Transforming the Public Sector Affordably in the CloudCapgemini
Case management, provided “as a Service,” is the answer to many current challenges for the public sector.
Political, economic and societal changes mean that public sector organizations must become extremely agile, effective and efficient. This necessitates a new level of flexible,
responsive IT capabilities. Advanced case management, delivered as a managed service, overcomes today’s resource constraints to put these capabilities within reach.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Optimizing Pipeline Energy ConsumptionSchneider Electric
Effective energy management can benefit the hydrocarbon pipeline operator. Energy consumption costs – the leading expense for most operators – are rising continuously; however, the commitments needed on the part of the operator often impede implementation of energy-saving practices.
Key to effective energy management is the ability to quantify energy consumption accurately at any specific time and its cost and that of drag reducing agent (DR) use. Operators committed to energy management can implement a real-time, system-wide power optimization solution that evaluates the resource efficiency of a steady-state model of the pipeline. This solution will also perform costing runs of alternative configurations, formulated for the next energy cost rate or other ‘what if’ scenarios, in order to find the most energy-efficient alternative that maintains operational safety and integrity. Implementing these alternatives, the operator can save one percent to five percent of energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
This advanced information management technology makes these costing considerations so practical they can become a routine, real-time operations process. Putting available information to work with this solution can make power optimization extremely realistic and highly rewarding for the company while supporting overall operational security, safety and environmental stewardship.
How to mitigate risk in the age of the cloudJames Sankar
The convergence of mobile, cloud computing and the Internet of
Things (IoT) heralds a new era of hyper connectivity, and with it,
high expectations from students, staff and faculty for anywhere,
anytime Internet availability and data sharing in real time.
Moving services to the cloud can deliver significant infrastructure
benefits and cost efficiencies to help the education sector meet these
new expectations, but these opportunities come with risks that are
sometimes overlooked in the rush to join the crowd in the cloud.
It’s important to consider the risks, as well as the benefits, when
making decisions around out-sourcing IT services to the cloud.
Rethinking business continuity and disaster recovery plans is vital for
ensuring that any investment in cloud services will meet the service
delivery expectation goals of institutions, now and into the future.
Transforming the Public Sector Affordably in the CloudCapgemini
Case management, provided “as a Service,” is the answer to many current challenges for the public sector.
Political, economic and societal changes mean that public sector organizations must become extremely agile, effective and efficient. This necessitates a new level of flexible,
responsive IT capabilities. Advanced case management, delivered as a managed service, overcomes today’s resource constraints to put these capabilities within reach.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Optimizing Pipeline Energy ConsumptionSchneider Electric
Effective energy management can benefit the hydrocarbon pipeline operator. Energy consumption costs – the leading expense for most operators – are rising continuously; however, the commitments needed on the part of the operator often impede implementation of energy-saving practices.
Key to effective energy management is the ability to quantify energy consumption accurately at any specific time and its cost and that of drag reducing agent (DR) use. Operators committed to energy management can implement a real-time, system-wide power optimization solution that evaluates the resource efficiency of a steady-state model of the pipeline. This solution will also perform costing runs of alternative configurations, formulated for the next energy cost rate or other ‘what if’ scenarios, in order to find the most energy-efficient alternative that maintains operational safety and integrity. Implementing these alternatives, the operator can save one percent to five percent of energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
This advanced information management technology makes these costing considerations so practical they can become a routine, real-time operations process. Putting available information to work with this solution can make power optimization extremely realistic and highly rewarding for the company while supporting overall operational security, safety and environmental stewardship.
How to mitigate risk in the age of the cloudJames Sankar
The convergence of mobile, cloud computing and the Internet of
Things (IoT) heralds a new era of hyper connectivity, and with it,
high expectations from students, staff and faculty for anywhere,
anytime Internet availability and data sharing in real time.
Moving services to the cloud can deliver significant infrastructure
benefits and cost efficiencies to help the education sector meet these
new expectations, but these opportunities come with risks that are
sometimes overlooked in the rush to join the crowd in the cloud.
It’s important to consider the risks, as well as the benefits, when
making decisions around out-sourcing IT services to the cloud.
Rethinking business continuity and disaster recovery plans is vital for
ensuring that any investment in cloud services will meet the service
delivery expectation goals of institutions, now and into the future.
