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Hello UAI Members,
I want to bring @Tricia question posted 12 days ago to the top of the list. Tricia asks the following… can anyone help her?
“Is anyone using AI to automate contract reviews? If so, I would appreciate hearing your experience! Our legal and supply chain people want to look into this and are curious to hear what other utilities are doing in this area.”
Thanks so much!
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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Original Message:
Sent: 07-01-2020 10:19
From: Tricia Roelofs
Subject: Contract ReviewsIs anyone using AI to automate contract reviews? If so, I would appreciate hearing your experience! Our legal and supply chain people want to look into this and are curious to hear what other utilities are doing in this area.
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Tricia Roelofs
Director, Enterprise Data and Analytics
TVA
Knoxville TN
2024366043
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Happy Wednesday, UAI Members!
We are extremely excited to feature another UAI Excellence Award this week. Don’t forget the awards submission deadline is July 15, 2020!
The next award we want to feature is the BEST INNOVATIVE UTILITY ANALYTICS TEAM. So many members are deserving of this award! Please download the nomination form for this award in PDF format, review it thoroughly, answer all the questions, and then submit your answers via the online submission form.
Learn everything you need to know about the UAI Excellence Awards at https://utilityanalytics.com/Awards
Still have questions? Call or email me at 646-693-5965 or lcook@utilityanalytics.com.
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PRO TIP: Print and share the application questions with your team. Work collaboratively and allow yourself plenty of time.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————BEST INNOVATIVE UTILITY ANALYTICS TEAM
This award recognizes teams that have set and achieved the highest standards of excellence in utility analytics for problem solving in innovative ways and takes the time to instill that culture in their employees. Nominees must demonstrate how their organization best leverages its analytics staff, processes, and technology to drive innovation to accomplish strategic business objectives. They must be able to show how well new processes and/or technology are defined and executed or improved to create innovative solutions/uses cases or innovative approaches to problems. Judging is based on the following elements:
- Clear vision, mission, and strategy for the analytics team, and alignment with the business’ goals and strategy, plus a thoughtful and strategic philosophy around analytics
- Examples of new process and technology executions and/or improvements to process and technology that lead to either
- innovative solution(s)/use case(s) and resulted in a favorable outcome, like a high return on investment (ROI), improved efficiency/reliability/sustainability, increased safety, reduction in risk, etc., or
- a new/innovative approach to an old or common problem
- Evidence of a strategic methodology for measuring and communicating a successful analytics program to employees, management, and other key stakeholders within the utility
- Evidence of effective coaching, training, and ongoing development of staff for integration of an innovative analytics initiative within the organization
- High employee engagement and satisfaction, and representation of teamwork
- Evidence of a strategic approach to managing cost reduction, reliability, and customer engagement using analytics
- Before-and-after evidence of the business impact of the organization’s innovative analytics initiative
NOMINATION QUESTIONS:- Describe your company, its vision, mission, business goals and strategy. (max 500 words)
- Describe how your team’s vision, mission, goals and strategy align with the overall business’ goals and strategy and describe your team’s philosophy around analytics. (max 1000 words)
- Describe how well processes and technology are defined, executed, and/or improved, to either develop innovative solutions/use cases that resulted in a favorable outcome, like high return on investment (ROI), improved efficiency/reliability/sustainability, increased safety, reduction in risk, etc., or created a new and innovative approach to an old or common problem (max 1000 words)
- Please describe your methodology for measuring and communicating a successful analytics program to employees, management, and other key stakeholders. Explain the process, the measurement, the scoring and the reporting. Include all metrics that are a component of the program. (max 1,000 words)
- Describe how your organization effectively coaches, trains, and/or provides ongoing development of staff for a successful integration of an analytics initiative within the utility. Describe how you promote and measure employee engagement and share evidence of success. How is teamwork encouraged? How does management show support for your team and its performance? Provide metrics to support your examples. (max 1000 words)
- How is the measurement of cost reduction, reliability, and customer engagement and/or experience using analytics reported on and communicated to the rest of the organization and to the customers (e.g., via marketing, sales, direct communication, etc.? (max 1000 words)
- Are you able to provide before-and-after evidence of the business impact of the organization’s analytics initiative(s)? If so, please describe. (max 1,000 words)
- Supporting Documentation: Upload any documentation (metrics, testimonials, etc.) that you feel would support this nomination. (not required)
Reward and recognition are so important. Don’t miss out on the chance to celebrate achievements within your organization!
