Date:  Thu., Oct 26th, 2023, 12:45 PM – ~ 03:30 PM (MDT) Alberta

Location:  ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre (#9500, 100 St SE, Calgary, AB, Canada T3S 0A2)

Sponsored by the:  IEEE Joint Power and Energy (PES)/Industry Applications Society (IAS) Southern Alberta Chapter and the IEEE Southern Alberta Section

Registration Open:  Fri., Oct 06th, 2023, @ 1:00 PM MDT

ATTENTION: This event “Sold Out” before Sun., Oct 08th, 2023!  Look for the announcement of a second IEEE SAS, PES/IAS sponsored ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre Tour in the near future.

Register Online Here

(Attendance is capped at a maximum of 20 people, including IEEE organizers, as per ENMAX guidelines.)

Topic/Tour:  Are you a current IEEE Southern Alberta Section (SAS) Non-Student Member … (or a non-student, technical professional wishing to join the IEEE in the near future) … and interested in learning about Alberta’s largest natural gas electric power generation facility?  If you are, ENMAX, a “state-of-the-art” power generation facility owner, the IEEE Southern Alberta, Joint Power & Energy Society (PES)/Industry Applications Society (IAS) and the IEEE Southern Alberta Section (SAS), as a whole, are excited to invite you to an exclusive “in person” tour of the ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre electric power generation plant, located on the east side of Calgary, at approximately Glenmore Trail SE and Stony Trail SE.

During this tour, you will have the opportunity to see firsthand how the Shepard Energy Centre joint venture plant owners, ENMAX (50% Owner and Operating Partner) and Capital Power (50% Owner), generate electricity, via a combined-cycle process, using two natural gas-fired turbine powered, gen-sets, two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG’s), feeding one common, steam turbine powered, gen-set, which when all combined, provides more than 860 Megawatts (MW) of electricity to the provincial grid – enough to meet almost half of Calgary’s current needs.  You will also learn about the latest technologies and innovations in electric energy production and get a chance to ask any questions you may have of the Shepard Energy Center team of experts, while on site.

Furthermore, this is a rare opportunity for IEEE Members or potential, future IEEE Members to gain insight into the inner workings of two successful Alberta power companies, their shared Shepard Energy Centre generation facility and understand the potential technical / career opportunities in this field.  Don’t miss out, … RSVP on Fri., Oct. 6th, 2023, after 1:00 PM MDT, when registration opens, using the IEEE vTools registration link provided above, to reserve your spot.  We all look forward to welcoming you to the ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre on Thu., Oct. 26th, 2023.

Registration:  Registration will initially be open for two weeks, from Fri., Oct 6th, 2023 to Fri., Oct. 20h, 2023.  (Perhaps longer, if we don’t get a good initial response.)

Cost/Fees:

#1.  $5.00 Cdn. for current IEEE General Members, IEEE Affiliate Members and IEEE Associate Members. (Less for some IEEE senior class Memberships: IEEE Senior, IEEE Life, IEEE Fellows)  IEEE Members: You will be asked to enter your IEEE Membership No. when you register.

#2.  $10.00 Cdn. for non-IEEE Members and/or Friends / Guests of the IEEE.

#3.  NOT Applicable, IEEE Student Members, IEEE Graduate Members are excluded from this particular tour.  (See more details below.)

These fees will go towards purchasing snacks and refreshments for the event, to be made available in the ENMAX Energy Center Conference Room, before and after the actual tour.   (A nominal fee to attend the tour also encourages registrants to actually show up to this event.)

No refunds!  So, be sure you won’t be missed at the office that afternoon.  (If you can’t make it, after you have registered, please phone R. McNeil, with plenty of notice, as per the mobile number provided in the IEEE vTools event invite.)

Parking/Access:  Please use the parking lot (visitor spots, if you can) and the main building entrance located on the north side of the plant to access the tour.  See further access instructions and the Google Map included in IEEE vTools invite for more details.

PPE:  All tour attendees shall wear appropriate flat walking shoes or preferably wear CSA rated safety boots / shoes.  Other PPE will be provided by ENMAX at the Shepard facility.  (Hard Hats, Safety Glasses, Safety Vests.)

Fitness Level:  You must be able to climb and descend a good number of stairs during the tour.  No limited mobility or wheel chair access will be available and/or be provided.

Transportation:  You must provide your own transportation to the event.  We will encourage, informally, some carpooling to the event.

Please be advised, that if this event fills up quickly, the IEEE Southern Alberta Jt. PES/IAS Chapter and/or the IEEE Southern Alberta Section will schedule another tour later this fall or in the winter of 2024.

Furthermore, special tours of the ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre, arranged for IEEE Student Members, IEEE Graduate Student Members and for potential, future, IEEE Student/Grad’ Student Members, will be scheduled at a later date, by the IEEE, University of Calgary (U of C) Student Branch, Jt. PES/IAS Student Chapter; … likely in the winter or spring of 2024.  FYI: The last such IEEE University of Calgary, Student Member and IEEE University of Calgary, Graduate Student Member tour of the ENMAX Energy Centre was successfully held back on Tue., Feb. 21st, 2023.