[Leslie Cook (Adm)]

Hi Susan,

I am reaching out to some UAI members to make sure they saw your post and to provide you with some input. Hopefully we will have some replies on this question soon.

Thanks!

Leslie

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-13-2020 15:21
From: Susan Quinn
Subject: Ice models

Hello – I work for an electric utility in Kansas. I’m trying to understand the difference between FRAM and SPIA for ice modeling. Do you know what the advantages are of either model? Specifically, we’re worried about better understanding how ice impacts our electrical distribution lines during inclement weather. If you even can just point me to a place I can learn more about FRAM and SPIA, that’s fine too.  I can read!

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Susan Quinn
Senior Manager Operations Analytics
Evergy
Topeka KS
7855756411
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[Mark Johnson]

Morning everyone. I’m Mark and I’ve been with UAI since the beginning and I’m as excited about UAI as I’ve ever been. UAI was founded with a “Utility First” mandate. The content we create for our research, articles, events and working groups to be driven by our utility members for the benefit of our utility members. Over the years I’ve met hundreds and hundreds of professionals and I’m honored and humbled to be part of this community. 

I was born in British Columbia, Canada, but grew up in a beautiful small town in Northern Wyoming. I studied received my BSEE from the University of Wyoming and did my graduate work in power systems at New Mexico State University. I also wanted to work in transmission planning at a utility, but my wife who was in the same program at NMSU beat me to it. We are both still in the power industry and proud to be part of it. I’m blessed with two children, one of each model and likewise with two miniature schnauzers.

Outside of work I love spending time with my wife and kids doing pretty much anything as long as we are together. I also enjoy playing golf as much as I get the opportunity. It’s wonderful to be walking outside in a beautiful setting with your friends and playing a game that really pushes your mental fitness. It amazes me how you can be a PRO on one shot and flat out terrible the rest of the day. 

At the end of the day, I love this industry, the people involved are the best I’ve run into. Not to paint with too broad of a brush, but the vast, vast majority are service oriented, willing to help each other, very smart, professional and when you get to let your hair down at the bar (I can’t, I’m bald), truly funny too! We are also thinking about how else we can help our members, so please don’t be shy about reaching out to any of the UAI staff to see if we can find you the answer, make a connection, etc.

Looking forward to reconnecting with old friend and meeting new friends as well.
Take care everyone,
Mark

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Mark Johnson
Managing Director
Utility Analytics Institute
Aurora CO
720-371-1799
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 10:38
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hello UAI Members,

I’m excited to try something new on UAI’s Member-Only Community. I want to not only make this forum a place for work and professional connections to take place on a daily basis, a place to ask each other questions, find answers and exchange knowledge and share information, I want to make it a fun environment to help us all de-stress, get to know each other a little better, and build bonds and friendships of a lifetime.

One of the coolest things about the UAI community is seeing members make connections with one another-it’s incredible to watch personal and professional relationship and friendships begin, grow, evolve, and last. The more relationships that are built between us and the more we get to know each other, the more valuable our work exchanges will become. We open up, we share more, we learn more and we all become so much better together!

Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it’s time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves.

• Share your name
• Where you’re from
• How long you’ve worked in utility analytics
• I also encourage you to share non-invasive personal tidbits about yourself, i.e. what you like to do for fun, your hobbies, your pet peeves, or even your favorite memes, of course keeping it in good taste. Share things that will help us all get to know you better

I think it is important to have a little fun while we work and enjoy each other’s company. Please, use the UAI Member-Only Community as a place to work hard and play hard, enjoy, laugh, and have some fun.

I’ll kick us off, and please know you can include as much or little detail in your introduction. I’m wordy, so I went all out:

I’m Leslie, UAI’s membership & digital engagement manager. I’ve been with UAI for almost five months and I’m passionate about connecting members who share similar interests and challenges, and providing them with benefits, experiences, and tools they need to solve their problems and improve their organizations. I enthusiastically joined UAI to help improve and evolve the UAI membership value, as well as manage UAI’s collection of Communities. I am a strategic program director, dynamic business leader, and expert facilitator with over 20 years of experience. To learn even more about my professional work or to connect with me, visit my profile on UAI’s member-only site or LinkedIn. Please reach out to me directly at any time if you have questions or need anything from UAI. I can be reached at lcook@endeavorb2b.com or 646-693-5965.