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,
I am excited to feature one of the UAI Excellence Awards. The UAI Excellence Awards program is a way to honor the professionals, teams, and organizations within the utility analytics profession, recognizing those that have achieved and maintained the highest standards of excellence through innovation.
Each week, between now and our awards submission deadline of July 15, 2020, I will reply to this post in UAI Connect to feature one of our awards.
First up, the BEST UTILITY ANALYTICS PROFESSIONAL! You should download the nomination form for this award in PDF format, review it thoroughly, answer all the questions, and then submit your answers via the online submission form.
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PRO TIP: Print and share the application questions with your team. Work collaboratively and allow yourself plenty of time.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————I think it is important to remember that the act of nominating someone for an award is extremely powerful. Nominating an individual or a team for an award is a true act of recognizing that person’s or team’s efforts and hard work, and a wonderful way to celebrate achievement. So, get out there and nominate someone today for the BEST UTILITY ANALYTICS PROFESSIONAL!
This award recognizes the utility analytics industry’s top professional who possess the knowledge, skills, experience, passion, and business acumen required to provide consistent, quality, and innovative effort that is directly relevant to the utility analytics industry. The ideal candidates have a positive attitude, demonstrate a commitment to excellence, and consistently exceed performance objectives. The best utility analytics professional need not be code jockeys nor ninja warriors (though they may be both) but must be highly skilled at critical thinking and have extremely good intuition. Candidates can be managers, team leaders, data scientists, or analysts, as well as analytics champions for the utility industry. Nominees will be judged on key qualities and characteristics, including:- Possessing the knowledge, skills, experience, passion, and business acumen required to provide consistent, quality, and innovative effort that is directly relevant to the utility analytics industry
- Problem-solving, critical-thinking skills
- Consistency and quality for innovative efforts and exceeding performance objectives
NOMINATION QUESTIONS (review official questions in the nomination form):- Describe the nominee’s role in your organization, including how long they’ve been with the organization.
- Explain why you’re nominating this individual.
- Provide either an example of excellent innovation provided by the nominee as it relates to utility analytics OR an example of how the nominee solved business problems using analytics.
- Provide examples of the nominee’s drive or motivation to perform at a high level.
- Provide examples of the critical thinking skills and intuition aptitude the nominee brings to your team.
- Supporting Documentation: Upload any documentation (metrics, testimonials, etc.) that you feel would support this nomination. (not required)
We can’t wait to see who is nominated for this award!
Learn more, submit your nominations, and browse our award pages at utilityanalytics.com/awards.
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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Original Message:
Sent: 06-11-2020 19:45
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Exciting News! UAI Launches Excellence AwardsHello UAI Members,
Just over one week ago UAI launched our Excellence Awards. We could not be more excited to host this program as a way to honor the professionals, teams, and organizations within the utility analytics profession, recognizing those that have achieved and maintained the highest standards of excellence through innovation.
Each week, between now and our awards submission deadline of July 15, 2020, I will reply to this post in UAI Connect to either feature one of our awards, or share information to help you understand why entering the awards is valuable, as well as tips and tricks for your submissions.
WHY ENTER?
- Raise your profile. Across all sizes and types of organizations, award winners and finalists benefit from industry exposure through a coordinated PR campaign and exposure to some of the most influential people in the profession. Our program offers unique PR and marketing collateral through articles and interviews and featured in our newsletter and on UAI Connect.
- Measure your performance. By entering, you will be able to gauge how your organization, utility analytics team, and professionals compare against the very best.
- Acknowledge your team’s efforts. In the new energy economy of utility analytics, achievements are easy to overlook. The process of completing the entry form allows you to pause and consider what (and who) contributed to your success and where you can go from here. Bonus: finalists are strongly encouraged to attend the awards ceremony and celebrate success with their team!
- Impress your leadership. Your leadership wants to leverage and promote a winning team and company, and reputation is often a factor in gaining approval for new and exciting projects. Show your leadership that you are part of a winning team, one that has won an award for excellence in innovation.
- Retain existing employees. Winning awards can improve employee morale, too. When employees are proud of their team, organization, or company’s achievements, they have an excuse to brag to their friends and family.
