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This week’s “Ask Your Network” poll is here! Please visit the Ask Your Network homepage here to complete.
We look forward to your input.
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2020 18:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI Members,
We have a brand new poll live on the “Ask your Network” homepage here. We look forward to your input!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2020 18:58
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI members,
I hope all is well! It’s been a few weeks since the launch of our latest website update and we couldn’t be more pleased with the feedback. For everyone that’s taken time to reach out to us directly, we thank you and encourage others to continue giving us their feedback as well.
One new feature we’re launching in this community is the Ask Your Network Poll which, as you can see on the community homepage here, is a fun/friendly poll to help us stay connected and positive. We’ll be updating each week with a new question so we encourage you visit back periodically and get involved. If you have any questions or are having trouble seeing the poll please reach out to myself and I’ll be happy to help.
Also if you have a fun polling question idea, we’re all ears!
Thanks everyone and we look forward to your input.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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I have an exciting update to share from Joe Lopes, Sr. Principle Consultant at DNV GL, who led a recent presentation on “Covid‐19 Impacts on Downstate New York System Load.” Joe was a driving force of this round table series and was nice enough to provide his recent AEE Chapter presentation with the group. Please take a look at the presentation here and let us know if you have any questions/issues accessing.
Thanks again Joe!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2020 18:24
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello everyone,
In response to our COVID-19 Granular discussion this past Monday, I wanted to pose a few questions to the group that we didn’t get time to discuss. Please see below and don’t be afraid to pose additional questions as well. We look forward to your input!
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
- Is your utility implementing TEAMS? If yes, we hear there have been some struggles with it, especially TEAMS governance, so how is your utility handling this?
Thanks!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2020 12:06
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s third and final roundtable discussion on COVID-19! This discussion had a much more granular focus, hitting on questions such as:
- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
Special thanks to all of our members who submitted questions and were involved in the discussion. We also thank our members who were willing to share some of their dashboards/reporting during yesterday’s meeting. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to facilitate further discussion and supply relevant content. For a full recording and slide deck please click here.
Thanks again!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2020 19:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
Thanks!
Leslie
——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Hello everyone,
In response to our COVID-19 Granular discussion this past Monday, I wanted to pose a few questions to the group that we didn’t get time to discuss. Please see below and don’t be afraid to pose additional questions as well. We look forward to your input!
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
- Is your utility implementing TEAMS? If yes, we hear there have been some struggles with it, especially TEAMS governance, so how is your utility handling this?
Thanks!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————
——————————————-
Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2020 12:06
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s third and final roundtable discussion on COVID-19! This discussion had a much more granular focus, hitting on questions such as:
- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
Special thanks to all of our members who submitted questions and were involved in the discussion. We also thank our members who were willing to share some of their dashboards/reporting during yesterday’s meeting. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to facilitate further discussion and supply relevant content. For a full recording and slide deck please click here.
Thanks again!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2020 19:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
Thanks!
Leslie
——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Hello UAI Members,
We have a brand new poll live on the “Ask your Network” homepage here. We look forward to your input!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————
——————————————-
Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2020 18:58
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hello UAI members,
I hope all is well! It’s been a few weeks since the launch of our latest website update and we couldn’t be more pleased with the feedback. For everyone that’s taken time to reach out to us directly, we thank you and encourage others to continue giving us their feedback as well.
One new feature we’re launching in this community is the Ask Your Network Poll which, as you can see on the community homepage here, is a fun/friendly poll to help us stay connected and positive. We’ll be updating each week with a new question so we encourage you visit back periodically and get involved. If you have any questions or are having trouble seeing the poll please reach out to myself and I’ll be happy to help.
Also if you have a fun polling question idea, we’re all ears!
Thanks everyone and we look forward to your input.
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
—————————— -
Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s third and final roundtable discussion on COVID-19! This discussion had a much more granular focus, hitting on questions such as:
- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
Special thanks to all of our members who submitted questions and were involved in the discussion. We also thank our members who were willing to share some of their dashboards/reporting during yesterday’s meeting. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to facilitate further discussion and supply relevant content. For a full recording and slide deck please click here.
Thanks again!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————
——————————————-
Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2020 19:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! Today’s meeting surrounded load forecasting, discussing current challenges, AMI usage, strategies for regulatory recovery, and more. There are still a lot of questions and unknowns right now but this meeting was a great way to get the conversation going and hear strategies from other utility/industry members. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. Please continue to let us know what questions you have so our team can do our best to supply content and facilitate discussion around the topic.
