[Ben Ettlinger]

Thanks, I’ll check.

 

Ben

 

Ben Ettlinger

Emerging Technology

New York Power Authority

123 Main St.

White Plains NY 10601

 

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Ben,

Our firewall has me locked out of downloading the entire article.  I was able to read the overview and get the idea, but I don’t know if I am giving you the extent of  you are looking for.

I still think the entire premise of this initiative is to PLAN for projects in advance, use limited resources for preliminary work, and keep executives aware of how resources within the organization are being utilized so they can determine which projects are in line with the strategic goals of the organization and which of those initiatives are worth pursuing during a given period of time.  A checklist of best practices isn’t a bad idea at all if the understanding is that each organization is at a different maturity level and the document is to be used as a guide.  You can find quite a bit of information about innovation management as well an article or two about ISO 56002 in Gartner. 

 

Sandi Joralemon, PMP Data Analytics Supervisor 355 FM 306 | New Braunfels, Texas 78130 sjoralemon@nbutexas.com | 830.608.8941

[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Good morning Ben,

Here is another follow up from our Data Science group leader Colt from CPS Energy. Let us know if you have follow up questions!

IS0 56002 is a guidance document for innovation management:

https://www.iso.org/standard/68221.html

 

It is a general reference applicable to all industries, including IT and analytics. It would be a useful read for the development of a proprietary innovation strategy, but it was published so recently (last summer)  that any projects following it are likely still in a pre-launch state.

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-23-2019 16:13
From: Ben Ettinger
Subject: ISO 56002:2019: New Standard for Innovation Management Systems

​Maybe this topic will wake everyone up in this blog. I just read a little about  ISO 56002. What would this buy for IT organizations? Is anyone out there following it? Would it help innovation in analytics? Is it anything like ISO 5000?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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[Sandi Joralemon]

Ben,

Our firewall has me locked out of downloading the entire article.  I was able to read the overview and get the idea, but I don’t know if I am giving you the extent of  you are looking for.

I still think the entire premise of this initiative is to PLAN for projects in advance, use limited resources for preliminary work, and keep executives aware of how resources within the organization are being utilized so they can determine which projects are in line with the strategic goals of the organization and which of those initiatives are worth pursuing during a given period of time.  A checklist of best practices isn’t a bad idea at all if the understanding is that each organization is at a different maturity level and the document is to be used as a guide.  You can find quite a bit of information about innovation management as well an article or two about ISO 56002 in Gartner. 

 

Sandi Joralemon, PMP Data Analytics Supervisor 355 FM 306 | New Braunfels, Texas 78130 sjoralemon@nbutexas.com | 830.608.8941

——Original Message——

Thanks for that reply.
What are your thoughts about ISO 56002?

I like your last comment ​”As a result, people and monetary resources aren’t planned for properly on the technology side.” I believe that Utility IT organizations should be assigning a budget for IT R&D just as they do for Operations R&D. Playing devils advocate; Why spend the money if in the software business there is frenetic competition to employ new technologies. So let the vendors spend the money and go through the heart aches of R&D. In reality, it should be somewhere in the middle. The cost of innovation is balanced yet we are not totally controlled by vendors controlling what gets innovated and what not.

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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[Jc Zannis]

Ben,

We’ve used Yes Energy for about six years, though we have tended to use it more for modeling transmission outages and congestion.  My personal experience is from 4+ years ago, but if you want to reach out I can put you in touch with people who have used it recently.  My recollections:

• Very easy to use for our traders and analysts
• Vendor service was second to none; very responsive and helpful; always looking for ways to improve their product.  They have a user conference annually in Boulder where users suggest and vote on the enhancements they want to see in the upcoming year.
• They have (had?) two add-on data options.  One was API based and the other was SQL Server based.  They likely have something better now.

As I said, feel free to reach out if you want to talk to someone with more recent experience.

J.C. Zannis

Structuring & Analysis

Southern Company Generation

(205) 992-0465 (w)

(205) 329-0749 (c)

jczannis@southernco.com

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JC Zannis
Manager, Structuring & Analysis
Southern Company
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-02-2020 11:02
From: Ben Ettinger
Subject: Yes Energy Platform

​Is anyone familiar wit the Yes Energy Trading Platform? We are particularly interested in the module that covers generation outages. What has been the experience with this product;

• from a user perspective
• technology perspective
•  vendor service
• commitment to the product
• Availability of data for analytics

What other vendors reside in this market space?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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[Liang Downey]

Ben, another one is the Energy Web Foundation:
https://www.energyweb.org/page/2/
https://rmi.org/energy-web-foundation-launches-pioneering-blockchain-to-accelerate-a-low-carbon-customer-centric-energy-system/

Liang Downey
DTE Energy

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Liang Downey
Storm Strategy
DTE Energy
Detroit MI
2485211129
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-31-2019 10:27
From: Ben Ettinger
Subject: Block Chains

Are there any Utility Block Chain Consortium’s that you are aware of? I’ve heard of one  http://energy-blockchain.org/

Is anyone aware of others?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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