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Hosted by:Platinum Sponsor & Welcome Reception HostLearning Session and Technical Tour HostLearning Session HostsWelcome Reception March 31, 2020Conference April 1 – 3, 2020All conference sessions held at the Seattle Marriott Bellevue200 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004CONFERENCE EVENTS:LOCATIONTuesday Activities:4:00pm – 5:00pmExecutive Board MeetingTBD5:00pm – 7:00pmWelcome & Networking ReceptionHosted by MILWAUKEE TOOLSRedmond 1 & 2Wednesday Activities:7:30am – 8:00amRegistrationOutside Bellevue Ballroom8:00am – 9:00amBreakfast Learning Session Hosted by Redmond 1 & 29:00am – 9:30amGeneral Opening SessionBellevue Ballroom9:30am – 10:30amPlatinum Sponsor Milwaukee ToolsBellevue Ballroom10:30am – 10:45amBREAK10:45am – 11:30amSafety SubcommitteeBellevue Ballroom11:30am – 12:15pmMutual Problems, Utility Members ONLYBellevue Ballroom12:15pm – 1:15pmLunch & Learn Hosted by Redmond 1 & 21:15pm – 3:30pmSubcommittee Breakout Meetings Various4:30pm – 7:30pmManufacturers Showcase ExpoWashington Grand BallroomThursday Activities:7:30am – 8:00amRegistrationOutside Bellevue Ballroom8:00am – 9:00amBreakfast Learning Session Hosted by Redmond 1 & 29:00am – 9:45amGeneral SessionBellevue Ballroom9:45am – 10:00amBREAK10:00am – 10:45amGeneral Session (Continued)Bellevue Ballroom10:45am – 11:45pmMutual Problems, Utility Members ONLYBellevue Ballroom11:45pm – 12:45pmLunch & LearnHosted by STELLA JONESRedmond 1 & 21:00pm – 4:30pmTechnical Tour – Stella-Jones Hosted by Jeremy Meyer and John Davis, Stella-JonesTacoma Treatment Facility5:30pmWUC Fellowship DinnerTavern HallFriday Activities:8:00am - 8:30amBreakfast Network Session Hosted by WUCRedmond 1 & 28:30am - 8:35amMoment of Silence for Fallen ComradesBellevue Ballroom8:35am - 9:35amGeneral SessionBellevue Ballroom9:35am - 9:50amBREAK9:50am - 10:30amGeneral Session (Continued)Bellevue Ballroom10:30am - 11:30amMutual Problems, Utility Members ONLYBellevue Ballroom11:30amConference and Meeting AdjournBellevue BallroomWelcome ReceptionSeattle Marriott BellevueRoom Location: Redmond 1 & 2 LayoutInternet code for meeting roomsWIFI Name: Username: Password: Tuesday, March 314:00pm – 5:00pm: Executive Board Meeting TBD5:00pm – 7:00pm: Welcome & Networking Reception Redmond 1 & 2Hosted by: MILWAUKEE TOOLS OUR PLATINUM SPONSORWebsite: , April 17:30am – 8:00am: Registration Bellevue Ballroom8:00am – 9:00am: Breakfast Learning Session for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLYRedmond 1 & 2Hosted by TBDPresenter: Presentation:Website: 9:00am – 9:30am: General Opening Session Bellevue BallroomPast Chairperson Remarks – Kory Nichols, Salt River Project, WUC 2019 Chairperson (5 minutes)Recognition of Board Members and Welcome Remarks – Tiffany McAvoy, City of Roseville, WUC 2020 Chairperson (5 minutes)Member Self Introductions and Years of Service – Tiffany McAvoy,City of Roseville, WUC 2020 Chairperson (20 minutes)9:30am – 10:30am: Platinum Sponsor MILWAUKEE TOOLSPresenter: Presentation: Website: 10:30am – 10:45am: BREAK10:45am – 11:30am: Safety Subcommittee Bellevue BallroomSafety Chairperson: Judy Dahlgren, Senior Electric Project Manager, City of FortCollins UtilitiesPresentation: Lessons Learned by AccidentPresenter: Roger Hall, T&D Manager, Safety, Training andStandards, Tucson Electric Power CompanyDescription: This presentation will start with a personal story of an accident and then dives into what lessons can be learned from the event.? Error trapssuch a poor communication, over-confidence, distractions and drift will bediscussed.? Hazards and risks in our industry will be reviewed and the needfor barriers to mitigate them.? The presentation will conclude by lookingat creating a learning environment to prevent future incidents.11:30am – 12:15pm: : Mutual ProblemsClosed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions shall bereviewed in order received. Please email, Jun Golo: jgolo2@ 12:15pm – 1:15pm: Lunch & Learn for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLYRedmond 1 & 2Hosted by TBDPresenter: Presentation: