Speaker, Sarma (NDR) Nuthalapati, Supervisor, EMS and Advanced Network Applications, LCRA

Abstract:

To realize the vision of the future smart electric grid, advanced technological solutions such as real-time measurements of synchrophasors need to be integrated into the existing power system operation and control practices.  Phasor measurement units (PMUs) provide synchronized measurements at high rates for enhanced wide area situational awareness and decision support using new applications. There have been several large scale implementations of synchrophasor technology in managing the grid across the world. Efforts are in place to take this technology into control room operations and develop good operational procedures to better manage the grid with wide area visualization tools using PMU data. This talk presents some basics of synchrophasors and discusses some use cases of synchrophasors in managing the grid. 

About the Speaker:

Dr. Sarma is currently the Supervisor for the EMS and Advanced Applications at LCRA Transmission Services Corporation in Austin. Prior to joining LCRA in Oct 2018, he was for about 8 years at ERCOT and for about 2 years at PEAK Reliability. He is very active in the IEEE Working Groups for State Estimation and Smart Distribution Systems. He is currently leading the IEEE Task Force on ‘Real-Time Contingency Analysis’. He is also active at the NASPI Working Group meetings and was given North American Synchrophasor Initiative (NASPI) Control Room Solutions Task Team (CRSTT) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, October 2015 and CRSTT Volunteer of the Year Award, April 2018, by Department of Energy.  He has several publications in IEEE Transactions and Conferences. He is the editor for the Book on ‘Power System Grid Operation Using Synchrophasor Technology’ by Springer, July 2018. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). He is also Distinguished Lecturer in IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP).  Dr. Sarma Nuthalapati obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, and his Ph.D. degree from IIT Delhi, India.

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