- Attract new employees. Awards can help you attract the best new employees. People are drawn to award-winning businesses because they want to work for successful companies. In today’s experience economy, potential employees are looking at awards and company rankings to make career decisions.
- Celebrate your achievements as a team. Celebrate your team’s success by attending the awards ceremony at UA Week. Each finalist receives one complimentary pass for the event and a discount code to help you bring even more team members!
Ready to get started? When you’re ready to submit your entry, head to our awards portal to download your nomination form and enter.————————————————————————————————————————————————————–PRO TIP: Print and share the application questions with your team. Work collaboratively and allow yourself plenty of time.—————————————————————————————————————————————————————Do you have any questions? Reply to this post with your questions, visit the UAI awards portal online at http://www.UtilityAnalytics.com/Awards, or contact me directly at lcook@endeavorb2b.com.
Cheers,
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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Sent: 06-03-2020 13:16
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Exciting News! UAI Launches Excellence AwardsHello UAI Members,
We are excited to announce the UAI Excellence Awards!
UAI will honor the very best in the utility analytics profession, recognizing the individuals, teams, and organizations that have achieved and maintained the highest standards of excellence through innovation.
Do you and/or your team have what it takes to be a winner? Download the UAI Excellence Awards Toolkit to review things you need to know about nominating a peer, your team, or yourself for one of our awards, as well as important dates and deadlines, award categories and criteria, tips and tricks for a successful entry, and more.
2020 IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES
- Call for Entries Open: June 1, 2020
- Call for Entries Closes: July 15, 2020
- Finalists Announced: August 31, 2020
- Finalist Interviews (virtual): September 7-18, 2020
- Winners Announced during UA Week: September 30 – October 2, 2020
UAI EXCELLENCE AWARDS CATEGORIES
- Best Utility Analytics Professional
- Best Utility Analytics Leader
- Best Innovative Utility Analytics Team
- Analytics Ambassador Award
- Top 25 Thought Leaders in Utility Analytics*
- Community Engagement Award**
- Most Engaged Professional
- Most Engaged Utility Company
*UAI membership not required to be nominated for the Top 25 Thought Leaders in Utility Analytics.**Nominations not required to qualify for the UAI Community Engagement Award. UAI will select our winners from a combination of engagement activity, including engagement score on UAI Connect, UAI Community Conversation participation and leadership, and volunteerism with UAI.
Validation feels pretty good, and acknowledgement and celebration go a long way toward keeping employees satisfied, teams performing at a high level, and leadership engaged. Get the recognition you deserve with a UAI Excellence Award.
Start the process now to get ahead of the July 15 deadline date — SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION(S) TODAY!
Still have questions?
Learn more, submit your nominations online, and browse our award portal at http://www.utilityanalytics.com/Awards!
You can also reply to this post or contact the UAI team with questions at Info@UtilityAnalytics.com.Best of luck to all nominees!
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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,
Just over one week ago UAI launched our Excellence Awards. We could not be more excited to host this program as a way to honor the professionals, teams, and organizations within the utility analytics profession, recognizing those that have achieved and maintained the highest standards of excellence through innovation.
Each week, between now and our awards submission deadline of July 15, 2020, I will reply to this post in UAI Connect to either feature one of our awards, or share information to help you understand why entering the awards is valuable, as well as tips and tricks for your submissions.
WHY ENTER?
- Raise your profile. Across all sizes and types of organizations, award winners and finalists benefit from industry exposure through a coordinated PR campaign and exposure to some of the most influential people in the profession. Our program offers unique PR and marketing collateral through articles and interviews and featured in our newsletter and on UAI Connect.
- Measure your performance. By entering, you will be able to gauge how your organization, utility analytics team, and professionals compare against the very best.
- Acknowledge your team’s efforts. In the new energy economy of utility analytics, achievements are easy to overlook. The process of completing the entry form allows you to pause and consider what (and who) contributed to your success and where you can go from here. Bonus: finalists are strongly encouraged to attend the awards ceremony and celebrate success with their team!
- Impress your leadership. Your leadership wants to leverage and promote a winning team and company, and reputation is often a factor in gaining approval for new and exciting projects. Show your leadership that you are part of a winning team, one that has won an award for excellence in innovation.
