Weekly Informational and Training Webinars

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - This webinar presents a sure-fire guide to generating valid short circuit and arc flash results in the shortest time. The procedure includes detailed examples using updated EasyPower features that may not be fully understood, even by seasoned EasyPower users. This webinar, given by Jim Chastain, Bentley-EasyPower Solution engineer, shows you how to improve your next arc flash project.

• Presented by Simon Giard Leroux, Senior Product Manager at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - EasyPower, part of Bentley Systems, introduces EasyPower 2025 with significant new enhancements. Key updates include the ability to store short circuit and arc flash results in the database, a new elements-based short circuit calculation method, and 64-bit application support. Other updates feature enhanced one-line text templates, auto-calculation of transformer impedance, and expanded Revit® 2025 support. This release improves workflows, making studies faster and easier and enhances database browser performance.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - In this first of a 4-part series titled Protective Device Coordination the Easy Way, Jim Chastain from EasyPower-Bentley covers the definition and focus of selective device coordination, TCC plots for comparing performance loads and OCPD, and how to customize EasyPower controls to focus on specific issues.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - In the second installment of a 4-part series titled Protective Device Coordination the Easy Way, Jim Chastain from EasyPower-Bentley discusses fuse ratings, coordination rules of thumb using TCCs to confirm coordination of different manufacturers, current-limiting fuse energy let-through versus TCC plotting, and arc flash calculations using fuses. We also discuss NEC requirements for service equipment, and how to use EasyPower to identify and compare device performance.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - In the third presentation of a 4-part series titled Protective Device Coordination the Easy Way, Jim Chastain from EasyPower-Bentley focuses on breaker types based on trip mechanisms, series rating, and molded case circuit breakers for selective device coordination to determine constraints for time and current. The following topics are also discussed: LVPCB, Solid State trip, TCC plots – long term, short term, and instantaneous adjustments.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - In the concluding session of the 4-part series titled Protective Device Coordination the Easy Way, Jim Chastain from EasyPower-Bentley covers information on relay protection schemes, ground fault protection, transformer protection, differentials, arc sensing, TCC controls, and hard-grounded systems versus resistance ground.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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• Webinar starts at 8:00am PST

Description - The webinar, given by Jim Chastain as Bentley-EasyPower, provides a quick and practical guide to creating a one-line diagram using EasyPower, making it ideal for both new and experienced users. Jim walks through the process of adding and configuring components like buses, transformers, cables, and motors, while highlighting useful features such as copy-paste, auto-calculations, and visual connection cues. Viewers also learn how to input essential data for analysis and navigate the interface efficiently. 

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - Take advantage of EasyPower’s capabilities and how you can apply them to your environment by attending this webinar to better understand the unique aspects of a single-phase system. In this webinar, given by Jim Chastain at Bentley-EasyPower, we discuss how to set up a single phase system in EasyPower. This includes modeling the system and configuring electrical equipment settings, and how these steps might be different than when they are done in a three-phase system. Jim then covers using the modeled system to do power system analysis, including arc flash.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - We kick off the first part of a 4-week series on how to meet NFPA compliance and control costs with a discussion of safety related to arc flash hazards and the evolution of regulatory standards in the 15 years since their introduction. This presentation is updated to include changes to the most recent NFPA 70E Standard.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - Of the overall time involved in an arc flash study, data collection can be the most costly if not properly planned. This presentation focuses on eliminating the need for repeated trips to the site and avoiding excessive delays and cost. Second in the Arc Flash Risk Assessment series, this presentation emphasizes the benefits that can be recognized both in cost reduction and employee education when facilities maintenance teams are part of the process. This updated presentation includes information on the many changes to data collection due to new calculation parameters in the IEEE 1584-2018 standard. 

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - The third installment of this series focuses on the use of the EasyPower arc flash feature to construct the one-line model from the collected data and then proceeds to the initial steps required to calculate arc flash incident energies. Industry standards describing the use of the IEEE-1584 model are detailed and examples are provided. This presentation is updated to include techniques in EasyPower for comparing your electrical system using the IEEE 1584-2002 versus the 1584-2018 standard.

• Presented by Jim Chastain, Solution Engineer at Bentley-EasyPower
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Description - This last installment in the Arc Flash Risk Assessment series will highlight the EasyPower features that facilitate compliance with the requirements of NFPA-70E. In this presentation, we discuss the ability to print and export reports, customize the report layout, customize label content, and print labels. In addition, the EasyPower label editor permits the use of QR codes to extend the information available to anyone able to scan the equipment label.

• Presented by Wei-Jen Lee, PhD, PE, IEEE Fellow - Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
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• Webinar starts at 10:00am PST

Description - Over the course of more than 10 years beginning in the year 2004, a multi-million-dollar research project sponsored by the IEEE and the NFPA involved a series of over 1,800 arc flash tests performed in high-voltages laboratories. In this webinar, Dr. Wei-Jen Lee, who led the research project, will outline the significant improvements in the updated IEEE Standard, explaining the data acquisition systems and instruments used to measure heat energy, sound, blast pressure and light and how test methods changed over the course of testing in developing what is now a globally accepted model in commercial and industrial power systems analysis to quantify arc flash hazards..

• Presented by Jim Pollard, CESCP, Director of Technical Services at SureWerx
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Description - In this practical webinar, Jim Pollard at SureWerx presents step-by-step instructions on how to update and/or build a fully compliant Arc Flash PPE section to your overall Electrical Safety Program. The instructional components cover the Arc Flash PPE program requirements from the new 2024 editions of NFPA 70E, CSA Z462 and ASTM Standards. Employers benefit from user-friendly resources that are provided as learning aids that can immediately be applied to help keep their workers safe and healthy.

• Presented by Simon Giard Leroux, EasyPower Senior Product Manager at Bentley Systems
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Description - EasyPower, part of Bentley Systems, is actively engaged in advancing artificial intelligence research focused on arc flash predictive modeling. As part of this initiative, members of the EasyPower team presented their application of machine learning techniques for arc flash incident energy prediction at the 2025 IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop. In this webinar, we will explore the core principles of machine learning as they apply to arc flash analysis and share key insights from our most recent research in predictive modeling of incident energy.