Nashville’s the home of great music and southern hospitality. Enjoy the city,
and experience all TechAdvantage® 2014 has to offer. That includes:
• respected keynote speaker Daniel Burrus, one of the world’s leading
futurists on global trends and innovation;
• former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Jeff “Odie” Espenship, who conveys
riveting leadership lessons;
• in-depth educational sessions that will increase your technical
knowledge and enhance your job performance;
• the Expo featuring more than 300 exhibitors showcasing their
state-of-the-art technologies, equipment and services; and
• networking opportunities for connecting with co-op colleagues
and business partners.
THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT
With so much going on this year, we’ve made it easier
and more convenient for you to maximize your event
experience with the TechAdvantage 2014 app. Navigate
the Expo schedule, program information, vendor
listings, networking events and more—in the palm of
your hand. Download is available at the App Store for
Apple or Google Play for Android using search words
NRECA or NRECA 2014.
SIGNATURE EXPO
The Expo kicks off Monday at 4:30 pm with an
opening reception. Generous time has been allotted
on Tuesday for in-depth discussions with suppliers,
and Wednesday is the final opportunity to get answers
to your questions about new products and offerings.
TECHNOVATIONS: CO-OP & VENDOR CASE STUDIES
“Technovation” sessions held in the Expo repeat last
year’s successful formula of exhibitors teaming up
with cooperatives to present case studies. More than
20 sessions are planned in the Expo Hall. Topics are
varied—ranging from creating mobile computing plans
to vegetation management.
LIVE DEMO THEATER
The value of the Expo is also being amped up through
presentations in the Live Demo Theater in NRECA’s
Booth #738. The Cooperative Research Network is
facilitating many of the discussions. Topics range
from energy storage to utility-scale solar PV trends.
DON’T MISS
MOVIE NIGHT!
Join us on Wednesday
night for "Storm Soldiers"
—a powerful film that
pays tribute to the line
workers who battle
storms and challenging
conditions to keep the
lights on. Refreshments
and a riveting movie—
a great way to end the day.
DON’T MISS COUNTRY MUSIC STAR
MARTINA McBRIDE
Martina McBride, a superstar of country
music, will perform for Entertainment Night
on Tuesday. Awarded “Female Vocalist of
the Year” four times by the Country Music
Association as well as “Favorite Country
Female Artist” by the American Music
Awards, Martina continues to delight fans
by creating a memorable and
entertaining evening.
TechAdvantage Schedule-at-a-Glance
MONDAY | MARCH 3, 2014
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Open
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshops
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
TechAdvantage Expo Opening Reception
TUESDAY | MARCH 4, 2014
7:00 am – 7:30 pm
Registration Open
8:15 am – 9:45 am
Opening General Session
10:15 am – 11:30 am
Learning Labs – Session 1
11:30 am - 7:00 pm
TechAdvantage Expo Open (Lunch available for purchase)
1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
Fast Track Technovation Sessions: Co-op/Vendor Case Studies (Classrooms in the Expo)
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
TechAdvantage Expo Reception
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Entertainment Night Featuring Martina McBride
WEDNESDAY | MARCH 5, 2014
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Open
8:15 am – 9:15 am
Learning Labs – Session 2
9:30 am – 10:45 am
Annual Meeting Closing General Session/TA Technical General Sessions
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
TechAdvantage Expo Open (Lunch provided in the Expo Hall)
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Learning Labs – Session 3
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Learning Labs – Session 4
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Movie Night – Storm Soldiers
THURSDAY | MARCH 6, 2014
7:00 am – 11:00 am
Registration Open
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Learning Labs – Session 5
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Learning Labs – Session 6
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Learning Labs – Session 7
11:50 am – 1:30 pm
TechAdvantage Closing General Session Luncheon
Movie Night: Storm Soldiers
Sponsored by
Hubbell Power Systems
Linemen: The Untold Story of America’s Other Heroes.
Wednesday, March 5
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Davidson Ballroom
“Storm Soldiers” honors the life and times of journeyman linemen, apprentices
and their families. The documentary pays tribute to their sense of purpose and
brotherhood as they put their lives on the line every day.
“Hanging up there, 100 feet off the ground and on 280,000 volts,
you’ve got to be tight, you’ve got to trust each other.” – STORM SOLDIERS
Expo Grand Prize Contest—Stamp It and Win!
We’re giving away a $500 Grand Prize Gift Card and $300,
$200 and $100 gift cards from Amazon, Target, Home
Depot and Walmart! For your chance to win, visit the
sponsor booths listed on the Expo Grand Prize entry
card inside your attendee bag. Return your completed
card to an NRECA staff member at NRECA Booth 738.
THE DRAWING
1st Drawing: Tuesday, March 4 | 5:00 pm
2nd Drawing: Wednesday, March 5 | 1:30 pm
TechAdvantage Attendee: Prize cards must be dropped
off at the NRECA booth by 4:30pm, Tues and 1:00 pm
Wed. Must be present in the Expo Hall to win.
Pre-Conference Workshops MUSIC CITY CENTER, NASHVILLE, TN
Workshops schedule: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. Lunch is on your own.
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014
Registration
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Hall C
2014 RUS Electric Program
and Engineering Seminar
207
JONATHAN CLAFFEY, Director, Electric
Staff Division, RUS
JAMES ELLIOTT, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Electric Program Staff,
RUS
MARK PLANK, Director, Engineering and
Environmental Staff, RUS
GERARD MOORE, Conservation Loan
Program, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, RUS
SEAN WIESE, IT Supervisor, NISC
MultiSpeak® Integrator Training
(Full-Day)
209C
SCOTT MILLER, Systems Engineering
DOUG LAMBERT, Director, Distribution
Introduction to Ethical Hacking
209A
Principal, IT Technical Services, NRECA
Engineering & Systems Automation,
Engineering Technical Services, NRECA
Do you Speak MultiSpeak®?
(8:00 am – noon)
209C
GARY MCNAUGHTON, Vice President,
Cornice Engineering
Engineering & Systems Automation,
Engineering Technical Services, NRECA
Managing Successful Projects
(650.1)
208B
GARY MCNAUGHTON, Vice President, Cornice
SCOTT LUECAL, President,
Engineering
Luecal Consulting
DOUG LAMBERT, Director, Distribution
Program Manager, Acuity Brands, RUS
MultiSpeak® Integrator Training
(Abridged Version)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
209C
ROBERT HARRIS, Principle, T&D
DOUG LAMBERT, Director, Distribution
Engineering, Engineering Technical
Services, NRECA
Engineering & Systems Automation,
Engineering Technical Services, NRECA
ANNIE HOLLOWAY-JONES,
GARY MCNAUGHTON, Vice President,
Cornice Engineering
GREG SUBISAK, Training Manager and
Director, SRD, RUS
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Information Technology
Supply Management
JOSEPH BADIN, DIRECTOR, NRD, RUS
CRN Master Class
VICTOR VU, DIRECTOR, PSD, RUS
TERRY KOKINDA, GFR, Tennessee, RUS
EDWARD MORAN, GFR, Oklahoma, RUS
Strategic Technology
Planning to Manage Risk
208A
ERIC CODY, President, Cody Energy
Group
Building and Maintaining Secure
and Redundant Networks for
Cooperatives
8:00 am – noon
209B
subcommittee meetings
Sunday, March 2, 2014
T&DEC System Planning Subcommitte • MCC Room 103B
T&DEC Overhead Line Subcommittee • MCC Room 103B
Monday, March 3, 2014
T&DEC Substation Committee • MCC Room 103B
G&T IT Manager’s Meeting • MCC Room 103C
Wednesday, March 5, 2014:
MultiSpeak® Advisory Board Meeting • Renaissance Hotel Room: Rhythm & Blues
JASON CLUTS, IT Manager, Paulding
Putnam Electric Cooperative, Inc.
LUKE SKIDMORE, vCIO, Netgain
Information Systems
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Cooperative Supply Chain Group • Renaissance Hotel Room: Music City Ballroom
Friday, March 7, 2014
Cooperative Supply Chain Group • Renaissance Hotel Room: Music City Ballroom
TechAdvantage Expo
Grand Opening Reception
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Hall AB
sponsored by
ISM-CU Annual Meeting and Reception
Wednesday, March 5, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4
7:00 am – 7:30 pm
Registration Open
Hall C
8:15 am – 9:45 am
TechAdvantage Opening
General Session
Davidson Ballroom
Game-Changing
Technology Trends
DANIEL BURRUS, Futurist
Technology-driven
transformation is
allowing us to do
things that only a few
years ago were
BURRUS
impossible. In addition,
the speed of change is accelerating
making it even harder to keep up with
our member needs—much less jump
ahead. It is imperative to step back and
understand how active visual, social,
virtual and mobile transformations
are creating a new golden era for rural
electric co-ops, allowing them to serve
internal customers, members and
communities in new and powerful
ways. Discover how Burrus’ Hard
Trends can shape the future to
accomplish far more with far less.
10:00 am – 11:15 am
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DAVID HERRON, Utility Systems
Consultant, SAIC Leidos Energy
Solutions Operation
JEFF PRATER, Plant Superintendent,
Big Sandy Rural Electric Cooperative
Corporation
Distribution Fault Anticipation
207B
Distribution Fault Anticipation (DFA),
allows early detection and prevention
instead of leaving the utility to detect,
locate and repair glitches after the fact.
It works by high-fidelity monitoring of
current and voltage waveforms at the
substation and applying sophisticated
analytics to those waveforms to detect
equipment malfunctions, adverse
operating conditions and other causes
of service degradation or interruption
on distribution feeders. It does so
without a complicated setup and
without requiring communications with
downstream line devices. This session
will outline real world experience with
the technology and examples of how it
helped utilities detect and avoid rather
than recover from service degradation
or interruptions.
JOHN BOWERS, Vice President,
Operations, Pickwick Electric
Cooperative
JEFF WISCHKAMPER, Research Associate,
Texas A&M University
Lessons Learned from BSRECC’s GIS
and OMS Implementations
207A
This presentation will highlight lessons
learned from BSRECC’s GPS inventory,
GIS and OMS implementations,
including:
• best practices to better utilize the new
data not only in the GIS, but in the CIS
and asset management systems
• how BSRECC is leveraging GIS data
for better ROW maintenance, FEMA
reporting, removing idle transformers,
managing outdoor lights and asset
accounting
• why GIS is important outside of the
engineering department
CVR: New Data, New Tools,
New Technology
207C
New data analyzed by CRN as part of
the DOE Smart Grid Demonstration is
showing that rural feeders may be far
better candidates for CVR than previously
thought. A new tool is now making
analyses with real data imported from
feeders. Additionally, new edge network
devices may change the picture for CVR
installations, creating opportunities for
hybrid solutions.
Strategies Employed for Minimizing a
Substation Outage During a Rebuild
207D
A structural analysis of a 161/69 kV,
56 MVA substation indicated that all
existing structural aluminum had to be
replaced with steel. This substation is
a major feed for the Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
area. A narrow window for construction
was available and the substation could
only be out of service for one month.
Strategies were employed in the design
and construction to minimize the
outage and mitigate system loading
issues during construction. All work
was done in-house.
KEVIN WHITE, Manager of Engineering
and Operations, Northeast Missouri
Electric Power Cooperative
JAMIE PAGE, Engineering Manager,
Northeast Missouri Electric Power
Cooperative
GARY WOOD, Operations Manager,
Northeast Missouri Electric Power
Cooperative
New Approaches for Cyber Security
208A
Hackers are always stepping up their
game, finding new ways to probe the
co-op for cyber vulnerabilities. CRN
has also been at work on new tools and
techniques for protecting your systems.
CRN’s goal was to find security solutions
that work on co-ops of every size, at a
price that fits every co-op budget. Learn
what’s new and available now, and what
will be in the months ahead from CRN
and its cyber security partners in
government, industry and academia.
EVGENY LEBANIDZE, Managing
Consultant, Cigital
JEFF SCHNEIDER, Research Professor,
Carnegie Mellon University
CRAIG MILLER, Ph.D., Chief Scientist,
NRECA
DAVE PINNEY, Senior Apps Developer,
Cooperative Research Network, NRECA
GERALD SCHMITZ, Electrical Engineer,
Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative
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RUS, Rural Broadband and
Electric Co-ops? Yes We Can!