- Retain existing employees. Winning awards can improve employee morale, too. When employees are proud of their team, organization, or company’s achievements, they have an excuse to brag to their friends and family.
- Attract new employees. Awards can help you attract the best new employees. People are drawn to award-winning businesses because they want to work for successful companies. In today’s experience economy, potential employees are looking at awards and company rankings to make career decisions.
- Celebrate your achievements as a team. Celebrate your team’s success by attending the awards ceremony at UA Week. Each finalist receives one complimentary pass for the event and a discount code to help you bring even more team members!
Ready to get started? When you’re ready to submit your entry, head to our awards portal to download your nomination form and enter.————————————————————————————————————————————————————–PRO TIP: Print and share the application questions with your team. Work collaboratively and allow yourself plenty of time.—————————————————————————————————————————————————————Do you have any questions? Reply to this post with your questions, visit the UAI awards portal online at http://www.UtilityAnalytics.com/Awards, or contact me directly at lcook@endeavorb2b.com.
Cheers,
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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Original Message:
Sent: 06-03-2020 13:16
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Exciting News! UAI Launches Excellence AwardsHello UAI Members,
We are excited to announce the UAI Excellence Awards!
UAI will honor the very best in the utility analytics profession, recognizing the individuals, teams, and organizations that have achieved and maintained the highest standards of excellence through innovation.
Do you and/or your team have what it takes to be a winner? Download the UAI Excellence Awards Toolkit to review things you need to know about nominating a peer, your team, or yourself for one of our awards, as well as important dates and deadlines, award categories and criteria, tips and tricks for a successful entry, and more.
2020 IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES
- Call for Entries Open: June 1, 2020
- Call for Entries Closes: July 15, 2020
- Finalists Announced: August 31, 2020
- Finalist Interviews (virtual): September 7-18, 2020
- Winners Announced during UA Week: September 30 – October 2, 2020
UAI EXCELLENCE AWARDS CATEGORIES
- Best Utility Analytics Professional
- Best Utility Analytics Leader
- Best Innovative Utility Analytics Team
- Analytics Ambassador Award
- Top 25 Thought Leaders in Utility Analytics*
- Community Engagement Award**
- Most Engaged Professional
- Most Engaged Utility Company
*UAI membership not required to be nominated for the Top 25 Thought Leaders in Utility Analytics.**Nominations not required to qualify for the UAI Community Engagement Award. UAI will select our winners from a combination of engagement activity, including engagement score on UAI Connect, UAI Community Conversation participation and leadership, and volunteerism with UAI.
Validation feels pretty good, and acknowledgement and celebration go a long way toward keeping employees satisfied, teams performing at a high level, and leadership engaged. Get the recognition you deserve with a UAI Excellence Award.
Start the process now to get ahead of the July 15 deadline date — SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION(S) TODAY!
Still have questions?
Learn more, submit your nominations online, and browse our award portal at http://www.utilityanalytics.com/Awards!
You can also reply to this post or contact the UAI team with questions at Info@UtilityAnalytics.com.Best of luck to all nominees!
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Hi Ben,
I noticed that you have yet to receive a response to your question about “Flood Management/Prediction”. I am replying to your post to bring it up to the top of the discussion forum again in hopes another UAI member will have some insight they can share with you on the topic.
Ben’s original question, just in case you missed it: “Anyone have experience/ insight into automated flood warning systems or wet infrastructure business analytics? Deltares, DHI, Innovyze are the few market players in the specific area. We are looking to hear about experience in this market space.“
Thanks so much for posting your question, Ben! Thanks in advance to other UAI members that may have insight to share.
Cheers,
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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Original Message:
Sent: 05-26-2020 16:10
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Flood Management/PredictionAnyone have experience/ insight into automated flood warning systems or wet infrastructure business analytics.
Deltares, DHI, Innovyze are the few market players in the specific area. We are looking to hear about experience in this market space.
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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Hello UAI Members,
We are well into Day 2 of UA Summit Reimagined. Before I jump into notes about today’s agenda, I want to say THANK YOU to the 2000+ (we broke well over 2000) unique individuals that logged into yesterday’s sessions…WOW! I love seeing so many of you joining us for UA Summit Reimagined to watch, listen, and learn. I see many of you also asking questions and discussing the topic during sessions in the discussion forum at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your interaction and passion to help each other.
