Wayne Dale
Senior Director of MEP & Quality for Mission Critical McCarthy
A third generation electrical contractor with over 30 years of experience in the electrical construction field.
Seminars
Tuesday 18th August 2026
Fireside Chat: Navigating Utility Constraints to Secure Power Faster & Meet Large Load Approval Requirements
1:45 pm
- Analyzing how inconsistent large load definitions, evolving grid criteria and multi year utility delays create major approval bottlenecks
- Understanding the impact of voltage and frequency ride through requirements influence switchgear, UPS and transformer design
- Evaluating how rapidly changing AI loads challenge utility connections and affect upstream electrical equipment sizing
- Addressing how utility capacity limits and evolving interconnection rules drive load balancing, redundancy and overall power distribution planning
Tuesday 18th August 2026
Eliminating Transmission & Interconnection Bottlenecks to Accelerate Power Delivery
11:40 am
- Clarifying where generation, transmission and distribution each become bottlenecks for high density campuses, to support more accurate assumptions in load flow [MI1.1]
- Examining how long transmission build out timelines and interconnection queues affect the energization of new data center campuses, to align medium voltage design work with achievable in service dates
- Designing campus electrical systems to accommodate phased energization and future capacity to ensure reliability despite transmission/interconnection delays