We have one other meeting coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, Monday, 5/18/20 at 12:00 PM MT, which is going to be much more granular focused. Please use the link below to pre-register and let us know if you have any questions or issues accessing.Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!We look forward to regrouping with you all Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2020 18:33
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.comOriginal Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Hello UAI Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s call and submitted a question for the discussion! We used the full hour today to discuss COVID-19 strategy and how utilities are responding and preparing for the future. If you were unable to attend today’s call, we recorded the discussion and have made available in our community library here. If you’re having any issues accessing please reach out and let me know.
We have two other meetings coming up in our COVID-19 roundtable series, a load forecasting focus and a granular focus (more information is provided for both in the original post). If you haven’t already please get go ahead and get registered below:
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!Again if you have any questions please let us know.
We look forward to seeing many of you in our next meetings!
——————————
Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2020 13:02
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming series of Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19 taking place on May 14, 15, and 18, 2020! Learn more about the roundtables on my original post and register for one or all three member-exclusive roundtables. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hold collaborative, candid conversations with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation.
Register today and I’ll see you online later this week!
Thanks!
Leslie
——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 05-01-2020 17:06
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Your Invited to a Series of UAI Real-Talk Roundtables on COVID-19Hello UAI Members,
You told UAI that you desire to hold collaborative, candid discussions with fellow members regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to help you gain a better understanding of how each of your organizations are dealing with the situation. UAI is delighted to bring you together during special member-exclusive Real-Talk Roundtables.
Learn more information about the Real-Talk Roundtables below and register today to attend these timely events!
In regard to these roundtables, some members said they want to maintain a strategic focus while other members want to get a little more granular during the discussion. After asking our members to submit questions on topics they want to discuss, we actually scheduled three different virtual Real-Talk Roundtables. Each virtual roundtable will be scheduled for 1-hour. Join us for one or all three of these interactive discussions to ask questions and get answers from partnered collaboration between UAI members. During each of these roundtables, we will start with the questions recorded below, each of which were submitted in advance by UAI members. We will then move on to your real-time questions, so be prepared to bring your questions to the table during these collaborative sessions.What to expect during Real-Talk Roundtables?
Engage in lively discussions, exchange knowledge, share information, learn with each other and help one another move forward during these unprecedented times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. During Real-Talk Roundtables, we encourage you to get to know one another, turn on your video, and truly engage in the conversation (video not required, but encouraged). The more you put into the discussion, the more you will get out of it. We look forward to “seeing” you online soon!Real-Talk Roundtable: A Strategic Focus on COVID-19
Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What information is helpful for leadership at your organization to view or monitor as we begin talking about returning to work? Do you have any examples of how you are providing this information you could share? What are some strategic questions that leadership are asking you in regards to analytics related to COVID-19?
- What is your organization doing analytically in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting certain types of utilities?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
- How has Covid-19 affected development projects? Has your company circled the wagons and are just keeping the lights on? Have projects been put on hold and/or is money/resources being reallocated?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Focus on Load Forecasting for COVID-19
Friday, May 15 at 10:00 am MT (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What are your challenges with load forecasting and workforce optimization. The load and the workforce both “look” different in the current environment; so it would be interesting to see how utility leaders are managing this change and, where applicable, applying analytics to get ahead of these challenges.
- In regard to Corporate Energy Forecasting (CEF), where have you been able to use real-time AMI data to study how energy usage has changed and create forecasts of what things might look like as the community at large transitions back to work?
- How has your utility adjusted its short-term and long-term load forecasts to account for a stay-at-home order and/or economic recession?
- Impacts on Forecasting:
- How are load forecasts being adjusted for the impacts of COVID-19 given the fact that there is very limited data available – are you waiting for more data, or are you making assumptions based on current knowledge?
- What sort of assumptions are you making regarding the persistence of COVID-19 impacts – are you assuming a “new normal”, meaning that you expect permanent changes to your load; or do you expect that load should “revert to the mean” after 2, 3, 5, years?
- Do you expect revenue to be a direct function of loads, or are you factoring in greater defaults/deferrals as a result of large portions of the economy potentially facing financial hardship or, even, bankruptcy?
- Do you plan to develop strategies for regulatory recovery – meaning building the case for rate increases to cover the impacts of these changes?
Real-Talk Roundtable: A Granular Focus on COVID-19
Monday, May, 18 at 12:00 pm MT (11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET)
PRE-REGISTER TODAY!- What data modeling are you doing for COVID-19 analytics?
