Department of Energy

Smart Grid Workforce Training program

The U.S. Department of Energy’s workforce training programs will help prepare the next generation of workers in the utility and electrical manufacturing industries for Smart Gridrelated jobs. The program provides nearly $100 million for 54 projects. These projects will leverage more than $95 million in funding from community colleges, universities, utilities, and manufacturers to train approximately 30,000 Americans to transform the nation’s electrical grid and implement smarter grid technologies in communities across the country.

IncSys Charge

IncSys has been charged to develop massive real-time simulations for training smart grid operators. Real-time simulations with specific and realistic models of the 8 NERC regions so that system operators, engineers and students can experience and learn to prevent major power system events. The simulations will facilitate capturing the implicit knowledge that is embedded in the experience and intuition of senior operators and transferring it to a broad range of trainees.

Modeling all 8 NERC Regions

The powerful software which drives the industry leading operator training simulator, PowerSimulator, is flexible and robust enough to model each and every NERC region. As part of the DOE program, IncSys and PowerData will model the North American interconnections so that massive nationwide simulations can be performed to both plan for the worst case scenarios, as well as prepare new and experienced operators for the most complicated emergency scenarios.

Smart Grid Technology Simulation

To prepare operators for the future of Smart Grid operations, IncSys and PowerData
will extend the functionality of PowerSimulator to model the unique components which
operators will need to know how to operate when Smart Gird technologies are fully
integrated into the electric grid.

Power4Vets™ > Military Training & Placement Program

IncSys is facilitating the Power4Vets program to recruit, train, certify, and place United
States Military veterans in energy management careers.
A combination of IncSys and SOS International training tools are currently being used by
over 50% of NERC certified operators. These same tools are being made available at no cost
to qualified veterans. Life-like simulation exercises will bring Power4Vets students years
of experience so that anyone can be prepared to enter a career in energy management and
system operations. learn more

Knowledge Capture

As part of the DOE grant, IncSys is capturing knowledge from the nation's most experienced
system operators and making that knowledge available to help train the next generation of
operators.

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