208B
Two programs, one agency, and a
common mission. The staff from the
Electric Program and the Telecommunications/Broadband Program are
teaming up to explain how to get the
most from financing opportunities
from RUS to provide broadband
services to cooperative members.
Think it can’t be financed? Think again.
Both programs can work together to
maximize the use of program dollars
to meet your financing needs. Learn
about the application process first
hand to increase the success of your
project.
DOUG LAMBERT, Director, Distribution
Engineering & Systems Automation,
Engineering Technical Services, NRECA
GARY MCNAUGHTON, Vice President,
Cornice Engineering
TechAdvantage Expo Open
(Lunch Available for Purchase)
Hall AB
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
Smart Meters for
Operations Efficiency
EX3
Like most small rural utilities, Essex
Power used to have limited visibility
into the state of its distribution
network. Be it a power outage, voltage
problem, transformer overload or
network loss, the utility only knew
about it after a member call. Essex
applied the lean methodology to
transform its processes. It gained
operational efficiencies by implementing a near real-time analytics tool that
leverages data from smart meters and
provides a view of the network.
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JOHN AVDOULOS, Chief Operating
Using Variable Frequency Drives
as a Phase Conversion Solution
EX1
This presentation will provide a basic
understanding of the VFD technology
and how it converts a single-phase
service to feed a three-phase load.
This is a follow-up discussion to the
seminar conducted by Delaware
Electric Cooperative at last year’s
conference.
Officer, Essex Power
Technovation Sessions:
Exhibitor & Co-op Case Studies
EDWARD MORAN, GFR, Oklahoma, RUS
Experience the merger of trailblazing
technology and innovations via
TechAdvantage’s highly successful
exhibitor-cooperative partnership program.
Discover how to apply emerging technology
breakthroughs to real-world co-op needs.
STEPHEN GUTH, Chief Corporate
Counsel and Vice President,
Vendor Operations, Legal and
Tenant Services, NRECA
Considering Standardized
Interoperability in Your
Technology Plan
209B
Are you getting the most out of your
technology investments by leveraging
all the data they have to offer? Are
your existing enterprise systems
exchanging information in a standardized way? Are you relying on an IT
staff that has threaded together
complicated ‘custom solutions’ to
make your enterprise systems ‘talk’ to
one another? Have you heard about
MultiSpeak,® but are you unsure of
how or why to fold it into your technol-
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Field ID
All classrooms in the Expo Hall
One of the best resources in the
supply management profession is your
professional network. Join your fellow
supply management professionals in
this unique facilitated “speed” networking session covering leading
practices in supply management.
Make new connections and reconnect
with old ones in this fast-paced,
high-energy session.
brings new considerations for businesses. Going beyond eliminating
paper from safety work may add a new
level of responsibility because professionals have to manage technology
itself. Digitizing safety opens the door
to data mining, analysis, discovering
and comparing trends over time, and
this is a new skill in itself.
11:30 am – 7:00 pm
TERRY KOKINDA, GFR, Tennessee, RUS
Supply Chain Networking
209A
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ogy plan? Gain knowledge and insight
into how MultiSpeak® can help you
make your vision for that next Smart
Grid technology plan become a reality.
JOHN RUSSLER, National Sales
Manager, Variable Frequency Drives,
Eaton Corporation
TROY DICKERSON, Manager of
Engineering, Delaware Electric Co-op
The Digitization of Safety
and Compliance
EX2
Digitizing safety processes results in
new opportunities for safety professionals, and as with any innovation,
JAMES THOMPSON, Senior Product
Manager, Utilismart Corporation
What to Look for in a Vegetation
Management Contractor
EX4
This session will provide an apples to
oranges comparison of “full service”
contractors versus “cut and squirt”
contractors. Discussion will include
important elements such as safety
programs and safety track record,
insurance coverage, herbicide training
and application methods, use of
technology, equipment and asset
management systems, planning and
strategy support, audit and inspection
services, and storm response
capabilities.
STEVE POWELL, Director, Business &
Market Development, Lewis Tree
Service
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
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Going Mobile with GIS
EX1
Restoring your electrical infrastructure
after a major storm can be a daunting
task. Knowing what existed in the field
before the storm is crucial. With comprehensive GIS and automated staking
software, field crews can access GIS
data on laptops or tablets to create
work orders and material picking lists
which can be updated to the warehouse
from the field. This automation helps
crews get the materials they need
without waiting for a time-consuming
design process.
DOUG MALINOWSKI, Chief Information
Officer, Futura Systems, Inc.
ADAM DINGES, Chief Operating Officer,
Futura Systems, Inc.
Old Grid vs. New Grid:
Do the Comparison
EX2
In today’s world, many utilities are
leveraging communication technologies
to monitor their feeders in near realtime to automatically react to issues
that impact their reliability. This presentation will compare and contrast
the customer impacts of an outage
on a network of distribution feeders
where no communications exist and
only manual switching is used (Old Grid)
versus the same outage when communications are used and automated
switching occurs (New Grid).
RANDY GUCWA, Regional Vice President,
S&C Electric Company
LEA MAURER, Automation Systems
Application Director, S&C Electric
Company
Mitigating Undesired Recloser
Control Operation Due to
Distribution Line Inrush
EX3
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative
(MCEC) replaced its hydraulic reclosers
with solid dielectric reclosers and
microprocessor-based recloser controls,
which revealed several reclosers
tripping on the fast curve setting due
to inrush conditions. MCEC used event
reports to characterize the inrush. This
presentation discusses the events and
ways to overcome undesired tripping
on distribution feeders on inrush
conditions using settings changes
and second-harmonic blocking.
LARRY WRIGHT, Protection Application
Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc.
MRO Vending Machines—NRECA
Cooperative Applications
EX4
This presentation will provide a
customer-level review of actual vending
solution installations. We will cover the
background of the program including
the type of equipment and the process
of identifying which products, infrastructure and the level of service is
required for a successful program.
PAUL SAMPSON, Power Generation Sales
Manager, Fastenal
MIKE MCGUIRE, Purchasing Agent, Coast
Electric Power Association
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
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Creating a Mobile Computing Plan
EX1
New mobile applications have
evolved beyond service orders to work
scheduling, outage, field inspection of
assets, document management, AVL,
and several other applications. This
session will address what drives a
positive mobile computing business
case, who the vendors are, what the
options are for co-op IT staff to address
the new types of computing devices
such as tablets, smart phones, laptops,
etc. as well as integration with existing
systems and mobile security.
RICK SCHMIDT, Vice President, Utility
Automation and Communications,
Power System Engineering, Inc.
ROB WEBER, IT Analyst,
Eau Claire Energy Cooperative
Using Numerical Protection Relays
as Asset Management Tools
EX2
This session provides in-depth
examples of condition-based
monitoring using numerical relays as
asset management tools. Conditionbased monitoring, which combines both
corrective and preventive approaches to
maintenance, is more economical and
timely, ensuring performance of the
right maintenance work at the right time
by identifying the root cause(s) of the
problems. This proactive managed
maintenance approach, a form of asset
management, improves utility
profitability.
STEVE TURNER, Senior Applications
Engineer, Beckwith Electric Co. Inc.
Solving Problematic Low Voltages and
Achieving Peak Demand Reduction
EX3
Low voltage pockets on distribution
grids can be hard to solve, and pose
a major barrier to programs like Peak
Demand Reduction. Learn how AdamsColumbia Electric Cooperative is
deploying new technology to both solve
low voltage pockets and achieve Peak
Demand Reduction and CVR to reduce
energy costs, using ENGO—a new
secondary-side Volt VAR Control
technology by Varentec.
ANDREW DILLON, Vice President,
Business Development, Varentec
GERRY SCHMITZ, Senior Electrical
Engineer, Adams-Columbia Electric
Cooperative
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Cohorts, Co-ops and Complexity
EX4
In collaboration with Arbor Intelligence
Arborcision, ACRT is excited to launch
a new systems modeling approach
taking advantage of the collaborative
nature of the co-op, the strength of
models created by determination of a
unique cohort definition methodology,
and the development of a systems
model built to take advantage of the
complexity of complex adaptive
systems.
RICHARD JACKSON, Chief Executive
Officer, Arbor Intelligence, ACRT, Inc.
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm
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Latest in IOS Technology
for Field Inspection
EX1
A field crew’s ability to communicate
the status of new and existing work
orders during the field inspection
process is paramount. This presentation
features Randolph EMC and its native
iOS application that is utilized for field
inspection activities such as pole
inspection and storm assessment.
The app, which can operate in
“disconnected mode,” coordinates
communication between inspectors,
supervisors and technicians.
DENNIS MABE, Director of Operations,
Randolph Electric Membership
Corporation
BABU KRISHNA, President/CEO,
Gisbiz, Inc.
Wood Pole Strength for all
NESC Weather Conditions
EX2
The NESC provides methods to
determine the required strength of
poles to support conductors. Grades of
construction will be discussed, which
is necessary to determine the required
overload and strength factors. Three
different NESC loading requirements
including ice and wind, extreme wind,
and extreme ice with concurrent wind
will be presented. The required
calculations, which include vertical
and transverse loading, will be
demonstrated for each of three load
requirements.
JASON SETTLE, Project Manager, Hi-Line
Engineering
KEVIN MARA, Vice President, Hi-Line
Engineering
Developing a Fiber-to-the-Home
(FTTH) Network Plan—Lessons
Learned
EX3
Learn how Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc. developed a comprehensive
Fiber-to-the-Home network project
plan to bring affordable broadband
access and economic prosperity as
well as Smart Grid capabilities to
northern New Mexico. This session will
highlight the key components of the
project plan and help cooperatives
understand how to determine the right
technology and the best possible
master network integrator for such
projects.
LUIS REYES, JR., Chief Executive Officer,
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc.
JOHN CHOWDHURY, Utility Practice
Director, Fujitsu Network
Communications, Inc.
Deploying Cloud-Based Technology
to Eliminate Recurring PPE Costs
EX4
When properly implemented, cloud
computing is one of the most cost
effective technologies available to
utility co-ops and line maintenance
companies. The area of PPE management is an excellent case study on
how “real time information” provided
by cloud-based software technology
can be deployed to eliminate thousands
of dollars in recurring costs, while at
the same time improving worker
safety.
WILLIAM KELLY, Vice President of
Business Development, Figmore
Technologies, Inc.
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm
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Leverage Your Prepaid System to
Reduce and Manage Bad Debts
EX1
Unpaid bills and collection accounts
can plague both the co-op and the
consumer. Offering members the
option of a prepaid system that
incorporates automated debt
management capabilities offers both
parties the ability to maintain good
relations while satisfying needs on
both sides of the table. Learn how
debt recovery has improved for a
co-op that has rolled out a full-scale
prepaid system with an integrated
debt collection option that helps
consumers stay above water.
MARK YOX, Integration Design, SEDC
TODD BIGLER, Manager of Information
Technology, Flint Energies
Distributed Volt/VAR Application—
The Good, the Bad and the Solution
EX2
With more utilities looking to improve
the efficiencies of their systems, Volt/
VAR control systems are becoming
more prevalent. Until now, most
Volt/VAR applications have been
implemented using a central controller.
Review the advantages and disadvantages of the Volt/VAR application
implemented at the substation level.
HOWARD SELF, Smart Grid
DA Program Manager, ABB
A Step-wise Approach to
Feeder Automation
EX3
Feeder automation can be implemented
in various ways. Bluebonnet Electric
Cooperative has taken a strategic
approach to build a foundation and
continue to expand on it in the coming
years by using Schneider Electric’s
RL-Series Load Break Switch/
Sectionalizer.
BRADLEY HICKS, Business Development
Manager, Schneider Electric
PHILLIP ELLIS, Technical Services,
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
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Demand Response: Benefits for
the Member and the Operations
Department
EX4
Demand response programs come in
many flavors. Participants will learn how
they can address the needs of technical,
financial and customer service driven
load management programs. Most
programs deliver benefits directly to the
member and to the cooperative. Assess
the value these benefits bring to build a
solid business case for offering new or
expanding existing programs. You can
create programs that engage members,
operate distribution assets more
efficiently and even manage capacity.
