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Is It Ethical
This link below to a Wired article raises interesting ethical issues which are beginning to appear in our world of analytics. With the advent of smart devices and the ability to remotely control them, comes along questions of who can control them, how can they control them and should these controls be regulated? I asked one of my goto people for ethics issues and he said while the issue of controlling customer thermostats does raise ethical issues, since it was not a compliance issue he did not want to comment. What do you think? As we progress into greater levels of analytics these questions will be more frequent. How intrusive can a utility be? What’s your thoughts?
Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat Sometimes | WIRED
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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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Good topic! I would think that if customers sign up for an energy efficiency program that allows the utility to adjust thermostats, it is ethical to do so, within the limits set in the program. I have also seen agriculture irrigation pumps controlled by utility demand side management programs. It is assumed that the customers know the impact of the adjustments they agree to, and have made the decision to participate based upon the benefits of the program. If customers find that the modifications are happening too often, or the impacts are too disagreeable they can choose to stop participating. In Texas, especially, demand management is an important tool for the system operators to use to manage times when reserves are tight, so finding the right balance between what is acceptable to the customer and what is useful for the utility, is such an important topic.
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Melinda Montgomery
Sr. Director Advanced Analytics & Technical Services
SERC
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-03-2021 12:26
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Is It EthicalThis link below to a Wired article raises interesting ethical issues which are beginning to appear in our world of analytics. With the advent of smart devices and the ability to remotely control them, comes along questions of who can control them, how can they control them and should these controls be regulated? I asked one of my goto people for ethics issues and he said while the issue of controlling customer thermostats does raise ethical issues, since it was not a compliance issue he did not want to comment. What do you think? As we progress into greater levels of analytics these questions will be more frequent. How intrusive can a utility be? What’s your thoughts?
Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat Sometimes | WIRED
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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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Hello All,
In the example provided I feel it is ethical because it is voluntary and one can opt out at any time. We’ve got the “On Call” program which is similar and it gives a monthly credit whether or not the action is actually invoked. Looking beyond thermostats I think there could definitely be other ethical issues with IoT devices out there.
– Ron
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Ron Capute
Sr Project Manager
Florida Power & Light
Jupiter FL
5619043273
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-03-2021 12:26
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Is It EthicalThis link below to a Wired article raises interesting ethical issues which are beginning to appear in our world of analytics. With the advent of smart devices and the ability to remotely control them, comes along questions of who can control them, how can they control them and should these controls be regulated? I asked one of my goto people for ethics issues and he said while the issue of controlling customer thermostats does raise ethical issues, since it was not a compliance issue he did not want to comment. What do you think? As we progress into greater levels of analytics these questions will be more frequent. How intrusive can a utility be? What’s your thoughts?
Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat Sometimes | WIRED
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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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This is a really interesting topic.
It’s important to consider when these sorts of adjustments are likely to take place. (in the article) The consumers thermostat is adjusted to a temperature that’s 4 degrees higher at the hottest times of the day, because that’s likely when the load on the system is the greatest. But during that time, isn’t the consumer the most vulnerable? People may actually need there cooling devices the most during these times of day, and expect those devices to work harder at those times. So, it can appear that the “big bad” utility is taking advantage of the meek little consumer at their most vulnerable time by offering them a very unappealing choice: (i) either they can pay much more money for their power, or (ii) they can choose to be uncomfortable, and maybe even risk their health.
Furthermore, this kind of arrangement can also be seen as a “penalty” for being poor. It’s not hard to argue that someone who is financially limited, will be much more likely to “opt-in” to this sort of agreement, because it would allow for a lower cost immediately. While someone who has more ample financial resources might be more likely to weigh the costs vs. the benefits of the arrangement before making the choice.
From a legal perspective, at the heart of the matter is a statement that Melinda made, “It is assumed that the customers know the impact of the adjustments they agree to.” This assumption requires that the consumer is “sophisticated” enough to understand the impacts assumed in the agreement.
We are all familiar with the “Terms Of Use” documents that we are all asked to sign when accessing websites – how many of us have actually read them? But, even if you have read the agreement, how many of us signed those agreements because we thought it was nearly impossible that any of those situations covered by those agreements would ever come to pass?
