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Transforming Vegetation Management at FPL: A Conversation with Iliana Rentz [Recognizing One of the 2022 Energy Central Innovation Champions: Iliana Rentz]

May 25, 2022

Earlier this year, Energy Central dispatched our annual call for nominations for power professionals leading the way in Innovation, and we're proud to announce the 4 winners and 2 honorable mentions, which you can read about here. This week, we'll be spotlighting each of those 4 winners after conducting interviews to learn more about their great work. Please help us..
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Load Management During Severe Weather Events

March 11, 2022

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The world is increasingly beset by severe weather events: heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires. Overall extreme events are impacting on power supply and distribution networks. Utilities are having to plan extensively about how to maintain electricity during emergencies.

One important aspect of this is ensuring that the utility can install a flexible demand response system ahead of any crisis, which can ensure a rapid load-management intervention. This can free up valuable resources for utilities, allowing them to shift those resources to other areas during large scale disasters. This article looks at three challenges in these circumstances and how to mitigate any disruption.

Responding to Localized Grid Damage

Severe weather usually harms the most vulnerable components of the grid: poles, lines and transformers. Customer loads need to be modulated to match reduced grid capacity until power can be rerouted or distribution assets can be repaired or replaced. This requires information about the entire grid and input from sensors located throughout.

Geographic grouping of demand response resources (at the substation level or other grid sections) can enable faster dispatch of these resources when grid assets are damaged.…

HRIS Process/Change Management Analyst – Portland, OR – #107446 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

February 28, 2022

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

May function as the lead for all human resource related technology implementations including SAP to Oracle transition. Conducts analysis through research, gathering and interpretation of data, development of alternatives and recommendations. Presents analysis and recommendations to management and may implement selected alternative. Manage moderately complex projects/assignments with a considerable corporate and/or business unit impact. Provides analysis and feasibility studies, establishes project goals, negotiates timelines/schedules, and develops project plans.

Responsibilities

•   Manage moderately complex projects; research, track, and report on initiatives.
•   Ensure deliverables are completed in accordance to the PacifiCorp Project Governance and Standards.
•   Develops a change management strategy for business transformation initiatives. Ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes.
•   Assesses change readiness and change impacts throughout the organization.
•   May perform system maintenance, including review, test and roll out of the HR system.

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Power Line Management in the Time of Coronavirus

June 14, 2020

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The post Power Line Management in the Time of Coronavirus appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has put communities on lockdown and created a need for social distancing. Many are staying at home, but that’s not an option for the frontline workers running critical power transmission infrastructure and keeping the lights on.

How can utilities keep up with their operational and safety obligations with a reduced onsite workforce? Specifically, how can utilities maintain power line inspection and maintenance regimes, and what are the additional challenges for those in areas such as California, where COVID-19 collides with other threats, such as wildfire season?

Making Hard Work of Field Work

By definition, power transmission and distribution networks deal with long distances. At the best of times power line inspection entails despatching crews into the most remote pockets of a country or state, far from major population centres.

*Paul Frey is chief operating officer of Sharper Shape.*

In many ways that can be a blessing: deep in the forests and mountains you may be more likely to run into a cougar or bear than another human being carrying COVID-19.…