Presentations

A collection of past conference and workshop presentations is available for educational use only. If you would like copies of any presentation from an past Conference, please e-mail FMEA Information Management Coordinator, Denise Hill at dhill@publicpower.com.

 


2012 Utility Education & Trade Show Day

  • General Session

Managing Social Media in a Crisis: The Good News, the Bad News, and What You Can
Do About It, Chris Gent, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Kissimmee Utility Authority

Hooked on Safety: Changing Attitudes – Producing a Safety Culture, Billy Robbins, Founder and CEO, Jubilee Enterprises International, Inc. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

  • Breakout Session: Customer Connections

Prepaid 101: The Building Blocks for a Successful Prepaid Program, Jeff Severs, Chief Operating Officer, Exceleron Software, Dallas, TX

Taming the Datastream: How Advanced Grid Technologies Will Change Customer Service, Steve Bell, Vice President – Business Development, ElectSolve Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Austin, TX

Navigating Customers’ Smart Meter Concerns: Communicating Facts vs. Fiction and Options, Joe Noel, Supervisor of Resource Management, Ocala Utility Services

Transforming Call Centers: KUA At-Home Agents, Patti LaMarche, Call Center Supervisor, Kissimmee Utility Authority

  • Breakout Session: Lineworker Training

Txt U L8tr: Field Communicating Procedures, Mike McCleary, Training and Safety Specialist, Electric Cities of Georgia

PCB Basics for Lineworkers, Jonathan Hull, Vice President, S&ME Engineering Integrity, Tampa

Unique Reliability and Safety Challenges, Charlie Russell, T&D Supervisor and Steve Perkins, (MS Word doc) System Operations Engineer, Lakeland Electric

Training for Success: City of Tallahassee Apprentice Training Program, Sam Holt, Utility Training & Safety Specialist, Tallahassee Electric Utility

  • Breakout Session: Transmission & Distribution

PCBs: Identifying Various Matrices, Current Regulations, and What Happens When They Leave Your Facility, Jessica Pennington, Environmental Compliance Manager, Florida Transformer, Defuniak Springs

Advanced Grid Information Overload: Will We All Be Drinking from a Fire Hose? Steve Bell, Vice President – Business Development, ElectSolve Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Austin, TX

2012 FMEA-FMPA Annual Conference

Electric Utility 101, Barry Moline, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association

Unhappy residents and high utility bills: Problem or Present?,Cheryl Anderson,Director of Training & Member Services, Florida Municipal Electric Association

General Session

Who Will Win The Presidential Election – And a Few Other Elections…, Susan MacManus, Professor of Political Science, University of South Florida, Tampa

To Sell or Not to Sell? What are the Questions? R.L. Willoughby, President, Power Services, Inc., Raleigh, N.C.

The Public Power Business Model – Is It Still Relevant?, Jeff Tarbert, Senior Vice President, American Public Power Association, Washington, D.C.

Comparing Energy Resources – Which is the Best, and How do We Plan for the Future?, Gordon Ettie, President, Energy Scienomic, Inc., Miami

Financial Outlook 2012: America in Transition, Mark Vitner, Senior Economist, Wells Fargo Securities, Charlotte, N.C.

  • Breakout Session – Legal Seminar

Achieving Maximum Value from Your Pole Attachment Fees, Walter C. West, Executive VicePresident, Participant Services, Electric Cities of Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

  • Breakout Session – Policy Makers Forum

Tenacious Problem Solving, Beth Rawlins, Owner, Beth Rawlins, Inc,

  • Breakout Session – Controlling Cost

Privatizing Your Utility Staff for Greater Savings, Dennis Eastman, President, and Ruby Irigoyen, Senior Vice President, ENCO Utility Services, Anaheim, Calif.

