. Therefore, developing secure and dependable protection schemes ranging from digital protection algorithms to wide area protection schemes that enhance real-time operational security and fault-tolerance of power systems is of crucial need as they would translate to several billions of dollars in annual savings in the U.S. alone. This talk first presents a brief overview of our System of Systems (SoS) approach for addressing new challenges of protection of modern cyber-physical power systems with high penetration of renewable energy sources. The proposed protection and emergency control strategies are implemented at multiple timescales and are deployed at different locations spanning from the interface of renewable energy sources (milliseconds timescale), to digital protective relays distributed throughout the power grid (fractions of a second timescale) and wide area protection systems at control centers (seconds to minutes timescale). The talk then discusses a cascading failure protection strategy, consisting of digital protection algorithms and Special Protection Systems (SPS), that enhances power systems fault tolerance and resilience against cascading failures.   Speaker(s): Saeed, Location: Seattle, Washington

Co-sponsored by: IEEE Seattle section, Computer Society and Signal Processing Society Please come to enjoy our Holiday Banquet,  Delicious Food, Good Wine, Pleasant Companies, Stimulating Keynote                  and Inspiring Discussions….. Keynote: Timothy Lee IEEE USA Region 6 Director - elect Guest Speaker: Aline D. McNaull, Legislative Representative, IEEE-USA               The event will be held at Mandarin Buffet and Grill. There are over 800 delectable dishes for your pleasure,    Mongolian bar, sushi, crab, steamers, seafood, dessert, salad, chocolate fountain, ice cream and more.... Speaker(s): Tim Lee, Aline McNaull Agenda: November 30th, 2018 6 pm  Reception 6:30 pm Dinner, 7:00 Pm Keynote by Timothy Lee, Region 6 Director elect 7:30 pm  Speech by Aline McNaull, Legislative Representative, IEEE-USA Location: Room: Banquet Room Bldg: Mandarin Buffet and Grill 14850 NE 24th St Redmond, Washington 98052