2008 Industry Excellence Awards

2008 List of Entries

Distribution
13 projects submitted by 7 companies
  • CenterPoint Energy - Chris Oliver
    Implementation of the Distribution Project Management Concept at CenterPoint Energy

  • Dominion - Bill Deal
    Improving Urban Safety by Installation of Current Limiting Fuses on Network Feeders

  • Duke Energy - Marty Wright - Duke Energy Implementation of 100% Fall Protection for Climbing Wood Poles

  • Duke Energy - Ron DeMuro - Distribution Load Reduction Control (DLRC) Project

  • Entergy - Bill Gooch - Entergy Weather Normalization of Reliability Indices

  • Georgia Power - Chris Bailey - Georgia Power Distributed Intelligence Project

  • Progress Energy ~ Carolinas - John Gadja
    Advanced Distributed Generation Interconnection Compliant with IEEE 1547

  • Progress Energy ~ Carolinas - Ray Nickola - Fall Protection Initiative

  • Progress Energy ~ Carolinas - Robert Potts -
    Progress Energy Carolina's (PEC) Response to the 2007 Heat Storm

  • Progress Energy ~ Florida - Mark Danna - Fault Finding Radar

  • Progress Energy ~ Florida - Michael Schad - Capacitor Summer Patrol Find / Fix Process

  • Tampa Electric - Anita Colvin -
    Underwater Distribution Feeder Cable Replacement – The Latest Technology vs. A Better Way

  • Tampa Electric - Bob Shireling - NESC Pole Loading & Clearance Compliance

Environmental
6 projects submitted by 5 companies

  • Entergy - Sandra Davidson - Cooling Water Intake Survey at Entergy's Gerald Andrus Plant

  • Florida Power & Light - Dan March - Scrub Jay Habitat Management Plan

  • Progress Energy ~ Florida - John Masiello - Solar Wise for Schools Program

  • Progress Energy ~ Florida - Theresa Bradley - Progress Energy Florida - Save the Watts

  • South Carolina Electric & Gas - Jean Claude Younan - Cement Bentonite Slurry Containment Wall

  • Southern Company - Russell Noble - SCR Screen Optimization to Reduce and Address Catalyst Plugging

    Production
    1 projects submitted by 1 companies

    • Tampa Electric - Michael Rivers - Maintaining Operating Flexibility While Reducing Emissions

    Substations
    5 projects submitted by 5 companies

    • Alabama Power - Jeremy Pickett - Pole-Mounted 44kV Regulating Substation

    • Baltimore Gas and Electric - Michael Smith - Westport #10 115kV Switching Station

    • Dominion - Ronald Proffitt - Transformer Health Assessment

    • Duke Energy - Arnold Fry - Where's the VARS? - Dynamic Voltage Stability – Installation of Static Var Compensator & 230kV Capacitors

    • Tampa Electric - Randy Pisetzky - IEC61850 - How We Saved SAIDI

    Transmission
    3 projects submitted by 3 companies

    • Entergy - Venkat Kolluri - Application of Static Var Compensators to Enhance Transmission System Reliability

    • Oklahoma Gas & Electric - Dan Morehead - OG&E T&D Teams Together with Power Production to Provide an innovative Interium Fix for Failed 600 MVA Sooner Unit 2 GSU

    • Tampa Electric - Chip Whitworth - Leveraging Technology to Enhance Communication

    Real Estate and Right of Way
    5 projects submitted by 4 company

    • Alabama Power - Amanda Edge -
      The Race Against Time the Right-of-Way Project to
      Serve ThyssenKrupp Steel Incorporation

    • Alabama Power - Bill Jones - Herding Turtles in Southwestern Alabama - An Ongoing Project to Protect

    • American Electric Power - Jay Larrick - TRANSROW (Flairdocs™)

    • Duke Energy - Sean O'Neill - Duke Energy Real Estate Geographic Information System:
      Spatially Enabling Real Estate Portfolio Administration

    • Progress Energy ~ Carolinas - Terry Williams - Easement Automation Project

    Supply Chain Management
    1 projects submitted by 1 companies

    • Duke Energy - Tony Adcock - Duke - Cinergy Merger: Power Delivery Materials Optimization

    Accounting and Finance
    3 projects submitted by 3 companies

    • Baltimore Gas and Electric - Michael Burke - BGE Finance & Accounting - Key to a Seamless Financial Transition to Organization Redesign

    • Entergy - Penny Curran - Automated Account Reconciliation Tool

    • Southern Company - Adam Bowen - Bwise: Strengthening Internal Controls Through Innovation

    Customer Service & Billing
    7 projects submitted by 6 companies

    • Dominion - Ann Rhodes - Dominion's Web Portal: "Manage Your Account"
      Enhances Customer Experience and Satisfaction

    • Entergy - John Spivey - Entergy Service Diversion Program

    • Florida Power & Light - Louis Gonzalez - FPL 2006-07 Customer Assistance & Energy Affordability Initiatives

    • Florida Power & Light - Victor Fleites - Mutual Aid for Customer Service Positions

    • Progress Energy ~ Carolinas - Jim Murphy - Impacts of EPACT

    • Progress Energy ~ Florida - John Masiello - Network ACD Project

    • South Carolina Electric & Gas - Homer Mitchell - WebPledge

    Internal Audit
    2 project submitted by 2 company

    • Progress Energy ~ Carolinas - Scott Foster - Fraud Detection and Deterrence Program

    • Southern Company - Adam Bowen - COOL Compliance: Reinventing the Audit Trail

    Rates & Regulations
    2 projects submitted by 2 companies

    • CLECO - Robert Cleghorn - Securitization

    • CLECO - Robert Cleghorn - Dolet Hills Deferral Recovery

    • Progress Energy ~ Florida - John Masiello - Solar Water Heater with EnergyWise Program

    • Progress Energy ~ Florida - Lee Guthrie - 2007 Demand Side Management Program Expansion,
      Development and Implementation

    • Progress Energy ~ Florida - Randall Miranda - Storm Hardening Prioritization Model

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