[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Everyone,

I hope all is well! Last week we started a fun #WisdomWednesday thread here which I’m hoping to continue. During challenging times we often look for inspiration and one of the best ways I find myself getting inspired is through quotes from some of my favroite authors or leaders. 

This week, I ask you help our growing thread by sharing one of your favroite inspirational quotes. If you’re struggling with ideas, Pinterest has been my go to but I’m hoping to see some unique ones and add some new ones to my personal list.

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-10-2023 11:00
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Wisdom Wednesday – Help us by Sharing an Inspirational Quote

Good Morning UAI Members,

Happy Wednesday! I was scrolling through Pinterest the other day when I discovered a great new idea for our #WisdomWednesday trend. The idea this week is to share an inspirational quote, either a quote you just saw or something you’ve had in your back pocket for awhile. Simply share your quote in the discussion thread below or (extra brownie points) if you have a graphic of your quote you would like to include. The goal in doing this is to create a thread we can refer back to when times get tough and we need an extra pick-me-up!

I’ll get us started with a great quote I found the other day. I look forward to seeing what you all have as well!

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

Hey @Christin this is an excellent point! Let me reach out to our presenters and see if they would be willing to share any complimentary material through Algorithm Alley. 

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-16-2023 15:31
From: Christin Caceres
Subject: Post-Meeting Evaluation for May 16, 2023

Kevin,

 

Both of the conversations today showed platforms that could be very useful to our organization. Is any of the code from these platforms going to be included in Algorithm Ally?

 

Thank you,

Christin

 

 

Original Message:
Sent: 5/16/2023 1:01:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Post-Meeting Evaluation for May 16, 2023

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

Thanks for attending today’s discussion on “Data-Driven Customer Engagement for SMB Energy Efficiency.” Continuous improvement is an important goal for us in everything we do at UAI, so your feedback on today’s call is very important. Your feedback will tell us how we did, provide ideas for continuous improvement efforts, and will even provide you an opportunity to submit topics suggestions for future Customer Analytics Community Conversations.

Please take the post-meeting evaluation at the following link: https://www.menti.com/alf2ax766irr

I will be uploading a link to today’s slide deck and recording soon. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or need anything.

Thanks!

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

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our May (2023) Safety Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, May 23 at 2:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Miriam Ezmirlian, Manager | Technology & Analytics – Safety Management Systems, Tawny Young, SMS Technology & Analytics Team Lead, Safety Management Systems, and Peter Gin, Ergonomist at SoCal Gas who will be leading a discussion around, “Musculoskeletal Analytics: Preventing the Pains of Sprains and Strains.” As this discussion will be interactive, I encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

During this session, SoCalGas will share a use case on how they are preventing and mitigating musculoskeletal injuries. The purpose of this use case is to better understand what the trends are in ergonomic data that could help identify, analyze and control workplace risk factors that reduce musculoskeletal injuries, so they can reduce costs and risks of musculoskeletal disorders and increase employee productivity and morale.

The SoCalGas Safety Management Systems department champions the “Safety First” culture in first identifying one of the most common injuries through analytics and responding accordingly by promoting various safety programs and resources that help prevent and mitigate musculoskeletal injuries.

Speaker: Miriam Ezmirlian, Manager | Technology & Analytics – Safety Management Systems (SoCal Gas)

Miriam Ezmirlian is the SMS Technology & Analytics Manager at SoCalGas. Miriam has been with SoCalGas for over 14-years and has held various roles in the areas of customer service, project management and data analytics. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in management from University of Redlands, California and is perusing a masters in legal studies at American Public University, California.

Speaker: Tawny Young, SMS Technology & Analytics Team Lead, Safety Management Systems (SoCal Gas)

Tawny Young is currently the SMS Technology & Analytics Team Lead at SoCalGas. Tawny has been with SoCalGas for over 5-years as a business system analyst. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from the University of Los Angeles, California and certification in Project Management from the Caltech Institute of Technology, California. 

