The document summarizes the 12th Annual Outage Response & Restoration Management conference taking place from October 23-25, 2012 in Atlanta, GA. The conference will focus on strengthening mutual assistance coordination, storm preparation programs, and streamlining restoration efforts. It will feature case studies from leading outage restoration experts and utilities. Topics will include boosting customer satisfaction through communication, maximizing outage response through control center operations and distribution management systems, and assessing emergency management and mutual assistance best practices.
12th Annual Outage Response & Restoration Management Final Agenda
1. 12th Annual
Outage Response & Restoration Management
Strengthening Mutual Assistance Coordination and Storm
Preparation Programs to Streamline Restoration Efforts
“ Boosting Customer
October 23-25, 2012 Maximizing Outage Response
Satisfaction Through
The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North | Atlanta, GA Activity by Leveraging
Control Center Operations
Various Communication and Integrating Distribution
Management Systems
Channels & Delivering Informative Into the OMS System.
ETR Updates.
Day One Chairman: ”
John Kullmann, VP Sales / Marketing, Macrosoft, Inc. Featuring Case Studies From Leading Outage Restoration Experts:
Day Two Chairman: Carlos D. Torres Jim Nowak John Hoffman
Vice President, Emergency Restoration Vice President
Carlos D. Torres, Vice President, Emergency Management, Con Edison
Emergency Management Planning Manager of Business Development
Day Three Chairman: Con Edison AEP Reliability
Management Group
Ed Carlsen, Manager, Distribution Management Systems, Georgia Power Franky Batten Jim Conway
General Manager, VP Customer Field Operations David Fredericks
Carolinas East Northern Zone ComEd Vice President / General Manager
Pre-Conference Workshops on October 23: Duke Energy Thirau LLC
Workshop A: Organizing a Comprehensive Storm Preparation Program Matthew Chagnon
Dee Brown Communications Specialist Michael Marx
to Allocate the Most Suitable Amount of Resources
Director, Energy Delivery Public Service Managing Supervisor- Distribution
Workshop B: Coordinating Internally to Deliver the Appropriate Amount Operations Support
of ETR Information to Customers of New Hampshire Operating Support
Alliant Energy Ameren Illinois
Doug McCracken
Attending this Premier marcus evans Conference Bruce Martinez
Project Director of Emergency Alan Bradshaw
Director Network
will Enable You to: Preparedness Manager- Eastern Regional
Operations, Distribution
• Hear how Alabama Power created a social media internal process Connecticut Light & Power Operating Center
Florida Power & Light
in their time of need during and after the 2011 tornadoes Dominion
Les Boatright, CBCP, CEM Tina Gaines
• Review what Alliant Energy did to recover from major customer Director of Engineering Keith Jordan
Senior Manager, Emergency
flooding and how Colorado Springs Utilities responded & Line Services Manager, Distribution Operations
Preparedness Operations
to the Waldo Canyon Fires The Empire District CPS Energy
Kansas City Power & Light
• Learn how Kansas City Power & Light and The Empire District Electric Company
Andy Tiao Victor Banuelos, P.E.