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Kaz Shakir
Sr. Program Manager, Power Operations Asset Planning
The Tennessee Valley Authority
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-03-2021 12:26
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Is It EthicalThis link below to a Wired article raises interesting ethical issues which are beginning to appear in our world of analytics. With the advent of smart devices and the ability to remotely control them, comes along questions of who can control them, how can they control them and should these controls be regulated? I asked one of my goto people for ethics issues and he said while the issue of controlling customer thermostats does raise ethical issues, since it was not a compliance issue he did not want to comment. What do you think? As we progress into greater levels of analytics these questions will be more frequent. How intrusive can a utility be? What’s your thoughts?
Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat Sometimes | WIRED
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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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Very interesting article @Ben I’m excited to see what others think!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-03-2021 12:26
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Is It EthicalThis link below to a Wired article raises interesting ethical issues which are beginning to appear in our world of analytics. With the advent of smart devices and the ability to remotely control them, comes along questions of who can control them, how can they control them and should these controls be regulated? I asked one of my goto people for ethics issues and he said while the issue of controlling customer thermostats does raise ethical issues, since it was not a compliance issue he did not want to comment. What do you think? As we progress into greater levels of analytics these questions will be more frequent. How intrusive can a utility be? What’s your thoughts?
Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat Sometimes | WIRED
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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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Hello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our August Data Science Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, August 17 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and to be ready to share your insights.
Learn more about this session and our speaker below!
The session will cover:
- Hybrid resource operation in CAISO and its challenges
- Modeling strategies and optimization formulation
- Stochastic forecasting as inputs into optimization model
- Model verification and project goals
Speaker: Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority
Eina Ooka is a Principle Data Scientist at The Energy Authority (TEA). She leads TEA’s quantitative modeling efforts, focused on multivariate stochastic forecasting models for electric power markets. She has developed production-level models from scratch that are now used throughout the company for portfolio management. Eina’s expertise includes time series forecasting, machine learning, neural network modeling, and risk modeling.
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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out earlier in the month via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, please reach out to me so I can be sure you are forwarded the invite an alternate way.Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-02-2021 15:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! With August just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our August (2021) Data Science Community Conversation. On Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, we will be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we urge you to come prepared ready to ask questions and share your insight! I’ll be providing more information on this session one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.
Our latest IT update allows me to send meeting placeholders directly to your calendars through my alternate email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com. I sent out invitations for this community and each of our other communities this morning. If you did not receive a calendar invitation let me know so I can help troubleshoot. As this seems to be an issue with some of our members firewalls, we recommend whitelisting my new email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com to ensure any invites don’t go to your spam/junk folders.
Again please let me know if you have any questions/concerns or do not have a calendar placeholder on your calendar.
Thanks and I look forward to connecting with you all this month!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Good morning. I have not received a calendar placeholder for this event.
Bruce Schwager
LSS Master Black Belt
3220 S High Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73129-5030
Office: 405-553-8482
Mobile: 580-304-3029
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Original Message:
Sent: 8/10/2021 5:44:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: RE: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our August Data Science Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, August 17 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and to be ready to share your insights.
Learn more about this session and our speaker below!
The session will cover:
- Hybrid resource operation in CAISO and its challenges
- Modeling strategies and optimization formulation
- Stochastic forecasting as inputs into optimization model
- Model verification and project goals
Speaker: Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority
Eina Ooka is a Principle Data Scientist at The Energy Authority (TEA). She leads TEA’s quantitative modeling efforts, focused on multivariate stochastic forecasting models for electric power markets. She has developed production-level models from scratch that are now used throughout the company for portfolio management. Eina’s expertise includes time series forecasting, machine learning, neural network modeling, and risk modeling.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out earlier in the month via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, please reach out to me so I can be sure you are forwarded the invite an alternate way.Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-02-2021 15:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! With August just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our August (2021) Data Science Community Conversation. On Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, we will be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we urge you to come prepared ready to ask questions and share your insight! I’ll be providing more information on this session one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.
Our latest IT update allows me to send meeting placeholders directly to your calendars through my alternate email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com. I sent out invitations for this community and each of our other communities this morning. If you did not receive a calendar invitation let me know so I can help troubleshoot. As this seems to be an issue with some of our members firewalls, we recommend whitelisting my new email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com to ensure any invites don’t go to your spam/junk folders.
Again please let me know if you have any questions/concerns or do not have a calendar placeholder on your calendar.
Thanks and I look forward to connecting with you all this month!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Hey Bruce,
Thanks for the heads up! I just tried forwarding to your email an alternate way, would you mind confirming you recieved? As a reminder we recomend whitelisting my new email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com) which should prevent these invites from getting caught in spam or being blocked all together.