Forrester: How Organizations Are Improving Business Resiliency with Continuou...EMC
This analyst report describes reasons why adoption of continuous availability is rapidly increasing, citing research on benefits they believe they can realize in their IT environment.
Booz Allen Hamilton uses its Cloud Analytics Reference Architecture to build technology infrastructures that can withstand the weight of massive datasets – and deliver the deep insights organizations need to drive innovation.
Over the past five years, companies of all sizes have been under increased pressure to improve IT efficiency and effectiveness.
IDC customer-based studies show that each year, the average midsize company experiences 15–18 business hours of network, system, or application downtime. Causes of downtime vary, but aging systems can have components or software that fail, while network connections and power grids can fail at any time because of external causes (e.g., weather, construction work, or natural disaster). Outages occurring during business hours result in revenue loss, as orders are dropped, customers move on, and employees cannot access critical applications. IDC research found that revenue losses per hour averaged $75,000. However, the adoption of best practices has allowed midsize companies to reduce downtime significantly in recent years. Solutions that improve system management, protect data assets from loss and unauthorized access, strengthen network security, and ensure availability directly reduce these losses at customer sites.
When it comes to Green IT, businesses have been reactive. Interest in Green IT rises significantly when energy prices increase, and drops just as quickly when prices flatten out. This is typical of the ad-hoc approach taken by most organizations which has led to inconsistent results. This research will help organizations determine:
•Why Green IT is important.
•Examples of Green IT opportunities.
•The state of Green IT today.
•How to implement a successful Green IT program.
In this storyboard, learn how a strategic approach to Green IT and a longer-term commitment to sustainability can positively impact the bottom line.
Controlling Corporate Energy Consumption via the Enterprise Network
A New Approach to Achieving Energy Efficiency by Leveraging Network Infrastructure
by Nicholas John Lippis III
President, Lippis Consulting
Course Overview
Smart Meters and Smart Meter Systems are being deployed throughout the world, and utilities are continuing their efforts to improve grid reliability and promote energy efficiency while providing improved services to their customers.
This training will build skills on the required actions for Smart Meter deployment, adaptation and the role that Utility
plays in tackling solving energy cost, integrating renewables and energy efficiency issues. It will explain the underlying
concepts and the role that a wide range of stakeholders can play in developing the business case, policies, technologies
and standards that will improve energy efficiency and reduce future cost of energy through a range of Smart Meter
technologies with a focus on benefits for all stakeholders, and how to achieve success. Participants will benefit from
learning “Regulator Ready” business case from around the world. Participants will also receive a working version of the
business case in Microsoft Excel.
Learning Outcome
1. How to get the stakeholders involved
2. Organic relationships between AMI and Smart Grid
3. Emerging concepts in Smart Meters
4. Emerging technology options in Smart Meter deployment
5. Security Layers for AMI
6. Applications of Smart Meters and Energy Efficiency
7. How to develop detailed cost / benefit analysis
8. Explore solutions that are offered by smart metering technologies
9. Challenges in switching over to smart meters
10. Advanced metering infrastructure & Meter Data Management
11. Benefits to Consumer, Regulators and the Utilities
12. How to minimize Energy Theft
13. International Case studies
Consumer technology is invading the enterprise and IT must embrace it in order to encourage employee productivity and satisfaction. Info-Tech recommends that organizations allow personal mobile devices on their corporate networks. This research addresses the following:
•Understand differences in security and management between the three major platforms – BlackBerry, Apple iOS, and Google Android.
•Evaluate the organization's position on the mobile device security scale and determine if third-party infrastructure is necessary.
•Development and enforcement of a personal mobile acceptable use policy to encourage end-user compliance and foster success.
Embrace consumer technology in the enterprise, and focus on end-user compliance to leverage productivity and maximize the potential for success.
Forrester: How Organizations Are Improving Business Resiliency with Continuou...EMC
This analyst report describes reasons why adoption of continuous availability is rapidly increasing, citing research on benefits they believe they can realize in their IT environment.
Booz Allen Hamilton uses its Cloud Analytics Reference Architecture to build technology infrastructures that can withstand the weight of massive datasets – and deliver the deep insights organizations need to drive innovation.
Over the past five years, companies of all sizes have been under increased pressure to improve IT efficiency and effectiveness.
