Speakers

Bob McFetridge has over 38 years’ of experience serving the electric utility industry. He started his career with Dominion Energy and Southern Company in the areas of SCADA and substation commissioning and testing. Bob then transitioned to work with several vendors in the areas of substation automation, distribution automation, power quality, and system protection; and for the last 12 years he has specialized in the area of distribution voltage regulation. For the past 5 years Bob has focused on how the addition of distribution connected solar and wind impacts power quality and voltage regulation. Bob is currently the director of business development for volt var controls for Beckwith Electric (a Hubbell Utility Solutions company). He contributed to a book “Smart Grid Advanced Technologies and Solutions” Second Edition, Stuart Borlase, Dec 1, 2017.  He has two patents in the area of voltage regulation.