Electric Company coordinated their mutual assistance strategies
Director, Emergency Management Ike Pigott Operations Performance, Support
during the Joplin tornadoes Communications Strategist Managern, Skills Training Center
Operations Services
• Determine what strategies and tools Dominion is developing & Company Spokesman San Diego Gas & Electric
Con Edison
for mobile damage assessment Alabama Power
• Utilize Georgia Power's tactics to implement various distribution Mathew Wells Ed Carlsen
systems into the grid to systematically restore outages Operations Superintendent, Bob Charland Manager, Distribution
Distribution Control Manager Emergency Preparedness Management Systems
Colorado Springs Utilities ComEd Georgia Power
Who Should Attend:
marcus evans invites VPs, Directors, and Managers from leading electric Jason Singer Tim Taylor Jason Taylor
Director Utilities Practice Chief Client Success Officer Distribution Controller
utilities with responsibilities in:
Macrosoft, Inc. Telogis Santee Cooper
• Transmission & Distribution / • Disaster Recovery,
Energy Delivery Business Continuity and / Brian Lindsay Eric J. Charette, P.E. Cliff Rikard
• Distribution System / or Corporate Security Manager- Distribution GIS/ Data Senior Manager of Technical Manager, Carolinas West
Management Center Sales Support Distribution Control Center
Operations / Maintenance • Storm Center / Control Center
Alabama Power Intergraph Corporation Duke Energy
• Outage Management / • Incident Command
Restoration / Response • Field Operations Malcolm McDonald John Sell
Jim Orr
• Emergency Preparedness / AMI Program Manager IDMS Product Marketing Manager Vice President- Technical Services
Management / Planning Clevest Alstom Grid Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
Silver Sponsors: Workshop Exhibitors: Business Association Media Partners:
Sponsor: Development Partners: Partners:
2. Pre-Conference Workshops | Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Day One | Tuesday, October 23, 2012
8:00 Registration 1:00 Registration and Morning Coffee
8:30 Interactive Workshop A 1:45 Chairman's Opening Address
Organizing a Comprehensive Storm Preparation Program to Allocate the Most John Kullmann, VP Sales / Marketing, Macrosoft, Inc.
Suitable Amount of Resources
Utilizing a storm prep program is instrumental to outage response efficiency FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER NEEDS
for utilities. Having the best balance of resources in stock before a storm hits, while THROUGH EFFECTIVE OUTAGE COMMUNICATION
monitoring from a budgetary perspective, is essential to streamline restoration activity.
Having the best workforce on-hand and finding other outlets to assist during storm
response is another facet to take into account during storm prep. This workshop will share 2:00 Case Study
best practices on how to fully prepare for a variety of storms and have the resources Creating a Social Media Business Process to Implement Throughout
in place to execute outage restoration cost effectively. the Company and Enhance Restoration Communications
By attending this workshop you will be: • Communicating the social media strategy to relevant internal departments
• Preparing for various weather events and disasters with storm stock plans that are involved with outage restoration to ensure they understand the purpose
to ensure resources are available and process
• Balancing how much inventory is needed vs. how much additional material is wanted • Breaking up the social media efforts regionally across the company so various
on hand divisions can have their own pages
• Appropriating the right amount of materials for a disaster without depleting • Informing stakeholders of the social media strategy to minimize the hesitancy
the budget and ensure their buy-in
• Planning for increased costs due to additional inventory Ike Pigott, Communications Strategist & Company Spokesman, Alabama Power
• Determining the longer lead time for ordering steel structures prior
2:45 Case Study
to the approaching storm season
Reviewing the Benefits of Enterprise Mobile Intelligence
• Identifying additional resources outside of traditional line technicians to assist
• Identifying telematics initiatives are about the creation of intelligence
with outage restoration efforts
via the connection of mobile assets to the needs of the enterprise
Jim Conway, VP Customer Field Operations, ComEd
• Providing operational levers for measurable improvement
• Assessing the levels of improvement and benchmarking these benefits
Bob Charland, Manager Emergency Preparedness, ComEd
Tim Taylor, Chief Client Success Officer, Telogis
10:00 Networking Break
Jim Orr, Vice President- Technical Services, Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
10:30 Interactive Workshop B
Coordinating Internally to Deliver the Appropriate Amount 3:30 Networking Break
of ETR Information to Customers
4:00 Case Study
Organizing between various internal departments in regards to disseminating estimated
Exploring Social Media Options for Outage Specific Purposes to Identify
time of restoration to customers is crucial to their business practices. Ensuring that the
the Best Strategy for the Organization
customer service and distribution organizations are collaborating to provide the most timely
• Selecting the appropriate social media channels and using them strategically
information is key to these efforts. A common issue with this can be determining to what
• Collaborating with the relevant internal departments to acquire strategic
level the utility divulges the ETR’s and to what customer satisfaction the information
messages to disseminate throughout the social media avenues
is reported. This workshop will expand on the number of components that fall under this
• Developing a social media protocol for public information to utilize during
umbrella and lessons learned that come with it.
