[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! This is just a quick reminder to join us tomorrow, Wednesday April 21 at 1:00 PM CT, for our April community conversation, PPL Electric Utilities’ Smart Grid Journey. I’ve provided our Microsoft Teams credentials below and on the original placeholder. If you have any issues joining (or do not have a placeholder on your calendar) please reach out and let me know.

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Thanks and we look forward to connecting!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-14-2021 15:57
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming April 21 (2021) Grid Analytics Community Conversation – PPL Electric Utilities’ Smart Grid Journey

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We have a very exciting Community Conversation planned for this month and hope you all can join us. On Wednesday, April 21 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Chris Menges, DCC Training and Applications Supervisor at PPL Electric Utilities, who will be leading a discussion on, PPL Electric Utilities’ Smart Grid Journey. 

Learn more about Chris and this session below!

Session Description:

Chris will share PPL Electric Utilities’ smart grid journey and what it meant in terms of meeting their key company objectives. During this session, Chris will touch on the humble beginnings of wall maps and limited substation SCADA indications and control to the addition of internet based remote control capabilities for line reclosers and switches, to the current capabilities of fully a integrated system, including the ability to incorporate DER data into the system decision making matrix. He will discuss PPL’s decision to bring all device and sensor data into a central system and present it in a way that allows their users to make effective real-time decisions. Finally, Chris will look at a few real system events that their systems and users were able to efficiently and safely analyze and direct field crews in the restoration of their customers.

Chris Menges – DCC Training and Applications Supervisor at PPL Electric Utilities:

Chris Menges is currently the supervisor of DCC Training & Applications at PPL Electric Utilities; responsible for the safe & reliable operation of their ADMS, as well as several other key operational systems. Chris’ team is currently leading the upgrade of their ADMS to support both DER management and Outage management with one platform. The path that has led Chris to where he is today started in the Naval Nuclear Power Program, followed by a period at a small automation company as a Start-up Engineer. His first exposure to Distribution Operations was as a System Operator in one of PPL’s satellite offices. He has been involved in Smart Grid & DMS since its inception at PPL in 2009.
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We’ll be providing a Microsoft Teams Link prior to our meeting but if you have any questions in the meantime please let us know.

Thanks and we look forward to connecting!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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