VICKI TREES, Director, Marketing North
America, Landis+Gyr
CHARLIE MATHYS, Business Development
Manager, Landis+Gyr
the need to dispatch crews for meter
disconnects and reconnects, and it is a
way to introduce energy management.
ED DAVALOS, Lead, Smart Grid Product
Marketing, AT&T
DAVE ELVE, CMO, PayGo® Electric
Building a Better Transmission
System for the Next Super Storm
EX3
Twisted Pair (TP) conductors have been
around since the 1970s and were
designed to strengthen lines in wide,
open plains. The chief enemies of
transmission lines are wind and freezing
rain, and extreme ice storms have
demonstrated how vulnerable the transmission system is to severe weather.
TP design’s proven record for system
reliability makes it an indispensable
alternative for transmission lines.
CODY DAVIS, Senior Product Engineer,
General Cable
Predictive Maintenance
for Grid Reliability
EX4
Utilities are using new analytics to improve operations, circuit performance,
system reliability, and worker safety.
This presentation will look at conditionsbased maintenance of the electric grid.
Predictive Maintenance (PdM) will be reviewed and the benefits of the strategy
will be discussed. Case studies of how
a PdM strategy is developed and deployed to improve reliability will be
presented.
JOHN LAULETTA, CEO, CTO, Exacter, Inc.
JEFF POGUE, System Engineer, Wabash
Valley Power Association
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
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Monitoring and Reporting of
Renewable Resources
EX1
This session will provide participants a
glimpse of how Wabash Valley Power
Association manages and distributes
data from multiple sources to support
non-mandated renewable energy
programs. The presentation will address
the data needs of major stakeholders
and provide a brief overview of
supporting software applications.
BRENT REYHER, Manager of Delivery
Services, Wabash Valley Power
MALCOLM GREEN, Product Manager,
Itron Inc.
The Time is Ripe for Accelerated
Pre-Pay Deployments
EX2
With changing consumer dynamics, prepay is finding adoption and acceleration
due to advances in AMI, pervasive
wireless technologies and consumer
willingness to use technology for services
like prepaid cellular. Pre-pay is able to
improve customer service by increasing
customer satisfaction ratings, decrease
utility operational costs by eliminating
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4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
TechAdvantage Expo Reception
Hall AB
Cosponsored by
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Entertainment Night
Martina McBride in Concert
A superstar of country music, Martina
McBride has been awarded “Female
Vocalist of the Year” four times by the
Country Music Association as well as
“Favorite Country Female Artist” by the
American Music Awards. Cowboy hats
and boots are encouraged! This is one
night of entertainment you will not
want to miss. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Open
Hall C
8:15 am – 9:15 am
learning labs 2
Off-Peak Water Heating—Teaching
An Old Dog to Do New Tricks
207A
Off-peak water heating has been
around since the beginning of
demand-side management. This
presentation will show how to take this
old dog and make it do new tricks!
Hear how one G&T is trying to
capitalize on an appliance that is in
every home with overviews on:
• A renewable energy storage "battery"
• An appliance to provide ancillary
services to wholesale markets
• An appliance to build “strategic
energy” sales...and more!
GARY CONNETT, Director of Member
Services, Great River Energy
PAUL STEFFES, CEO, Steffes Corporation
Co-op Vegetation Management
Success Stories
207B
Through case study, this session will
feature an overview of the successful
vegetation management programs of
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several co-ops highlighting the
specific goals achieved as well as the
methods of accomplishing results.
STEVE POWELL, Director,
Business & Market Development,
Lewis Tree Service
JERRY PHELPS, Right of Way Supervisor,
Piedmont EMC
• Incident Command System:
Understand the disaster team, roles
and responsibilities
• Implementing Change Management:
How it could save your cooperative
• Strategic Planning: Business
continuity and the flip side of
disaster recovery
DENNIS ROSE, Business Continuity and
JOHN DEAN, Vegetation Management
Supervisor, Glades EMC
JASON MYERS, National Accounts
Manager, CWC Chemical
A Real World Example of IT and
Operations Alignment
207C
Prior to the use of digital communications, the IT and utility systems support in many cooperatives were in
independent silos. The adoption of
digital communications has sparked a
convergence of IT and operations technologies in many electric cooperatives.
Today cooperatives are faced with
determining how to support new technologies, like metering, in their organization. Great River Energy will share
lessons learned on aligning IT and
operational support of technology.
RON SCHMITZ, Manager of Information
Services, Great River Energy
MARK PETERSON, Supervisor of
Operations Engineering,
Great River Energy
Going Beyond Having an
Emergency Response Plan
207D
After a disaster, electric cooperatives
can’t afford down time. To stay alwayson, cooperatives must create an
environment of business resiliency
that goes beyond an emergency
operations plan.
This session will discuss top strategies
electric cooperatives should
implement to keep business up and
running during any type of disaster
including:
• The Art of Crisis Leadership:
Transition from line management to
crisis leadership
Preparedness Director, CHR Solutions,
Inc.
Impacts and Implementation: NERC
Reliability Standards, Compliance
Initiatives, and Regulatory Activities
208A
This session will focus on the impacts
and the implementation of North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reliability standards
including the definition of the Bulk
Electric System (BES) and the Critical
Infrastructure Protection (CIP or cyber
security) standards. An overview of the
Reliability Assurance Initiative (RAI)
and its impact on compliance
enforcement will also be provided.
PATTI METRO, Manager, Transmission &
Reliability Standards, Energy & Power
Division, NRECA
BARRY LAWSON, Associate Director,
Power Delivery & Reliability,
Government Relations, NRECA
Choosing the Right Frequency for
Your Communications Project
208B
Every wireless communications project
will need to choose frequency best
suited for that project. Each choice has
trade-offs to be weighed in order to
make the correct choice for your utility
and the project. Attendees will learn
about licensed versus unlicensed
versus registered, and VHF versus UHF
versus microwave. What works for one
utility may not work for another as
each project is unique and available
frequency options vary by city and
region of the country.
JON POWVENS, Communications
Consultant, Power System
Engineering, Inc.
Supplier Alliances: An
Alternative Approach
209A
A panel representing three co-ops will
share their experiences with supplier
alliances. The session will include the
various definitions or concepts of an
alliance, how they are developed and
implemented, managed, monitored and
evaluated to maximize your chance of
success in meeting your supply chain
challenges.
JIM HIXSON, Manager of Purchasing,
NW Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
JIM HUNCOVSKY, Manager of
Procurement, Basin Electric
Power Cooperative
BENITA OWENS, Manager of Procurement
and Warehousing, Joe Wheeler EMC
Modern IT for the Modern Co-Op:
Leveraging Cloud Technology to Build
a Powerful Business Continuity Plan
209B
Learn how to maximize your IT
investments and build a more resilient
environment. Find out which Cloud
offering best enhances your IT strategy
for deployment and Business Continuance. Through a case study, we will
discuss how co-ops can build an
environment that can withstand any
disaster, service your employees and
customers 7x24x365, as well as save
on capital and operational expenses—
all while improving employee and
customer satisfaction.
STEVEN JACKSON, Client Executive,
Champion Solutions Group
KEVIN VOGL, VP Technology Solutions,
Champion Solutions Group
BOBBY SMITH, Director of IT, Laurens
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
9:30 am – 10:45 am
technical general sessions
Cyber Security for Critical
Infrastructure
207A
Every day, cyber criminals, foreign threat
actors and nation states invade
countless offices across the nation – not
by breaking down windows and doors,
but by breaking into laptops, personal
computers, and wireless devices via
hacks and bits of malicious code. The
collective impact is staggering. Some
attacks are designed to steal sensitive
and valuable information from company
databases; others take down vital
systems, disabling the work of businesses around the country. The FBI aims
to stop those behind the most serious
computer intrusions and the spread of
malicious code. Special Agent Victor
Rodriguez, from the FBI’s Computer
Intrusion/Counterintelligence Squad for
the FBI Memphis Division, based in
Nashville, TN, will be addressing the
growing threat of computer intrusions
from foreign threat actors into our
critical infrastructures.
VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, Special Agent, FBI
Cooperative Panel: Experiences
in Wind Programs
207C
The panel, chaired by Randy Manion,
is composed of staff from six utilities
that have won the Wind Cooperative
of the Year award. The panelists will
describe their wind program and
the experiences (both pains and
pleasures) of adding wind to their
resource portfolios. Attendees will learn
about financing options, the costs and
benefits of owning the wind assets vs.
entering into PPAs, impacts on utility
operations and member perceptions.
SCOTT WILLIAMS, C&I Marketing Manager
& Legislative Coordinator, Western
Farmers Electric Co-op
DEL WORLEY, Chief Executive Officer,
Holy Cross Energy
MARK RATHBUN, Renewable Energy
Lead, Great River Energy
AARON RUSCHY, Vice President of
Operations & Engineering, Iowa
Lakes Electric Cooperative
MARK HOFFMAN, Engineering Services
Manager, East River Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc.
RICK OLESEN, President and CEO,
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative
RANDY MANION, Renewable Resource
Program Manager, Wind Powering
America Program, Department of Energy
GUY NELSON, Utility Geothermal
Working Group Team Leader,
GeoPowering the West
What Happens When More
Members Put in PV?
208A
If higher penetrations of solar PV
come to your service area, what
are the potential technical issues and
solutions? Hear about the technical
challenges and potential solutions for
cooperative engineering and operations
staff as PV penetration levels rise. In
this session, the chief of operations
at Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
will discuss how KIUC overcame the
challenges of high penetrations of PV
on its system and how KIUC is adapting
its operations to function with an
increasing proportion of renewable
generation.
TOM LOVAS, Principal, Energy Resource
Economics and Consultant to CRN,
NRECA
SEAN MIDDLETON, Manager of
MIKE YAMANE, Chief of Operations, Kauai
Island Utility Cooperative
Engineering, Illinois Rural Electric
Cooperative
DOUG DANLEY, CRN Principal Investigator
and Technical Liaison, Solar PV, NRECA
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RUS—Energy Efficiency Final Rule
209A
The RUS Energy Efficiency and Conservation loan program has been published as a final rule. The regulation
creates new financing opportunities
for RUS borrowers to provide energy
efficiency activities to businesses and
homeowners in rural America. The
program was authorized under Section
6101 of the 2008 Farm Bill, which
expands the ability of the electric
program to make loans for energy
efficiency (EE) activities. Eligible investments and activities include building weatherization, HVAC upgrades,
ground source heat pumps, lighting,
small scale renewable generation,
energy audits, soft costs, etc. A typical
borrower’s energy efficiency program
might have the utility relending the
funds to the consumer for EE upgrades
to homes, businesses or industry.
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
GERARD MOORE, Acting Deputy
Connexus Energy
Assistant Administrator, RUS
JARED BRANDON, Business Manager,
The Evolution of the Smart Grid
209C
A “smart grid” is more than a
collection of technologies that deliver
immediate and precise control. A more
efficient, controllable, and data-rich
future grid can deliver benefits
extending to every class of memberconsumer—and to the electric co-ops
who serve them. What is being discovered about the road to a smarter
grid? What are the top challenges?
How can emerging grid intelligence
provide more value in the coming
years? Join NRECA’s Craig Miller as
he discusses findings of research
at electric cooperatives that have
deployed and participated in the CRN
Smart Grid Demonstration Project.
Cooperative Utilities, Clevest
CRAIG MILLER, PhD., Chief Scientist and
Smart Grid Demonstration Project
Manager, NRECA
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Hall AB (Lunch Provided)
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
learning labs 3
Transitioning from Legacy AVL to a
Utility-Specific Solution
207A
As wholesale power costs keep rising,
co-ops like Connexus Energy remain
focused on reducing costs and finding
innovative operational efficiencies.
Connexus considers technology a key
enabler of these gains and when it
found itself approaching the limits of
its legacy AVL system, it wanted a
utility-specific replacement that would
provide a single, real-time view of its
assets and the GPS location of its
vehicles and crews.
DOUG WOLFE, Business Analyst,
GIS Modeling for Hazard
Tree Removal
207B
Lightning and vegetation cause most
of the outages in Mid-South Synergy
territory. While little can be done by
the co-op to predict and prevent
lightning, vegetation growth and
mortality can be modeled using GIS.