Speaker: Peter Gin, Ergonomist (SoCal Gas)

Peter Gin is the company Ergonomist for SoCalGas for over 11 years and has been in this role since he hired on.  He has the following degrees – all from California State University, Los Angeles: bachelor’s degree in health and safety studies, master’s degree in health and safety studies and a master’s degree in education. Peter’s role is to oversee the ergonomic programs for office-based employees and field employees. 
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Kevin Praet
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Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-01-2023 12:49
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming May (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Safety 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) Safety Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, May 23 at 2:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by the following speakers from SoCal Gas who will be leading a discussion around, “Musculoskeletal Analytics: Preventing the Pains of Sprains and Strains.”

– Miriam Ezmirlian, Manager | Technology & Analytics – Safety Management Systems

– Tawny Young, SMS Technology & Analytics Team Lead, Safety Management Systems 

– Peter Gin, Ergonomist

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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Thanks! @Angie and you are absolutely correct, once you scroll down to the “Utility Analytics Summit 2023 Folder” please click the “+” sign to expand the folder and select either “General Sessions” or “Breakout Sessions” to access the content. The screenshot is very helpful I apologize for not providing earlier!

Again if anyone runs into any issues please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com so I can best assist.

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2023 10:11
From: Angie Colacarro
Subject: UA Summit 2023 Sessions – Officially Moved Over to UAI Connect

LIMITED DISCLOSURE

Would help if I attached the screenshot!

 

Thanks,

 

Angie Colacarro

Manager, Analytic Services

ReliabilityFirst Corporation

3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 600

Cleveland, OH  44131

Mobile: 216-403-7759

angie.colacarro@rfirst.org

 

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Original Message:
Sent: 5/15/2023 10:11:00 AM
From: Angie Colacarro
Subject: RE: UA Summit 2023 Sessions – Officially Moved Over to UAI Connect

LIMITED DISCLOSURE

Good morning Kevin,

 

I clicked on the Past Event Content link below and saw this below. You see how 2023 looks like it has 0 entries until you expand it? I highlighted other years that appear that way as well, but 2022 looks fine. Just bringing it to everyone’s attention so they don’t miss content.

 

Thanks,

 

Angie Colacarro

Manager, Analytic Services

ReliabilityFirst Corporation

3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 600

Cleveland, OH  44131

Mobile: 216-403-7759

angie.colacarro@rfirst.org

 

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Original Message:
Sent: 5/15/2023 10:03:00 AM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: UA Summit 2023 Sessions – Officially Moved Over to UAI Connect

Good Morning UAI Members,

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekends and, to our amazing UAI moms, I hope you and your family had an amazing Mother’s Day yesterday!

I reach out today to let you know that our UA Summit 2023 sessions have officially been moved over to UAI Connect. To access, simply visit our Past Event Content Page and scroll down to the “Utility Analytics Summit 2023” folder (along the left-hand side toolbar) to find several PDF versions of our presentations. If you have any questions or issues locating please reach out to me directly at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com so I can best assist.

Thanks!

-Kevin 

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

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our May (2023) Grid Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, May 17 at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Abdul-Rahman Mohammed, Director Data Analytics at MISO who will be leading a discussion around, “Role of Data & Analytics in Maintaining Grid Reliability.” As this discussion will be interactive we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

During this session, Abdul will talk about MISO’s role as a RTO/ISO, core services they provide and strategic direction, the changing landscape and problems they face, the focus on role of outages in maintaining reliability, and aexample use cases (outages) of analytics today and analytical questions for tomorrow. 

Speaker: Abdul-Rahman Mohammed, Director Data Analytics (MISO)

Abdul Mohammed, Director of Data Analytics and Decision Services, leads MISO’s governance and analytics transformation efforts. Abdul has held several positions at MISO over the last 11 years in Operations, Compliance, System Planning and Process Improvement. Prior to joining MISO, he spent time at AEP and COMED on projects in Engineering and Generation. He has a master’s in electrical engineering and Executive Leadership Program Certificate in Applied Analytics and AI from MIT. 
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Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!