What’s been your favorite part or favorite session so far? Was it a podcast, an (EN)Lightning Talk, or perhaps a virtual breakout?
I would love to hear about your favorites so far! Reply to this thread to share.I want to give a big shout and thank you to our sponsors for UA Summit Reimagined, especially those sponsors that are Solution Provider Members of UAI, those that have committed even more to the success of our community by being a member and true strategic partner, like: Bidgely, Burns and McDonnell, EPRI, Oracle, TROVE, and West Monroe Partners. Check out our sponsor resources and join me in saying thank you!
Copied below is today’s agenda – Wednesday, June 10. Times are listed in Eastern Time Zone.
Remember to watch these sessions today to be entered to win Amazon gift cards!- 7:00 am ET – PODCAST: Rewriting the Story with Advanced Analytics | Sponsored by Oracle
- 11:00 am ET – WEBINAR: Converting the Silence of Data in to a Symphony of Data During a Pandemic | Sponsored by WNS
- 12:00 pm ET – WEBINAR: The New Digital Normal in Customer Care | Sponsored by IBM
- 1:00 pm ET – (EN)LIGHTNING TALKS:
- AI Computer Vision: Improving the Speed and Accuracy of Asset Inspections, and Saving Lives | Sponsored by Optelos
- Show Me the Money: How to Save $5M/year on Vegetation Management | Sponsored by Trove
- Load Impact Trends from COVID-19 Mitigation Policies | Sponsored by Itron
- 2:00 pm ET – WEBINAR: Using Analytics to Quickly Adapt Customer Engagement During Challenging Time s | Sponsored by Oracle
- 3:00 pm ET – WEBINAR: Advanced Vegetation Management at Duke Energy and Exelon Utilities
- 4:00 pm ET – PODCAST: Technology Solutions & Insights: Helping Utilities Respond to a Pandemic | with Itron, Optelos, Trove
See you online!
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-09-2020 11:54
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: UA Summit Reimagined! Important Info & Today’s AgendaHello UAI Members,
Are you geared up to watch, listen, and learn?!
Over the next three days, June 9-11, 2020, please join us for podcasts, virtual breakout sessions, and (En)Lightning Talks during UA Summit Reimagined. Get access now online at https://utilityanalyticssummit.com/sessions/. All content will be released in EDT. If you miss a session at its release time, you can go back and listen to it at anytime during the day or week. You will also be able to access the content on demand for the next 30 days on the UA Summit website. After the 30 day period, we will post access to the content in the archives of UAI Connect exclusively for members.
MAKE THE MOST OF EACH SESSION
- Network in the discussion forum (scroll to the bottom of the page on each session page online). Ask questions of speakers and interact with fellow attendees
- Participate & Win! Amazon gift cards will be raffled for every session, video and podcast! This is why it is important to watch the content at its release time or within the same day.
If you are already registered for the event, you should have received an email yesterday with your login ID from UAI@enews.utilityanalytics.com. I recommend whitelisting this email address, because you will receive email messages from it throughout the event notifying you of session start times and announcements.
Having trouble logging in to the UA Summit Reimagined website? Contact us!
If you are not registered, it’s not too late! Register Now!
TODAY’S AGENDA, JUNE 9 – Times listed in EDT
- 7:00 am ET – PODCAST: Falling Forward in Establishing Analytics Building Blocks
- 11:00 am ET – WEBINAR:Data-Driven Intelligence: How Netflix Enhances Decision-Making & Applications for Utilities | Sponsored by Bidgely
- 12:00 pm ET – WEBINAR: Enumerate Customers Experiencing Outages with Advanced Analytics | Sponsored by GE Digital
- 1:00 pm ET – (EN)LIGHTNING TALKS:
- AI.EPRI: Catalyzing AI Collaborations | Sponsored by EPRI
- Working in the New Normal – Safely | Sponsored by IBM
- Oracle Utilities Analytics Insights Disruptions Operations Use Cases | Sponsored by Oracle
- 2:00 pm ET – WEBINAR: Experiences Along an Analytics Journey: A Look at 3 Case Studies | Sponsored by Burns & McDonnell
- 3:00 pm ET – WEBINAR: Automating PG&E’s Electric System Inspections with Sherlock Suite: Sherlock + Waldo
- 4:00 pm ET – PODCAST: Technology Solutions & Insights: Helping Utilities Respond to a Pandemic | with IBM, Oracle, EPRI
See you online!