I’m a Texas girl at heart, born and raised in a small town in north Texas, and then I headed out west to graduate from Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders!). After school I moved to Colorado and I’ve lived all along the front range for the last 22 years, settling in Denver for the last six years, and I still have a Texas accent (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas accent out of the girl!). I’ve been married to my best friend from high school for 17 years, and we have two amazingly intelligent miniature Australian Shepherds, Indio and Charley, who keep us busy.

When I’m not working, I can be found traveling the world. We have been to 11 countries so far and we hope to continue to expand our adventures. I also like to leverage my high attention to detail and project management skills when dabbling in home remodeling and interior design. I come up with crazy design schemes and my patient husband implements my ideas, doing all the skilled and hard labor work. We are now close to the end of a complete remodel of our 1952 house. I cannot wait to be done with this project that has taken us about three years to complete…I can almost see the light!

I am truly excited to get to know ALL UAI’s members, so please reply to this discussion post to introduce yourself. Give a little of yourself and you will be surprised at how much you get in return through your valuable, purpose-built relationships via UAI.

Like I said, I have only been with UAI for about five months, but I’m already having so much fun and learning a lot from all of you! We have a lot of positive updates coming soon and we are evolving, with your input, to better meet your needs and goals, and I can’t wait to share these things with you. You must stay tuned into UAI’s Member-Only Community to learn more within the next few months. We will also be announcing some new things and some updates during the unique and exciting event we have coming in June 2020, UA Summit Reimagined!

Introduce yourself, learn more about others, and connect through UAI!

Stay safe and healthy,

     Leslie

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
646-693-5965, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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[Phil Wilkerson]

Glad to have you with us at Utility Analytics. Looking forward to the collaboration and knowledge exchange as UAI has been a great resource for us at Xcel Energy. Regards, Phil

 

 

Phil Wilkerson

Xcel Energy | Responsible By Nature

Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Standards (Industry Consultant)

1800 Larimer, Denver CO 80202

P: 303.571.6532  

E: phillip.g.wilkerson@xcelenergy.com

 

——Original Message——

Morning everyone. I’m Mark and I’ve been with UAI since the beginning and I’m as excited about UAI as I’ve ever been. UAI was founded with a “Utility First” mandate. The content we create for our research, articles, events and working groups to be driven by our utility members for the benefit of our utility members. Over the years I’ve met hundreds and hundreds of professionals and I’m honored and humbled to be part of this community. 

I was born in British Columbia, Canada, but grew up in a beautiful small town in Northern Wyoming. I studied received my BSEE from the University of Wyoming and did my graduate work in power systems at New Mexico State University. I also wanted to work in transmission planning at a utility, but my wife who was in the same program at NMSU beat me to it. We are both still in the power industry and proud to be part of it. I’m blessed with two children, one of each model and likewise with two miniature schnauzers.

Outside of work I love spending time with my wife and kids doing pretty much anything as long as we are together. I also enjoy playing golf as much as I get the opportunity. It’s wonderful to be walking outside in a beautiful setting with your friends and playing a game that really pushes your mental fitness. It amazes me how you can be a PRO on one shot and flat out terrible the rest of the day. 

At the end of the day, I love this industry, the people involved are the best I’ve run into. Not to paint with too broad of a brush, but the vast, vast majority are service oriented, willing to help each other, very smart, professional and when you get to let your hair down at the bar (I can’t, I’m bald), truly funny too! We are also thinking about how else we can help our members, so please don’t be shy about reaching out to any of the UAI staff to see if we can find you the answer, make a connection, etc.

Looking forward to reconnecting with old friend and meeting new friends as well.
Take care everyone,
Mark

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Mark Johnson
Managing Director
Utility Analytics Institute
Aurora CO
720-371-1799
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[Ben Ettlinger]

The ice modeling we are doing is really related to river ice buildup not ice build up in transmission lines. However I did send this to our R&D group which is working on the issue to see if they have any insight.

 

Ben

 

Ben Ettlinger

Emerging Technology

New York Power Authority

123 Main St.

White Plains NY 10601

 

——Original Message——

Hi Susan,

I am reaching out to some UAI members to make sure they saw your post and to provide you with some input. Hopefully we will have some replies on this question soon.

Thanks!

Leslie

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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