[Kaleb Thompson]

Hi all — 

I believe this survey is a great way for us to ensure that the sessions each month are meeting your expectations and that you all are hearing about the topics most relevant to your utilities. I encourage everyone to take a few minutes and complete the survey so that we can incorporate your feedback into the monthly content.  

Thanks!

Kaleb

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Kaleb Thompson
Supervisor – Enterprise Analytics
ONE Gas
Tulsa
9188457000
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-04-2023 18:58
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: A chance to have your say! Help us drive value for our Natural Gas Analytics Community

Greetings, members of the Natural Gas Analytics Community!

We want to remind you of the incredible value that your participation in our poll can bring to our community. Your input is crucial to driving meaningful and relevant discussions that will benefit everyone in the community. By taking just 10 minutes to complete the survey, you can help us refill the topic bucket and prioritize discussions for our future community conversations.

We truly believe that our community conversations are better when we have input from all members. Your unique perspectives and insights help us identify valuable use cases and topics of discussion that we may not have considered otherwise. So, we urge you to please help us drive value and make our community even stronger.

We are aiming for a sample size of at least 30 participants, which will increase the confidence interval of our data set and allow us to make more robust assertions about our findings. With only six responses so far, we need at least 25 more members to take the survey to reach our goal.

Remember, we only do this poll about every two years, so your participation now is especially important. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your voice heard and help shape the future of our community.

Take the poll here: https://www.menti.com/altqok4s4c1e

Thank you for your time and valuable input.

Sincerely,
The Leadership Team, Natural Gas Analytics Community

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Leslie Cook
Membership, Engagement, & Training Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@utilityanalytics.com
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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our May (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, May 17 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by Mark Knox, Former Director of Resource Management Forecasting at Southern Company Gas and Jesse Woods, VP of Data Science at E Source who will be leading a discussion around, “Analytics for Leak Detection forecasting and workforce optimization in Natural Gas.”

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description: 

Leaks pose a critical challenge for sustainability and safety in natural gas. Applying data science to this problem more accurately predicts the types of leaks and the quantity forecasters can expect within a given service territory.

The results of this leak forecasting not only allow for better prediction (an improvement in prediction error rate from 20% to as low as 5%), but also better work/resource allocation – allowing utilities to more accurately forecast their resourcing needs within a service territory based on the expectation of upcoming leaks. Thus, reducing error rates, supporting call center optimization to handle expected incoming calls from leaks, and work resource planning. The net result: a reactive approach replaced with a predictive and prescriptive approach.

Learn more about how E Source applied this solution and the methodologies used for leak forecasting detection.

Speaker: Mark Knox, Former Director of Resource Management Forecasting (Southern Company Gas)

Mark Knox is an executive consultant at E Source’s Data Science Division and is the owner of MAK Business Solutions. He recently retired from his role as Director of Resource Management Forecasting and Organizational Effectiveness at Southern Company Gas in 2022 after 37 years. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Western Illinois University with an emphasis in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from DePaul University with an emphasis in Organizational Management. He is also a registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois. Mark resides in Yorkville, Illinois with his wife of nearly 34 years and has two college-graduate children.  He enjoys travel, sporting events, music, and the arts.  He is a person of faith and is a leadership member of Community Christian Church. 

Speaker: Jesse Woods, VP of Data Science (E Source)

Before taking the role of vice president, Jesse Woods led the client success group for E Source Data Science. Jesse has helped E Source develop its grid capital deployment and customer-centric data science product lines through consistent delivery of solutions, which bring immediate ROI to the utilities using them. 
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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). I’ve noticed these invites can sometimes be flagged as spam, so please check your junk folders if you’re not seeing right away. For your convenience I have also attached the placeholder to this message as an easy download. If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Wednesday, May 17 at 11:00 AM CT, or are having trouble downloading the placeholder from this message, please reach back 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: 05-01-2023 12:45
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming May (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With May just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our May (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, May 17 at 11:00 AM CT we’ll be joined by Mark Knox, Former Director of Resource Management Forecasting at Southern Company Gas and Jesse Woods, VP of Data Science at E Source who will be leading a discussion around, “Analytics for Leak Detection forecasting and workforce optimization in Natural Gas.”

I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks!

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