IDC customer-based studies show that each year, the average midsize company experiences 15–18 business hours of network, system, or application downtime. Causes of downtime vary, but aging systems can have components or software that fail, while network connections and power grids can fail at any time because of external causes (e.g., weather, construction work, or natural disaster). Outages occurring during business hours result in revenue loss, as orders are dropped, customers move on, and employees cannot access critical applications. IDC research found that revenue losses per hour averaged $75,000. However, the adoption of best practices has allowed midsize companies to reduce downtime significantly in recent years. Solutions that improve system management, protect data assets from loss and unauthorized access, strengthen network security, and ensure availability directly reduce these losses at customer sites.
When it comes to Green IT, businesses have been reactive. Interest in Green IT rises significantly when energy prices increase, and drops just as quickly when prices flatten out. This is typical of the ad-hoc approach taken by most organizations which has led to inconsistent results. This research will help organizations determine:
•Why Green IT is important.
•Examples of Green IT opportunities.
•The state of Green IT today.
•How to implement a successful Green IT program.
In this storyboard, learn how a strategic approach to Green IT and a longer-term commitment to sustainability can positively impact the bottom line.
Controlling Corporate Energy Consumption via the Enterprise Network
A New Approach to Achieving Energy Efficiency by Leveraging Network Infrastructure
by Nicholas John Lippis III
President, Lippis Consulting
Course Overview
Smart Meters and Smart Meter Systems are being deployed throughout the world, and utilities are continuing their efforts to improve grid reliability and promote energy efficiency while providing improved services to their customers.
This training will build skills on the required actions for Smart Meter deployment, adaptation and the role that Utility
plays in tackling solving energy cost, integrating renewables and energy efficiency issues. It will explain the underlying
concepts and the role that a wide range of stakeholders can play in developing the business case, policies, technologies
and standards that will improve energy efficiency and reduce future cost of energy through a range of Smart Meter
technologies with a focus on benefits for all stakeholders, and how to achieve success. Participants will benefit from
learning “Regulator Ready” business case from around the world. Participants will also receive a working version of the
business case in Microsoft Excel.
Learning Outcome
1. How to get the stakeholders involved
2. Organic relationships between AMI and Smart Grid
3. Emerging concepts in Smart Meters
4. Emerging technology options in Smart Meter deployment
5. Security Layers for AMI
6. Applications of Smart Meters and Energy Efficiency
7. How to develop detailed cost / benefit analysis
8. Explore solutions that are offered by smart metering technologies
9. Challenges in switching over to smart meters
10. Advanced metering infrastructure & Meter Data Management
11. Benefits to Consumer, Regulators and the Utilities
12. How to minimize Energy Theft
13. International Case studies
Consumer technology is invading the enterprise and IT must embrace it in order to encourage employee productivity and satisfaction. Info-Tech recommends that organizations allow personal mobile devices on their corporate networks. This research addresses the following:
•Understand differences in security and management between the three major platforms – BlackBerry, Apple iOS, and Google Android.
•Evaluate the organization's position on the mobile device security scale and determine if third-party infrastructure is necessary.
•Development and enforcement of a personal mobile acceptable use policy to encourage end-user compliance and foster success.
Embrace consumer technology in the enterprise, and focus on end-user compliance to leverage productivity and maximize the potential for success.
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1. How Electric Utilities Are
Effectively Utilizing Data And Applying
The Very Latest Outage Restoration
Technologies To Speed Restoration,
Inform System Hardening Decisions, And Alleviate
Customer And Regulatory Pressure After A Storm
TheOnlyCongressFocusedOnRestorationTechnology&DataManagementToInclude:
December 11-12, 2013 | Atlanta | USA
Lucas Millmore
Director Distribution Grid Operations
Toronto Hydro
William ‘Bill’ Bosch
CEO & Director Of Electric Utility
City Of Griffin
Jamie Exon
Director Electric Distribution Operations
Alabama Power
Electric Utility Speaker Faculty Includes:
Patricia Armbruster
Principal Process Management Facilitator
in Distribution Operations
DTE Energy
Richard Wernsing
Manager Of Electric Asset Strategy
PSE&G
Search #stormoutage for
the latest updates and news!
