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AEIC Load Research & Analytics Committee

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AEIC’s Load Research & Analytics Committee (LR&A) put the finishing touches on one of its major projects, the Load Research Manual, Third Edition, during its regular meeting in San Diego, CA in June, and took the

opportunity to review how the Committee operates in fulfilling its mission of edu-cation for the electric energy industry.

Kathy Johnson, Dominion Energy, Chair of the Committee’s Performance Leadership Subcommittee, and Cheryl Hindes, Baltimore Gas & Electric (retired), Past Chair of the LR&A Committee, discussed the final steps to be completed before the Load Research Manual will be available to the electric energy commu-nity. The manual is being sold in its entirety, or as individual chapters, through the AEIC web-site, www.aeic.org.

During the meeting, committee members gave presentations on various aspects of load research and analytics work. Leslie Willoughby of San Diego Gas & Electric spoke on electric vehicle charging with variable rates. Ed Conley of Pepco Holdings discussed a wholesale customer class forecasting project. Peggy Maurhoff de-scribed Oncor’s testing of a transition from using classic load research samples to determine rate class demand to a newer method utilizing AMI interval data by rate class.

During the meeting, committee members gave presentations on various aspects of loaD research anD analytics work.

(L-R) Andrew Lee, PG&E, and Chris Holmes, EPRI, discuss a point during a break in the Load Research & Analytics meeting.

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Representing EPRI, Chris Holmes discussed EPRI’s end-use load data initiative update, and Ken Schiermey-er of San Diego Gas & Electric gave survey results from the LR&A’s basics course, which is taught every spring.

A major block of time in the agenda was allowed for the Committee to discuss both its current and future states, including membership, committee projects, a greater awareness of AEIC’s Load Research & Analytics Committee within AEIC member companies, and future initiatives the Committee will consider undertaking.

In addition to its many educational events, the Committee will meet again in late October or early Novem-ber in Asheville, NC.

AEIC Electric Power Apparatus Committee Explores Data Analytics

The use of data analytics in predicting the operational life and optimal maintenance of power apparatus equipment was a main topic of the AEIC Electric Power Apparatus

Committee (EPAC) when it met in April 2017 in Sedona, AZ.

The three-day meeting gave commit-tee members the opportunity to hear presentations on the use of analytics

from a variety of suppliers including Omnetric, General Electric, IBM, OSIsoft LLC, Leidos, and Spacetime Insight.

Members also heard a presentation by Aaron Dock of Salt River Proj-ect, who serves as the 1st Vice Chair of AEIC’s Load Research & Analytics Committee (LR&A). His presentation covered projects undertaken by the Load Research & Analytics Committee and various uses of data analytics deployed by the members of the LR&A Committee.

Included in the agenda were presentations by EPAC members Joe Arasim from Florida Power & Light, Mark McGranaghan from EPRI, and Jasdeep Sing from Arizona Public Service.

(L-R) Nathan Mathis, TVA; Darryl Nelson, Oncor; William Baker, Duke Energy; and Andrew Lee, PG&E, listen intently to one of many presentations during the LR&A meeting.

(L-R) Ed Conley, Pepco Holdings, discusses an issue with Ben Levine, Minnesota Power, while Nathan Mathis, TVA, takes notes for the Committee.

the three-Day meeting gave committee members the opportunity to hear presentations on the use of analytics from a variety of suppliers.

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The AEIC Electric Power Apparatus Committee meetings generally fall into one of three categories. In most of the meetings the Committee focuses on a specific type of equipment, such as transformers or circuit breakers. The committee then invites suppliers of the specific equipment to the meeting to discuss their products. Other meetings will focus on a specific topic, such as analytics or asset management. Another type of meeting occurs when the committee invites one specific manufactur-er to make presentations about all their equipment offerings. This meeting is called a “Wall-to-Wall” and often includes a tour of the manufacturer’s factory.

The AEIC Electric Power Apparatus Committee will meet again September 17-20 in Huntington Beach, CA.

(L – R) George Leinhauser, PECO, confers with Frank Gabrieli, Exelon, during the AEIC Electric Power Ap-paratus Committee meeting.

2017 Committee Meetings

Power GenerationSeptember 19 - 21 Calgary, AB

Cable EngineeringNovember 1 - 2 Hollywood, FL

Power DeliverySeptember 25-28 New York, NY

Electric Power ApparatusSeptember 17-20 Huntington Beach, CA

Power Delivery - PM SubcommitteeOctober 16-18 Detroit, MI

Power Delivery – HR SubcommitteeTo be scheduled