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Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-01-2023 12:38
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming May (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Grid 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) Grid Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, May 17 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Abdul-Rahman Mohammed, Director Data Analytics, MISO who will be leading a discussion around, “T&D Reliability” (Official Title TBD)

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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[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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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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Data Science Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our May (2023) Data Science Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, May 16 at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Evan Saltzberg, Sr. Data Scientist at Pepco Holdings who will be leading a discussion around, “Descriptive Analytics – Value Over Complexity.” As this discussuon will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

During this session, Evan will speak to leveraging descriptive analytics to enhance meter operations.

Speaker: Evan Saltzberg, Sr. Data Scientist (Pepco Holdings)

Evan Saltzberg is a graduate of Rowan University (Magna Cum Laude). He received an MBA with a concentration in MIS and a BA in economics. Evan is currently a Senior Data Scientist with Exelon (PHI). He has a continued focus on the implementation of modern data analytical strategies to enhance business operations, facilitate the development of business use cases, and drive performance. 
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Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-01-2023 12:35
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming May (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Data Science 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) Data Science Community Conversation. On Tuesday, May 16 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Evan Saltzberg, Sr. Data Scientist at Pepco Holdings who will be leading a discussion around, “Descriptive Analytics – Value Over Complexity.”

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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our May (2023) Customer Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, May 16 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by Jeremy Cappello, Principal Marketing Specialist, Small Business Energy Efficiency at DTE Energy who will be leading a discussion around, “Data-Driven Customer Engagement for SMB Energy Efficiency.” As this discussuon will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

The small-to-medium business (SMB) market can be challenging to engage and discuss their energy needs and opportunities to save. Many SMB customers typically do not have a dedicated energy manager and have limited time and budget to consider energy upgrades. Traditional approaches to reach these customers are usually focused on mailings, and cold calls or “in person visits”. At DTE in Michigan, their SMB program manager and E Source partnered up to use data science to better target the right SMB customers, at the right time with the right message. Typically marketing campaigns will segment SMB customers by their industry attributes, such as NAICS or SIC codes. These give high level insight into what the business does, but these industry attributes alone do not really provide any depth into really understanding a customer and what incentivizes them. This leads to making assumptions and prematurely discounting their propensity to contribute.

The DTE data science approach differs by using novel feature engineering during the modeling stage to create new features from raw data, increasing the predictive power of learning algorithms. Along with industry attributes, DTE added energy usage behavior, interaction behavior, firmographics and building structural attributes. As well as local market features.

Session Takeaways:

• Understand the full picture of each customer and their energy needs through an “Audience of One” data science approach

• Using leading AI models we generate predictions in their behavior and likeliness to participate in future energy savings offers based on historical data of “like” customers

• Generated a propensity score for each customer to understand their driving factors for participation, their potential contribution to the program and how to engage them

• On-going actual and predictive results are visualized in E Source’s OneInform tool

• Visibility into the current SMB customers that have participated in energy efficiency programs and how much they are contributing to savings.

• Ability to predict who will most likely contribute to energy savings and how much savings those customers are likely to contribute

• Second phase of the project is to hand off this OneInform tool with the actual and predictive information to DTEs Energy Advisors to assist them in deciding who to visit and have information on that customer to help facilitate the energy discussion

Speaker: Jeremy Cappello, Principal Marketing Specialist, Small Business Energy Efficiency (DTE Energy)

Jeremy Cappello brings over 10 years of utility experience with a background in regulatory policy, portfolio design and strategic marketing. For the last 4 years, he has had the responsibility of developing DTE Energy’s small business EE programs and pilots. His education includes a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University. 
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Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-01-2023 12:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming May (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Customer 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) Customer Analytics Community Conversation and make you aware of a slight date change from our normally scheduled meeting time. On Tuesday, May 16 at 11:00 AM CT we’ll be joined by Jeremy Cappello, Principal Marketing Specialist, Small Business Energy Efficiency at DTE Energy who will be leading a discussion around, “Data-driven customer engagement for SMB Energy Efficiency.”

