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Protection System Workshop
August 6, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Mark your calendar for RF’s 11th Annual Protection System Workshop on Aug. 6, 2025, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET. This event will be held virtually via Webex. There is no fee to attend this workshop and it is open to anyone interested.
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Intended Audience
The ideas, suggestions and stories shared during this highly interactive, free event are especially relevant for:
- Substation and Transmission Maintenance personnel
- Protection and Controls experts
- Operations Control Rooms, including tools support personnel for EMS, SCADA, etc.
- Asset Design Groups (substation and transmission)
Agenda
| Presentation | Presenter | Time (Eastern) |
| Welcome and introductions | Johnny Gest, ReliabilityFirst | 9:00 – 9:05 AM |
| Why we are here | Thomas Teafatiller, ReliabilityFirst | 9:05 – 9:35 AM |
| Application of large language models for protection relay settings configuration | Tapas Barik, EPRI | 9:35 – 10:05 AM |
| Comparative analysis of transmission lines falling conductor protection | Matthew Leyba, GE Vernova | 10:05 – 10:35 AM |
| Comparing ride-through requirements for IBRs in NERC Reliability Standard PRC-029 and IEEE std 2800-2022 | Manish Patel, Silicon Ranch | 10:35 – 11:05 AM |
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Break – 15 Minutes |
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| Virtualization of protection systems in distribution design, implementation, and performance testing | Alexandr Stinskiy, Siemens | 11:20 – 11:50 AM |
| A novel underfrequency load-shedding solution to avoid blackouts under low system inertia conditions | Kevin Jones, Xcel Energy | 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Renewable energy protection PRC-029 ride through | Dan Ransom, GE Vernova | 12:20 – 12:50 PM |
| Wrap-up and closing remarks | Thomas Teafatiller, ReliabilityFirst | 12:50 PM |
If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Teafatiller, Principal Engineer – Protection, Engineering & System Performance, or John Idzior, Principal Engineer – Reliability, Engineering & System Performance.