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Forward Thinking and Innovative
Happy New Year! The New Year brings the promise of growth and innovation
to the power industry and to Siemens PTI along with it. As we celebrate
40 years of making our knowledge your power, Siemens PTI is committed
to bringing new and improved products and services to you. From the
newest releases of our PSS® Product Suite software tools to the introduction
of certification programs offered by Siemens Power Academy TD – North
America (NA), Siemens PTI will continue to address your current and
future needs.
PSS®E Version 32, our flagship software, was released in the final quarter
of 2009 with important new features and completely overhauled documentation.
For 2010, we will make PSS®E universally available for undergraduate
research at universities. Graduating students will enter the growing
power industry workforce with PSS®E experience, requiring less training
and rapidly becoming productive employees. Additionally, Siemens PTI
has increased the number of Software Technology Users Group Meetings.
We recently held meetings in Europe, China and Australia, all well attended
by users; many more are planned for 2010.
Much is happening within our Siemens Power Academy TD – NA. Please check
out the 2010 Education and Training Catalog, as Siemens PTI is very
excited about new course offerings as well as the introduction of a
new certification program. In addition, we have developed an online
credit card payment option to make course registration easy. Siemens
PTI looks forward to continuing strong links with our customers in 2010
via our Power Academy.
Within the Network Consulting arena, our expanding office locations
provide regionally pertinent support. Recently our Mountain View, California
staff completed a study regarding power transfer from Montana to the
Pacific Northwest. Read about this effort in Colstrip 500 kV Power
Transfer Capabilities Studied.
Finally, I attended a speech by President Barack Obama at a local college.
Please read Smart Grid a Topic of Presidential Visit, for an
extract of his comments.
At Siemens PTI we have enjoyed spending the past 40 years working and
growing with you. We look forward to being your partner of choice for
the next 40 years. I hope you find this edition informative, as we have
much news to pass on to our valued users and customers.
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Siemens PTI Celebrating 40 Years!
In August 1969, Power Technologies, Inc. (Siemens PTI)
was formed by a group of seven engineers with a broad
range of power industry-specific expertise. This expertise
enabled Siemens PTI to tackle a wide variety of consulting
opportunities around the globe in power system planning,
operational economics, corporate modeling, dynamic performance,
transients, transmission line design and reliability analysis. |
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Smart Grid a Topic of Presidential
Visit
As a significant local business in the New York Capital
Region, Siemens PTI had the pleasure of being invited
to attend U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to the
Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY on September
21, 2009. He was joined by Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice
President Joe Biden.
President Obama talked about a number of key topics
related to education, including the importance of Community
Colleges and innovation gaps facing the U.S., as well
as his health care reform and stimulus activities. His
speech also included multiple references to Smart Grid
and provisions for Smart Grid investment. |
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Upcoming Events:
- Come visit Siemens PTI at Booth 1315 at DistribuTECH
and TransTECH, Tampa, FL, March 23-25, 2010.
For further information, visit the DistribuTECH Web site
at http://www.distributech.com/index.html.
- Siemens PTI will be at Booth 925 at the IEEE
PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition,
New Orleans, LA, April 19-22, 2010. For more information,
visit the IEEE PES T&D Web site at http://www.ieeet-d.org/.
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Software Solutions |
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You asked, We delivered in
PSS®E 32
Responding to customer needs for integrated transmission
and generation planning, PSS®E 32 has been released with
a superb set of new features and completely overhauled
documentation.
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Network Consulting |
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Colstrip 500 kV Power Transfer Capabilities
StudiedThe transmission owners of the Colstrip 500 kV
Transmission System and the Bonneville Power Administration
wanted to evaluate the ability of their existing 500 kV
transmission assets to support additional power transfers from
Montana to the Pacific Northwest. This study was initiated in
anticipation of significant new generator interconnection
requests and transmission requests. One benefit of this study
was the identification of the level of power transfers that
could be supported from existing facilities prior to the need
to study, permit, design and construct new transmission.
Siemens PTI conducted this study in 2009. |
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Training |
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Credit Cards Now Accepted
Online!Improving customer satisfaction with the
registration process for Siemens Power Academy TD North
America’s courses was a key driver behind T&D Service
Solution’s initiative to enable online credit card
payments. |
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What are the Keys to Successful Grid
Operation?The successful operation of the grid relies on
the knowledge and experience of its workforce. Today’s power
system and utility workforce is on the verge of a significant
demographic shift. Combined with the impact of new
technologies for Smart Grid applications, increased pressure
for green power, and new, more stringent regulatory policies,
this shift adds up to a serious challenge for utility
organizations.
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Siemens Power Academy TD - North America 2010
ScheduleSiemens PTI offers training programs addressing
all aspects of power system engineering, including:
generation, transmission, distribution and
industrial/commercial utilization. Our programs are developed
and taught by real- world experienced staff engineers with
advanced engineering degrees complemented by first-hand
experience solving power systems problems throughout the
world. We are also uniquely able to provide insight into
future software product developments, opportunities to meet
the developers and provide them with direct feedback from the
course. No other education provider can offer this! To view
upcoming courses, click the link below. |
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Further Information |
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Recent PublicationsFor a complete
listing of Siemens PTI’s recent publications, including
authors, dates and occasions, follow the link below. |
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information is provided freely as a courtesy to our customer base to
make them aware of industry trends and issues associated with power
systems analysis. There is no warranty, suitability of purpose,
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