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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello UAI Members,

We’re still collecting responses for our previous #WisdomWednesday post and would love your input! @Michael and @Aaron got us kicked off with some great information and I’m hoping other members might be able to follow suit. We’re again not looking for anything lengthy or time consuming in these #WisdomWednesday posts but instead just a quick hit or lesson learned on a project you’re working on. 

1.) Quick (few sentence) description of a project you’re working on

2.) One thing you’ve learned while working on this project that you would like to pass on to others

Thanks in advance and I look forward to your input and learning more from you!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-19-2023 10:00
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Wisdom Wednesday – Working on an Exciting Project? We Want to Hear From You Below!

Good Morning UAI Members,

Happy hump day and I hope everyone’s had a great start to their week! Due to UA Summit, it’s been a little while since our last #WisdomWednesday post and I was hoping to get another thread started for us today.

Getting back to our original theme, I want today’s Wisdom Wednesday thread to surround current projects you’re working on at your utility or solution provider company. Think of this as a glorified show and tell! With all of us working on so many interesting projects, I’m hoping you wouldn’t mind replying to this thread below with the following:

1.) Quick (few sentence) description of a project you’re working on

2.) One thing you’ve learned while working on this project that you would like to pass on to others

The goal of Wisdom Wednesday is to create a forum of quick hits/wins that we can all share and learn from. We thank everyone who has taken time to get involved thus far and look forward to your input throughout the day today.

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

Thank you so much for sharing these lessons learned! @Michael and @Aaron I know these will resonate well with other members.

To continue our #WisdomWednesday post from last week, I’m hoping some other community members wouldn’t mind sharing some quick hits and lessons learned as well. Remember this doesn’t need to be anything lenthy or elaborate, just a quick post highlighting a current project and a lesson you learned while working on the project that you think would benefit others.

I look forward to seeing your responses! 

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-19-2023 10:00
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Wisdom Wednesday – Working on an Exciting Project? We Want to Hear From You Below!

Good Morning UAI Members,

Happy hump day and I hope everyone’s had a great start to their week! Due to UA Summit, it’s been a little while since our last #WisdomWednesday post and I was hoping to get another thread started for us today.

Getting back to our original theme, I want today’s Wisdom Wednesday thread to surround current projects you’re working on at your utility or solution provider company. Think of this as a glorified show and tell! With all of us working on so many interesting projects, I’m hoping you wouldn’t mind replying to this thread below with the following:

1.) Quick (few sentence) description of a project you’re working on

2.) One thing you’ve learned while working on this project that you would like to pass on to others

The goal of Wisdom Wednesday is to create a forum of quick hits/wins that we can all share and learn from. We thank everyone who has taken time to get involved thus far and look forward to your input throughout the day today.

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

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our April (2023) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Thursday, April 27 at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by the following speakers who will be leading panel themed discussion around the topic, “Doing Analytics in the Cloud (Part 3).”

– Alex Preston, Sr. Manager, Analytics Platform (Entergy)

– Jerry Casarella, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions (PSEG)

– Andy Kapp, Lead Enterprise Architecture (Evergy)

– Norv Clontz, Director, Data Science & Innovation (Duke Energy)

– Kimberly Sorrell, Director Information Management Office (Southern Company)

– Dan Smilowitz, Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics (Consolidated Edison)

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

Many utilities are moving to the cloud and “doing analytics in the cloud”, which has led to many questions that members would like to discuss with one another. Join us for part three of this three-part panel discussion series where YOU, members of the Enterprise Analytics Community, helped us hone in on the specific focus areas you want to discuss on this topic.