large scale storm-related outages
By attending this workshop you will be:
• Using a no-comment blog to post localized information that needs to get out
• Ensuring consistent communication to follow up with customers after
instantly, but doesn't fit the mold of traditional news releases, and provides
ETR's are published
a platform for quick communication
• Guaranteeing no one else publishes another ETR number after disseminating
Matthew Chagnon, Communications Specialist, Public Service of New Hampshire
that information
• Utilizing a group crisis communications team and ensuring that all information 4:45 Case Study
and processes are in sync Taking a Proactive Approach to Improve Outage Communications
• Understanding the time frames that the utility is willing to provide a specific • Reviewing a project to analyze requirements to improve outage communications
level of ETR and to what granularity • Enhancing the overall contact experience with customers
• Providing further information daily and expanding from specific customers • Communicating in a proactive, timely and efficient manner
to regional levels • Including updated and accurate information, systems, processes, and equipment
• Keeping customers informed via the web from the control center by pushing Cliff Rikard, Manager, Carolinas West Distribution Control Center, Duke Energy
more internal information out to the customer service group
• Keeping emergency management personnel, state leaders and other customers 5:30 Closing Remarks of the Chair and Drinks Reception to Follow
informed in a format that is usable
Keith Jordan, Manager, Distribution Operations, CPS Energy
12:00 End of Pre-Conference Workshops
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4. Day Three | Thursday, October 25, 2012
7:15 Registration and Morning Coffee 2:00 Networking Break
7:45 Chairman's Opening Address 2:30 Interactive Panel Discussion
Ed Carlsen, Manager, Distribution Management Systems, Georgia Power Promoting Overall Infrastructure Reliability Throughout Control Center Operations
• Identifying how various utilities build their infrastructure and how that compares
8:00 Case Study with their outage quality
Dissecting the Emergency Response Plan From Beginning to End • Automating various applications to support the storm centers
to Implement Program Improvements • Determining if customers see less outages based upon the robustness
• Taking a holistic look at the outage restoration program and process, along with capacity of the grid infrastructure
how best practices are documented and benchmarked • Defining best practices that improve reliability and in turn manage the outage minutes
• Analyzing all the areas and groups that become involved throughout Jason Taylor, Distribution Controller, Santee Cooper
the entire process
• Identifying where the process can be improved and what technology can be built in Franky Batten, General Manager, Carolinas East Northern Zone, Duke Energy
• Converting into ICS structure to ensure NIMS compliance and determining
operations in storm restoration Mathew Wells, Operations Superintendent- Distribution Control
• Laying out a road map of strategies to meet the improvement goals Colorado Springs Utilities
Michael Marx, Managing Supervisor- Distribution Operating Support, Ameren Illinois
3:15 Case Study
8:45 Case Study Enhancing the Outage Response Capabilities by Effectively Managing
Establishing a More Structured System to Utilize Utility Assistance Outside the Abundance of Distribution Management Systems
of Local RMAG's • Leveraging the abundance of technologies available to implement within
• Determining the most effective interaction between regional mutual assistance groups the overall grid to enhance outage restoration
• Communicating to local, regional and then out of state mutual assistance groups • Discovering available remote control technologies to integrate on the distribution system
• Reaching out to other regions during large scale events and perfecting that process • Determining how AMI to OMS integration can impact business processes
• Competing for remaining resources in other mutual assistance groups • Ensuring effective communication of detected outages by the AMI system
• Reviewing the option of reaching out to contractors rather than going to other RMAG's between the utility and the customer
Jim Nowak, Emergency Restoration Planning Manager, AEP • Finding the right technology mix and implementing the most economically
feasible tools
9:30 Networking Break • Reviewing how the various applications effect day to day operations along with
emergency events
10:00 Case Study Ed Carlsen, Manager, Distribution Management Systems, Georgia Power
Staging Mutual Assistance Events Strategically to Maximize Restoration Efficiency