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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Hi Pat,
I definitely like the question and we will switch it up to more important questions in the near future. We want to get members used to the poll, help them understand where it will live on the UAI Connect site, and to understand that it will change regularly. We thought offering a little bit of fun with the poll to start would help this process. :-)
We do have a survey out right now to gather meeting technology information. Please take the meeting technology survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5ZQZ8J2.
Enjoy your weekend!
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie A. Cook
Membership & Engagement Manager, Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Endeavor Business Media | Energy
646-693-5965
lcook@endeavorb2b.com (Please note the new email address and update in your contacts)
Information Classification: General
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Original Message:
Sent: 5/22/2020 2:46:00 PM
From: Patrick Dever
Subject: RE: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Found it. A new question for sometime in the future: What mobile meeting technology are you using: Teams, Webx, Zoom, Skype, (I’m sure there are others you can add too).
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Patrick Dever
Chief Data Strategist
Avista Corporation
Spokane WA
509-495-8000
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2020 13:10
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Hi Garr,
Can you try to view the poll again, please? I think we fixed it and you should be able to take the poll now. �� Let me know either way, so I can be 100% sure we fixed the issue. This should be a fun Friday activity.
Thanks so much!
Leslie
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Leslie A. Cook
Membership & Engagement Manager, Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Endeavor Business Media | Energy
646-693-5965
lcook@endeavorb2b.com (Please note the new email address and update in your contacts)
Information Classification: General
Original Message:
Sent: 5/22/2020 11:04:00 AM
From: Garr Williams
Subject: RE: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!I am not seeing a “poll” either – but I like the “ask your network” area.
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Garr Williams
Manager of Data Analytics
Orlando Utilities Commission OUC
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Sent: 05-21-2020 12:21
From: Blake Scherer
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Where is the poll?
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Blake Scherer
Senior Engineer II
Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County
Kennewick WA
509-585-5361Original 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!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original 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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Hi Garr,
Can you try to view the poll again, please? I think we fixed it and you should be able to take the poll now. �� Let me know either way, so I can be 100% sure we fixed the issue. This should be a fun Friday activity.
Thanks so much!
Leslie
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Leslie A. Cook
Membership & Engagement Manager, Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Endeavor Business Media | Energy
646-693-5965
lcook@endeavorb2b.com (Please note the new email address and update in your contacts)
Information Classification: General
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Original Message:
Sent: 5/22/2020 11:04:00 AM
From: Garr Williams
Subject: RE: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!I am not seeing a “poll” either – but I like the “ask your network” area.
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Garr Williams
Manager of Data Analytics
Orlando Utilities Commission OUC
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2020 12:21
From: Blake Scherer
Subject: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Where is the poll?
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Blake Scherer
Senior Engineer II
Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County
Kennewick WA
509-585-5361
——————————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!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033Original 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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Hi Blake,
The poll is on the “Ask your Network” homepage here. If you are reviewing the page from a desktop, it will be on the top right. If you are reviewing the page from a mobile device, it will be in about the middle of the page, so you will need to scroll down a bit. The new weekly poll is meant to be a fun/friendly poll to help us all stay connected and positive. I hope you enjoy it. ��
Thanks!
Leslie
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Leslie A. Cook
Membership & Engagement Manager, Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Endeavor Business Media | Energy
646-693-5965
lcook@endeavorb2b.com (Please note the new email address and update in your contacts)
Information Classification: General
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Original Message:
Sent: 5/21/2020 12:21:00 PM
From: Blake Scherer
Subject: RE: The UAI Ask Your Network Poll is Here!Where is the poll?
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Blake Scherer
Senior Engineer II
Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County
Kennewick WA
509-585-5361
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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!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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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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Thanks for introducing yourself @Garr! We are glad you’re part of UAI.
If you are a new member to UAI or even if you have been a long-time member and haven’t had the chance to introduce yourself yet, we look forward to your reply to this string, so we can get to know you better.
Thanks so much!
Cheers,
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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Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2020 09:22
From: Garr Williams
Subject: Introduce YourselfHi Everyone!
