TUTORIAL on Distribution Energy Resources (DER) Interconnection, a basic training
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1000 Potrero Grande Dr
Rosemead
CA 91770
Original flyer: DER TUTORIAL AT SCE 1-18-19
TOPIC TUTORIAL on Distribution Energy Resources (DER) Interconnection, a basic training
Mark Siira ,ComRent Consultants
Charlie Vartanian, P.E. PNNL
SCE Montebello Service Center: 1000 Potrero Grande Drive Monterey Park.
Friday, January 18, 2019; 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Membership is required. You are welcomed to bring your spouse/companion as a guest. Please
include your guest’s name and email with your reservation. Please email your reservation request with
your IEEE number to: e.miranda@ieee.org; and cc ahmed.douik@caltech.edu
Nonmembers, please go to www.ieee.org/join, then, send your membership number with your
registration request.
This is a free tutorial cosponsored by SCE. the presentation is designed to provide the basic training
for DER interconnections. A pdf file will be emailed to all attendees after they check in at the meeting.
Mark Siira is the Director of Utility Compliance and Solutions for
ComRent International, a leader in load testing solutions for critical
facilities and utility-scale systems. Mark is responsible for
technology strategy, external communication content.
Mark is a senior member of IEEE and currently active as a leader in
several standards making organizations; Chair of IEEE Standards
Coordinating Committee 21. In this role, he leads the development
of all interconnection and interoperability standards for Fuel Cells,
Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation, and Energy Storage.
Concurrently, he is Vice-Chair for IEEE1547 Interconnection
Standard Revision (new test requirements) and is sub-group chair of IEEE1547.1 commissioning.
Mark has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree from GMI Engineering and Management
Institute (now Kettering University), and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Charlie Vartanian is a Sr. Technical Advisor – Storage Reliability and
Integration, within PNNL’s Electrochemical Materials and Systems
Group. His focus is the advancement of reliability and integration of
grid connected energy storage systems.
Charlie has over 25 years of power industry experience deploying
advanced grid technologies, performing electric system studies, and
contributing to technical standards development. He has worked
previously for Mitsubishi Electric, UET, DNV KEMA, A123 Systems,
Enron, the California Energy Commission, and Southern California
Edison. During his 15 years at Southern California Edison, Charlie’s
activities spanned traditional T&D planning through R&D. He is a
currently Secretary of the IEEE 1547.9 Guide for DER Energy Storage Interconnection working group,
and Co-Chair of the IEEE Energy Storage Task Force. Charlie received his BSEE from Cal Poly
Pomona, and his MSEE from USC. Charlie is a licensed professional Electrical Engineer.