The co-op used GIS to model the
potential for hazard trees in its
territory. The model output greatly
improved the co-op’s workflow leading
to the timely removal of about 20,000
hazard trees, potentially decreasing
outage hours and improving member
satisfaction.
COMFORT MANYAME, GIS Manager,
Mid-South Synergy Electric
Cooperative
Smart Grid Project—Stanton/
Cuming
207C
As part of the DOE Smart Grid initiative,
Stanton County Public Power District
and Cuming County Public Power
District received funding to develop
a smart grid system in their service
areas. This includes the installation of
substation and line reclosers, a substation gateway that included Fault
Detection, Isolation and Restoration
(FDIR) and a complete communication
system. During this presentation, we
will cover the complete project from
the initial design to final acceptance.
TISHA ALFSON, Technology Services
Supervisor/SGIG Project Manager,
Cuming County Public Power District
TOM POLK, President, Power Delivery
Services, Inc.
Cooperatives Bring the Solar Energy
Future to Their Communities
207D
Progressive electric cooperatives are
carrying on the cooperatives’ legacy of
bringing the benefits of technology to
their communities, in this case solar
energy. Learn the remarkable whys
and the innovative hows in making
sunlight work for their members and
their communities just like they
originally did with electricity.
CHUCK GILL, Manager of Information
Systems and Technology, Owen
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
ROD NIKULA, Vice President, Power
Supply, Wright-Hennepin
Cooperative Electric Association
LUIS REYES, CEO, Kit Carson
Electric Cooperative
STEVE ODEN, Director of Member
Services, Duck River Electric
Cooperative
Cyber Security for Critical
Infrastructure
208A
Every day, cyber criminals, foreign threat
actors and nation states invade
countless offices across the nation—not
by breaking down windows and doors,
but by breaking into laptops, personal
computers, and wireless devices via
hacks and bits of malicious code. The
collective impact is staggering. Some
attacks are designed to steal sensitive
and valuable information from company
databases; others take down vital
systems, disabling the work of
businesses around the country. The FBI
aims to stop those behind the most
serious computer intrusions and the
spread of malicious code. Special Agent
Victor Rodriguez, from the FBI’s
Computer Intrusion/Counterintelligence
Squad for the FBI Memphis Division,
based in Nashville, TN, will be
addressing the growing threat of
computer intrusions from foreign threat
actors into our States critical
infrastructures.
VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, Special Agent, FBI
10 Mobile Device Management
Suites You Need to Know
208B
Can’t decide on a BYOD management
suite? Attend this session to explore the
products and service on Mobile Device
Management in the market today. Get
a high-level view of each product’s
features and functions that will put you
on the fast track to finding the product
that’s right for you and your
cooperative.
JON WATKINS, Manager of Information
Services, Pioneer Electric Cooperative
Facilities Management
Best Practices
209A
Institutional facilities planning requires
a long-range holistic vision. In this session, attendees will learn that anyone
can perform a facilities condition
assessment even though there is no
additional funding or labor resources.
Maintaining a facilities business plan is
not only a matter of life or death to a
facilities department, but it will have a
significantly positive long-term effect on
the institution maintaining sustainable
facilities for life.
KEVIN FOLSOM, Contributor, Facilities
Manager Magazine
Contracting Cloud Services—
A Guide to Best Practices
209B
Cloud computing requires a new
relationship between service provider
and buyer. Learn what sourcing and
contracting teams should know in order
to support your IT staff when they need
to procure platform, software, and
infrastructure “as a service” cloud
computing resources. Discover how to
best procure this new service-based
model enabling you to make smarter,
more informed cloud purchasing
decisions.
IRENE MARNELL, Senior Director
Contracts Administration, NRECA
Evaluating and Applying Utility-Scale
Energy Storage—Part 1
209C
Energy storage costs have decreased in
recent years and technology development is intense. But battery storage
requires a unique approach to make the
business case. Multiple value streams
are needed to provide payback that coops need. Learn what technologies CRN
is tracking and the wide range of applications of value to electric cooperatives.
A recent report and new tools will help
you assess your co-op’s needs and your
technology choices. Part 1 provides a
quick overview of the status, economics,
efficiency and cycle life of energy
storage technologies such as advanced
lead acid, lithium-ion, sodium sulfur
and a few technologies that you may
not have heard of.
DOUG DANLEY, CRN Principal Investigator
and Technical Liaison, NRECA
DALE BRADSHAW, CRN Technical Liaison
and Energy Storage Consultant,
Electrivation
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
learning labs 4
Utility Case Studies in
Prepaid Metering
207A
Today’s consumers are looking for ways
to make ends meet. Utilities are meeting
the demand by offering customers a
flexible payment option. Through case
study, this session will detail technical
and commercial aspects of deploying
and configuring a pre-pay billing system
that works seamlessly with AMI as well
as the benefits of:
• increasing member satisfaction and
encouraging energy conservation
• having members manage their
monthly budgets while reducing the
co-op’s accounts receivable write-offs
• AMI daily readings providing a daily,
pro-rated billing and MultiSpeak®
integration allows for auto connect/
disconnect.
DON BOWMAN, Manager of Engineering,
Wake Electric
DAN FOWLER, Sr. Vice President, Energy
Services, Jefferson Energy Cooperative
DAVID W. SCHNEIDER, Assistant General
Manager, Midstate Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
RANDY SCHRODER, Sr. Product Line
Manager, NISC
JOHN SOTAK, Senior Territory Manager –
Public Power, Sensus
Controlling Lightning
Induced Outages
207B
Lightning is detrimental to overhead
lines and equipment. The effects of
lightning and the use of arrestors will be
discussed. A review of NESC and RUS
requirements for structure BIL will be
included. Lightning Detection Network
data can be used to determine the
susceptibility of lightning in the service
area. With this data and the use of the
new IEEE Overvoltage Protection Guide,
a detailed plan to reduce lightning
induced outages can be developed.
KEVIN MARA, Principal Engineer, Hi-Line
Engineering
JASON SETTLE, Project Manager, Hi-Line
Engineering
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How Much Smarter are You Now
After Deploying Smart Feeder
Switching?
207C
Co-ops deployed smart feeder
switching and captured their lessons
learned.
and E-Discovery/Records. Eighty
percent of US companies use some
form of cloud computing for applications, platforms or infrastructure.
Use of cloud computing will double in
the next five years. Are you ready for
the change?
STEVE ESTES, System Engineer,
IRENE MARNELL, Senior Director,
EnergyUnited
Contracts Administration, NRECA
TIMOTHY SHARP, COO, Salt River
Electric Cooperative
Supply Management General
Session/ ISM-CU Annual
Meeting/Reception
209A
ISM-CU is dedicated to the training,
education and professional
development of co-op supply
professionals. During this year’s ISMCU Annual Meeting, we’ll hear from
Annemarie Loftus Hitti who, with more
than 25 years of energy industry and
management experience, founded
Koncise Energy Solutions Group
specializing in business process
optimization and valuation, contract
strategy and model development,
performance measurement,
procurement and regulatory support.
Prior to Koncise, Annemarie held a
variety of leadership roles at National
Grid US and UK, including managing
contract management, procurement,
and construction management
departments and transformation
initiatives.
MICHAEL MILLIGAN, Manager of
Engineering, Shoals Electric
Membership Corporation
Benchmarking Your
Cyber Security Program
208A
The National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners recently sponsored a review to determine and
document the state of cyber security
programs at cooperatives in Kentucky
that do not have NERC CIP obligations.
Through case study, we will discuss
the purpose of the review, the
methodology used, and the resulting
recommendations. Participating
cooperatives will be on hand to
discuss their impressions of the
process and lessons learned. Session
attendees will also be presented with
a methodology and recommendations
for assessing and benchmarking their
own cyber security programs.
TIM FAWCETT, Information Systems
Specialist, Guernsey
CHUCK GILL, Manager of Information
Systems & Technology, Owen Electric
Cooperative
DAVID COX, Director, IT, Nolin RECC
The Dark Side of the Cloud
208B
Learn what IT teams should consider
when evaluating and contracting for
platform, software, and infrastructure
as a service. Explore the top focus
areas: Terms of Service Agreements,
End-User Agreements, Service Level
Agreements (SLA), Data Management,
Ownership and Access, Integrator Role
and Responsibilities, Security, Privacy,
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Request For Proposal (RFP).
DOUG DANLEY, CRN Principal
Investigator and Technical Liaison,
NRECA
DALE BRADSHAW, CRN Technical Liaison
and Energy Storage Consultant,
Electrivation
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Movie Night—Featuring “Storm Soldiers”
Davidson Ballroom
Power is a necessity in today’s modern
world. Most of us take for granted the
work that it takes to build and maintain
the power grid that supplies us with
the electricity that powers our lives.
Storm Soldiers is a film about the men
who make it all happen—the linemen
who work tirelessly behind the scenes
so we can power our computers, heat
our homes and light our lives. Danger is
around every corner for linemen and
the job is constantly on the top ten lists
for most dangerous jobs. This film is a
tribute to the men and women that
literally put their lives on the line
every day.
ANNEMARIE LOFTUS HITTI, Principal,
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014
Koncise Energy Solutions Group
7:00 am – 11:00 am
Evaluating and Applying UtilityScale Energy Storage—Part 2
209C
In Part 2 of this CRN Master Class,
learn how to evaluate the economic
benefits of energy storage to a distribution or G&T electric cooperative
(capacity credit or demand charge reduction, deferral of transmission and
distribution assets, synchronous reserve, and frequency regulation service). Determine how one could “stack”
the beneficial attributes and value of
energy storage to improve the economics of a project. This session will
walk you through development of a
Request For Information (RFI) and a
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8:00 am – 9:00 am
learning labs 5
Improve Safety and Tracking of
Shared Resources During Disasters
207A
When disasters occur and result in
significant outages, co-ops often call
on their neighbors to help restore
service. Technology can improve
worker safety and mitigate the risks
and costs associated with sharing
resources during major outages by
providing a real-time view of vehicles,
equipment and crews, and instantly
reconciling owned and shared vehicle
usage and activity records. Learn how to
effectively deploy requested resources
and track their activities for FEMA
reporting.
JEFFERY OLSON, Vice President of
Engineering & Member Services, Pierce
Pepin Cooperative Services/
Dairyland Power Cooperative
JARED BRANDON, Business Manager,
Cooperative Utilities, Clevest
Pole Guying: More Complicated Than
Meets the Eye
207B
The NESC requires all components
for guying to meet certain strength
requirements based on weather and
soil conditions. These requirements
will be discussed and used to calculate
guy resultant tensions. These tensions
will be calculated for multiple pole
construction types. The components
that could become the weak link of the
design will be discussed. Grounding
and insulating guys will be discussed
along with a comparison of NESC and
RUS requirements.
Scaling Behind the Meter—Water
Heaters for Grid-Scale Storage
207D
Residential and commercial electric
water and space heating play a new key
role for utilities. When enabled with twoway communication through existing
infrastructure, they allow the utility to
remotely shift the energy delivered to a
particular piece of equipment at precise
times, without affecting its performance,
thereby controlling a variety of classes
to take maximum advantage of wind
while reducing the impact of that same
wind generation variability on the grid.
PAUL STEFFES, CEO, Steffes Corporation
GARY CONNETT, Director of Member
Services, Great River Energy
Engineering
IT Toolkits—Free Stuff Out There
208A
There are all sorts of free stuff out there
to help you stay productive and
efficient. Come listen to one of our
favorite speakers, Jay Ferron, tell us
what the latest and greatest free stuff is
available! Jay will also cover the good
stuff that’s been free all along. Don’t
miss this informative session that is
always popular with the IT folks.
KEVIN MARA, Principal Engineer, Hi-Line
JAY FERRON, CEO, Interactive Security
Engineering
Training
Voltage Optimization with AMI
207C
Central Lincoln People’s Utilities District
in Newport, Oregon has implemented a
unique approach for Voltage Optimization utilizing near real-time AMI voltages
with SCADA control to drive significant
customer savings and utility benefits.