Organized by
www.storm-outage-restoration-technology-2013.com (1)8007213915 info@american-business-conferences.com
Register By Friday
October 4, 2013
SAVE
$400
• LEARN HOW TO LEVERAGE OUTAGE RESTORATION TECHNOLOGY:
Integrate data inputs from AMI, SCADA and DMS to rapidly locate outages
• OPTIMIZE STORM HARDENING: Benchmarking costs against benefits and
justifying your business cases to the regulator
• DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS: Evaluate the analytical models and collection
and visualization tools available to conduct quick and accurate damage
assessments and forecast damage before a storm
• MANAGE DATA: Integrate vast data inflows to gain system visibility, prioritize
restorations and dispatch work packages for repair crews
• CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION: Share best practices during major outages
and experiences of tools including online maps and social media
• WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT: Develop plans to effectively manage an army
of crews and resources and fully utilize mutual assistance groups
The Only Storm Outage Restoration Congress Focused On Leveraging Restoration
Technologies, Integrating Data And Quantifying Hardening Investment
John Gavin
Director Of Substation Engineering
National Grid
Trevor Siegfried
Business Application Lead - Outage
Management System
PPL Electric Utilities
Brian Lindsay
GIS Manager, Storm Team Director
Alabama Power
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2. 1This is the only congress focussing on
in-depth analysis on the leveraging of
technology and management of data
inputs to facilitate rapid restorations
2Agenda is led and presented by 20+
senior decision makers from utilities
with very minor, yet highly relevant, vendor
contributions, covering in-depth details of
real experiences
3Presenters will quantify the business
case for storm hardening processes,
learning from utilities on their cost-benefit
analyses and with a focus on predicting and
responding to regulator appetites
4Prioritization best practices across the
spectrum of outage management will be
addressed, from workforce deployment to
customer communication
5The agenda is formed only of today’s
need-to-know issues following
extensive research with the industry and
speakers selected based on expertise, with
no call for papers
5 Key Reasons To Attend
Register By Friday
October 4, 2013
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Dear Colleague,
Would you like to learn how other utilities are effectively utilizing data and
applying the very latest outage restoration technologies to speed restoration
after a storm?
If so, join us at the first Storm Outage Restoration: Data Management & Technology
Application Initiative, where 20+ senior representatives from Electric Utilities
will present success stories and case studies on how they have used innovative
technologies to reduce outages and how data has been managed to increase
the speed of response. This is the only congress focusing specifically on real life
technology and data application case studies from utilities that have actively
applied AMI, DMS and SCADA data to reduce outages and increase restoration
efficiency.
Over the next decade, it will be crucial for utilities to effectively leverage technologies
and integrate these data inputs to forecast and assess damage, manage
workforces, prioritize restorations and communicate with customers throughout
major outages, whilst developing optimal cost-benefit hardening strategies that meet
regulatory appetites. With so many technologies and processes out there, the most
efficient way to assess which one to use and how to use it is hearing how others have
done it and what effect it had on restoration.
HARDENING
The trend in more extreme weather hitting the breadth of the US, such as super storm
Sandy, has also increased the pressure from regulators and customers on utilities to
develop increasingly resilient grids through hardening. Over the next 3 years, billions
of dollars will be spent on storm hardening efforts across the nation and thousands of
man-hours spent on preparing for the next super storm.
Understanding what actually goes into a hardening program, which types of
hardening to invest in and how each part provides benefits to justify the expenditure
however, is a challenge.
To address these restoration-critical challenges, we are delighted to bring you the only
Storm Outage Restoration: Data Management & Technology Application Initiative.
Please take a look through the enclosed agenda and visit
www.storm-outage-restoration-technology-2013.com for the fastest way
to register:
I look forward to welcoming you to Atlanta, Georgia in December.
Kind regards,
ABC Electric Utility Innovation Team
Comments From Past Attendees:
“One Of The Best Conferences I Have Attended,
Very Good Content And Very Good Speakers”
PPL Electric Utilities
Venue Information:
The Summit Will Be Held At:
Sheraton Gateway Hotel
Atlanta Airport
1900 Sullivan Road
Atlanta, GA 30337, United States
Tel: 770-997-1100
Hotel Reservations: 888-627-7046
Web: www.sheratonatlantaairport.com
3. LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY AND REAL TIME DATA ANALYTICS TO IMPROVE STORM RESTORATION
Day 1
Wednesday December 11, 2013
8.50 Chair’s Opening Remarks
TrevorSiegfried,BusinessApplicationLead–OutageManagement
System,PPLElectricUtilities
KEYNOTE: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES FOR
RESTORATION
9.00 How Electric Utilities Are Integrating Technologies
With Existing Core Systems And Business Processes
To Deliver Improved System Visibility And Rapid Storm
Restoration
• Successful implementation of technology to improve service
to the customer: What type of technology is being deployed to
restore assets faster, how much does it cost and what are the
plans for further investment?