• Working on internal programs to track mutual assistance and resources 4:00 Case Study
• Discovering the best strategies to coordinate the logistical aspects when managing Analyzing the Switch Control Authority Between the Field Operators
large mutual assistance activity and the Control Centers During a Large Outage Event
• Reviewing the staging sites, camps, tents, trailers and any other logistical aspects • Exploring how companies control switching and tagging authority during
• Using hotel providers and mobile cafeterias storm restoration
• Finding capabilities of these solution providers and the cost effectiveness of what • Implementing new switch control strategies specifically during outage
they can provide restoration efforts
• Determining the innovative solutions that are available in terms of virtual mutual • Pre-defining a level of decentralization during a storm event
aid and contracting call centers • Allocating major switching authority to the main control center and lower level
• Working with contract call centers and putting contingency resources on standby switching to the field operators
for storm seasons • Easing the workload of the control center by relinquishing the authority of work
Victor Banuelos, P.E., Operations Performance Support Manager, Skills Training Center orders to field operations
San Diego Gas & Electric Franky Batten, General Manager, Carolinas East Northern Zone, Duke Energy
4:45 Closing Remarks of the Chair and End of the Conference
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES WITH DISTRIBUTION,
FIELD & CONTROL CENTER OPERATIONS DURING
OUTAGE RESTORATION ACTIVITY
10:45 Case Study
WHY YOU MUST ATTEND:
Identifying Technology Tools for Field Operations and Reporting During Outage
Restorations Utility preparations for outage response and restoration are ongoing and constantly
Safely, quickly and efficiently restoring service is a big job, and the complexities increase a challenge. Throughout the year, outages cause disruption to the delivery of power
with the scale and impact of the event. Technology can make a critical difference in and ultimately cost money through lost revenue and damage. Much of this preparation
helping utilities to manage outages more effectively and shorten restoration time. Using is focused on weather damage that may occur from a variety of natural events and disasters.
outage event management software, the overall coordination of field operations can be Outages can also be caused by accidental damage, but at the end of the day, the priority
simplified while creating a repository of verified data for FEMA submission and restoration is to restore power to customers as quickly as possible.
performance analysis.
Malcolm McDonald, AMI Program Manager, Clevest This event will focus on storm preparation and mutual assistance coordination issues that
utilities are continually facing. It will keep utilities up to date with the various technologies
11:30 Luncheon and best practices to implement within their outage management efforts. Enhancing control
center and field operations and technologies to maximize damage assessment efforts
12:30 Case Study is another key area that will be addressed. The marcus evans 12th Annual Outage
Response and Restoration Conference will offer information and strategies
Investigating the Capabilities of Mobile Handheld Devices for Damage Assessment
for utilities to enhance their customer communication, resource management, distribution
• Changing the way we think about damage assessment
applications, and mutual assistance efforts.
• Assessing damage using handheld portable computers
• Reviewing real-time integration with GIS and OMS
Alan Bradshaw, Manager- Eastern Regional Operating Center, Dominion
PRODUCER INFO:
1:15 Case Study
Leveraging AMI Data to Enhance the Outage Management Processes I would like to thank everyone who has assisted with the research and organization
• Addressing low percentage outage reporting with automated last gasp notification of the event, particularly the speakers for their support and commitment.
• Leveraging AMI meter messages to supplement customer calls for accurate outage Samantha Rice, samanthar@marcusevansch.com
device prediction
• Using automated outage verification on customer issues beyond the meter to reduce
site visits
• Ensuring nested outages are corrected before leaving an outage through automated
DISCLAIMER:
restoration verification This agenda may be subject to change for reasons outside of our control. Marcus Evans, Inc.
• Reviewing actual benefits recognized from AMI/OMS integration at three utility case studies reserves the right to replace, substitute, or remove any speaker in the event of an emergency
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