Central Lincoln’s CVR program combines
distribution planning analytics, realtime management and control, and an
approved measurement and verification
methodology. Results from the first nine
months of operation will be presented.
Securing Remote and Outdoor Assets
Using Video Verification
208B
As a cooperative, deciding how to
protect remote assets can be a daunting
and often, frustrating, complicated
process. Utilities will learn best practices
in protecting remote assets against
vandalism and copper theft with solutions to reduce risks today, as well
as provide long-term options to avoid
risk down the road.
JASON SETTLE, Project Manager, Hi-Line
BRUCE LOVELIN, Chief Engineer,
Central Lincoln PUD
MELISSA PESKIN, Engineer III, Product
Development, Dom Voltage, Inc.
MARK COLTON, Business Manager,
Cooperative Response Center
JEFF DOAK, CEO, I2C Technologies
Using Garage Management
Systems to Get Ahead
209A
How does a fleet manager tackle the
challenge of what is actually going on
with the fleet? One best practice is to
adopt a garage management system,
but what are the important considerations? This session will help fleet
managers:
• understand how a garage
maintenance system can help
streamline operations and what
features you need to consider
• learn to analyze garage system data to
compute a total cost of ownership for
fleet vehicles
• evaluate data captured from a garage
management system and make
predictive decisions about their fleet.
STEVE DURDIN, Manager, Fuel, Accident
Management, GMS Products
LED Lighting—The Good and the Bad
209B
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are getting
to be an effective choice for a growing
range of applications. This session will
explain LED attributes and how they
influence the degree of their success in
a wide range of uses including outdoor
area lighting, high bay lighting and
poultry barns. The session will also
cover how to distinguish good products
from bad and look at some of the
potential pitfalls when doing an
installation.
IRA KREPCHIN, Director, E Source
9:15 am – 10:30 am
learning labs 6
Standing Up to the Smart Grid:
What is the Next Generation IT
Architecture?
207A
Massive data. Interoperability challenges. Integrating new, cutting edge
technology. The challenges of the Smart
Grid require us to rethink every aspect
of the grid—even the way that various IT
elements connect to and interact with
each other. Join a panel discussion that
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will look at the problems of fully implementing the Smart Grid, and the opportunities offered by new technology.
The launching point for this discussion
is a new CRN report about Next Generation IT Architecture that will challenge
co-ops and vendors to think differently
about the evolution of the grid over
the next decade.
STEVE WINSTEAD, Senior Systems
Architect, Leidos
BRAD CAMP, Director of IT, SEDC
NATE BOETTCHER, Product Line
Manager, Utility Solutions, NISC
SCOTT TOLBERT, CIO, ATS
Cable Rejuvenation Life
Extensions Estimates
207B
Utilities are faced with aging electrical
systems. Silicone cable rejuvenation
has been around for more than 25
years and there are means to giving
accurate estimates on remaining life
of treated and untreated electrical
cables. This session will review the
rejuvenation process and then focus
on a means of estimating remaining
life in electrical cables treated with
silicone fluid. Properly treated cables
can have their life extended for
decades.
WAYNE CHATTERTON, Technical
Applications Manager, UtilX
Corporation
Closing the Loop on Conservation
Voltage Reduction
207C
Maintaining high customer satisfaction
is vital for public utilities. Additionally,
keeping rates low often necessitates
the need for DR programs, which
can impact consumer comfort.
Technologies like CLVR aim to work
behind the scenes to monitor and
adjust system voltage without impacting power quality. Leveraging AMI and
smart meters for DR applications is
one of the simplest and most cost
effective ways to quickly reduce
peak load, boost efficiency, and
save money.
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JIM GREER, Director of Operations,
Appalachian Electric Cooperative
TAMMY ZUCCO, CMO, Tantalus
FRANK PISCITELLI, Director of Sales,
Distribution Channel, Itron
Integration Issues and Simulation
Challenges of High-Penetration PV
207D
EnerNex/UVIG will inform about
challenges utilities have to face when
accommodating growing numbers of
PVs. Results of computer simulations
predict issues before they occur
thereby facilitating timely mitigation
measures, but it is important to be
aware of model limitations that may
lead to recommendations for unnecessary and expensive mitigation. We
present a case study that uses measurements as input to simulations that
capture the variable/distributed nature
of PV.
JENS SCHOENE, Director of Research
Studies, EnerNex, Consultant to the
Utility Variable-Generation Integration
Group (UVIG)
VADIM ZHEGLOV, Power Systems
Consultant, EnerNex
Just How Sensitive is
Your Information?
208A
Have you gone through a structured
analysis and classification of your data
to determine appropriate sensitivity
level? Do you know who owns the
datasets in your organization? No?
You may want to push this up a bit
higher on your “to do” list. You may
just locate a new owner for that
abandoned data that desperately
needed adoption and a lot of TLC! This
session will review the best practices
for determining data ownership and
information sensitivity classification.
JAY FERRON, CEO, Interactive Security
Training
Time to Get Serious About
Technology Integration &
Interoperability
208B
Challenges of operating a utility in the
21st century require new and emerging
technologies that can vastly improve
economy, efficiency, productivity,
reliability, sustainability and customer
service. The necessity for and benefits
of these new technologies far outweigh
the costs, but only if you already have
a comprehensive technology integration plan in place that is based on
open systems sharing data across
multiple platforms from diverse,
often competing vendors.
STEVE COLLIER, Vice President,
Business Development, Milsoft Utility
Solutions
DOUG LAMBERT, Director, Distribution
Engineering & System Automation,
Engineering Technical Services, NRECA
Mitigating Risk with Insurance
and Contract Language
209A
How can insurance help to mitigate
your organization’s risk? Do your
contracts have the appropriate terms
and conditions to protect your
organization from costs and liability
arising from the negligence of outside
contractors? In this session, you will
learn how insurance can be used to
mitigate risk and what you should
require in your contracts in terms of
specific insurance language and
conditions. We will explore types of
insurance and levels of coverage and
talk about what you can do to keep
your organization from holding the
bag when someone else is at fault.
Certificates of insurance, waivers of
subrogation, additional insured
requirements and indemnification are
among the many contractual
conditions that will be reviewed. At the
conclusion of this session, you should
have a better understanding of the
insurance tools and contractual
requirements available to help you
mitigate risk.
SUSAN OLANDER, Vice President and
General Counsel, Federated Rural
Electric Insurance Exchange
10:45 am – 11:45 am
learning labs 7
Build Communication Bridges Across
Your Organization with Work
Management System
207A
When North Georgia EMC began
implementing a company-wide Work
Management System, they discovered
redundant processes, outdated
requirements and a tendency to
communicate poorly between
departments as they moved through
requirements and steps in their
processes. By defining their work
processes, they were able to eliminate
wasted time and effort in many areas.
Customer service improved due to a
project status information repository
that every employee could access.
HAKAN INAN, Senior Project Manager,
Smart Grid Solutions, Leidos
MARK SCHEIBE, P.E., Distribution
Engineering Supervisor, Maquoketa
Valley Electric Cooperative
Securing Your SCADA
Network in 2014
207D
This session will provide an overview of
current technologies and solutions to
secure your SCADA network against
cyber attacks. The discussion will cover
firewalls, data diodes and whitelist
guards. Learn how cyber security
technology is evolving to counter
increasingly sophisticated attacks,
and how your choice of solution can
impact real-time communications,
reliability, response times and
maintenance.
TERESA AMMONS, Work Management
JEFF ROBBINS, CEO and President,
Design and Implementation, SEDC
LiveData, Inc.
STEPHANIE HOLDER, Vice President,
Securing Electric Utility Control
System Assets and Networks
208A
Companies face a difficult challenge in
securing their critical infrastructure
control system assets while maintaining
real-time control and minimizing system
downtime. Additionally, the likelihood
of cyber-intrusions is almost certain to
increase as infrastructure transitions
from centrally-managed and “silo”
solutions to more distributed common
platforms that can perform a wide
variety of functions. We will show
system design and key concepts that
are fielded today.
Member Services, North Georgia EMC
Systems Loss Reduction
207B
The electric grid itself is by far the
largest electric power consumer in the
U.S. Every year, 6 to 8 percent of
electrical energy generated is lost in
our transmission and distribution (T&D)
infrastructure according to data
available from the Energy Information
Administration (EIA). It is calculated
that T&D losses are costing the U.S.
approximately $9 billion each year. This
session will examine ways that co-ops
are currently lowering losses and new
strategies and techniques that can be
implemented in the near future.
BRETT LUEDDE, Director, Critical
Infrastructure Protection, ViaSat, Inc.
Time to Get Serious About Technology
Integration & Interoperability
—A Panel Discussion
208B
Operating a utility in the 21st century
requires new and emerging technologies
that can vastly improve economy,
efficiency, productivity, reliability,
sustainability and customer service.
The necessity for and benefits of these
new technologies far outweigh the
costs, but only if you already have a
comprehensive technology integration
plan in place that is based on open
systems sharing data across multiple
platforms from diverse, often competing
vendors.
STEVE COLLIER, Vice President Business
Development, Milsoft Utility Solutions
DOUG LAMBERT, Director, Distribution
Engineering & System Automation,
Engineering Technical Services, NRECA
SHAWN BARD, IT Manager, San Bernard
Electric Cooperative
DON BOWMAN, Manager of Engineering,
Wake Electric Membership Cooperative
SCOTT LEE, Manager IT, Central Alabama
Electric Cooperative
Asset Recovery/Surplus
209A
Is your utility getting money for surplus,
obsolete or overstocked material? More
and more utilities are taking advantage
of selling their unwanted material and
going to the bank versus the dumpster.
One utility’s trash just may be another
utility’s treasure on a day-to-day basis
or during disasters. Attend this session
to see how simple it is to identify what
utilities may want to buy your surplus
and how you can post your material to
get exposure for sale to others. An
interactive “virtual community” of
material is making this possible.
JOHN TINGUE, Chairman of the Board,
AURSI
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The Maturing of an
Electric Cooperative
209B
Through a fictional case study, this
session will discuss the changes that
occur over a cooperative’s life cycle,
up to and including changes that must
take place as cooperatives embrace
the realities of the 21st century.
Organizations that were well-equipped
and organized to face the challenges
of startup in the 1930s, through
ongoing operations into the late 20th
century, may find themselves illequipped to deal with the brave new
world of the 21st century.
ROBERT MCCLANAHAN, Vice President
and Chief Information Officer, Arkansas
Electric Cooperative Corporation
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11:50 am – 1:30 pm
Closing General Session Luncheon
Davidson Ballroom
ISM-CU Solon Bennet Award
The Solon Bennet award recognizes an
electric cooperative supply management professional whose work has
benefited not only their system, but
the national electric cooperative supply chain network.
DOE Wind Power Cooperative
of the Year
Presented by DOE’s Wind Power America Program, this award recognizes an
electric cooperative’s commitment to
technology and innovation.
Creating and Maintaining a
Leadership Defined Culture of Safety
JEFF “ODIE” ESPENSHIP, Founder,
Target Leadership
Leadership creates and
maintains the culture of
the workplace, and the
workers work within the
norms of that culture.
Leadership must set
ESPENSHIP
expectations high and
then monitor the performance of those
expectations. Expectations will simply
come as a byproduct of operational
excellence, and operational excellence
will come as a byproduct of superb,
value based leadership. When workers
recognize a degradation in operational
excellence then fail to “speak up” and
communicate, at the very least we lose
efficiency, at worst we lose a life. “The
road to PERFECTION begins with
inward REFLECTION.”