- Will this event result in expansion of your resiliency team?
- What system or service-class load impacts are utilities seeing under stay-at-home orders?
- How have these impacts changed with changes in the weather?
- For utilities, who has suspended disconnections for non-payment? How have you adjusted your revenue forecasts to account for arrears?
- What use cases can you share in regard to your load analytics, payment analytics and workforce planning in regard to COVID-19?
- Has your company developed any specific dashboards, reporting, or predictive analytics related to COVID-19?
- Questions not specifically related to analytics, but still questions that members want to discuss with other members:
- What will be the residual effects of the COVID-19 work at home environment? More people will be working from home permanently? Will your company have people working from home once a week, twice a week?
- With much of our workforce now tele-working, how is the reliability (or lack thereof) of your various interconnection technologies, such as WebEx, Zoom, Slack, etc.?
- In addition to those third party technologies, we are also very reliant on our own corporate networks to be able to access our work-related files and communicate with our colleagues. While I have experienced very little in the way of issues personally, I know that has not been the case for some of my colleagues. So, my question for the group is, what steps, if any, are your firms taking (or investments that you are making) to either improve these technologies, or to provide additional alternative technologies, so that if one tech fails, your associates have the option to use a different solution?
We look forward to seeing you online soon for UAI Real-Talk Roundtables!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Thanks for starting this discussion thread Leslie!!
Hello everyone! My name’s Kevin Praet and I am UAI’s Membership Coordinator. I’ve been with UAI for about 2.5 years and have enjoyed getting to know and work with members across the utility space. I am fortunate to be involved in most areas of the Institute (such as our Communities, Research, Events, etc.) and look forward to growing our exciting community.
Originally from New York, I’ve happily lived in Boulder Colorado for the past three years. I’ve enjoyed getting involved in several outdoor activities such as hiking, rock climbing, and biking but still make time to create and perform music! I am also an avid animal lover who volunteers and fosters dogs for a local animal shelter.
It’s been my biggest pleasure getting to know and work with so many of you individually so please never hesitate to reach out with any questions or to just say hi!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 10:38
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Introduce YourselfHello UAI Members,
I’m excited to try something new on UAI’s Member-Only Community. I want to not only make this forum a place for work and professional connections to take place on a daily basis, a place to ask each other questions, find answers and exchange knowledge and share information, I want to make it a fun environment to help us all de-stress, get to know each other a little better, and build bonds and friendships of a lifetime.
One of the coolest things about the UAI community is seeing members make connections with one another-it’s incredible to watch personal and professional relationship and friendships begin, grow, evolve, and last. The more relationships that are built between us and the more we get to know each other, the more valuable our work exchanges will become. We open up, we share more, we learn more and we all become so much better together!
Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it’s time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves.
- Share your name
- Where you’re from
- How long you’ve worked in utility analytics
- I also encourage you to share non-invasive personal tidbits about yourself, i.e. what you like to do for fun, your hobbies, your pet peeves, or even your favorite memes, of course keeping it in good taste. Share things that will help us all get to know you better
I think it is important to have a little fun while we work and enjoy each other’s company. Please, use the UAI Member-Only Community as a place to work hard and play hard, enjoy, laugh, and have some fun.
I’ll kick us off, and please know you can include as much or little detail in your introduction. I’m wordy, so I went all out:
I’m Leslie, UAI’s membership & digital engagement manager. I’ve been with UAI for almost five months and I’m passionate about connecting members who share similar interests and challenges, and providing them with benefits, experiences, and tools they need to solve their problems and improve their organizations. I enthusiastically joined UAI to help improve and evolve the UAI membership value, as well as manage UAI’s collection of Communities. I am a strategic program director, dynamic business leader, and expert facilitator with over 20 years of experience. To learn even more about my professional work or to connect with me, visit my profile on UAI’s member-only site or LinkedIn. Please reach out to me directly at any time if you have questions or need anything from UAI. I can be reached at lcook@endeavorb2b.com or 646-693-5965.
I’m a Texas girl at heart, born and raised in a small town in north Texas, and then I headed out west to graduate from Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders!). After school I moved to Colorado and I’ve lived all along the front range for the last 22 years, settling in Denver for the last six years, and I still have a Texas accent (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas accent out of the girl!). I’ve been married to my best friend from high school for 17 years, and we have two amazingly intelligent miniature Australian Shepherds, Indio and Charley, who keep us busy.
