[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! This is another reminder to join us tomorrow, Wednesday, March 17 at 11:00 AM CT, for our March “Solve My Problem” exercise. We’re very excited to connect with you all and discuss the key problems/challenges presented by this community. I’ve provided our Microsoft Teams link below and on our calendar placeholder. If you have any questions or issues joining please 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: 03-10-2021 13:54
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming March 17th Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation

Hello Natural Gas 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, March 17th at 11:00 AM CST, we’ll be joined by Community Leader Catherine McCowan (Manager, Integrity and Asset Management Governance at Enbridge) who will be facilitating our “Solve My Problem” exercise. This meeting will further examine two challenges brought about during our February “Getting to Know You” polling exercise. Please see below to learn more about this session and our facilitator Catherine!

Catherine McCowan – Manager, Integrity and Asset Management Governance at Enbridge

Catherine McCowan has worked in the natural gas industry in the UK and Canada for more than 30 years. Over her career she has worked in R&D, Operations, Engineering, and Asset Management. Catherine is currently the Manager of Integrity & Asset Management Governance within the Integrity & Asset Management function at Enbridge Gas Inc. Catherine has degrees from Queen’s University (BSc Engineering), Strathclyde University (MBA) and Robert Gordon’s University (M. Eng).Catherine and her husband live in Stouffville, Ontario. She has 3 children and a house full of pets – 5 cats, 2 dogs, and a bearded dragon. 

Session Description:

The “Solve My Problem” session will be delivered in a way that will encourage partnered collaboration between members to come up with solutions and/or action plans to help members solve real-time “problems”. During conversations about the “problems”, we encourage members to showcase their successes, share experiences and lessons learned, and gain valuable insights from the supportive and knowledgeable group of peers meeting during this Community Conversation. We encourage open, interactive dialogue throughout the exercise to create a vibrant and collaborative environment, and to ensure everyone in attendance receives an opportunity to voice their opinions and ideas.

Come prepared to discuss the following “problems” during the Natural Gas Analytics Community “Solve My Problem” exercise!

 

Facilitated by: Catherine McCowan, Manager, Integrity and Asset Management Governance at Enbridge

• Problem #1: How are you dealing with antiquated systems that don’t talk to one another at your utility?
• Problem #2: What are your practices for identifying market data drivers?  For example:

• What do we see as factors that drive things like long range demand for natural gas?
• Home energy use reports and behaviors that drive down usage?
• How to use analytics to predict growth areas for customers?, i.e. can market data and analytics tell us where growth and trends are going?

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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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