Transportation Information
SHUTTLE BUS ROUTES
Hotel/Convention Center Shuttle Routes and Pickup Locations
Route #
Aloft Nashville West End: Walk to Hilton Garden Inn
3
Marriott at Vanderbilt University: Kensington St. Entrance
5
Best Western Downtown Convention Center: Walk to Sheraton Nashville Hotel
1
Millennium Maxwell House: Outside Main Lobby
6
Clarion Hotel Downtown-Stadium: Outside Main Lobby
6
Nashville Marriott Airport: Outside Main Lobby
7
Courtyard by Marriott-Vanderbilt West End: Walk to Hutton Hotel
4
Omni Nashville Hotel: Walk to Music City Center
W
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown: Walk to Hotel Indigo
1
Renaissance Nashville Hotel: In Front of Hotel
2
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Downtown: Walk to Hotel Indigo
1
Sheraton Music City Center: Outside Main Lobby
7
Embassy Suites Nashville Vanderbilt: Curbside on Broadway
3
Sheraton Nashville Hotel: Curbside on Capital
1
Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown: Walk to Music City Center
W
Union Station Hotel: Walk to Holiday Inn Express
2
Hampton Inn & Suites Vanderbilt Elliston Place: Walk to Homewood Suites
5
Hampton Inn & Suites Vanderbilt West End: Walk to Hutton Hotel
4
Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt: Curbside on Broadway, Between 17th & 18th
3
Hilton Nashville Downtown: Walk to Music City Center
W
SHUTTLE BUS HOURS
(Schedule may vary due to traffic and weather conditions)
Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown: Outside Main Entrance
2
Sunday, March 2
8:30 am – 8:00 pm
Holiday Inn Nashville Vanderbilt: Next to Homewood Suites Vanderbilt
5
Monday, March 3
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Home2Suites Downtown: Walk to Hilton Garden Inn
3
Tuesday, March 4
6:30 am – 10:00 pm
Homewood Suites Downtown: Walk to Sheraton Nashville Hotel
1
Wednesday, March 5
6:15 am – 5:30 pm
Homewood Suites Vanderbilt: Curbside on West End
5
Thursday, March 6
7:00 am – 2:00 pm
Hotel Indigo Nashville: Outside Main Lobby on Union
1
Hotel Preston: Outside Main Lobby
7
Hutton Hotel: Curbside on West End
4
Hyatt Place Nashville Downtown Hotel: Walk to Music City Center
W
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel: Curbside on West End, Before Canopy
5
Wheelchair accessible transportation is available during
hours of operation. Call toll free (866) 439-8563 to
schedule (allow 30 minutes).
SCAN & GO REGISTRATION Hours and Locations
emergency information
Sat 3/1
Sun 3/2
Mon 3/3
Tue 3/4
Wed 3/5
medical services
Omni Hotel
Lobby, Exact Location
2:00 pm –
7:00 pm
9:00 am –
6:00 pm
Music City Center, Hall B
• First Aid Office, 615.345.6565
• Point-to-point wheelchair transportation,
615.401.1300
Sheraton Music City Hotel
(Near airport)
Lobby, Exact Location
2:00 pm –
7:00 pm
9:00 am –
6:00 pm
Renaissance Hotel
Lobby, Exact Location
2:00 pm –
7:00 pm
9:00 am –
6:00 pm
7:00 am –
5:00 pm
Shuttle Drop Off Entrance
TechAdvantage Only
(Convention Center –
6th Avenue Entrance)
9:00 am –
6:00 pm
7:00 am –
5:00 pm
7:00 am –
5:00 pm
7:00 am –
5:00 pm
Registration Area
(Convention Center, Hall C)
9:00 am –
6:00 pm
7:00 am –
5:00 pm
7:00 am –
7:30 pm
7:00 am –
3:00 pm
local hospital
Baptist Hospital, 615.284.5555
2000 Church Street • Nashville, TN 37203
TechAdvantage
Convention Center
Lobby, Outside 209)
Thurs 3/6
7:00 am –
11:00 am
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TechTalks
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Live Theater Demos
Marketplace
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International Spotlight
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Special Features
Now Playing in Booth 738 in the EXPO Hall
SHOWTIMES: TUESDAY, MARCH 4
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Meet and Greet with Keynote Speaker Daniel Burrus
11:30 am – 11:50 am
Resiliency – Craig Miller, CRN
11:50 am –12:00 pm
Smart Grid Demonstration Project Study Reports: Distributed Automation –
David Pinney, CRN
12:10 pm – 12:30 pm
Utility-Scale Solar PV Trends – Doug Danley, CRN
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
Briefing: Solar Utility Network Deployment Acceleration Project –
Peter Muhoro, CRN
12:40 pm – 1:00 pm
Cyber Security Q&A and Cyber Security Next Steps – NRECA’s Chief Scientists
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
Open Modeling Framework—Cost Benefit Analysis Tool for Smart Grid
Technology – David Pinney, CRN
1:10 pm – 1:20 pm
Smart Grid Demonstration Project Study Reports: Storage on
the Consumer Side of the Meter – Tom Lovas, CRN
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
Helping the Philippines Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Better Serve the Needs of its Members – Mike Guidry, NRECA
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm
NRECA International Foundation: Our Commitment to Guatemala –
Mel Coleman, NRECA
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm
Energy Storage – Dale Bradshaw, CRN
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm
Tech Connect: Benefitting Brands and Buyers – Kristin Bennani, RE Magazine
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
Cutout Failures – Frank Lambert, National Electric Energy Testing Research
and Applications Center
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm
National Discounts Program: Saving Co-ops Money – Dale Bartholomew,
National Discounts Program
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Special Appearances by Storm Soldiers Director Brad Kremer and
Executive Producer Jim Stone
SHOWTIMES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Jane Pauley Book Signing
11:30 am – 11:50 am
Energy Storage – Dale Bradshaw. CRN
11:50 am – 12:10 pm
Evolution of the Smart Grid – Craig Miller, CRN
12:20 pm – 12:40 pm
Utility-Scale Solar PV Trends – Doug Danley, CRN
12:40 pm – 12:50 pm
Briefing: Solar Utility Network Deployment Acceleration Project –
Peter Muhoro, CRN
12:50 pm – 1:10 pm
National Discounts Program: Saving Co-ops Money –
Dale Bartholomew, National Discounts Program
1:10 pm – 1:30 pm
Residential Solar PV Trends – Doug Danley, CRN
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm
Animal Waste to Power – Mike Casper, CRN
TechAdvantage Exhibitor Booth Locations
2014 IEEE PES Transmission and
Distribution Conference and
Exposition .....................................1048
3-GIS.................................................1548
ABB Inc. ..............................................439
ABG Bag, Inc. ......................................255
ACES .................................................1105
Aclara..................................................903
ACRT, Inc. ..........................................1312
ADTRAN...............................................862
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals .....1061
Aerial Solutions, Inc. ...........................329
AERINET SOLUTIONS, LLC.....................247
Aircraft Dynamics ................................241
Alamon Contract Services ..................1450
Alden ................................................1620
Allied Telesis .....................................1637
Almetek Industries Inc. ........................449
Altec Industries ...................................703
American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA) .........................523
Applied Technology Solutions, Inc. ......539
Arch Wood Protection –
a Lonza company.............................438
ARCOS LLC.........................................1549
ARI ......................................................822
Asplundh Tree Expert Co....................1125
Association Of Missouri Electric
Cooperatives Print & Banner ............761
AT&T ...................................................430
AVO Training Institute ........................1248
AXIS Data Solutions.............................223
Bashlin Industries Inc........................1357
Beckwith Electric .................................451
Bell Lumber & Pole Company.............1547
Bellwether Management Solutions ....1251
BERNE Apparel ....................................345
Beta Engineering, LLC ........................1621
BoardVantage .....................................216
Border States Electric ........................1506
Brooks Manufacturing Company ..........655
Brown Wood Preserving Co., Inc...........213
Buckingham Manufacturing...............1646
C.I.Agent Solutions..............................720
Calix..................................................1307
CallNet Call Center Services, Inc...........338
Camlin Power, Inc..............................1260
Cantega Technologies Inc. ...................224
Caprock Manufacturing, Inc. ..............1642
Carhartt.............................................1430
Case Foundation Company/
McKinney Drilling.............................556
CDW....................................................824
Central Service Association .................201
Centurion, Inc......................................426
CG Automation Solutions USA ...........1106
Chain Electric Company .....................1407
Champion Solutions Group, Inc. ........1257
Chapel Mapping................................1446
Charles Industries .............................1515
Clean Energy Collective........................754
Clevest ..............................................1025
CMS Utility Services, Inc. .....................327
Collective Data ....................................351
Cooper Power Systems by Eaton ........1013
Cooperative Building Solutions............550
Cooperative Research Network ............738
Cooperative Response Center, Inc........929
Crave InfoTech...................................1350
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2014 techadvantage exhibitors
CrewManager ....................................1554
CriticalSpace Solutions......................1415
Critter Guard Inc. ...............................1629
CTC Global Corporation......................1543
CWC Chemical, Inc...............................227
Daffron & Associates, Inc...................1131
dataVoice International Inc. ...............1521
Davey Resource Group.........................846
Diligent Board Member Services ..........230
DIS-TRAN...........................................1416
DiversiTech..........................................356
Dupont Building, Inc..........................1550
DuPont Land Management ..................445
Dur-A-Lift Inc. ......................................603
DVI......................................................401
DYNACCO INC ......................................320
Earth Networks..................................1255
Edko LLC .............................................219
Efacec ACS ..........................................313
Efergy USA, Inc. .................................1256
Electric Motion Company, Inc...............254
Electrical Consultants, Inc....................428
ElectSolve .........................................1539
Elster Solutions ...................................301
ELTEK ................................................1531
Emergency Disaster Services ...............214
EnerVision, Inc. .................................1503
Environmental Consultants, Inc. ..........820
Equipment Technology ........................501
ERMCO ..............................................1331
Ervin Cable Construction, LLC ............1635
ESC engineering, Inc............................312
Esri ...................................................1031
Euclides Technologies .........................765
EUDA Electric Utility Distributors
Association ...................................1108
EWA Government Systems, Inc. .........1556
Exceleron Software Inc. .....................1103
Fastenal ..............................................238
Field ID................................................760
FieldWorker Products.........................1348
Figmore Technologies, Inc. ..................328
Ford Motor Company .........................1339
FSI – Financial Services, Inc...............1627
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc....457
Full Spectrum Inc.................................764
Futura Systems, Inc. ............................829
G&W Electric Company ........................530
GAMMA Insulators Corp.....................1611
GDS Associates, Inc.............................708
GE Digital Energy .................................939
General Cable....................................1355
Genics Inc. ..........................................321
GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc...............1645
GIS Landmark....................................1616
GISbiz, Inc...........................................323
Global Power Products ......................1546
GPS Insight .......................................1057
Green Team Energy Services ................226
GRID20/20..........................................661
GridFirst ..............................................723
groSolar ............................................1551
Guernsey...........................................1421
HAEFELY HIPOTRONICS ......................1613
Hastings Fiber Glass ..........................1520
Havis, Inc. ...........................................757
HD Electric Company ...........................450
HD Supply Power Solutions ...............1447
Hercules Industries Inc. .....................1423
High Cotton .........................................850
Howard Industries ...............................618
Howard Technology Solutions............1638
Hubbell Power Systems .......................625
Hughes Brothers, Inc. ........................1612
Hurtado & Associates, Inc. ................1047
Huskie Tools........................................957
Hytera America..................................1149
ICMI, Inc..............................................349
IFD Corporation ...................................665
Inner-Pole .........................................1356
Innerduct.com.....................................318
Insurance Network of America .............648
Intelligent Energy Solutions LLC ...........202
Interstate Relocation Services, Inc. ....1643
iS5 Communications ...........................229
ISPN Network Services.......................1155
Itron, Inc. ............................................821
J.J. Kane Auctioneers .........................1317
J.W. Outfitters ......................................221
Jaguar Software .................................1354
Jarraff Industries, Inc. ..........................207
Jelco..................................................1657
Jordan Transformer ............................1512
Kaddas Enterprises Inc. .....................1632
Kenwood USA Corporation,
Communications Sector .................1154
Kershaw a Division of Progress
Rail Services ....................................419
Keystone Electrical Manufacturing
Company .......................................1413
KorTerra.............................................1602
Laminated Wood Systems, Inc .............418
Landis+Gyr ..........................................913
Lee Electrical Construction, Inc. .........1507
Lektron LED Lighting Technology..........422
Lewis Tree Service/Clearion Software...613
Live Wall Media Inc..............................519
Mackay Communications –
Satellite Services .............................854
MADI – Innovative Lineman Tools ......1316
Magotteaux Inc....................................326
