San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is a regulated public utility that provides service to 3.4 million people through 1.4 million electric meters and 830,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

Corporate ValuesEthical - Do the right thingRespectful - People matterHigh Performing - Deliver outstanding resultsForward Looking - Shape the futureResponsible Partner - Create positive relationships

•‘Best in the West’ for electric reliability six years in a row•SDG&E Named Most Intelligent Utility for 3rd Year in a Row by Intelligent Utility Magazine•San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co., ranked No. 1 on the list of 100 “smart” U.S. utilities by Intelligent Utility magazine •Ranked No. 1 in customer satisfaction among the largest U.S. investor-owned energy utilities in 2009 by American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). 

District Engineering Intern At SDG&E

Power Quality-Voltage recorders are used to observe issues regarding a SDG&E customers’ power.• I programmed each individual voltage recorder according to the customers’ configuration.• The results help evaluate the issue . They allow engineers to determine if a problem exists and how we address the issue to ensure customers have safe and reliable energy-Reliability Presentations are given to improve overall system reliability• I was involved in presenting and observing presentations on how to improve reliability to SDG&E customers. Customer Service - I contacted SDG&E customers regarding concerns or issues they were experiencing.• Customers called asking questions about outages, or a particular voltage issue they were experiencing at home

I would like to thank :• Alan Dulgeroff • Sharna Hillius• Jim Stokely• Lisa Zelkind• Omar Zevallosand the rest of the staff at SDG&E for the valuable information, tours and hands on experience I’ve gained during my summer internship for SDG&E.

In addition, I would like to thank :• The San Diego State University

Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Program ,

• The National Science Foundation (NSF),

• The STEP Partnership of San Diego (SPSD)

for the opportunities and assistance that they provide as well.

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SDG&E Awards

Projects

Acknowledgements

Steven Prsha NSF Grant # DUE0653277

Electrical EngineeringSan Diego State University

Del Mar Fair

230 - 69 KV 3 phase transformer

Voltage tolarance @ 120v Sdge 114v -126v CPUC 111.6v -128.4v