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Distribution Management Systems & Outage Management Systems

A Distribution Management System (DMS) is a key information system for monitoring, analyzing, and controlling a utility distribution system. Today's DMS include traditional outage management system (OMS) functions, such as trouble-call entry, outage analysis, crew management, and reporting reliability indices; they also include additional functions such as unbalanced load flow simulations, restoration switching analysis, fault location, and interfaces to AMI systems.


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WPSC's Vegetation Management Program

The presentation will cover components of Vegetation Management at Wisconsin Public Service Corp. Including: organization design, trim cycle program, & contract management.


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Thermal Imaging Technology Applications

This presentation will show some of the uses of infrared technology as applied to a distribution system within an electrical company.  It will also show the designs and implementation of a thermovision program.


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NERC Reliability Standards

The speaker incorporates 25+ years of experience in NERC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program EPAct 2005 Electric Reliability Organization Regional Entity(s) Registered Entity(s) Monitoring, Discovery, Enforcement.  The presentation outcomes are to review the compliance monitoring and enforcement program, implementation processes, lessons learns, various statistics and / or results.


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Using IEEE1366 (2003) Guide-What’s included, What’s not included?

The use of IEEE 1366 (2003) Guide for utility reliability statisticsis is increasing. A basic understanding is needed to properly apply the guide's methodology.


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Animal Deterrence Research Results for Utility Applications

The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate an effective means of wildlife remediation in utilty infrastructure. We will provide a history of the development of our technology and explain how and why it works. The "Sniff-n-Stop" technology is non toxic and does not work as a "pesticide", rather it functions by scent. Citing numerous field studies we can demonstrate that this is a more comprehensive solution than physical barriers. The technology acts as a modifier to the animal's behavior, which is the underlying problem wherever they may cause damage or disrupt service. Effective, long lasting and environmentally friendly solutions to an old problem.


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