Mapcom Systems ..............................1609
MasTec North America, Inc. ...............1640
McFarland Cascade .............................751
McWane Poles...................................1347
Milner Technologies, formerly
Comsquared Systems ......................621
Milsoft Utility Solutions .....................1039
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation ....1605
Mitsubishi Electric Visual
Solutions America .........................1102
MOBILE MOUNTS.................................555
Motorola Solutions Inc. .......................947
mPower Innovations............................256
MTU Onsite Energy ..............................431
MultiSpeak..........................................738
Muscle Wall Holdings ..........................248
National Discounts Program ................738
National Information Solutions
Cooperative ...................................1203
National Purchasing Partners (NPP) .....763
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association .....................................738
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative .....................................921
National Safety Apparel.....................1624
Nelson Tree Service, Inc.......................330
Nexant ..............................................1650
Nighthawk.........................................1351
Nordic Fiberglass, Inc. .........................244
North American Reclosers
& Switchgear ...................................860
North American Wood Pole Council....1246
Northwest Lineman College ...............1555
NovaTech, LLC ...................................1254
Novinium ............................................344
NRG Reliability Solutions .....................232
The Okonite Company .........................545
Olameter Corporation ........................1146
Oldcastle Enclosures .........................1623
On-Ramp Wireless ...............................855
One Call Now.....................................1630
ONLINE Utility Exchange ....................1455
Open Systems International, Inc. .......1229
OSG Billing Services ..........................1604
Osmose Utilities Services, Inc..............544
OTC Services .....................................1603
Panasonic .........................................1457
Parkline, Inc. .....................................1606
Partner Software..................................702
Passageways.....................................1626
PCN Strategies Inc ...............................864
Penske Truck Leasing Company............218
Perfect Commerce .............................1424
Perfect Fit Image Apparel ...................1647
Pike Corporation................................1321
PoleXpert, LLC .....................................448
Power Consulting Associates, LLC ......1625
Power Costs, Inc. (PCI) .......................1607
Power Delivery Products ......................246
Power Monitors, Inc.............................200
Power System Engineering, Inc. (PSE) ...1313
POWERGRID International..................1608
PowerServices, Inc. ...........................1147
Preformed Line Products ...................1522
Princeton Tec.....................................1516
ProCore Solutions................................354
Professional Computer Systems, Co.....746
Prolec GE...........................................1038
PUPI Crossarms (GEOTEK) ..................1425
Pyramid Communications....................455
Quanta Services ..................................444
RAD Data Communications ................1456
Ram Commercial .................................960
Reel-O-Matic, Inc...............................1406
Renewable Energy Systems
Americas Inc. (RES Americas) .........1217
RFL Electronics Inc. ..............................657
Rheem Manufacturing .........................339
Ripley................................................1051
Ronk Electrical Industries Inc. ..............548
RouteSmart Technologies, Inc..............245
Ryan Scientific ltd..............................1422
S&C Electric Company .........................647
Salisbury by Honeywell .....................1514
Sauber Manufacturing.......................1502
Schneider Electric .............................1213
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) ..................1325
SCRA.................................................1161
SEDC...................................................729
SensorLink Corporation .....................1530
Sensus..............................................1221
Service Concepts.................................847
Sherman + Reilly Inc. ...........................307
Siemens..............................................713
Siemens Canada Limited .....................412
Slate Rock Safety...............................1524
SouthData.........................................1448
Southwest Electric Company..............1619
Southwire Company ............................712
Spatial Business Systems....................206
SPIDA Software .................................1303
SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. ...........951
Staples Advantage ..............................949
Steffes Corporation ...........................1055
Summit Group .....................................239
Survalent Technology ..........................526
Systems With Intelligence Inc. .............420
T&D PowerSkills, LLC .........................1451
T&D Solutions, LLC ............................1414
T&R Electric Supply Co.......................1513
Tait Communications ...........................208
Tantalus ..............................................427
Team Fishel .........................................644
Tech Products, Inc. ..............................955
Tectonic ............................................1346
Telforce Group LLP...............................252
TenCate Protective Fabrics .................1050
TextPower, Inc. ..................................1150
Thayer Power and Communication
Line Construction Co., LLC................228
Threaded Fasteners, Inc.....................1631
Times Microwave Systems ...................322
TIREBOSS Tire Pressure Control............755
Townsend Corporation.......................1420
Transition Networks.............................249
Trees, Inc...........................................1247
Trident Industries ..............................1160
Trilliant..............................................1517
Trimble Navigation ..............................413
Tru-Check, Inc ...................................1315
Twisted Pair.......................................1157
U.S. Department of Energy...................749
UC Synergetic, Inc..............................1614
USIC Locating Services, LLC .................856
Uticom Systems, Inc. .........................1412
UTILCO ................................................651
Utilismart Corporation .........................204
Utility Integration Solutions,
Inc. (UISOL) .....................................549
Utility Services of the Americas............319
Utility Solutions, Inc. ...........................212
UtilX Corporation .................................747
V&S Schuler Engineering, Inc.............1046
Valmont Newmark ...............................554
Vanguard Systems, Inc. .......................348
Varentec..............................................331
Vaughn Thermal Corporation .............1056
Versalift...............................................527
Versatile Processing Group ..................250
ViaSat, Inc.........................................1525
Virginia Transformer Corp ....................407
The VON Corporation .........................1402
W. A. Kendall and Company, Inc...........725
WaterFurnace International, Inc. ........1148
weatherTAPpro ..................................1617
WH International Response Center...... 721
Wilson & Company, Inc.,
Engineers & Architects .....................762
Wilson Bohannan Padlock Company ...1054
WOLF TREE ..........................................547
Wood Quality Control ..........................738
Zenith Transformer Components ..........257
Zhone Technologies, Inc. .....................346
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Music City Center | Nashville, Tennessee
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Riverfront Tavern – LD
B.B. King’s Blues Club – LD
Wildhorse Saloon – LD
Hard Rock Cafe – LD
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery – LD
Tequila Cowboy – LD
Margaritaville – LD
Jack’s Bar-B-Que – LD
Merchants Restaurant – LD
Paradise Park Trailer Resort – BLD
Rippy’s Bar & Grill – LD
The Palm – LD
THE Sportsgrille – LD
The Old Spaghetti Factory – LD
Two Twenty Two – LD
Sole Mio – LD
The Listening Room – LD
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Prime 108 – LD
The Bridge at the Renaissance – BLD
Commerce St Grille – BLD
Morton’s-The Steakhouse – D
Puckett’s Grocery – BLD
The Capitol Grill – LD
Speakers Bistro – BLD
Meritage Grill – D
Plaza Cafe & Patio – BL
The Stock-Yard Restaurant – D
The Southern Steak & Oyster – BLD
Demos’ Steak & Spaghetti – LD
Joe’s Crab Shack – LD
Panera Bread – BLD
Bailey’s – LD
Dick’s Last Resort – LD
Etch – LD
Hooters Restaurant – LD
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Mike’s Ice Cream & Coffee Bar – Snack
Popcornopoly – Snack
Benchmark Sports Bar & Grill – LD
Provence Breads & Cafe – BL
Patron Platinum Club – D
(only open during Bridgestone events)
Robert’s Western World – LD
Honky Tonk Central – LD
Savannah Candy Kitchen – Snack
The Melting Pot – D
Rodizio Grill – L (Thu-Sun) D
Buffalo’s Billiard Parlor – LD
Copper Kettle – L (closed Sat)
The National Underground – LD
Back Alley Diner – LD
Arbuckle Mtn.Fried Pies – BL
Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar – LD
Salsa Puerto Rican & Latin Cuisine – LD
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M Market & Deli – BL
M Restaurant & Bar – LD
Husk – LD
Luigi’s City Pizza – LD
Cherry St.E&S – BL
Bob’s Steak & Chop House – D
Barlines – LD
Kitchen Notes – BLD
The Farm House – LD
B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner
Exhibitors
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2014 IEEE PES Transmission
and Distribution Conference
and Exposition.................................1048
TD2014general@ieee.org,
www.ieeet-d.org
The 2014 IEEE PES Transmission and
Distribution Conference and Exposition
is coming to the Windy City, bringing a
half-century of industry innovation to
our biggest and most exciting conference yet. Join us in Chicago, April 14-17,
2014, and meet with over 800 exhibiting companies and 12,000 utility engineers, CEOs, and managers.
3-GIS ...............................................1548
Dustin Sutton, Decatur, AL, 256-560-0744,
dsutton@3-gis.com, www.3-GIS.com
3-GIS, headquartered in Alabama,
is leading the future of Geospatial
Innovation by developing smart, simple
and fast GIS solutions for utility and
telecommunication companies.
ABB Inc..............................................439
Derin Pitre, Cary, NC, 214-407-9718,
derin.p.pitre@us.abb.com, www.abb.com
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies, providing its customers the most comprehensive
transmission & distribution offering for
all industries, and helping to address
the challenges of balancing a rising
demand for power with increasing
concerns for the environment.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
ABG Bag, Inc......................................255
Jim Bennett, Rockford, IL, 815-963-9525,
jim@abgbag.com, abgbag.com
ABG Bag, Inc. is a woman-owned, North
American developer & manufacturer of
containment solutions. Safely contain,
transport, & store oil-filled equipment
with ABG Transformer Bags. Improve
worker safety, increase savings, & eliminate fines. 100% Recyclable. TSC, DOT,
& EPA compliant.
ACES................................................1105
Scott Thompson, Carmel, IN,
317-344-7025, scottt@acespower.com,
www.acespower.com
ACES is owned by 21 electric cooperatives. The company assists its Members
and Customers manage their energy
risk. ACES’ Members and Customers
operate in all of the major electricity
markets in the U.S. and have a collective
portfolio of over 50,000 MW of both
load and resources.
NRECA Affiliate Member
Aclara ................................................903
Ken Rosemann,
Hazelwood, MO,
314-895-6400,
info@aclara.com, www.aclara.com
Aclara represents the industry’s leading
Intelligent Infrastructure technologies
for providing device networking, datavalue management, and customer communications to electric, water, and gas
utilities globally. Over 500 utilities in
nine countries rely on proven Aclara
solutions.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
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4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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Sponsored by SEDC
Wednesday, March 5
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Expo Open
ACRT, Inc. ........................................1312
Todd Jones, Akron, OH,
330-945-7500 ext.215,
tjones@acrtinc.com,
www.acrtinc.com
ACRT is a leading independent UVM
consulting firm that proactively prevents
and rapidly resolves utility challenges.
We assess and monitor systems for liabilities, consult with decision-makers on
planning and budgeting, represent cooperatives, and train personnel to be
safety-focused leaders.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
ADTRAN .............................................862
Sandy Leighton, Huntsville, AL,
256-963-8252, sandy.leighton@
adtran.com, www.adtran.com
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals ....1061
Chris Reed, San Diego, CA, 858-558-6500,
rentals@atecorp.com, www.atecorp.com
ATEC is a leading high tech equipment
rental company that provides complete
general & special purpose electronic,
electrical, and environmental test equipment solutions for analysis, inspection,
measurement, monitoring, simulation,
powering, certifying & commissioning of
products & infrastructures.
Aerial Solutions, Inc...........................329
Lynn Grayson, Tabor City, NC, 910-234-1944,
lgrayson@aerialsolutionsinc.com,
aerialsolutionsinc.com
Since 1985 Aerial Solutions has helped
many utilities eliminate lateral vegetation encroachment along their rightsof-way resulting in improved safety and
service reliability. Unlike conventional
trimming methods, our services are not
limited by terrain or environmental
restrictions.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
AERINET SOLUTIONS, LLC...................247
John R. Ilao, Honolulu, HI, 909-666-7607,
john.ilao@aerinet.com, pwrmetrix.com
Aerinet Solutions is an innovative software company who provides advanced
Analytical and Benchmarking tools for
evaluating outage data and distribution
reliability metrics such as SAIDI, SAIFI
and CAIDI for electric utility companies.
We specialize in customized state-ofthe-art tools that are powerful yet easy
to use providing advance analysis and
results in a short amount of time.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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Exhibitors
Aircraft Dynamics...............................241
Mel Utrup, Elida, OH, 419-331-0371
ext.102, mel@aircraftdynamics.com,
www.aircraftdynamics.com
Aircraft Dynamics has been manufacturing high quality battery powered impacts
wrenches and drills for over 50 years.
