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MREC Annual Conference Proceedings and
Presentations.
Thank you for your
attendance. It was a great success!
New and Improved Stray Voltage Investigators Course Offerings!
We are in the process of redesigning the series of stray voltage investigators’ courses with the following objectives:
- 1. Reduce time out of office, travel time and time in the classroom
- 2. Improve knowledge retention
- 3. Review basic materials at home before attending the course
Our strategy is to combine web-based instructional modules with our classroom sessions.
When you enroll for a course you will be sent instructions on accessing the web-based instructional material.
You will need to successfully complete these instructional modules before attending the class room session. Each instructional module will have a short quiz to test your knowledge. After the classroom session you will take a ‘final exam’ on-line as well.
The dates for the classroom sessions are:
- 8 April 2008: Introduction to Stray Voltage
- 9-10 April 2008: Stray Voltage Testing
- 14-15 May 2008: Advanced Stray Voltage Analysis
Click here for registration info
Mark Your Calendars for the Premier
Agricultural Energy Conference of 2008!
46th Annual Rural Energy
Conference
February 27-29, 2008
At the LaCrosse, WI Radisson Conference
Center
Check out the
2008 Conference Brochure here for details
Come join your peers and colleagues for the
longest-running event addressing the most
up-to-date and relevant topics to help you
succeed in advancing your rural energy
agenda. The MREC and its member energy
providers and land grant universities in
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota
have been at the heart of agricultural
energy issues for the past 50 years.
This
year we will return to La Crosse, WI to
discuss recent trends in electric
distribution technology, distributed
generation and interconnection, stray
voltage issues, energy efficiency in
agriculture and meeting the needs of the
expanding bio-energy market.
The MREC 2008 conference will include two
days filled with informative workshops from
rural energy professionals. These workshops
will be sure to make this the most
worthwhile event you’ll attend in 2008. Our
keynote speakers will be announced in the
near future.
Click here to download the
2008 Conference Brochure here (pdf)
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2007 Annual MREC
Educational Conference
Conference Brochure
The 45th annual MREC
conference will have two tracks; One devoted
to Farm wiring, electric code and stray
voltage, and the other focusing on energy
efficiency, distributed generation and
assessment of renewable energy options.
Our keynote speaker will give us an overview
of the changes occurring in rural
communities in the upper Midwest:
demographically, economically and socially.
We will also hear about a major study of
integrating wind into the grid and get and
overview of the ethanol boom from the
perspective of corn growers, cooperatives
and utilities serving these electric and gas
loads. For more information and to
register for the conference download this
brochure.
This year's pre-conference Workshop
will provide you with an update on the
latest measurement tools and techniques for
stray voltage investigation. We will give
you an in-depth understanding of how to
program and use the PMI, SVM-10 Stray
Voltage Monitor. Our second session will
give you an overview of 'non-standard' stray
voltage measurements that you might run
across in the field. Chuck Forster will
give us an overview of DC voltage
measurements and Doug Reinemann will give an
overview of the influence of DC voltage on
animal sensitivity. Chuck will also discuss
issues relating to proper and improper
measurement and interpretation of high
frequency transient events. The last
session will be a panel discussion with of
the speakers and other MREC members to
answer your specific questions on both rural
and urban stray voltage.
The MREC was granted the authority to post selected handouts and presentations
on-line. This will allow people who attended the conference to review
the information presented, while at the same time provides valuable information
to first-time views who were unable to attend.
Archive of Past Conference Brochures
Interested in obtaining information about past MREC conferences? Consult the
Archives Page
for conference brochures and agendas of past conferences.
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