Quarterly Issue 3
Issue 3 - August 2019

Power Points | Industry 4.0 and Women in Energy

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

According to research conducted by global nonprofit Catalyst, women make up 15 percent of senior management positions within the utility industry. While the gender gap in the energy sector still must be addressed, it appears that more women are assuming leadership roles in energy.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | Resilient Home: Innovating, Cutting Carbon and Increasing Reliability

By Kristin Kelly, Green Mountain Power and Elisabeth Monaghan

When the app on Erik Yunghans' phone showed power going from his home in Moretown, VT onto the grid, he smiled. His Tesla Powerwall had just been installed days before as part of Green Mountain Power's Resilient Home program, and the energy flow showed it was working like a charm.
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Green Ovations | Launching a Drone Inspection Program

By Alex Babakov, Aeriosense Technologies

Drones are emerging as the next evolution in technological advancements in asset management. Whether you have a drone inspection program already, are considering implementing one, or if drones have not yet made their way up on your list of priorities, there is no denying this is a trend you need to keep on your radar.
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Energy 4.0, Revolution or Fad?

By Edgar Sotter, Systems with Intelligence

Some have started calling a recent energy trend “Energy 4.0” to highlight the magnitude of the transformation they expect it will bring to the electric industry. However, given the implicit risk involved in the adoption of new technologies, and the criticality of the operations in the electric industry, it would be reasonable to doubt the massive adoption of these technologies to the point of calling it a revolution.
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IEEE Explores Diversity in a Global Workforce

By Kathy Herring Hayashi, IEEE WEI ILC

Today, many major initiatives work towards continuing to encourage women to stay and flourish in technology fields. One event that gathers thousands of industry leaders to address women's leadership within the energy sector is the Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (IEEE WIE ILC). The 2019 IEE WIE ICL was held this year, May 22-24 in Austin, TX.
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A Matter of Scale
How an investor-owned utility in Illinois incorporated a scalable approach for distribution automation with the help of a neighbor

By Erik Brandstaedter, G&W Electric

One investor-owned utility in Illinois called upon a long-standing industry partner, based in Bolingbrook, IL, to help provide a scalable approach to distribution automation so the utility could provide reliable power to its 1.2 million customers.
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Surviving Hurricane Irma

By Hormoz Kazemzadeh, OSI Scott Bishop, Lakeland Electric

In 2017, Hurricane Irma — a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane with winds as high as 160 mph — reached the state. The impact was staggering. When it struck, it downed or interrupted a majority of the powerlines in Lakeland's network with fallen trees and airborne debris. At the height of the storm, 90,000 customers lost power — close to 75 percent of Lakeland's customer base.
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Guest Editorial | Disruption of ADMS Implementation Demands Focused Training

By Rich Cummings, The Mosaic Company

What started as a series of initial innovations like smart meters and smart switches rapidly progressed to the introduction of significantly more sophisticated and complex distribution solutions. Electric distribution operations control centers evolved from wall maps and printed trouble tickets to outage management systems (OMS). Moreover, control centers are quickly embracing and investing in advanced distribution management systems (ADMS).
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Guest Editorial | The Digital Utility Sounds Cool, but It's a Lot of Work, Too

By Mike Smith, SAS

Here, we will look at the utility industry's digital journey in three phases: the smart infrastructure build-out, data-driven use cases and industry transformation. In this context, we'll look at how utilities have had to re-invent themselves from risk-averse, electro-mechanical entities, to leaders at the forefront of the digital revolution, and what many call “Industry 4.0.”
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Powherful Forces | Kumi Premathilake, SVP of Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Aclara

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

Meet Kumi Premathilake, our Powherful Force for Q3, 2019. With a background in chemical engineering and a senior executive role with Aclara, Premathilake understands the science and technology behind both water and electric utilities. She also is a gifted communicator – especially when addressing the needs of or encouraging the input from her colleagues, industry partners and utility customers.
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