I am Garr Williams and work as the Manager of Data and Analytics in the Strategy team at Orlando Utilities Commission. I am new-er to OUC and to utilities in general – 1.5 years. I am a recovering management consultant where I specialized in Data Analytics, Org Change Mgt, and Complex Project Mgt for over 15 years.I lead the Data and Analytics Center of Excellence at OUC made up of 50+ executives, directors, managers, and analysts. Our focus is standing up (and getting adoption to) analytics governance practices. (It is a great group of people!)
We have been in Orlando for over 20 years, and surprisingly, only go to the theme parks a couple of times a year.
I earned my undergrad and grad degrees from Georgia Southern University (Go Eagles – True Blue!)
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Garr Williams
Manager of Data Analytics
Orlando Utilities Commission OUC
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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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For those asking for the results of this survey, please find the results copied below. Thanks!
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2020 13:12
From: Martin Richardson
Subject: Quick Poll: Has Your Access to Zoom Been Banned or Restricted?Please send out the results in a few days as I would like to report the findings to our executive.
I understand it is not a scientific surveyJ
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Hello UAI Members,
We have heard from a few members that their organizations have banned or restricted the use of Zoom due to security and privacy concerns. We’d like to get a consensus of how many member organizations are experiencing this same ban from Zoom.
Please take this quick one-minute poll to help us learn more!
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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 Martin! I will share the results in a few days.
I’ll be honest… I LOVE Zoom! I understand the concern from organizations regarding the security and privacy issues that took place right at the start of the pandemic. With safety at top of mind, organizations acted quickly and banned or restricted (browser only) the use of Zoom. We have made our own adjustments here at UAI to protect our/your use of it. I have been keeping up to date with our IT team on Zoom’s response to these issues. The following was shared with me from IT. I sure hope it is not too late for Zoom! I hope they can rebound! I’m a fan!
“Zoom has been moving fast on the security issues that have been reported. Besides the items noted below, they are releasing v5, which revolves around security. Here are the details:
- On May 30th, 2020, Zoom will enable GCM encryption across the entire Zoom platform, providing increased protection for meeting data. After May 30, 2020, all Zoom clients on older versions will receive a forced upgrade when trying to join meetings as GCM Encryption will be fully enabled across the Zoom platform. Please begin updating all your clients to Zoom 5.0 now. Zoom admins, visit our 5.0 IT administrator page for more detailed instructions on updating your endpoints to ensure they will be able to support GCM encryption once we cut over on May 30.
- Report a User Feature: Meeting hosts and co-hosts can report a user in their meeting who is misusing the Zoom platform. Found in the Security icon, the option sends a report to Zoom’s Trust & Safety team for review. The report can include a specific offense, description, and optional screenshot. The Report a User function is on by default but can be turned off at the account, group, and user level in the Zoom web portal.
- Leaving/Ending Meeting Enhancements: With this new UI update, hosts can clearly decide between ending or leaving a meeting. If the host leaves, they can now easily select a new host and have the confidence that the right person is left with host privileges. The host will now be required to assign a new host when leaving the meeting. Additionally, the pop-up message asking if the host would like to leave or end the meeting will now be displayed by the Leave button.
- Setting to Allow Sharing of Cloud Recordings: Account owners and admins can enable or disable shared cloud recordings to prevent users from sharing their cloud recordings. This setting is available for individual recordings and at the account, group, and user level and can be locked at the group or account level.
- Add Expiration Date for Shared Cloud Recordings: Users can now choose to expire the link for a cloud recording after a set number of days or on a custom date. This setting is available for individual recordings and at the account, group, and user level and can be locked at the group or account level.
- Minimum Password Length of 6 Characters for Meeting and Shared Recording Passwords: The minimum password length for both meeting and shared recording passwords will now be 6 characters.
- Profile Picture Control: Account admins and hosts can disable the ability for participants to show their profile picture and also prevent them from changing it in a meeting.
- Show the Connected Data Center: Users can see which data center they are connected to by clicking on by clicking on the info icon at the top left of the client window.
- Select Data Center Regions when Scheduling a Meeting: Users can now select which data center regions they would like their in meeting traffic to use when scheduling a meeting.
- [Breaking API Changes] New Password Requirements: This new setting allows account owners and admins to set meeting password and recording password requirements (on the account settings page).”
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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2020 13:12
From: Martin Richardson
Subject: Quick Poll: Has Your Access to Zoom Been Banned or Restricted?Please send out the results in a few days as I would like to report the findings to our executive.