When I’m not working, I can be found traveling the world. We have been to 11 countries so far and we hope to continue to expand our adventures. I also like to leverage my high attention to detail and project management skills when dabbling in home remodeling and interior design. I come up with crazy design schemes and my patient husband implements my ideas, doing all the skilled and hard labor work. We are now close to the end of a complete remodel of our 1952 house. I cannot wait to be done with this project that has taken us about three years to complete…I can almost see the light!
I am truly excited to get to know ALL UAI’s members, so please reply to this discussion post to introduce yourself. Give a little of yourself and you will be surprised at how much you get in return through your valuable, purpose-built relationships via UAI.
Like I said, I have only been with UAI for about five months, but I’m already having so much fun and learning a lot from all of you! We have a lot of positive updates coming soon and we are evolving, with your input, to better meet your needs and goals, and I can’t wait to share these things with you. You must stay tuned into UAI’s Member-Only Community to learn more within the next few months. We will also be announcing some new things and some updates during the unique and exciting event we have coming in June 2020, UA Summit Reimagined!
Introduce yourself, learn more about others, and connect through UAI!
Stay safe and healthy,
Leslie
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
646-693-5965, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Several UAI members having been asking questions about the focus of UAI’s new Safety Analytics Community.
At a high level, this group will offer safety, data scientist/analytics, IT, and operations professionals the chance to collaborate on how to improve safety using analytics.
Some folks have expressed interest in specific areas like distribution, generation, or fleet safety. Others want to understand the technology, tools and analytics methods being used by other utilities. Some want to learn how others are addressing data capture challenges while some would like to focus on the human side of safety analytics. Our expectation is that the group will hone in on common areas of interest and also cover a lot of ground. Ultimately, the group’s focus will be driven by input from its leaders and members.
The community’s first meeting is on Jan 28rd at 2pm CT where we will discuss the group’s proposed charter and scope. If safety analytics interests you, we recommend that you register for the group and join that meeting to share your preferences. From there, you can decide whether, how, whether and when to participate. The registration link is: http://pages.utilityanalytics.com/working-groups-signup
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-14-2020 16:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: New Safety Analytics CommunityHey Kim,
Thanks for your question! I’ve asked our group manager/facilitator Kim Gaddy to reach out to you directly to provide some more high level detail. She’ll be in touch soon!
Thanks,
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
——————————Original Message:
Sent: 01-14-2020 12:51
From: Kim Boynton
Subject: New Safety Analytics CommunityKevin,
Is the focus of this group primarily around human safety or will it also encompass other safety programs (I’m thinking specifically of Fleet Telematics)?
Regards,
Kim
Kim Boynton | Avista Corporation
Data Science
w-(509) 495-4744
c- (509) 435-3039
mailto:Kim.boynton@avistacorp.com
Original Message——
Hello everyone,
Happy new year and I hope all is well!
I wanted to send out a reminder for our brand new Safety Analytics Community (kicking off Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00 PM CT). We’re working to develop some exciting topics for this group and look forward to creating a group entirely around safety! You can register for this group (and our other communities) by using our registration form here.
Special thanks to our group sponsors/leaders (listed below) who are working to help get this group up and running. If you are interested in becoming a leader or a presenter for this community, please reach out to me to be considered.
Sponsors:
Ankush Argawal, Director, T&D Analytics, Exelon Utilities
Bert Hargesheimer, Senior Director Fleet Operations & Safety, CPS Energy
Leader:
Kevin Harris, Sr. Manager, Safety-Environmental-Human Performance, Exelon Utilities
If you have have any questions please let me know otherwise I look forward to connecting with many of you in this new community!
Thanks,
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Hey Kim,
Thanks for your question! I’ve asked our group manager/facilitator Kim Gaddy to reach out to you directly to provide some more high level detail. She’ll be in touch soon!
Thanks,
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-14-2020 12:51
From: Kim Boynton
Subject: New Safety Analytics CommunityKevin,
Is the focus of this group primarily around human safety or will it also encompass other safety programs (I’m thinking specifically of Fleet Telematics)?
Regards,
Kim
Kim Boynton | Avista Corporation
Data Science
w-(509) 495-4744
c- (509) 435-3039
mailto:Kim.boynton@avistacorp.com
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Hello everyone,
Happy new year and I hope all is well!
I wanted to send out a reminder for our brand new Safety Analytics Community (kicking off Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00 PM CT). We’re working to develop some exciting topics for this group and look forward to creating a group entirely around safety! You can register for this group (and our other communities) by using our registration form here.