Website: 1:15pm – 3:30pm: Subcommittee Breakout Meetings(Afternoon refreshments will be served)Subcommittee 1 – Operations KirklandChairperson: Harry Nelson, Lineman Foreman, Imperial Irrigation DistrictPresentation 1: Partial Discharge Testing of MV/HV cablePresenter: Mark Brown, National Sales Mgr., Altanova GroupDescription: The discussion will focus on the definition of partial discharge and how it affects medium/high voltage switchgear,cables and transformers. The presentation will include technicaltraining and why PD condition assessments are critical topreventing unplanned outages to the MV/HV electrical equipment.Subcommittee 2&3 – Engineering & SubstructuresSeattle 2Chairperson: Steve Robles, Senior Electrical Engineering Technician, City of RiversidePresentation 1: Learn from Seattle City Light’s Experience with 30 DifferentPrimary CablesPresenter: John Shipek, Supervisor Standards, Seattle City LightDescription: This presentation will survey the variety of primarydistribution cable construction types available in the marketplace. Learn from our successful cable choices and mistakes as City Light has purchased and installed virtually every type. Attendees will learn how to approach developing material standards for primary distribution cable, see examples of City Light material standards, andbe provided an overview of our incoming cable inspection program. Presentation 2: Voltage Regulators – How They WorkPresenter: Steven L. Larson, P.E., Manager Substation Engineering,Snohomish County Public Utility DistrictDescription: The distribution system voltage will vary over time as theloads change.? Regulators are applied in smaller substations and ondistribution circuits to provide customers a steady voltage despitevariations in the source.? Diagrams of the regulator’s internal switchingsequence and pictures of the regulator’s components help describehow these voltage regulators operate to change the voltage withoutinterrupting service to customers.? Understanding how they work isimportant to diagnosing and troubleshooting regulator problems.Subcommittee 5 – Planning Seattle 1Chairperson: Jun Golo, Principal Engineer Methods & Materials, Idaho Power Co.Presentation 1: Report WritingPresenter: Laura Vanderpool, Technical Writer, Standards, AssetManagement and Large Projects, Seattle City LightDescription: Creating reports requires a myriad skills beyond subjectmatter expertise. Creating a report that actually gets read and achievesthe desired results requires understanding how to take a whole bunchof information and organize it into a logical structure, craft a compellingnarrative that is tailored to the right audience, and turning that intoa polished, readable final product. Focusing primarily on the morecomplex types of reports produced by a team, the presentation willprovide an overview of the process from draft to final publication,and how to maintain forward momentum and ensure timely deliveryof the final product. The elements of a typical report, the importanceof visuals (graphics, tables, diagrams) and writing, editing, andformatting tips and considerations.Presentation 1: Wood Pole Acceptance InspectionPresenter: Eileen Dickerson, T&D Supervisor II Standards, and NatalieNatalie Kusar, Asset Management Associate Engineer, Tucson Electric PowerDescription: This presentation will provide an overview of theprocesses used by TEP to take wood poles from the “cradle to the grave”. Topics that will be reviewed include inspection, documentationand tracking of the acceptance inspection, planning for a distributionpole inspection and replacement program, testing methods and long term plan.4:30pm – 7:30pm: Manufacturers Showcase Expo, Seattle Marriott BellevueWashington BallroomPLATINUM SPONSORLearning Session SponsorVendors Industrial ScientificCustom Coatings Innovation, Inc.Copperweld Cascadia RepresentativeLaminated Wood SystemsThursday, April 27:30am – 8:00am: Registration Bellevue Ballroom8:00am – 9:00am: Breakfast Learning Session for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLYRedmond 1 & 2Hosted by Presenter: Presentation: Website: 