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Tentative schedules for the 71st Annual Meter School can be found below. Registration will be Monday, October 7, 2024 from 12 to 5 p.m. and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Space is limited for each session. 

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Basic Course Schedule Download Printer-Friendly PDF

 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

8:00am – 8:30am Registration/ Check-in
8:30am – 9:45am General Session
10:00am – 11:30am #100 Metering Terminology
11:30am– 12:30pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]
12:30pm – 2:00pm #101 Basic Metering Mathematics
2:00pm – 3:00pm #102 Fundamentals of Electricity & Magnetism
3:00pm – 3:30pm Vendor Tour
3:30pm – 5:00pm #102 Fundamentals of Electricity & Magnetism (CONTINUED)
5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

8:00am – 9:00am #102 Fundamentals of Electricity & Magnetism (CONTINUED)
9:00am – 11:00am #103 AC Circuits
11:00am– 12:30pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]
12:30pm – 3:00pm #103 AC Circuits (CONTINUED)
3:00pm – 4:00pm #104 Proper Application of Utility Metering
4:00pm – 5:00pm #105 Hands-on Single Phase Meter Components
5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Thursday, October 10, 2024

8:00am – 9:00am #106 Meter Reading Technology
9:00am – 10:00am #107 Introduction to Three Phase Metering
10:00am – 11:30am #108 Metering Fraud Detection (Homewood Suites)
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm – 2:00pm #109 Introduction to Instrument Transformers
2:00pm – 3:00pm #110 Field Testing of Single Phase Meters
3:00pm Please turn in evaluations and CEU forms.
NOTE: Participants that signed up for CEU credit will have their certificates mailed to them.

 

Intermediate Course Schedule Download Printer-Friendly PDF

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

8:00am – 8:30am Registration/ Check-in
8:30am – 9:45am General Session
10:00am – 11:30am #200 Intermediate Mathematics   (ch. 3)
11:30am– 12:30pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]
12:30pm – 2:30pm #201 Three Phase Circuits   (ch. 4)
2:30pm – 5:00pm #202 Three-Phase Metering
5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

8:00am – 10:00am #202 Three-Phase Metering (CONTINUED)
10:00am – 10:30am Vendor Tour
10:30am – 11:30am #202 Three-Phase Metering (CONTINUED)
11:30am– 1:00pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]
1:00pm – 2:30pm #208 Power Quality Analysis
2:30pm – 3:45pm #204 Applications of Multifunction Metering
3:45pm – 5:00pm #205 Applications of Contact Metering Systems
5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Thursday, October 10, 2024

8:00am – 10:00am #206 Three Phase Meter Testing
10:00am – 11:30am #207 Instrument Transformer Testing & Applications (ch. 11)
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm – 2:30pm #203 Demand Metering & Special Metering Applications
3:00pm Please turn in evaluations and CEU forms.
NOTE: Participants that signed up for CEU credit will have their certificates mailed to them.

 

Advanced Course Schedule Download Printer-Friendly PDF

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

8:00am – 8:30am Registration/ Check-in
8:30am – 9:45am General Session
10:00am – 11:30am #300 Math and Phase-Angle Relationships: Theory
11:30am– 12:30pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]
12:30pm – 3:30pm #301 Phase-Angle Problems
3:30pm - 4:00pm Vendor Tour
4:00pm – 5:00pm #302 Reference Standards: Accuracy & Traceability
5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

  Group A  (Red) Group B  (Blue)
8:00am – 11:15am

#303 EXCEL 2016 on Windows 10

#304 Three-Phase Metering Laboratory

11:30am– 1:00pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]  
1:15pm – 5:00pm

#304 Three-Phase Metering Laboratory

#303 EXCEL 2016 on Windows 10

5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN  

Thursday, October 10, 2024

8:00am – 9:30am #305 Metering Fraud Detection (Homewood Suites)
9:30am – 11:30am #306 The Discussion of Four Quadrant Metering
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm – 3:00pm #307 Power Quality: Harmonics
3:00pm Please turn in evaluations and CEU forms.
NOTE: Participants that signed up for CEU credit will have their certificates mailed to them.

 

Premier Course ScheduleDownload Printer-Friendly PDF

 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

8:00am – 8:30am Registration - Hilton Garden Inn
8:30am – 9:45am General Session
10:00am – 11:30am #400 Metering Communication
11:30am– 12:30pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided] - Hilton Garden Inn
12:30pm – 2:30pm #400 Metering Communication (CONTINUED)
2:30pm– 3:00pm Vendor Tour
3:00pm – 5:00pm #401 Physical Protocols and Transmission Control Protocol - Internet Protocol (TCP-IP)
5:00pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

8:00am – 11:30am #401 Physical Protocols and Transmission Control Protocol - Internet Protocol (TCP-IP), (CONTINUED)
11:30am– 1:00pm Vendor Displays & Lunch [Provided]
1:00pm – 3:00pm #402 Distribution Automation

3:00pm - 5:00pm

#402b RF Mesh and Network Infrastructure 

5:00pm

DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Thursday, October 10, 2024

8:00am – 9:30am #403 The Why & How of Line Loss & Transformer Compensation
9:30am – 11:30am #404 Net Metering and Distributed Generation
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm – 3:00pm #405 Communication Troubleshooting using an ASE 2000 Test Set
3:00pm Please turn in evaluations and CEU forms.
NOTE: Participants that signed up for CEU credit will have their certificates mailed to them.