• Achieving integration of new technology with outdated
software and existing core systems – what are the most cost
effective ways to manage interoperability?
• Evaluating the role of distribution and substation automation
to improve response in major events – what lessons have
been learnt when systems have been tested?
• Understanding the impact of new technology upon current
business processes
• Quantifying how much is prudent to invest in a restoration
effort versus customer service and performance expectations
WilliamBosch,CEO&DirectorOfElectricUtility,CityOfGriffin
9.40 Question And Answer Session
RESTORATION TECHNOLOGIES & DATA INTEGRATION
ASSESSING HOW LATEST TECHNOLOGIES HAVE BEEN
PROVEN TO REDUCE THE OUTAGES AND BY HOW MUCH
INTEGRATION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION
A: RESTORATION EFFICIENCY OF AMI
9.50 Integrating The AMI Environment With Outage
Management Systems – How The Vast Amount Of Data
Generated Is Being Harnessed And Developed Into A
Useable Tool
• Assessing the extent to which the AMI has helped
understanding of where the outages were to restore the
customer faster
• Understanding the data analytics and software applications
for AMI Integration with OMS to develop real-time
visualization of customer outages
• Establishing effective data management processes - how to
data mine and prioritize which outputs to analyze or ignore
• Reviewing the reliability and value of AMI during major outage
events to facilitate a wise business decision - what is the
return on investment in terms of customer satisfaction and
financial savings?
• Outlining the effects of AMI integration upon the centralized
workforce management operations from effective initial crew
deployment to identification of nested outages
PattyArmbruster,PrincipalProcessManagementFacilitatorIn
DistributionOperations,DTEEnergy
10.20 Question And Answer Session
B: INTEGRATING DMS
10.30 Integrating Distribution Management Systems
With Outage Management Systems – How Field
Information Is Being Integrated And Converted Into
Meaningful Information For Outage Management
• Sharing approaches for integrating field information into DMS
– what information is being used and why?
• Reviewing utilities’ selection of equipment and hardware
being used to integrate DMS and OMS
• Understanding the methods and software available for
presenting integrated information to an operator to facilitate
real time decision making
• Assessing the outage management related benefits gained by
major utilities having integrated DMS and OMS and a review
of the unexpected challenges they faced along the way
TrevorSiegfried,BusinessApplicationLead–OutageManagement
System,PPLElectricUtilities
11.00 Question And Answer Session
11.10 Morning Refreshments In The Exhibition Showcase Area
C: SCADA
11.40 Integrating Overhead And Underground SCADA
With Existing Control Systems, And AMI To Develop
Enhanced System Visibility For Tackling Outages
• Integrating SCADA technology with OMS to rapidly identify
outage causation, such as the failure of transformers and
other critical equipment
• Understanding the relationship between SCADA and remote
switching technologies to facilitate safe and reliable automated
response to outages
• Developing efforts to further integrate SCADA with AMI to
develop enhanced system visibility
• Reviewing available software and visualization tools that
will improve restorations without overthrowing existing
system processes
LucasMillmore,DirectorDistributionGridOperations,TorontoHydro
12.10 Question And Answer Session
FAULT DETECTION & DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
EXAMINING APPROACHES FOR RAPID FAULT DETECTION
AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO EFFICIENTLY RESTORE
SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS
FAULT DETECTION
12.20 Hearing How Utilities Are Finding And Isolating
Faults Rapidly To Inform The Response During
Reduced Communication And Network Visibility
• Benchmarking implementation of new technology to improve
timely identification and isolation of faults
• Establishing best practices for pre-defined storm and clear
day settings for automated fdir equipment
• Assessing the priority allocated to repairing communication to
fdir following a storm and backup technologies offering limited
system visibility
• Reviewing the benefits and drawbacks of turning automated
fdir off during a storm to restrict automated switching beyond
your visibility
StevePigford,DistributionDesign&PerformanceManager,GeorgiaPower
12.50 Question And Answer Session
1.00 Networking Lunch In The Exhibition Showcase Area
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT PROCESS
2.00 Reviewing Tools And Processes For Rapid
Collection And Integration Of Damage Assessment
Data To Inform Resource Management Decisions
• Applying statistical approaches to preliminary damage
assessments to improve the accuracy of material and supply
requirements provided
• Reviewing the reliability of information provided to repair crews
by comparing estimated and actual restoration time – what
lessons need to be learnt?
