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MARCH 24-27, 2025 | DALLAS, TEXAS | Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

 

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MARCH 24-27, 2025 | DALLAS, TEXAS | Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

 

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10:15 AM
  1. How Avista Improved Customer Response Times and Satisfaction with AI-driven Storm Predictions
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Long dealing with vegetation-related customer outages from dynamic northwest weather, Avista needed a better way to predict storms, storm-related incidents, and their impacts. This informative session ...
11:05 AM
  1. Improving Customer Experience during Outages using Advanced Analytics
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Providing accurate estimated time of restoration (ETR) and personalized customer communication during long outages significantly improves customer experience. In this presentation we will look at an a ...
1:00 PM
  1. Outsmarting Outages during Extreme Weather Events in Louisiana
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Irrespective of the size or location of a utility, customers expect the highest level of reliability and resiliency amid changing landscape of the distribution system; Dixie Electric Membership Corpor ...
2:40 PM
  1. Cold Load Pickup with AMI
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Restoring customers in extreme cold conditions with undersized equipment and large resistive heating loads is challenging and time consuming. This session will cover the process Oncor developed to cre ...
3:30 PM
  1. A Storm is Brewing: Using Data Science to Mitigate Storm Damage
    W304CD
    60 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    With the growing severity of weather events including floods, severe storms and tornados, it is imperative utilities continue to evolve their storm response practices to maintain the high levels of re ...
9:15 AM
  1. Digitally Managing Emergency Response & Mobilization
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
     IBM collaborated with Florida Power & Light to transform the processes for planning and mobilizing the field service teams deployed to repair assets and restore service. A 13-month agile implementati ...
10:05 AM
  1. Automated Damage Assessment and Rapid Post-storm Recovery using LiDAR and Machine Learning
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    While many external factors influence resiliency, weather remains the single greatest threat to the electric power grid. When damage occurs, it is very time-consuming and costly to identify due to the ...
10:55 AM
  1. Strategic Approach to Confronting Extreme Weather Threats
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    In this presentation, CPS Energy will summarize its journey to provide a more resilient electric infrastructure to the people of San Antonio to better withstand or recover from major extreme weather t ...
1:00 PM
  1. From Simulated Chaos to Emergency Preparedness: Unveiling the Complexity of Utility Emergency Management
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Faced with increased severity and frequency of natural disasters along with OT & IT systems complexities and interdependencies, utilities need to design, drill, and execute more robust contingency pro ...
1:50 PM
  1. Improving Situational Awareness through Augmented Operational Intelligence
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    JEA has developed a geospatial interactive 3D application that displays, in real-time, operations-critical data of JEA’s Water and Wastewater assets throughout the service territory.  The application ...
2:40 PM
  1. Rural Energy Revolution: Harnessing Federal Funding for Rural Resilience and Clean Power Initiatives
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    In this session, panelists will discuss a partnership between the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in facilitating electric cooperative ...
3:30 PM
  1. Field Crew Dispatching: The Heart of an Effective Storm Response
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    At the heart of a proper storm response is a well-defined dispatching process that streamlines the communications between the distribution control center and the field.  Field crew dispatch serves as ...
4:20 PM
  1. Leveraging AMI and Other Cutting-edge Technologies to Improve Storm Readiness and Response
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Con Edison’s recently completed AMI Implementation offers unprecedented visibility into status and operation of its electric distribution system. Leveraging this, as well as other cutting-edge technol ...
10:30 AM
  1. Outage Data Initiative Nationwide: Easily Empowering a Network of Electric Utility Resilience Leaders
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    The Outage Data Initiative Nationwide (ODIN) is a collaborative effort, sponsored by the DOE and stewarded by Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL). ODIN aims to enhance grid reliability, response, and recove ...
11:20 AM
  1. Finding Our WiNGS by Fireproofing with Digital Twin Technologies
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    The ongoing global climate crisis has led to an increase in wildfires, especially in California. To protect its communities, harden the grid, and prevent and mitigate the impacts of these threats, San ...
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