“Selling” Your Utility While Maintaining Control and Revenues, Brian Armstrong and Thomas Giblin, Shareholders, Nabors Giblin & Nickerson P.A., Tallahassee and Tampa

Hedging – Dinged If You Do, Dinged If You Don’t, Roger McDonald, Manager, Energy Trading, City of Tallahassee Electric Utility

2011 FMEA-FMPA Annual Conference

  • Pre-Conference Seminar

Electric Utility 101, Barry Moline, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association

Don’t Blow a Circuit: Communicating with the Public in a Time of Crisis, Jerry Kidd, President & Patricia Rodriguez, Agency Director, Kidd Group, Tallahassee

  • General Session

A Gigawatt Worth of Marketing, Jerry Kidd, President & Patricia Rodriguez, Agency Director, Kidd Group, Tallahassee

Natural Gas: Fuel of the Present, But What About the Future? Skip Horvath, President, Natural Gas Supply Association, Washington, D.C

Strategic Planning: A Key to Goverance Leadership, Jean Freeman, President, Jean Freeman & Associates, Fairfax, Va.

The Future of Energy, and the Impact of the Nuclear Crisis in Japan, Lonnie Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Santee Cooper, Moncks Corner, SC, and Immediate Past Board Chair, American Public Power Association

Financial Outlook 2011: America in Transition, Michelle Meyer, Senior u.S. Economist, Bank of American Merrill Lynch Global Research, New York, NY

Reducing Your Financial Risks – Pension Disclosure and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Robert Kappelmann, President, RLK Associates, St. Augustine

Reducing Your Financial Risks – Pension Disclosure and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Art McMahon, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, New York, NY

  • Breakout Session – Legal Seminar

FERC vs. NERC: Reliability Lost? Cynthia Bogorad, Partner, Spiegel & McDiarmind LLP, Washington, D.C.

  • Breakout Session – Policy-makers Forum

Assisting Low-Income Customers So Their Consumption and Bills Actually Decline, David Byrne, Energy Services Director, City of Tallahassee

Assisting Low-Income Customers So Their Consumption and Bills Actually Decline, Payson Tidden, DSM Program Manager, JEA

Assisting Low-Income Customers So Their Consumption and Bills Actually Decline, Bobby Collins, Manager of Conservation Commercial Accounts, Orlando Utilities Commission

  • Breakout Session – Controlling Cost

Smart Grid for Dummies – And Results to Date, Reese Goad, Director, Utility Business and Customer Services, City of Tallahassee

Expanding Electric Vehicles to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Grow Electric Load, Jennifer Szaro, Renewable Manager, Orlando Utilities Commission

Changing Customer Energy Consumption Behavior, Bill Shepherd, Energy & Business Services Manager Gainesville Regional Utilities & Chris Patton, Client Solutions Executive, OPOWER


2011 Utility Education & Trade Show Days

  • SmartGrid Workshop

SmartGrid as a Service – An Affordable Path to SmartGrid Solutions, Steve Root, Assistant Vice President – SmartGrid Division, SAIC Energy, Environment Infrastructure

How Your Smart Grid Project Can Fund Itself, Bill Simpson, Sustainability Coordinator, Johnson Controls, Inc.

Hosted AMI: A Lower Cost and Lower Risk Approach, Bob Hannough, Director, Regional Sales and Kim Harrison, Inside Sales Coordinator, Tantalus Systems Corporation

  • Breakout Session – Customer Connections

Pay as You GO! Implementing Pre-Paid Metering, Chad Lynch, Information Systems Analyst, Ocala Utility Services

Best Practices and New Strategies in Utility Collections, Mike Pellegrino, Area Vice President, Credit Protection Association, Nashville, Tenn.

Customer Service Benchmarking: How Does Your Utility Rate? Ken Buckstaff, Managing Director, First Quartile Consulting, El Segundo, Calif.

  • Breakout Session – Transmission & Distribution

Integrating Your SCADA Systems with Your Utility Network – Security Issues, Problems and Solutions, Erik Gomez, Director of Services, IOActive, Inc. and e-Tech Services, Gainesville

T&D Benchmarking: How Does Your Utility Rate? Ken Buckstaff, Managing Director, First Quartile Consulting, El Segundo, Calif.

Power Factor Correction – Common Problems and Solutions, C. Ed Wisser, Senior Transmission Engineer, Fred Wilson & Associates, Inc., Jacksonville

  • Breakout Session – Safety/Training & Lineworkers

Ready, Set, Action: Staging a Mock Utility Disaster, Steve Langley, Director Risk Management, Safety & Technical Training Division, OUC and Michelle Scharfenberg, Safety and Worker’s Compensation Administrator, KUA