The Enterprise Analytics Community Leadership Team put together a poll that helped us focus this discussion. Through this poll, the members of this community submitted their top three focus areas of “doing analytics in the cloud” and a massive list of questions they wanted to disucss with other UAI utility members. The information submitted through this poll helped guide us to a discussion about the beginning stages (part 1), intermediate stages (part 2) and advanced stages (part 3) of “doing analytics in the cloud”.

Ultimately, we hope you will hear about the different approaches of “doing analytics in the cloud”, including best practices and lessons learned.

Speaker: Alex Preston, Sr. Manager, Analytics Platform (Entergy)

Alex Preston is Entergy’s Sr Mgr over their Analytics Platform within their Business Data & Insight group. He is currently helping lead Entergy’s cloud journey to replace their data lake with all new cloud-based tools. Alex has been with Entergy for 15 years and held roles across the organization in Finance, Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement, and IT. 

Speaker: Jerry Casarella, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions (PSEG)

Jerry Casarella is a husband and father of 2 and currently, the Director of Analytics Architecture and Solution at NJ’s largest utility company, PSE&G, where he has also worked as an Enterprise Architect on a variety of large-scale IT projects in various business domains: Smart Operations, Grid Modernization, Customer Operations, Renewable Energy Services, Power Generation. He is currently responsible for shaping the analytics architecture strategy and oversees the planning and execution of all data architecture activities, including coordinating and directing the design, development, and implementation of data analytics solutions. Jerry works closely with business area executives to align business strategies with analytics technology plans and corresponding data governance programs.

Speaker: Andy Kapp, Lead Enterprise Architecture (Evergy)

Andy Kapp is a Lead Enterprise Architect at Evergy, an energy utility located in Kansas and Missouri. Since 2001 he has primarily worked in positions focusing on data management, analytics and enterprise architecture. Andy specializes in strategies to help improve delivery of sustainable self-service technologies, democratize data and analytics and assist practitioners converge the missions of IT and the business/operations. 

Speaker: Norv Clontz, Director, Data Science & Innovation (Duke Energy)

Norv Clontz is the Director of Data Science Innovation at Duke Energy, where he is responsible for leading advanced analytics initiatives and developing internal competency in emerging areas such as deep learning for video & image analytics and natural language processing. His previous experience at the utility includes roles in Grid Solutions, Customer Insights, Telecoms, Customer PMO, and Natural Gas. Prior to joining Duke Energy, Norv led the business analytics practice at a management and IT consulting firm.

Speaker: Kimberly Sorrell, Director Information Management Office (Southern Company)

Kim Sorrell has been in technology for over 25 years, having begun as a software developer prior to becoming a data architect and leading broad enterprise efforts.  She has worked in multiple industries including Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Insurance in addition to the Utilities space.  As a leader over the past decade, her passion is driving change and efficiency from effective use of data through governance, analytics, and artificial intelligence.  She enjoys continuously learning about the art of the possible and received a Master’s in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech in 2021.  

Speaker: Dan Smilowitz, Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics (Consolidated Edison)

Dan is a utility data & analytics leader proficient in developing strategies to deliver business value through analytics products. Dan has a passion for building diverse teams and executive stakeholder management to boost data fluency. 

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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 Thursday, April 27 at 1:00 PM 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: 04-03-2023 13:08
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming April (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With April just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our April (2023) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation. On Thursday, April 27 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by the following speakers who will be leading a panel themed discussion around, “Part 3: Doing Analytics in the Cloud“

– Alex Preston, Sr. Manager, Analytics Platform (Entergy)

– Jerry Casarella, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions (PSEG)

– Andy Kapp, Lead Enterprise Architecture (Evergy)

– Norv Clontz, Director, Data Science & Innovation (Duke Energy)

– Kimberly Sorrell, Director Information Management Office (Southern Company)

– Dan Smilowitz, Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics (Consolidated Edison)

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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our April (2023) Grid Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, April at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Vlad Anderson, Principal Quantitative Engineer at Exelon Utilities who will be leading a discussion around, “Imagery Analytics.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about our speaker below and be on the lookout for a full session description soon!