• Quantifying the cost-benefits of software and tools available
for collecting and visualizing mass data inputs from field
operations, customers, first responders and other reporters
• Understanding the reliability, feasibility and legal issues
around customer involvement in damage assessment – how
can we meaningfully collate and integrate uploaded phone and
Twitter photos into our damage assessments?
• Dealing with information overload: Understanding which data
to monitor or ignore and how to compile manageable work
packets appropriate for communication to repair crews
RichardWernsing,ManagerOfAssetStrategy,PSE&G
2.40 Question And Answer Session
PLANNING THE RESPONSE
SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING RESPONSE PLANS,
LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATION TO CUSTOMERS
PRIORITIZING RESTORATION RESPONSE
2.50 How Electric Utilities Are Effectively Prioritizing
Restoration Efforts Within An Environment Of
Conflicting Stakeholder Needs
• Evaluating experiences of making a priority list for restoration
efforts with multiple stakeholder inputs
• Understanding what priority was given to restoring
communications to devices and how this was balanced with
efforts to restore power to customers – does restoring network
communication lead to faster overall restoration?
• Identifying tools to assist with collaboration and facilitate real
time communications with officials as field operations and
priorities develop
• Reviewing experiences of utilities working across state
borders – how can state priorities be aligned when managing
geographically large outages?
AngelinaGibson,ManagerElectricEmergencyManagement&Public
Safety,PacificGas&Electric
3.20 Question And Answer Session
3.30 Afternoon Refreshments In The Exhibition Showcase Area
WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT
4.00 Managing Logistics On A Large Scale Event - How
Utilities Have Managed And Deployed Large Inflows Of
Mutual Assistance To Rapidly Restore An Outage
• Optimizing the authority given to employees, contractors and
mutual assistance groups – what is the right balance between
centralized and decentralized operations?
• Assessing logistics for dealing with an army of mutual
assistance crews including contracting and planning for
accommodation, food, equipment and other resources
• Understanding how to utilize the full spectrum of resources
across the organization: Ensuring every utility employee is
familiar and trained for their allocated task including the
potential value of annual dry run tests
• Evaluating the value in aligning organizational structure with
other emergency services to facilitate optimal communication
with first responders and emergency command centers
BrianLindsay,GISManager,StormTeamDirector,AlabamaPower
4.40 Question And Answer Session
OUTAGE COMMUNICATION WITH CUSTOMERS
5.00 Managing Outage Communications – Hearing
What Approaches And Technologies Are Being Used To
Facilitate Effective Relationships With Customers
• Revealing the benefits and setbacks experienced for different
communications channels including phones, maps and social
media
• Experiences using Twitter to facilitate 2 way customer
communication during storms
• Comparing direct and indirect communication methods –
prioritizing communications straight to the customer with
regulator, government and media relations
• Evaluating the accuracy of previous communications on
estimated restoration times and assessing the optimum
frequency for updating customers during outages
EdCarlsen,ManagerDMSSystem,GeorgiaPower
5.40 Question And Answer Session
5.50 Chair’s Closing Remarks
6.00 – 7.00 Networking Drinks Reception In The Exhibition
Showcase Area
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4. 8.50 Chair’s Opening Remarks
REGULATORS PANEL: SYSTEM HARDENING
9.00 Regulators’ Perspectives On System Hardening
And Performance Standards: What Is The Regulatory
Appetite For Investment In Different Types Of
Hardening Technologies?
• Understanding the criteria regulators use to review utilities:
Evaluating scorecards used to rate storm preparation and
restoration efforts
• Benchmarking investments being made and how regulators
are working with utilities to get this accomplished
• Comparing how regulators are helping utilities prioritize the
different options available for storm hardening and improving
grid resiliency
• Developing techniques to assess the economic consequences
of outages upon the state to support cost-benefit analysis of
hardening options
• Exploring the prospect of regulators utilizing innovative
incentives and penalties for successful and unsuccessful
restorations - what are the different regulations that are
coming from individual states?
