2024 Presentations

Click on the presentation title for access to the presentation slides from the 2024 Electric Operations Conference & Expo. 

• MEUW Welcome and Opening Remarks — Heinrich
• Updates from Public Service Commission — Commissioner Strand 
• Highlights from Updated APPA Safety Manual — Willetts
• Discussion of MEUW Safety Priorities — Czuprynko 
• Apprenticeship Program Updates — Kumm
• Exploring the Benefits of Electrification — Hofmann
• Expanding Electric Vehicle Charging in Wisconsin — Vander Wiele
• Shifting Utility Supply Chain Dynamics — Campbell
• Addressing Challenges with Utility Locates — Meyer
• "Listen Up: Lessons to Live By" — Wilson 
• "Outperform the Norm" — Welle

Breakout Sessions: 

• AA-1: Emergency Management: How It Can Help You During Response and Recovery — Brown and Schliesman
• A-2: Integrating Modular Microgrids Into the Public Power Space — Huber
• A-3: Removing the Guesswork from Wisconsin's Electric Inspection Requirements for Energizing Commercial and Farm Services — Rassmusson and Tadysak
• A-4: Exploring Alternatives to Wood Poles for Grid and Storm Hardening — Dray
• B-1: Power Quality 101: Maintaining Power Quality while Addressing Aging Infrastructure, Distributed Energy Resource Integration, and Power-Conscious Customers — McDaniel and Nakamura
• B-2: Maximizing Cyber Standards to Secure Your Operational Technology Environment — Foley
• B-3: Using Conditional-Based Assessments of Aging Facilities to Plan for the Future — Andrew
• B-4: Guidelines for the Interpretation of Gases Generated in Mineral Oil-Immersed Transformers: Understanding and Using the Results of Dissolved Gas Analysis — Kutzleb
• B-5: The Funding Showcase: Finding the Right Funding Option for Your Municipality — Gysbers
• C-1: Understanding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's PCB Regulations: Sharing Lessons Learned from Recent Inspections — Clay, Bella, and Steines
• C-2: Using New Technology to Bring the Benefits of SCADA to More Users — Hoskins and Orysen
• C-3: Out with the Old and In with the Resilient: Pole Restoration and Upgrade Options and Funding Possibilities — Grubbs and Kinley
• C-4: Using Wildlife Mitigation Practices to Enhance Grid Reliability — Franz