Thanks again and I look forward to connecting next week.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-11-2021 08:53
From: Bruce Schwager
Subject: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationGood morning. I have not received a calendar placeholder for this event.
Bruce Schwager
LSS Master Black Belt
3220 S High Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73129-5030
Office: 405-553-8482
Mobile: 580-304-3029
schwagbp@oge.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 8/10/2021 5:44:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: RE: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our August Data Science Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, August 17 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and to be ready to share your insights.
Learn more about this session and our speaker below!
The session will cover:
- Hybrid resource operation in CAISO and its challenges
- Modeling strategies and optimization formulation
- Stochastic forecasting as inputs into optimization model
- Model verification and project goals
Speaker: Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority
Eina Ooka is a Principle Data Scientist at The Energy Authority (TEA). She leads TEA’s quantitative modeling efforts, focused on multivariate stochastic forecasting models for electric power markets. She has developed production-level models from scratch that are now used throughout the company for portfolio management. Eina’s expertise includes time series forecasting, machine learning, neural network modeling, and risk modeling.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out earlier in the month via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, please reach out to me so I can be sure you are forwarded the invite an alternate way.Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 08-02-2021 15:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! With August just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our August (2021) Data Science Community Conversation. On Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, we will be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we urge you to come prepared ready to ask questions and share your insight! I’ll be providing more information on this session one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.
Our latest IT update allows me to send meeting placeholders directly to your calendars through my alternate email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com. I sent out invitations for this community and each of our other communities this morning. If you did not receive a calendar invitation let me know so I can help troubleshoot. As this seems to be an issue with some of our members firewalls, we recommend whitelisting my new email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com to ensure any invites don’t go to your spam/junk folders.
Again please let me know if you have any questions/concerns or do not have a calendar placeholder on your calendar.
Thanks and I look forward to connecting with you all this month!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Not Bruce, but I did get it ��
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Original Message:
Sent: 8/11/2021 12:22:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: RE: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHey Bruce,
Thanks for the heads up! I just tried forwarding to your email an alternate way, would you mind confirming you recieved? As a reminder we recomend whitelisting my new email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com) which should prevent these invites from getting caught in spam or being blocked all together.
Thanks again and I look forward to connecting next week.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-11-2021 08:53
From: Bruce Schwager
Subject: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationGood morning. I have not received a calendar placeholder for this event.
Bruce Schwager
LSS Master Black Belt
3220 S High Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73129-5030
Office: 405-553-8482
Mobile: 580-304-3029
schwagbp@oge.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 8/10/2021 5:44:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: RE: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our August Data Science Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, August 17 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and to be ready to share your insights.
Learn more about this session and our speaker below!
The session will cover:
- Hybrid resource operation in CAISO and its challenges
- Modeling strategies and optimization formulation
- Stochastic forecasting as inputs into optimization model
- Model verification and project goals
Speaker: Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority
Eina Ooka is a Principle Data Scientist at The Energy Authority (TEA). She leads TEA’s quantitative modeling efforts, focused on multivariate stochastic forecasting models for electric power markets. She has developed production-level models from scratch that are now used throughout the company for portfolio management. Eina’s expertise includes time series forecasting, machine learning, neural network modeling, and risk modeling.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out earlier in the month via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, please reach out to me so I can be sure you are forwarded the invite an alternate way.Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 08-02-2021 15:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming August (2021) Community ConversationHello Data Science Community Members,
I hope all is well! With August just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our August (2021) Data Science Community Conversation. On Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM CT, we will be joined by Eina Ooka, Principal Data Scientist at The Energy Authority, who will be leading a presentation around, Building Optimization Model for Solar + Storage Hybrid Resource. As this discussion will be interactive, we urge you to come prepared ready to ask questions and share your insight! I’ll be providing more information on this session one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.
Our latest IT update allows me to send meeting placeholders directly to your calendars through my alternate email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com. I sent out invitations for this community and each of our other communities this morning. If you did not receive a calendar invitation let me know so I can help troubleshoot. As this seems to be an issue with some of our members firewalls, we recommend whitelisting my new email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com to ensure any invites don’t go to your spam/junk folders.
Again please let me know if you have any questions/concerns or do not have a calendar placeholder on your calendar.
Thanks and I look forward to connecting with you all this month!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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