LucasMillmore,DirectorDistributionGridOperations,TorontoHydro
9.40 Question And Answer Session
STORM HARDENING
STORM PREPARATION AND EVALUATING THE COST
BENEFITS OF SYSTEM HARDENING OPTIONS
DAMAGE PREDICTION AND FORECASTING
9.50 Correlating The Weather Forecast To Damage
Estimations: Evaluating Analytical Modeling Tools For
Determining The Infrastructure Impact Of Storms And
Notify Customers Of Expected Outages
• Evaluating analytical modeling tools for correlating weather
forecasts with damage predictions based upon grid
characteristics and the location of population centers
• Establishing the information used and training required to
successfully utilize modeling software
• Proactively communicating with customers and other
stakeholders with estimated outage and restoration times
before a storm hits
• Using weather data to gain a head start on logistics,
calculating the crews and resources needed and their
geographic allocations prior to the outage event
JamieExon,DirectorElectricDistributionOperations,SanDiegoGas
&Electric
JorgeCalzada,ManagerAdvancedAnalytics,PEXCenterOfExcellence,
NationalGrid
10.20 Question And Answer Session
10.30 Morning Refreshments In The Exhibition Showcase Area
HARDENING INVESTMENT: COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
11.00 Determining Which Parts Of The System To Target
For Hardening: What Severity Of Storms Are Utilities
Basing Investment Decisions On?
• Reviewing the trends in extreme weather and how this is
being considered in relation to adaptations to standard design
criteria for new construction and renewals
• Exploring models for assessing high priority circuits for
hardening, based upon age, reliability, accessibility, customer
density and location of assets
• Sharing experiences on the difficulty to restore specific
equipment and infrastructure in order to aid the prioritization
decision
• Quantifying the business cases for storm hardening methods
to justify increased rates to the regulator – what are the factors
to consider when determining investment plans?
DonCiupak,ManagerAssetManagement,OklahomaG&E
11.30 Question And Answer Session
HARDENING DESIGN CRITERIA AND OVERHEAD
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
HOW UTILITIES ARE DESIGNING AND BUILDING BULK
CONSTRUCTION TO INCREASE SYSTEM RESILIENCE
AGAINST EXTREME WEATHER
WIND MITIGATION & ARMLESS CONSTRUCTION
11.40 Examining Methods For Reducing Damage To
Overhead Infrastructure Through Armless Construction
And Other Design Criteria
• Assessing the use of armless construction to mitigate the
threats of wind and vegetation during high winds
• Reviewing the advantages and setbacks of eliminating double
circuits – should each pole support only one circuit?
• Understanding the wind loading criteria options as set by the
NESC – how do we justify the use of extreme loading criteria?
• Evaluating The Business Case For Wind Mitigation Investment
– Is It Cheaper to Just Repair Damage In Frequent Storm
Locations?
CairoVanegas,SuperintendentOfElectricT&D,FortPierce
UtilitiesAuthority
12.10 Question And Answer Session
12.20 Networking Lunch In The Showcase Exhibition Area
POLE HARDENING
1.20 Assessing What Types Of Pole Hardening Are
Being Used: Business Cases Comparison Of Materials
And Standard Design Criteria
• Benchmarking approaches to design criteria and evaluating
the business case for each specification, including pole
dimensions and material selection
• Reviewing pros and cons of implementing composite poles vs.
steel including reliability benefits per material
• Deciding the scale of pole hardening – should we just
do new construction going forward or renew all existing
infrastructure?
• Optimizing the rate of pole upgrades - Do we renew every pole
or just every third pole?
CharlesVTalley,ManagerOf DistributionEngineeringServices,
AmericanElectricPower
1.50 Question And Answer Session
UNDERGROUNDING
2.00 Correlating The Cost Of Undergrounding With
Increases In Reliability To Justify Investment To The
Regulator
• Reviewing the benefits of storm protection gained by
undergrounding with the threats of flooding and reduced
accessibility for the given topography
• Developing a robust business case for the undergrounding of
existing overhead lines to justify investment to the regulator –
how much will it cost and what will be the effect on restoration
times?
• Understanding the complications resulting from shared
infrastructure with telecoms and other organizations –
how can we work with regulators to share the burden of
undergrounding investment?
