[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our March (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, March 15 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by the following speakers who will be leading a panel discussion around, “Is Your Gas Division Competing with your Utility Electric Division?”

– Scott Hixson, Field and Grid Data Analytics Manager (Ameren Services)

– Brandon Zerfowski, Manager, Business Analytics (Ameren Illinois)

– Tommy Bouse, Supervisor, IT Business Intelligence (City Utilities of Springfield MO)

– Chris Ivanov, Director – Forecasting and Optimization (Madison Gas & Electric)

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description: 

Is the natural gas division competing with your utility’s electric division? Now that we have your attention, we would say maybe, but probably not. However, what kind of analytics approaches have you used in natural gas that would apply to the electric side of your business and vice versa? We will bring together multiple panelists to have an interesting conversation on this topic and look forward to audience collaboration for additional input regarding your utility’s experience.

Speaker: Scott Hixson, Field and Grid Data Analytics Manager (Ameren Services)

Scott Hixson is the Analytics Manager for Ameren’s Field and Grid Analytics team which builds enterprise analytics solutions to support generation, gas distribution, and electric distribution. The solutions are at the intersection of engineering, data science, and geospatial analytics.

Speaker: Brandon Zerfowski, Manager, Business Analytics (Ameren Illinois)

Brandon Zerfowski, Manager of Business Analytics for Ameren Illinois, with 13 years of engineering and utility industry experience.  Prior to his current role, Brandon has held roles as a Supervising Engineer of Gas Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP), Gas In-Line Inspection (ILI) Project Engineer, Gas DIMP Engineer, and Bridge Designer. He is a husband and father of two boys and in his spare time Brandon is a world traveler and avid disc golfer. 

Speaker: Tommy Bouse, Supervisor, IT Business Intelligence (City Utilities of Springfield MO)

Tommy Bouse is the supervisor of the Business Intelligence team at City Utilities of Springfield, MO. City Utilities is a municipal utility serving our customers with Electric, Natural Gas, Water, Broadband, and Transit services. Each day, he has the opportunity to work with a team of highly skilled individuals that focuses on business transformation across our company with a goal of achieving success while advancing along the UAI Analytics Value Curve.

Speaker: Chris Ivanov, Director – Forecasting and Optimization (Madison Gas & Electric)

Chris Ivanov has worked in the utility industry for over a decade. Currently, he is the Director Forecasting and Optimization for Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE) where he is tasked with overseeing and developing sales, demand, and revenue forecasts for both electric and natural gas. His responsibilities also include reviewing fuel budgets and customer analytic projects including AMI data analysis, customer surveys, and load research to support rate cases.

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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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