I understand it is not a scientific surveyJ
Original Message——
Hello UAI Members,
We have heard from a few members that their organizations have banned or restricted the use of Zoom due to security and privacy concerns. We’d like to get a consensus of how many member organizations are experiencing this same ban from Zoom.
Please take this quick one-minute poll to help us learn more!
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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,
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.com
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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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Thank you, @Ben, for being an active member of UAI. Thank you for your enthusiasm and always prompting engagement from others with your posts and items you share on UAI Connect. We also appreciate your constant attendance and active participation during the monthly UAI Community Conversations. We are proud to feature you as our first UAI Member Spotlight. Thank you, Ben!
Cheers to you, Ben!
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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Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2020 19:35
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Member Spotlight: Ben EttlingerBen Ettlinger is an active UAI member and provides outstanding influence and contributions to the UAI community through his high-level of engagement on UAI Connect and his active involvement in the monthly UAI Community Conversations. As thanks, we are featuring Ben in the very first UAI Member Spotlight. The UAI Member Spotlight is a new monthly feature on UAI Connect. Our Member Spotlight will feature a UAI member each month; either an individual member for his/her level of engagement, influence, and contribution to the UAI community or a UAI Utility Member organization for something outstanding they have accomplished.
Ben has been in the utility industry for close to 30 years and mostly in data related capacities.
Kevin: How did you get into the utility analytics industry?
Ben: My tenure at NYPA has been data centric since I joined. I began as a data modeler and designed relational databases for many years, eventually combining that with data administration, and then from there, since my concentration was data, I moved on to manage a major billing conversion data project into SAP BW. This, in turn, lead me to managing the SAP BW environment. From there, I moved on to manage numerous other data related efforts. When the idea of data analytics emerged, I got the nod to begin creating a Digital Analytics Group.Kevin: What project have you enjoyed working on most in your career?
Ben: I found the greatest satisfaction in successfully building and managing the analytics group. At the time it was challenging, new, innovative, scientific, allowed me to leverage the years-long accumulate knowledge of utility industry data and finally an opportunity to appreciate mathematics, which was not my favorite subject in school.Kevin: What has been your biggest professional challenge and how did you work through it?
Ben: In analytics, the biggest challenge was hiring data scientists who would have the background and correct fit to support our analytics needs, and within the financial resources made available to us. We were successful though, with plain old put the rubber to the road, searching through scores and scores of resumes. Even with job service companies who use their own analytics, it was quite a challenge, but thankfully we were successful in finding what we were looking for.Kevin: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice before entering the utility analytics industry, what would it be?
Ben: Understand the complexity of analytics, the challenges in finding qualified personnel, the challenges to introduce the business to the power of analytics and, getting on your soap box to preach the power of analytics and what it can achieve.Kevin: What would you like to talk to fellow colleagues and members about in UAI Connect? Or, what issues or topics would you like to see more discussions on in UAI Connect?
Ben: Three things; use cases, use cases use cases. Three more things, technology, technology and more technology. I’m not asking to share your secret algorithms, although I will not stop you. We are always looking for innovative analytics and technology ideas that we can apply to our own situation, especially in this Covid-19 environment. Just this morning, I discovered a new air purifying device designed for Covid and a project to determine if Covid spread via sewage waste analysis. We also want to hear about what utilities are doing in terms of predictive and prescriptive analytics or edge devices with regard to river ice prediction, transmission and generation asset health, flood prediction, any other emerging technology both hardware and software that will enhance the utility business.Kevin: Thank you so much for sharing with us and for being a highly engaged member of UAI!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Hi Susan,
I am reaching out to some UAI members to make sure they saw your post and to provide you with some input. Hopefully we will have some replies on this question soon.
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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Original Message:
Sent: 04-13-2020 15:21
From: Susan Quinn
Subject: Ice modelsHello – I work for an electric utility in Kansas. I’m trying to understand the difference between FRAM and SPIA for ice modeling. Do you know what the advantages are of either model? Specifically, we’re worried about better understanding how ice impacts our electrical distribution lines during inclement weather. If you even can just point me to a place I can learn more about FRAM and SPIA, that’s fine too. I can read!
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Susan Quinn
Senior Manager Operations Analytics
Evergy
Topeka KS
7855756411
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