Facing the Challenges of Aging T&D Infrastructure
December 7-8, 2016 | New Orleans, LA
Overview
Faced with aging transmission and distribution systems and limited O&M budgets, utilities are being pressed to maximize the lifespan of their current equipment while facing heavy scrutiny from both internal and external stakeholders. This conference will provide attendees with clear strategies for managing classifying and prioritizing the repair and replacement of their aging T&D systems.
The format for this conference is meant to be as interactive as possible for attendees allowing them to engage in meaningful question and answer sessions for each presentation as well as a facilitated round table discussion that will bring forth any remaining questions and topics for open discussion among all attendees and speakers. Focusing on real experiences from leading utilities, attendees will be equipped with tools to address problem components and justify their maintenance decisions to management, regulators, and external stakeholders.
Learning Outcomes
- Listen to American Electric Power’s procedures for deciding an assets “probability of failure” as part of their risk based assessment process
- Discuss NRG’s methods for executing, tracking and monitoring their investments through their asset management strategy
- Engage in a review of Bonneville Power Administration’s implantation planning for their transmission assets
- Review Entergy’s current successes with distribution asset management programs
- Discuss Bonneville Power Administration’s decision metric for comparing and prioritizing asset management investments
- Review Salt River Project’s asset optimization program assisting them in achieving operational excellence
- Discuss Manitoba Hydro’s ranges of typical failure curves for major transmission asset categories and how these curves are used in relating condition expressed in terms of Health Index score
- Engage in a facilitated round table discussion that will bring forth your asset management topics for open discussion among all attendees and speakers
- Listen to a discussion on the components of a strategy to deal with the aging population of mid-voltage underground cables
- Discuss a method for bridging IT and OT for lifecycle management
- Review a utility-specific testing protocol based on historical performance and problems encountered, cable types and population demographics
Credits
EUCI has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). In obtaining this accreditation, EUCI has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice. As a result of their Authorized Provider status, EUCI is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.
EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEUs for this conference and 0.4 CEUs for the workshop.
Requirements for Successful Completion of Program
Participants must sign in/out each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the conference to be eligible for continuing education credit.
Instructional Methods
Case studies, PowerPoint presentations, and group discussion will be used in this event.
Agenda
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. :: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. :: Introductions
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. :: Networking Break
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. :: Group Luncheon
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. :: Networking Break
Thursday, December 8, 2016
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. :: Continental Breakfast
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. :: Networking Break
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. :: Closing Remarks
12:00 p.m. :: Conference Adjourns
Workshop
Asset Management… Putting it all together
Thursday December 8, 2016
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. :: Registration
1:00 – 4:30 p.m. :: Workshop Timing
Overview
This workshop will delve into the components of structured asset management from the history to the development of standards shaping the industry. A good portion of the workshop will focus on the fundamentals and elements of the ISO 55000 Asset Management Standard series. Discussion into its creation and underlying principles, requirements for their use and what compliance looks like will be brought into the workshop. The final session of the workshop will apply the ISO 55000 Standards and put them to work in a review of the components, processes, and resolutions needed in successful asset management.
Learning Outcomes
- Review the development of asset management standards and the ISO 55000
- Explain the history of asset management in the world’s industries
- Discuss a detailed look at ISO 55000 and its fundamentals and elements
- Engage in a review of how ISO 55000 works and is applied to real world asset management processes
Agenda
Workshop Instructor
Tom McDermott, Principle Consultant, The Woodhouse Partnership, Ltd
Speakers
Scott Anderson, T&D Asset Optimization, Salt River Project
Doug Ballou, Asset Strategist, Capital Portfolio Management, Bonneville Power Administration
Sarajit Banerjee, Senior Engineer, Kinectrics, Inc.
Léonard Bertrand, Leader of North America E&E Practice, Strategic Decisions Group
Brent Jorowski, Manager, Transmission Asset Strategies, Manitoba Hydro
Rick Nicholson, Global Product Management, Enterprise Software, ABB
Jonathan Rich, Senior Consultant, Strategic Decisions Group
Tony Rodriguez, Former Federal Contractor with Bonneville Power Administration
Pallav Sudarshan, Senior Engagement Manager, Strategic Decisions Group
Yury Tsimberg Director – Asset Management, Kinectrics, Inc.
Erica Zimmerer, Sr. Manager of Grid Modernization, Entergy
Location
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
601 Loyola Ave
New Orleans, LA 70113
To reserve your room, please call 1-504-561-1234 or book online here.
Please indicate that you are with the EUCI group to receive the group rate.
Room Rate:
The room rate is $199.00 single or double plus applicable taxes.
Room Block Dates:
A room block has been reserved for the nights of December 5 – 7, 2016.
Rate Available Until:
Make your reservations prior to November 14, 2016. There are a limited number of rooms available at the conference rate. Please make your reservations early.
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