Publications and Presentations on
Reliability and Asset Management...
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"Final Report of O'Neill Management Consulting, LLC in the Investigation of IPL, Cause No. 44602,"
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, July 26, 2017, with Charlie Fijnvandraat.
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"Smart Grid - Myths and Realities,"
EEI TD&M Conference, New Orleans, April 11, 2016.
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"Network Best Practices in Engineering, O&M, and Design,"
15th Annual Eaton Network Systems Conference, Indianapolis, April 1, 2014, with Charlie Fijnvandraat.
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"Is Capital Project Prioritization a Litmus Test of Rate Base Prudence?,"
Utility Horizons Quarterly, Q1 2014, with Charlie Fijnvandraat.
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"Capital Planning Issues - Getting to the Next Level,"
Oracle Primavera Utility Roundtable, Hosted by ConEdison, November 21, 2013, with Charlie Fijnvandraat.
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"Managing a Regulatory Mandated Get-Well Program,"
13th Annual Eaton Network Systems Conference, Savannah, March 27, 2012, with Charlie Fijnvandraat.
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"Independent Assessment of Indianapolis Power & Light's Downtown Underground Network,"
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, December 13, 2011, with Charlie Fijnvandraat.
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"Twenty Things to Remember About Distribution Reliability,"
PowerGrid International, March 2010, p76.
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"Drawing a Line in the Sand - A 'Get No Worse' Asset Replacement Program,"
EEI Transmission, Distribution & Metering Conference, Kansas City, October 13, 2009.
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"Myths and Realities (in Energy Delivery Asset Management Tools and Information Systems),"
Transmission and Distribution World, July, 2009, p. 72.
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"Delivery Point Transmission Reliability Measures,"
SGS Transmission Reliabiliity Benchmarking Conference, Turning Stone Resort, Verona, NY, May 4, 2009.
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"How to Survive the Financial Crisis Without Killing Reliability,"
Energy Pulse, January 15, 2009.
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"Connections: Insights on Energy Policy from the Aging Infrastructure Issue,"
Energy Pulse, October 15, 2008.
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"Myths and Realities in Energy Delivery Asset Management Tools and Information Systems,"
EPRI 4th Power Delivery Asset Management Conference, Chicago, October 8, 2008.
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"AEP-Ohio's Line Inspection Programs - Moving Beyond Compliance,"
EEI TD&M Conference, Seattle, October 8, 2008 (paper by R. Ivinskas, with assistance from Dan O'Neill).
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"Myths and Realities in Asset Management,"
Energy Pulse, October 25, 2007.
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"A Decision-Analytic Approach to the Replacement of Gas Mains and Services,"
Distribution Pipe: Repair and Replacement Decision Manual, American Gas Association Operating Section, Catalog #XL0702, June, 2007.
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"Aging Utility Infrastructure - Myths and Realities,"
Chartwell Distribution Reliability Summit, Atlanta, March 9, 2007.
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"The Strategic Value of a 'Get No Worse' Scenario,"
Energy Pulse, February 2, 2007.
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"Myths and Realities in Projecting the Trend of Future URD Cable Failures,"
EEI Transmission, Distribution, and Metering (TD&M) Conference, Houston, April 4, 2006.
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"Reliability Trends,"
EEI TD&M Conference, Executive Track,Tampa, April 4, 2005.
- "Asset Management,"
Panel Moderator, Quanta Services Utility Perspectives Conference,
Chicago, October 4, 2004.
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"Valuing Reliability" Estimating the Value of Avoiding the Risks Associated with T&D Reliability Failures,"
EEI Customer Operations Executive Workshop, Boston, June 14, 2004.
- "Asset Management Workshop,"
T&D World Expo, Indianapolis, May 26, 2004.
- "Asset Management Risk Planning and Project Prioritization,"
Infocast T&D Asset Management Conference, St. Louis, May 12, 2004, .
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"Asset Management Risk Planning and Project Prioritization,"
EEI TD&M Conference, Charlotte, April 20, 2004.
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"Workforce Management Issues: A Discussion of Best Practices,"
EEI TD&M Conference, Charlotte, April 19, 2004.
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"The Next Level in Project Prioritization"Getting Beyond Point Scoring,"
Energy Pulse Special Issue on Asset Management, March 18, 2004.
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"The Reliability Conundrum" What Is the Right and Prudent Level of Spending on Service?"
Public Utilities Fortnightly, March 2004.
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"Reliability Tradeoffs,"
Electric Perspectives, January-February 2004, with Eugene Shlatz.
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"Investing in Reliability for Energy Delivery, Including Transmission,"
Infocast's Transmission Summit 2004, January 30, 2004.
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"Why Utility Maintenance Is Rarely Self-Funding,"
EEI TD&M Conference, Spring 2003, St Louis, April 7, 2003.
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"Project Prioritization,"
EEI TD&M Conference, Spring 2003, St Louis, April 7, 2003, with Malcolm Thaden.
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"Choosing Distribution Service",
T&D World Expo 2002, Indianapolis, May 8, 2002.
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"Ten Things To Know About Reliability",
EEI Customer Operations Executive Workshop, Vancouver, BC, April 30, 2002.
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"Achieving Measurable Results in Vegetation Management,"
Transmission and Distribution World, March 2002, with Danny Taylor.
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"Identifying the Right Places for Cost-Effective DG/DSM Alternatives to Distribution Capacity Expansion,"
Distributed Generation & On-Site Power Conference, March 11-13, 2002, Atlanta, with Charles Budd.
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"Age Is A Poor Proxy,"
EUCI Conference on T&D Aging Infrastructure, Denver, February 21-22, 2001.
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"A Road Map To The Next Level Of Reliability,"
Public Power, November-December, 2000, with Howard Friedman.
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"Choosing Distribution Service, A Platform for Discussion of Issues in Customer Choice and Electric Reliability,"
EEI Distribution and Metering Conference, Burlington, VT, October 16, 2000, with Roberta Brown.
- "Keeping the Lights On,"
American Power Conference, Chicago, April 10-12, 2000.
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"Keeping the Lights On,"
EEI Customer Operations Executive Workshop, Scottsdale, March 27, 2000.
- "Keeping the Lights On: A Discussion of Current Trends in Reliability Regulation,"
EUCI Electric System Reliability In a Competitive Environment Conference, Denver, November 9, 1999.
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"T&D Reliability: The Next Battleground in Re-Regulation,"
Public Utilities Fortnightly, March 1, 1999.
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"Decision Analysis Helps Quantify Maintenance Value,"
Rights-Of-Way, Spring, 1998.
- "Open Access 2: Power Marketing,"American Power Conference, Chicago, April 14-16, 1998, session co-chair.
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"Decision Analysis Ranks Maintenance Programs,"
Transmission and Distribution, May 1995, with David Duncan.
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"Formal Decision Analysis Process Guides Maintenance Budgeting,"
Pipe Line Industry, October, 1994, with Ken Elenbaas.
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"Management Reporting," Chapter in Accounting for Public Utilities, Robert Hahne and Gregory Aliff, editors, 1992.
- "How To Discover Drivers of Gas Construction "
Pipe Line Industry, October 1991, with Donn Mansfield.
- "Profit Center Reporting,"
Deloitte & Touche Southeast Public Utilities Accounting Workshop, Pinehurst, October 1990.