Weekly Informational and Training Webinars

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

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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• Webinar starts at 8:00am PST

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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• Webinar starts at 8:00am PST

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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• Webinar starts at 8:00am PST

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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• Webinar starts at 8:00am PST

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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• Webinar starts at 8:00am PST

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 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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• Webinar starts at 10:00am PST

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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• Webinar starts at 10:00am PST

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.