2.30 Question And Answer Session
STORM SURGE AND FLOOD FOCUS
ASSESSING LONG-TERM INVESTMENT CRITERIA SPECIFIC
TO STORM-RELATED FLOOD MITIGATION
SUBSTATION FLOODING
2.40 Evaluating The Business Case For Investing In
Long-Term Protection Of Substations From Floods
• Benchmarking approaches to design criteria based upon
extreme weather expectations – to what flood level should we
design substations?
• Reviewing the options for relocating or raising substations out
of floodplains
• Investigating the feasibility and business case of protecting
substations with flood barriers
• Assessing the viability and business case behind sacrificial
flooding – is it cheaper to allow damage to occur and replace
parts instead of relocating the entire station?
JohnGavin,DirectorSubstationEngineering,NationalGrid
3.10 Question And Answer Session
3.20 Afternoon Refreshments In The Showcase Exhibition Area
OUTAGE REDUCTION
BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS FOR REMOTE
SECTIONALIZING AND MICROGRIDS TO MINIMIZE THE
NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AFFECTED BY OUTAGES
REMOTE SECTIONALIZING AND RECLOSURE
TECHNOLOGIES
3.50 Remotely Sectionalizing Overhead Systems And
Undergrounding To Enable Better Visibility Into The
System And Limit The Amount Of Customers Who
Experience The Outage
• Understanding the optimal positioning for fault indicators
and sectionalizing switches on the circuit, including for
underground scenarios
• Evaluating the business case for reclosure technology,
comparing the reduction in customer outages with the cost of
investment
• Appreciating the effectiveness during each outage scenario
– what is the minimum customer count that can be
sectionalized?
AleksandarVukojevic,PrincipalEngineerSmartGrid,BaltimoreG&E
4.20 Question And Answer Session
MICROGRIDS
4.30 Assessing The Applications And Business Case
For Microgrids – Where Should We Put Them And Are
They Worth The Investment?
• Benchmarking perspectives on which customers should
benefit from implementation of microgrids - what do different
stakeholders regard as a critical load?
• Reviewing the full implications and costs of different microgrid
applications
• Managing operational challenges - understanding who
is responsible for controlling and dispatching generation
during major outages, and best practices for islanding and
reintegration
• Coordinating the placement of distributed generation to help
optimize overall hardening strategies
• Understanding how the trend towards renewable energy and
micro generation will transform the quantity and scale of
micro grids and their effectiveness during future outages
TomBialek,ChiefEngineer-SmartGrid,SanDiegoGas&Electric
5.00 Question And Answer Session
5.10 Chair’s Closing Remarks
5.20 End Of Conference
Day 2
Thursday December 12, 2013
ENHANCING GRID RESILIENCE THROUGH COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF STORM HARDENING
TECHNOLOGIES AND EXAMINING BEST PRACTICES IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
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21% Director/Manager Smart Grid
17% Director/Manager Emergency
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10% Chief/Principal Engineer
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William ‘Bill’ Bosch, CEO & Director Of Electric Utility,
City Of Griffin
Lucas Millmore, Director distribution Grid Operations,
Toronto Hydro
Jamie Exon, Director Electric Distribution Operations,
San Diego G&E
John Gavin, Director Of Substation Engineering,
National Grid
Trevor Siegfried, Business Application Lead – Outage
Management System, PPL Electric Utilities
Brian Lindsay, GIS Manager & Storm Team Director,
Alabama Power
Patricia Armbruster, Principal Process Management
Facilitator In Distribution Operations, DTE Energy
Angelina Gibson, Manager Electric Emergency
Management & Public Safety, Pacific G&E
Cairo Vanegas, Superintendent Of Electric T&D, Fort
Pierce Utilities Authority
Richard Wernsing, Manager Of Electric Asset Strategy,
PSE&G
Ed Carlsen, Manager DMS System, Georgia Power
Charles V Talley, Manager Of Distribution Engineering
Services, American Electric Power
Don Ciupak, Manager Asset Management, Oklahoma
G&E
Jorge Calzada, Manager Advanced Analytics, PEX
Center Of Excellence, National Grid
Steve Pigford, Distribution Design & Performance
Manager, Georgia Power
Aleksandar Vukojevic, Principal Engineer – Smart
Grid, Baltimore G&E
Tom Bialek, Chief Engineer Of Smart Grid, San Diego
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