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Hi Pat,
I definitely like the question and we will switch it up to more important questions in the near future. We want to get members used to the poll, help them understand where it will live on the UAI Connect site, and to understand that it will change regularly. We thought offering a little bit of fun with the poll to start would help this process. :-)
We do have a survey out right now to gather meeting technology information. Please take the meeting technology survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5ZQZ8J2.
Enjoy your weekend!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie A. Cook
Membership & Engagement Manager, Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Endeavor Business Media | Energy
646-693-5965
lcook@endeavorb2b.com (Please note the new email address and update in your contacts)
Information Classification: General
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Original Message:
Sent: 5/22/2020 2:46:00 PM
From: Patrick Dever
Subject: RE: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Found it. A new question for sometime in the future: What mobile meeting technology are you using: Teams, Webx, Zoom, Skype, (I’m sure there are others you can add too).
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Patrick Dever
Chief Data Strategist
Avista Corporation
Spokane WA
509-495-8000
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2020 13:10
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hi Garr,
Can you try to view the poll again, please? I think we fixed it and you should be able to take the poll now. �� Let me know either way, so I can be 100% sure we fixed the issue. This should be a fun Friday activity.
Thanks so much!
Leslie
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Leslie A. Cook
Membership & Engagement Manager, Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Endeavor Business Media | Energy
646-693-5965
lcook@endeavorb2b.com (Please note the new email address and update in your contacts)
Information Classification: General
Original Message:
Sent: 5/22/2020 11:04:00 AM
From: Garr Williams
Subject: RE: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!I am not seeing a “poll” either – but I like the “ask your network” area.
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Garr Williams
Manager of Data Analytics
Orlando Utilities Commission OUC
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2020 12:21
From: Blake Scherer
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Where is the poll?
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Blake Scherer
Senior Engineer II
Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County
Kennewick WA
509-585-5361Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2020 18:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI Members,
We have a brand new poll live on the “Ask your Network” homepage here. We look forward to your input!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2020 18:58
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI members,
I hope all is well! It’s been a few weeks since the launch of our latest website update and we couldn’t be more pleased with the feedback. For everyone that’s taken time to reach out to us directly, we thank you and encourage others to continue giving us their feedback as well.
One new feature we’re launching in this community is the Ask Your Network Poll which, as you can see on the community homepage here, is a fun/friendly poll to help us stay connected and positive. We’ll be updating each week with a new question so we encourage you visit back periodically and get involved. If you have any questions or are having trouble seeing the poll please reach out to myself and I’ll be happy to help.
Also if you have a fun polling question idea, we’re all ears!
Thanks everyone and we look forward to your input.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Yes were are implementing TEAMS. It an excellent platform, but with some caveats.The collaborative meeting environment is great, however the UI is not typically Microsoft look and feel and does take a bit of getting used to. Governance is a huge issue. I participated in a round table sponsored by a more general IT community with more than 250 organizations participating. The word “wild west” come up a number of times with reference to the environment that does not implement governance. Guidelines for chats, Teams and channels must be enforced plus the implementation should be on a phased approach. everyone at once will drown your support staff. There are a lot of videos and training material out there and for that you dont have to re-invent the transformer :) . This would be a great topic for a separate discussion.
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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2020 18:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello everyone,
In response to our COVID-19 Granular discussion this past Monday, I wanted to pose a few questions to the group that we didn’t get time to discuss. Please see below and don’t be afraid to pose additional questions as well. We look forward to your input!
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
- Is your utility implementing TEAMS? If yes, we hear there have been some struggles with it, especially TEAMS governance, so how is your utility handling this?
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2020 12:06
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s third and final roundtable discussion on COVID-19! This discussion had a much more granular focus, hitting on questions such as:
- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
Special thanks to all of our members who submitted questions and were involved in the discussion. We also thank our members who were willing to share some of their dashboards/reporting during yesterday’s meeting. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to facilitate further discussion and supply relevant content. For a full recording and slide deck please click here.
Thanks again!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2020 19:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
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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I am not seeing a “poll” either – but I like the “ask your network” area.
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Garr Williams
Manager of Data Analytics
Orlando Utilities Commission OUC
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2020 12:21
From: Blake Scherer
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Where is the poll?
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Blake Scherer
Senior Engineer II
Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County
Kennewick WA
509-585-5361
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2020 18:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI Members,
We have a brand new poll live on the “Ask your Network” homepage here. We look forward to your input!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2020 18:58
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI members,
I hope all is well! It’s been a few weeks since the launch of our latest website update and we couldn’t be more pleased with the feedback. For everyone that’s taken time to reach out to us directly, we thank you and encourage others to continue giving us their feedback as well.
