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Featured Instructor
Jerry Michaelson: Exploring All Options
Jerry Michaelson of ABB encourages the listeners of his presentations to make sure they investigate all the options and shortfalls....
Jim White: Safety Advocate
Staying alive is high on Jim White’s to-do list, along with “not being mangled or disfigured.” In order to stay alive in this industry, electrical workers must follow safety methods to a tee. ...
Dan Sullivan: Leading Engineer
Dan Sullivan has always been at the forefront of the power industry. From his nomination as IEEE Student of the Year at the Pennsylvania State University to his current career track at Mitsubishi Electric Power Products (MEPPI), Sullivan has risen to principal project engineer providing, leadership, technical consultation and project engineering management support for Static Var Compensator (SVC) projects....
Tom McDermott: Teaching Solutions
Tom McDermott is a recognized expert in circuit simulation, distribution systems, lightning protection and power quality data analysis. But even better, he develops software tools to assist in those tasks...
Richard Seguin: A Visual Teacher
Rich Seguin writes whole manuals with no complete sentences. ...
Jim Bradshaw: Practical Trainer
Jim Bradshaw, a power circuit breaker maintenance instructor at Siemens Power Academy, has extensive experience with Siemens BZO, SDO, SP, SPS, SPS1, SPS2, TCP, LPO, and 3AT power circuit breakers...
Andrew Stewart: Optimizing Life
Andy Stewart has spent most of his career working on “optimizing the life, reliability and capacity of existing transmission and distribution infrastructure and related R&D,” he said. Stewart works on ‘optimizing’ his own professional and personal life as well, as he enjoys working with his team and spending time with his family. ...
Gene Wolf: ‘World’s First’ Designer
Gene Wolf has built a lot of “world’s first” devices in his career as a substation engineer...
Gregory Reed: Instructor Extraordinaire
Great instructors do great things, and Gregory Reed is one teacher who has had a hand in shaping the future of U.S. energy. ...
Charles Williams: Teaching is Learning
The best way to learn something is to teach it, according to Charles Williams, senior technical systems consultant at S&C Electric Co. ...
News & Highlights
KEMA Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program
Faced with a graying workforce, utilities are seeking ways to retain the knowledge and experience of their retiring professionals...
SOS International Offers Multi-Modal Learning
SOS Intl provides energy professionals, teams and companies with training and consulting services to build reliability in the bulk electric system....
Report: Staffing, Training Initiatives Increase Despite Self-service Technology
Despite the push for customers to use self-service avenues, The Chartwell Customer Care Center Report 2008 shows full-time equivalent staffing in utility contact centers grew about 15% between 2003 and 2007 to offset the rise in call volumes. ...
Tennessee Power Association Partners with 360Training
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association has partnered with 360Training to offer L&K International training materials on distribution and transmission systems online...
IEEE PES Conference to Host Job Fair
The 2008 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition has announced a new initiative in workforce development...
RMEL's Spring Electric Energy Conference to be Held May 4-6 in Arizona
The environment electric utilities operate in continues to evolve. Technology, regulations, customer expectations, staffing, and service providers are all in flux and developing at an intrepid rate...
GE Energy Releases 60th Anniversary Schedule
GE Energy has released its 60th anniversary schedule of the Power Systems Engineering Course starting Aug. 4. ...
Massive Need for New Electrical Workers Predicted for U.S.
America will need to train more than 270,000 new electrical and power line workers by 2016, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Department of Labor....
Progress Energy Invests $1.6 Million to Support Energy Research, Workforce Development
The Progress Energy Foundation invested more than $1.6 million in grants to universities and community colleges throughout its service territory in 2007 to support energy research and workforce development. ...
Sargent & Lundy Sets Dates for 2008 Transmission Line, Substation Engineering Courses
The Sargent & Lundy Power Delivery Services group has set the dates for its Transmission Line and Substation Engineering courses...