Speaker: Vlad Anderson, Principal Quantitative Engineer at Exelon Utilities

Vlad is an engineer passionate about new technologies and innovation. His interests include smart grid technologies, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

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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, April 19 at 1:00 PM 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: 04-03-2023 13:07
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming April (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With April just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our April (2023) Grid Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, April 19 at 1:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Vlad Anderson, Principal Quantitative Engineer at Exelon Utilities who will be leading a discussion around, “Imagery Analytics” Official title TBD.

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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our April (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, April 19 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by the following speakers who will be leading three mini presentations around the topic: “Hydrogen: Experience, Strategy, Research, Roadmaps, and Analytics”

– Ala Abusalhieh, Specialist, Stations and Low Carbon Transition Engineering – Enbridge Gas

 

– Boualem Boudid, Senior Project Manager – Burns & McDonnell

 

– Paul Lin, Clean Fuels Commercial Development Manager – SoCal Gas

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

These presentations will focus on multiple utilities’ journeys into hydrogen, including experience, strategy, research, roadmaps and analytics. What is the strategy? What research has been done and what results are utilities getting? What does the roadmap for hydrogen look like? What feasibility studies are being done and where will it lead into analytics? If utilities have any analytics in hydrogen, what do they look like?  

 

Specific Speakers descriptions: 

 

Enbridge Gas: Markham Hydrogen Blending Project

Ala will provide a brief overview on the hydrogen-related projects, the Power-to-Gas facility and the hydrogen blending project at Markham, with a focus on the monitoring and reporting activities since commissioning. 

 

Burns & McDonnell:  This session will cover various hydrogen production methods, Hydrogen usage in the industry (Current Projects the companies are focusing on). Also, it covers the blending challenges to the distribution and transmission systems. The material impact, leveraging the existing infrastructures will be discussed as well. Production costs and other information will be presented. 

 

SoCalGas: This presentation will explore SoCalGas activities in clean energy and how initiatives like the  [H2] Innovation Experience and Angeles Link are opportunities to shape the future energy system in California. 

Speaker: Ala Abusalhieh, Specialist, Stations and Low Carbon Transition Engineering – Enbridge Gas

Ala Abusalhieh is a licensed professional engineer in the province of Ontario and holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Chemical and Bioengineering and a master’s degree in Engineering Design from McMaster University. Ala was a key member of the project team for Enbridge Gas Inc.’s Low Carbon Transition (LCT) project which delivered the first utility-scale hydrogen blending facility in North America. Ala delivered engineering designs for the natural gas regulation and hydrogen injection assets and provided engineering support for the successful construction and commission of the plant. Ala is accountable for engineering design of LCT initiatives at EGI including Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and hydrogen to support EGI’s long-term commitment to sustainability. 

Speaker: Boualem Boudid, Senior Project Manager – Burns & McDonnell

Boualem Boudid has been in the industry for over 15 years. Holding a master’s degree in asset management with Petroleum economics and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He was involved on a lot of projects related to oil and gas pipelines and facilities. He started his career working for an operating company (Pipeline and compressor stations). Recently he was involved in hydrogen projects (Production, storage, and blending), in addition to Carbon Capture and sequestration projects. 

Speaker: Paul Lin, Clean Fuels Commercial Development Manager – SoCal Gas

Paul Lin joined SoCalGas in December 2021 as the Hydrogen Business Development Manager. He is responsible for advancing the development of hydrogen infrastructure for SoCalGas. Prior to joining SoCalGas, Paul was the Audit Services Manager at Sempra. He has been with the Sempra family of companies since 2009 in different roles of increasing responsibilities including financial analysis and enterprise risk management. Prior to Sempra, Paul worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the assurance function. Paul graduated from Deep Springs College and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA and is both a certified internal auditor and public accountant.  

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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, April 19 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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hey @Greg thanks for reaching out and we apologize for any inconvenience/spam. I accidently posted an incorrect video link earlier (hence doubling up on messaging for this specific post) but will also talk with the team about condensing our messaging going forward.

