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Information
about distribution assets and their performance in grid are
typically scattered in various systems, making decision
processes a tedious task of data gathering and analyzing in
various engineering tools. Combining all data into one
database with the proper analysis and simulation capabilities
provides an efficient and consistent basis for management
decisions, especially when it takes into account the physical
constraints of your system and your assets.
Who
should attend?
For years,
the utility industry has been looking for an integrated asset
database for their distribution assets. Many have looked to
the GIS sector for a solution, but realize that traditional
GIS models fall short in describing the physical processes
that constitutes the basic process of the utility. Now,
complete electrical models and simulation tools for
distributions systems are available in one application. Powel
NetBas provides far more opportunities for improved operations
than just having data stored in one database. While asset
tracking can easily be done with most asset databases, a
complete electrical model provides decision support for real
asset management by modeling the constraints of the physical
processes in one system.
Utilities are
always evaluated on performance, even more so in today's
highly competitive environment. A major problem in this regard
is that the decisions made today affects the performance of
your system for twenty years ahead. Even today, much of the
framework for operations is based on decisions made twenty
years ago. Not having the right tools for decision support may
affect your operations for a very long time.
The webcast
will present a state-of-the-art utility GIS integrated with
reporting and simulation capabilities. Participants will find
the webcast useful in evaluating their current systems. It
will also provide a specification benchmark for new systems to
improve their operations.
The
presentation will provide examples on how integrated
information systems can facilitate efficient and consistent
decision-making processes for utilities, and demonstrate how a
single information system can provide the entire organization
with the information needed to improve efficiencies.
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Inge
Stølen
Vice President
& COO
Powel North America |
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Mr.
Inge Stølen, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
for Powel in North America, has extensive experience in
electricity industry analysis, power system operation and
planning, utility business process modeling and data modeling/
application design for the utility industry. Mr. Stølen has
been with Powel since its founding in 1996, and has served in
both project management and sales/marketing positions for the
company. His primary focus has been international business
development, starting with the establishment of a Powel
subsidiary in Sweden (1997). He has since worked in the Middle
East, Spain, Holland, Denmark, India, Malaysia, and Singapore.
He moved to Los Angeles in January 2001 to support business
development tasks for Powel in the North American market, and
to serve as a liaison between Powel's North American
subsidiaries and the parent company in Norway.
Prior
to Powel, Mr. Stølen served as a research scientist at the
Norwegian Electric Power Research Institute (EFI), where he
worked for five years on data modeling and application design
for the utility industry. In this position he participated in
several national studies on power quality and utility
efficiency, as well as projects to improve operational
efficiency for individual utilities. He has made significant
contributions to the design and implementation of a national
system for outage statistics, focusing on power quality in the
newly deregulated Norwegian market.
Prior
to his employment at EFI, Mr. Stølen served as the Chief
engineer at Trondheim Electricity Board (TEV), Power
Distribution division at the timeTEV was the third largest
utility in Norway. In this position he implemented several IT
systems in the company, and contributed in projects to adapt
operations and business processes to the emerging deregulated
market.
Mr.
Stølen has a Master of Science degree in Electrical
Engineering from the Norwegian Technical University in
Trondheim, 1987. He has been a contributor of papers and
speeches in several international conferences, and has
authored articles published in professional magazines in
Europe.
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