9:00am – 9:45am: General Session Bellevue BallroomPresentation: Working in the Vicinity of Wireless Communication AntennasPresenter: John Shipek, Supervisor Standards, Seattle City LightDescription: This presentation will cover Seattle City Light’s developmentof an original work practice to manage the 80-100 wireless communicationapplications received each year for wireless communication attachmentsand address health concerns, related to RF, from their line workers. Review of the appropriate steps for safely working in the vicinity ofwireless communications antennas adjacent to or attached to electricpower line structures, definitions of important RF-related terms andthe hazards of RF energy will be reviewed. 9:45am – 10:00am: BREAK10:00am – 10:45am: General Session (Continued)Bellevue BallroomPresentation: New Normal of Power Delivery in CaliforniaPresenter: Tom Fieldse, Technical Specialist Construction Methods,Southern California EdisonDescription: This presentation will explore where SCE used to be and thetechnical, political and climate changes that have the Investor OwnedUtilities evaluating how to do business today and in the future.10:45am – 11:45am: Mutual Problems Bellevue BallroomClosed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions shall bereviewed in order received. Please email, Jun Golo: jgolo2@ 11:45pm – 12:45pm: Lunch & Learn for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLYRedmond 1 & 2Hosted by Stella-JonesPresenter: Jeremy Meyer, US Pole Director and John Davis, RegionalSales Manager, Stella-JonesPresentation: Website: – 4:30pm: Technical Tour at Stella-Jones, Tacoma Wood Treatment FacilityRequired PPE co-sponsored by 3M and the WUC CommitteeHosted by Stella-Jones, North America’s leading producer of industrialpressure-treated wood products. Responding to the vital infrastructure needsof our economy, we manufacture and distribute railway ties, utility poles,residential lumber and industrial wood products across the continent.Description: This tour will cover all facets of the manufacturing processof wood utility poles including; inbound poles from peeling yards, framingto unique customer specifications, treatment process, laboratory testing, quality control, core sampling, outbound loading by rail and truck.Website: Boarding1:15pmDepart Seattle Marriott Bellevue2:00pmArrive Stella-Jones, 1640 Marc Ave, Tacoma WATour (Attendees will be split into two groups)4:00pmDepart Stella-Jones4:45pmArrive Seattle Marriott Bellevue5:30pm: WUC Fellowship Dinner, Tavern Hall, 505 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA,tavern-Don’t forget your dinner ticket!Friday, April 38:00am – 8:30am: Breakfast Network Session Redmond 1 & 2Hosted by WUC8:30am – 8:35am: Moment of Silence for Fallen Comrades Bellevue Ballroom8:35am – 9:35am: General SessionBellevue BallroomPresentation 1: Incident Investigation Process and ReportingPresenter: Laura Vanderpool, Technical Writer, Standards, AssetManagement and Large Projects, Seattle City LightDescription: The presentation will provide a walk-through of SeattleCity Light’s incident investigation process and reporting activities,including; what a thorough investigation process looks like, root causeanalysis: what it is, and why it is so critical to an investigation, how toeffectively manage the process from beginning to end the elementsof a quality incident investigation report and implementing correctiveactions: how to track progress and hold people accountable so thatcritical recommendations don’t fall through the cracks9:35am – 9:50am: BREAK9:50am – 10:30am General Session (Continued)Bellevue BallroomPresentation 1: Presenter: Description:10:30am – 11:30am: Mutual Problems Bellevue BallroomClosed Door session for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions/concerns shall be reviewed in order as received. Please email, Jun Golo: jgolo2@ 11:30am: Conference and Meeting AdjournA host for the 2020 Fall Conference is needed. Please contact a member of the WUC Executive Board if you are interested. ................
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