This is the thirteenth annual conference dedicated to power system issues associated with Advanced Metering, Protection and Control, Communication and Distributed Resources. This year's conference will be expanding on Advanced Metering, Protection, Control and Communication. The program includes a number of tutorials by power industry's leading companies in Protection, Control, Communications, Automation and Metering. All tutorials are available to all registered attendees at no additional cost. Advanced registration is required to attend tutorials, panel discussions and technical paper sessions.