Sandia Energy > Programs > Renewable Energy > Photovoltaic Solar Energy > Projects > PV Connectors > Workshops and Presentations Recent workshops 2024 Sandia-EPRI Hosted PV Connector Reliability Workshop Day 2, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Session 1: View From the Trenches Why this Workshop/Why NowLaurie BurnhamSandia An EPC PerspectiveKyle PhelpsMcCarthyAn Independent Engineer’s OutlookBill BrooksBrooks EngineeringAn Asset Owners Perspective: Solar Connectors and Grass FiresCraig RichardsonEntergy Session 2: Connector Failures: Field and Lab Findings Investigation of Installation PracticesBruce KingSandia Macro-level ForensicsSteven DiGregorioSandia Micro-level ForensicsTap LollaEPRILessons Learned: Accelerated TestingDavid MillerNREL Session 3: The Economics of Degraded and Failed Connectors Techno-Economic AnalysisAndy WalkerNRELField Failures in Photovoltaic Connectors-Impact and InsuranceLinkesh DiwanHSBField Assessments: Solar ConnectorsKenneth WickerSouthern Company Session 4: Looking Forward: Finding a Path to Reliability Connector Failures: Codes & Standards Opportunities and SolutionsEvelyn M. Butler and Colleen O’BrienSEIA, UL SolutionsAutomation and Pre-AssemblyJohn HassShoalsThe DOE’s PerspectiveDr. Allan WardSETO View the complete Sandia-EPRI Hosted Day-Long Workshop agenda.