In the meantime, I recommend adjusting your profile settings which will allow you to customize how you recieve notifications and which community(s) you recieve from. You can do this by clicking “My Account” through your profile page. From there, scroll down to “Community Notifications” and update the settings on any of the communities in your list to fit your preference. For example, scroll down to “UAI News” and select “Daily Digest” to get fewer emails than “Real Time”. You can also check the box for “Consolidated Daily Digest” or “Consolidated Weekly Digest” to receive even fewer emails.

If you have any questions or run into any issues please reach out to me directly at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com. We will again work to condense our messages going forward and apologize for any unwanted communications. 

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: 04-06-2023 15:53
From: Greg Brunkhorst
Subject: UA Summit 2023 – Thank You for Joining Us!!

Hi Kevin – a couple of questions:

 

• Is there any interest in open source at UAI? I prefer open source whenever possible.
• I’m open to getting about one email a month.  2 emails a day is way too much spam.  I would unsubscribe, but I figured I’d ask if you could turn down the fire hose. 

 

Original Message:
Sent: 4/6/2023 3:50:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: UA Summit 2023 – Thank You for Joining Us!!

The UAI Team had an amazing time this past week in Kansas City for UA Summit 2023! To everyone who took time to travel and join us, we thank you and can’t wait to get together again in Orlando, FL for UA Week 2023!

As you travel home today, please enjoy a short recap video and don’t forget to tag yourself below and comment on what your favorite session was!

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

Hey @MaryThank you so much for getting in touch! Though our community is sad to see you go we wish you nothing but the best in your retirement and appreciate all you’ve done for UAI over the years. You and your team were some of the first members I worked with when joining back in 2017 and it’s been a pleasure to work with you for the past several years!

We will absolutely get in touch with Jeff and look forward to continuing our work with City of Fort Collins. Reach out to us at any time if you have any questions or just want to say hi!

Thanks again,

-Kevin

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2023 20:17
From: Mary Evans
Subject: Upcoming Training Classes Filling Up Fast

Hi Leslie & Kevin,

 

I wanted to let you know that as of April 7, 2023, I am retiring from the City of Fort Collins, IT, and the City Utilities.  Your new contact for Fort Collins will be Jeff Willard.  His email address is jwillard@fcgov.com

 

I really enjoyed working with the UAI and especially working with the two of you. 

 

Wishing you and the UAI the best as it continues to share best practices and experiences with the dynamic world of Utilities Analytics and providing opportunities to learn and grow in the field of analytics.

 

Take care,

  
Mary Evans
IT Application Services Manager – Utilities
mevans@fcgov.com
970.449.2984 Mobile

 

 

 

Original Message:
Sent: 3/30/2023 10:48:00 AM
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Upcoming Training Classes Filling Up Fast

Hello UAI Members,

Training classes taking place in June are quickly filling up! If you or your team have interest in the following courses, please make sure to register soon to save your seat! 

June 6-8, 2023

202: Introduction to Forecasting in the Utilities (Virtual Classroom)

Course Information

Pricing

5 hours each day, 1.5 CEUs

June 7, 2023

Modernizing Data Governance for Utility Companies (Virtual Classroom)

Course Information

Pricing

8 hour class

June 14, 2023

Finding Meaning in Utilities Data: Visualization and Storytelling (Virtual Classroom)

Course Information

Pricing

8 hour class

June 20-22, 2023

101: Utility Analytics 101 (Virtual Classroom)

Course Information

Pricing

4 hours each day, 1.2 CEUs

Members receive deeps discounts on UAI training classes and the early bird discount is available until 3 weeks in advance of the class date. Register now to get the best pricing!

REGISTER TODAY!

Check out the full course calendar for 2023! https://training.utilityanalytics.com/training2023/Calendar

Questions about training? Reach out to me, @Leslie, at lcook@utilityanalytics.com.

Thanks!
     Leslie ​

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