One new feature we’re launching in this community is the Ask Your Network Poll which, as you can see on the community homepage here, is a fun/friendly poll to help us stay connected and positive. We’ll be updating each week with a new question so we encourage you visit back periodically and get involved. If you have any questions or are having trouble seeing the poll please reach out to myself and I’ll be happy to help.
Also if you have a fun polling question idea, we’re all ears!
Thanks everyone and we look forward to your input.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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I have an exciting update to share from Joe Lopes, Sr. Principle Consultant at DNV GL, who led a recent presentation on “Covid‐19 Impacts on Downstate New York System Load.” Joe was a driving force of this round table series and was nice enough to provide his recent AEE Chapter presentation with the group. Please take a look at the presentation here and let us know if you have any questions/issues accessing.
Thanks again Joe!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2020 18:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello everyone,
In response to our COVID-19 Granular discussion this past Monday, I wanted to pose a few questions to the group that we didn’t get time to discuss. Please see below and don’t be afraid to pose additional questions as well. We look forward to your input!
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
- Is your utility implementing TEAMS? If yes, we hear there have been some struggles with it, especially TEAMS governance, so how is your utility handling this?
Thanks!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2020 12:06
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s third and final roundtable discussion on COVID-19! This discussion had a much more granular focus, hitting on questions such as:
- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
Special thanks to all of our members who submitted questions and were involved in the discussion. We also thank our members who were willing to share some of their dashboards/reporting during yesterday’s meeting. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to facilitate further discussion and supply relevant content. For a full recording and slide deck please click here.
Thanks again!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2020 19:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
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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Kevin:
Happy to help the group. Being in the epicenter of the Covid-19 impacts here in the New York area and having utility clients in the Downstate NY region, I took an interest in the question of load impacts resulting from government and resident actions to curb the spread of the virus. As we emerge from the lockdown, I will be continuing to monitor the load impacts. We have also been addressing this with analytics from other clients across the U.S. I appreciate any feedback! Thanks for your interest.
Joe Lopes
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Joseph Lopes
Senior Principal Analyst
DNV GL
Glen Cove NY
516-277-1087
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-24-2020 17:58
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19I have an exciting update to share from Joe Lopes, Sr. Principle Consultant at DNV GL, who led a recent presentation on “Covid‐19 Impacts on Downstate New York System Load.” Joe was a driving force of this round table series and was nice enough to provide his recent AEE Chapter presentation with the group. Please take a look at the presentation here and let us know if you have any questions/issues accessing.
Thanks again Joe!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Sent: 05-21-2020 18:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello everyone,
In response to our COVID-19 Granular discussion this past Monday, I wanted to pose a few questions to the group that we didn’t get time to discuss. Please see below and don’t be afraid to pose additional questions as well. We look forward to your input!
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
- Is your utility implementing TEAMS? If yes, we hear there have been some struggles with it, especially TEAMS governance, so how is your utility handling this?
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2020 12:06
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s third and final roundtable discussion on COVID-19! This discussion had a much more granular focus, hitting on questions such as:
- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
Special thanks to all of our members who submitted questions and were involved in the discussion. We also thank our members who were willing to share some of their dashboards/reporting during yesterday’s meeting. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to facilitate further discussion and supply relevant content. For a full recording and slide deck please click here.
Thanks again!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2020 19:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
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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Thank you and I’ll reach out the Cre’Shannon.
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Cheryl Pressley
IT Supervisor, Data Management & Analytics
Southern Company
Atlanta GA
4045062190
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 08:33
From: Claude Godin
Subject: Data LiteracyHey Cheryl
Southern Company is an AEIC member and Cre’Shannon Reuven who heads up your Load Research Department is the course organizer for the AEIC.
Sincerely,
Claude GodinSenior Principal Consultant, Policy Advisory and Research, Key Initiatives, PAR
DNV GL Energy Insights USA, Inc.
claude.godin@dnvgl.com
Mobile +1 (919) 539-3231
DNV GL® – a member of Det Norske Veritas® group.
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Hi Claude,
Thank you for sharing this information about the training at AEIC. We’ll look into this further.
Thanks,
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Cheryl Pressley
IT Supervisor, Data Management & Analytics
Southern Company
Atlanta GA
4045062190
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Thank you Phil!
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Cheryl Pressley
IT Supervisor, Data Management & Analytics
Southern Company
Atlanta GA
4045062190
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2020 08:55
From: Phil Wilkerson
Subject: Data LiteracyWe wanted to share a model that may be of value to the community. -Phil
Phil Wilkerson
Xcel Energy | Responsible By Nature
Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Standards (Industry Consultant)
1800 Larimer, Denver CO 80202
P: 303.571.6532
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Vijoy – If it’s not too much trouble, I’d be interested in some more specific links to the videos used in your Analytics U. Thank you!
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PJ Rehm
Manager, Technology and Renewable Programs
ElectriCities of NC
Raleigh NC
9197606316
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