Special thanks to our group sponsors/leaders (listed below) who are working to help get this group up and running. If you are interested in becoming a leader or a presenter for this community, please reach out to me to be considered.
Sponsors:
Ankush Argawal, Director, T&D Analytics, Exelon Utilities
Bert Hargesheimer, Senior Director Fleet Operations & Safety, CPS Energy
Leader:
Kevin Harris, Sr. Manager, Safety-Environmental-Human Performance, Exelon Utilities
If you have have any questions please let me know otherwise I look forward to connecting with many of you in this new community!
Thanks,
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Good morning Ben,
Here is another follow up from our Data Science group leader Colt from CPS Energy. Let us know if you have follow up questions!
IS0 56002 is a guidance document for innovation management:
https://www.iso.org/standard/68221.html
It is a general reference applicable to all industries, including IT and analytics. It would be a useful read for the development of a proprietary innovation strategy, but it was published so recently (last summer) that any projects following it are likely still in a pre-launch state.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-23-2019 16:13
From: Ben Ettinger
Subject: ISO 56002:2019: New Standard for Innovation Management SystemsMaybe this topic will wake everyone up in this blog. I just read a little about ISO 56002. What would this buy for IT organizations? Is anyone out there following it? Would it help innovation in analytics? Is it anything like ISO 5000?
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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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This is a great topic Ben and thanks for sharing! I’m also going to share with our data science community to see if any of our more IT focused members have any insight.
Thanks again!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-23-2019 16:13
From: Ben Ettinger
Subject: ISO 56002:2019: New Standard for Innovation Management SystemsMaybe this topic will wake everyone up in this blog. I just read a little about ISO 56002. What would this buy for IT organizations? Is anyone out there following it? Would it help innovation in analytics? Is it anything like ISO 5000?
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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Hello Natural Gas Community Members,
We’ve been getting a lot of questions on this presentation and it is available here to watch on demand! We’re glad to see the popularity of this presentation and encourage you to follow up with our presenter Cole Rogers (Xcel Energy) if you have any questions. His contact info is below.
Cole Rogers (Data Scientist) – Xcel Energy: cole.c.rogers@xcelenergy.com
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-19-2019 21:17
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Development of gas emergency response zones by event data clusteringHello Natural Gas Community Members,
We just announced an exciting presentation tomorrow in our Data Science community and would love to invite you if you are interested. The topic is, “Development of gas emergency response zones by event data clustering,” and is being presented by Cole Rogers, Data Scientist, at Xcel Energy. The call in info is below, please feel free to join if interested!
When: Tuesday, August 20th at 1PM CST
How to Join:
Pre-Registration:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/636a53484fa2651b7510d14dfea9e911
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Hello everyone,
This is just a reminder for our webinar next week Thursday (8/29) “Taking the Risk out of Risk Management,” with member utility TPU. For more information and registration, please visit our webinar page here and let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-08-2019 16:50
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Another August Webinar! (August 29th) – “Taking the Risk out of Risk Management”Learn to “take the risk out of risk management” in this exciting webinar with TPU! For more info and registration, please visit our webinar page here.
Aging infrastructure is a top concern for utility companies today, and the ability to strategically prioritize work is more imperative than ever in order to minimize risk profiles. In this member-only webinar, Todd Shepherd, Strategic Asset Management Supervisor at Tacoma Power, will share how his group uses a Bayesian approach to quantifying the level of uncertainty in particular asset failure scenarios, and how that influences its overall corporate risk profile. He will then describe how that information is then used to drive data and asset inspection strategies needed to lower TPU’s overall risk exposure as a company.
We hope to see you all there!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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This is a just a reminder for our August 15th webinar, “Combining AI and Analytics to Address the High Costs and Inefficiencies of Vegetation Management.” If you haven’t registered already, you can do so by click here.
We hope to see you all there!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-31-2019 16:20
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming August 15th Webinar – Combining AI and Analytics to Address the High Costs and Inefficiencies of Vegetation ManagementHello UAI Members,
Join us Thursday, August 15th at 2:00 PM EDT for an exciting webinar with IBM, “Combining AI and Analytics to Address the High Costs and Inefficiencies of Vegetation Management.” In this session, you will discover a new data-driven approach to understanding the state of vegetation, that cost-effectively scales across a utilities entire service territory. For more information and registration, please visit our webinar page here.
Let us know if you have any questions otherwise we hope to see you all there!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Informa
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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