课程主题

Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution

Skip Collier -专业培训系统公司.

• 生成基础, 传输, 和分布, 包括电气术语, 设备, 建设, 操作理论

天然气生产，传输和交付

理查德·摩尔 

• Basics of natural gas production, 传输, 和分布, including essential 设备 and 其操作

新的核 

• Latest research and development on creating nuclear reactors that are safer and more economical

Utility Accounting and Financial Reporting — How Utilities Make Money

Julie Desimone - Moss-Adams 

• 基本会计概念
• What the financial statements communicate and how they are used
• Cost management and how to know when you are making money

财务管理和资本市场

Brandon Lohse -Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

• 价值创造和资本/货币成本
• 制定金融政策和获取资本
• 金融质量和信用评级
• 公用事业部门投资经理的观点

规管及厘定费率

Ric盖尔

• Rate making process including revenue requirements, cost allocation, and rate design
• 在一般费率情况下如何使用费率机制

Utility Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy — Understanding the Big Picture 

• Role industry advocacy plays in informing and shaping public policy
• Responsibility of legislators, state regulators, and FERC
• Customer preferences and the tension between stable prices and reliable services
• 国家权利vs。. 联邦政府的权利

客户体验

罗伊·巴恩斯-蓝色空间咨询公司 

• 客户体验设计与管理 
• Integrate the customer experience into product and service design
• 识别和沟通客户体验ROI

安全文化

博·汉奇-爱达荷电力公司

• Creating a culture of safety that goes beyond protocols, training, and 设备
• Committing to safety excellence that improves safety performance, 作战效能, 经营业绩

Inclusive Leadership: Understanding and Managing Unconscious Bias

Scott Horton and Melanie Miller - Delta Concepts Consulting

• Creating personal learning and practical 引领ership skills to manage, 引领, 营造多元包容的环境 

天然气行业的战略Leadership 

• Utility industry perspective on improving safety, managing risk, and driving continuous improvement
• How current events affect natural gas operations, business strategy, and practices

战略人力资源 

• Energy industry challenges and the impact on the workforce
• 数字的劳动力
• 文化、敬业度和员工经验
• 人才危机
• Future的劳动力

监管策略

诺埃尔·布莱克，南方公司

• How the regulatory model supports, or does not support, the changing industry
• 监管战略如何支持企业战略
• Current issues, including rooftop solar, extreme weather, EV infrastructure, decarbonization 

Experience Change: Accelerate and Realize Strategies, Initiatives, and Solutions

• 快速将强大的想法和解决方案变为现实
• 用一种共同的语言说话和行动
• Align and engage stakeholders around new ways of doing things
• 建立高度敬业的执行文化

消费者参与的战略Trends

Greg Guthridge - EY Power and Utilities Advisory Practice 

• How technology advances are powering new ways to engage
• 管理信息以获得竞争优势
• 打造创新产品和服务
• How nontraditional players are challenging the utility business model

燃料多样性:综合资源规划 

Scott Kinney - Avista 

• 发电Trends和不断变化的燃料组合
• 如何管理燃料多样性
• 综合资源规划过程

电力批发市场 

• 区域和国家混合的发电来源
• RTO市场概述
• Fundamental design features of locational marginal pricing and financial 传输 rights
• RTO市场将走向何方 

能源安全Trends

查尔斯·杜兰特，橡树岭国家实验室 

• Areas of greatest vulnerability and who is in charge of overseeing physical protections of the grid
• Strategies to detect and deflect attacks on critical utility infrastructure systems
• Challenges in building up the resiliency of our infrastructure to withstand disruptions

能量储存 

文斯·斯潘克尔-西北太平洋国家实验室

• 资源灵活性和可靠性Trends

可靠性:先进的电网规划和运行

Dana Cabbell -南加州爱迪生公司

• Where the smart grid evolution is on the road to optimization
• Implementing new uses for the customer and integrating into operations
• Integrating renewables, advanced AMI, distributed generation, and storage 

数据分析

Mo Al-Ahmar - Southern California Edison; Tim Fairchild - SAS; Lee Ragsdale - North Carolina's Electric Cooperative; Johnny Whitfield - OGE Energy Corp.

• 使用预测分析来确定风险优先级
• How energy companies are using big data to appeal more directly to what customers want
• 大数据如何改变能源行业
• 机器学习与人工智能  

下一代技术 

• 零碳能源
• Connected home devices and the next wave of demand response
• 自动化支持新功能

环境合作

• Removing unintended regulatory barriers to increase utilities' capacity to invest in environmental solutions
• Making energy efficiency and renewable energy a profit center
• 创建多元化的, environmentally responsible electric and gas resource portfolios to ensure more reliable and affordable service for customers
• Impact of federal environmental legislation on the utility industry

体验创新:设计思维模拟

Lyall Samaroden - ExperiencePoint

• Human centered design and balancing analysis with intuition
• Terms, techniques, and thought patterns of successful innovators

Energy Industry and the Environment - Shaping the Future  

• 公共政策如何, 新兴技术, and changing customer needs and expectations are transforming the energy industry
• 重塑公用事业行业的主要Trends

首席执行官小组-通往Future的道路 

• 确定并优先考虑关键的成功因素
• Scenario planning for the future impacts of today's management decisions
• Aligning corporate strategy across diverse stakeholder interests

战略合作伙伴关系 

• Leveraging strategic partnerships to deliver value to customers
• 应对数字创新
• 协作的核心能力

Climate Impact: Stakeholders, Resilience, Affordability, and Risk

• How utilities are managing climate impact across diverse stakeholders
• How utilities are positioning themselves for the future