We also provide the Black Widow Bits
for wood and fiberglass poles, impact
sockets and accessories. We manufacture the RoboReel system for guy wire
and triplex wire payout.
Alamon Contract Services ................1450
Alex Hatfield, Kalispell, MT, 406-752-8838,
alex@alamon.com, alamon.com
Alamon Contract Services has been providing skilled personnel and services to
Utility Companies since 1975. Especially
our non-intrusive pole testing/treatment,
and auditing process utilizing the Resistograph Drill with a non subjective digital evaluation of every pole tested.
Alden...............................................1620
Brett Forbus, Birmingham, AL,
205-978-2414, info@aldensys.com,
www.aldensys.com
Alden manages Joint Use operations as a
TPA. We ensure JU tasks meet corporate
& regulatory deadlines. Our services
increase effectiveness of Joint Use operations, enhance attacher relations using
repeatable & enforceable processes &
gives you the confidence assets are
properly utilized & maintained.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Allied Telesis ...................................1637
Nathan Nash, San Jose, CA, 408-519-8630,
Nathan_Nash@alliedtelesis.com,
www.alliedtelesis.com
Founded in 1987, Allied Telesis is a
global provider of networking infrastructure and flexible, interoperable network
solutions. The Company provides
reliable video, voice, and data network
solutions to government, healthcare,
education, retail, hospitality, and
network service provider markets.
Almetek Industries Inc. ......................449
Kim Redmond, Hackettstown, NJ,
908-850-9700, kredmond@almetek.com,
www.almetek.com
Providing products and service since
1975, Almetek manufactures ecofriendly metal storm drain markers and
identification systems including safety
signs, labels, tags, markers, name
plates and more.
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Altec Industries .................................703
Marc Miles, Birmingham, AL, 205-991-7733,
sales@altec.com, www.altec.com
Altec is a leading manufacturer of aerial
devices, digger derricks, truck-mounted
cranes, and specialty equipment for the
utility and construction markets. Established in 1929, Altec offers new and
used equipment, financing, rentals,
service, tools and accessories and
safety training. www.altec.com
NRECA Gold Associate Member
American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA)............................523
Jeffrey E. Anthony, Washington, DC,
202-870-0273, utility@awea.org,
www.awea.org/utility
AWEA is the national, non-profit trade
association for the U.S. wind energy
industry, and is working with utilities
across the country to help them add
wind power to their generating portfolios.
Applied Technology Solutions, Inc. ....539
Sarah Farmer,
Castle Hayne, NC,
828-773-0457,
sarah.farmer@ats.coop, www.ats.coop
ATS and our OpenOne Enterprise Suite
has revolutionized the way electric distribution companies do business. Our
team of experts have created a tailored
solution to fit the unique requirements
of each and every client. ATS and
OpenOne remain the standard for
change within today’s marketplace.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
NRECA Service Member
Arch Wood Protection –
a Lonza company ...............................438
Tim Carey, Atlanta, GA, 678-607-1589,
tim.carey@lonza.com,
www.wolmanizedwood.com
Arch Wood Protection is a developer
and supplier of wood preservatives, offering treated wood products through a
network of licensed producers. Well
known brands include Wolmanized®
wood, Outdoor® wood, and Dricon® fire
retardant treated wood.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
ARCOS LLC .......................................1549
Bruce A. Duff, Columbus, OH, 614-396-5500
ext.2, bduff@rostermonster.com,
www.arcos-inc.com
ARCOS® LLC offers the ARCOS Callout
and Scheduling Suite and ARCOS Crew
Manager, targeted to companies whose
stakeholders and customers demand
accountability, transparency and results
for emergency service and response.
ARI ....................................................822
Nicole Einbinder, Mt. Laurel, NJ,
856-533-9326, Neinbinder@arifleet.com,
www.arifleet.com
ARI is a global vehicle fleet management organization that drives results for
each of its clients’ complex needs by
employing the industry’s best fleet professionals, processes, and technology.
ARI manages more than 1,000,000 fleet
vehicles in North America, the UK and
Europe, and more than two million fleet
vehicles globally.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. .................1125
John McNamee, Willow Grove, PA,
215-784-1447, jmcnamee@asplundh.com,
www.asplundh.cm
Celebrating its 85th anniversary,
Asplundh remains dedicated to safe,
efficient, innovative and cost-effective
vegetation management and other utility-related services. Count on Asplundh
for scheduled and emergency line clearance, right-of-way clearing and herbicide applications. Anytime. Anywhere.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Association Of Missouri Electric
Cooperatives Print & Banner ..............761
Doug Schreiman, Jefferson City, MO,
573-659-3433, dschreiman@amec.coop,
amec.org
We are a small printshop that has
recently stepped into the wide format
market. We do standard printing as well
as wide format, which includes signs,
banners, stickers, vehicle magnets and
a wide variety of other applications.
NRECA Co-op Member
AT&T..................................................430
Jenny Barnes, Nashville, TN, 615-268-3416,
Jb3437@att.com, www.att.com
AT&T brings a holistic approach to
providing solutions, with the ability
to deliver in a surgical manner. AT&T
provides targeted solutions like
Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Meter
Data Management, Prepaid Electricity,
Volt/Var, Distribution Automation and
SCADA solutions.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Agenda-at-a-Glance
All sessions will be held at the Music City Center
TECHADV
MONDAY
MARCH 3
207A
8:00 am –
5:00 pm
207B
207C
207D
RUS Electric Program and Engineering Seminar
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM • TECHAD
8:15 AM - 9:45 AM • TECHADVANTAGE OPENING
1:30 pm —
1:50 pm
2:00 pm —
2:20 pm
2:30 pm —
2:50 pm
3:00 am —
3:20 am
3:30 am —
3:50 pm
4:00 am —
4:20 pm
ALL SESSIONS IN THE EXPO
TUESDAY
MARCH 4
10:00 am —
11:15 am
207A
207B
207C
207D
Lessons Learned from BSRECC’s
GIS and OMS Implementations
Distribution Fault Anticipation
CVR: New Data, New Tools,
New Technology
Strategies Employed for
Minimizing a Substation Outage
During a Rebuild
EX1
EX2
Using Variable Frequency Drives as a Phase Conversion Solution
The Digitization of Safety and Compliance
Going Mobile with GIS
Old Grid Vs New Grid: Do the Comparison
Creating a Mobile Computing Plan
Using Numerical Protection Relays as Asset Management Tools
Latest in IOS Technology for Field Inspection
Wood Pole Strength for all NESC Weather Conditions
Leverage Your Prepaid System to Reduce and Manage Bad Debts
Distributed Volt/VAR Application—The Good, the Bad and the Solution
Monitoring and Reporting of Renewable Resources
The Time is Ripe for Accelerated Pre-Pay Deployments
New
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM • ENTERTAINME
207A
207B
207C
207D
Off-Peak Water Heating—
Teaching An Old Dog to Do New Tricks
Co-op Vegetation Management
Success Stories
A Real World Example of IT and
Operations Alignment
Going Beyond Having an
Emergency Response Plan
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8:15 am —
9:15 am
WEDNESDAY
MARCH 5
9:30 am —
10:45 am
Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure
Cooperative Panel: Experiences in Wind Programs
11:30 AM – 2:00 PM • TEC
207A
207B
207C
207D
2:00 pm —
3:15 pm
Transitioning from Legacy AVL to a
Utility-Specific Solution
GIS Modeling for
Hazard Tree Removal
Smart Grid Project —
Stanton/Cuming
Cooperatives Bring the Solar Energy
Future to Their Communities
3:30 pm —
4:45 pm
Utility Case Studies in
Prepaid Metering
Controlling Lightning
Induced Outages
How Much Smarter are You Now
After Deploying Smart
Feeder Switching?
THURSDAY
MARCH 6
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM • MOVIE N
207A
207B
207C
207D
8:00 am —
9:00 am
Improve Safety and Tracking of Shared
Resources During Disasters
Pole Guying: More Complicated
Than Meets The Eye
Voltage Optimization with AMI
Scaling Behind the Meter—Water
Heaters for Grid-Scale Storage
9:15 am —
10:30 am
Standing up to the Smart Grid:
What is the Next Generation
IT Architecture?
Cable Rejuvenation Life
Extension Estimates
Closing the Loop on Conservation
Voltage Reduction
Integration Issues and
Simulation Challenges of
High-Penetration PV
10:45 am —
11:45 am
Build Communication Bridges
Across Your Network with
Work Management Systems
Systems Loss Reduction
Your SCADA Network in 2014
IT
S
S
11:50 AM – 1:30 PM • CLOSIN
VANTAGE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
208A
208B
Strategic Technology Planning
to Manage Risk
Managing Successful Projects (650.1)
209A
209B
209C
Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Building and Maintaining
Secure and Redundant
Networks for Cooperatives
(8:00 am – noon)
MultiSpeak Integrator Training
AM/PM
DVANTAGE EXPO GRAND OPENING AND RECEPTION HALL AB
G GENERAL SESSION • FEATURING DANIEL BURRUS • DAVIDSON BALLROOM
208A
208B
209A
209B
w Approaches to Cyber Security
RUS, Rural Broadband and
Electric Co-ops? Yes We Can!
Supply Chain Networking
Considering Standardized
Interoperability in Your
Technology Plan
EX3
209C
EX4
Smart Meters for Operations Efficiency
What to Look for in a Vegetation Management Contractor
Mitigating Undesired Recloser Control Operation Due to Distribution Line Inrush
MRO Vending Machines—NRECA Cooperative Applications
Solving Problematic Low Voltages and Achieving Peak Demand Reduction
Cohorts, Co-ops and Complexity
Developing a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Network Plan—Lessons Learned
Deploying Cloud-Based Technology To Eliminate Recurring PPE Costs
A Step-wise Approach to Feeder Automation
Demand Response: Benefits for the Member and the Operations Department
Building a Better Transmission System for the Next Super Storm
Predictive Maintenance for Grid Reliability
• TECHADVANTAGE EXPO RECEPTION • HALL AB
ENT NIGHT • MARTINA MCBRIDE • HALL D (Doors Open At 7 pm)
208A
208B
209A
209B
Impacts and Implementation:
NERC Reliability Standards,
Compliance Initiatives,
and Regulatory Activities
Choosing the Right Frequency for
Your Communications Project
Supplier Alliances:
An Alternative Approach
Modern IT for the Modern Co-op:
Leveraging Cloud Technology to Build a
Powerful Business Continuity Plan
What Happens When More Members Put in PV?
RUS, Rural Broadband and Electric Co-ops? Yes We Can!
209C
The Evolution of the Smart Grid
CHADVANTAGE EXPO OPEN • HALL AB (Lunch Provided)
208A
208B
209A
209B
209C
Cyber Security for
Critical Infrastructure
10 Mobile Device Management
Suites You Need to Know
Facilities Management
Best Practices
Contracting Cloud Services—
A Guide to Best Practices
Evaluating and Applying
Utility-Scale Energy Storage—Part 1
Benchmarking Your Cyber
Security Program
The Dark Side of the Cloud
Supply Management General Session ISM-CU Annual Meeting/Reception
Evaluating and Applying
Utility-Scale Energy Storage—Part 2
NIGHT FEATURING STORM SOLDIERS • DAVIDSON BALLROOM
208A
208B
209A
209B
T Toolkits—Free Stuff Out There
Securing Remote and Outdoor
Assets Using Video Verification
Using Garage Management
Systems to Get Ahead
LED Lighting—The Good
and the Bad
Just How Sensitive is
Your Information?
Time to Get Serious About
Technology Integration
& Interoperability
Mitigating Risk with Insurance
and Contract Language
ecuring Electric Utility Control
System Assets and Networks
Time to Get Serious About
Technology Integration
& Interoperability
—A Panel Discussion
Asset Recovery/Surplus
NG GENERAL SESSION LUNCHEON • DAVIDSON BALLROOM
The Maturing of an Electric Co-op
209C
Exhibitors
AVO Training Institute ......................1248
Melanie Farley, Dallas, TX, 214-331-7318,
melanie.farley@avotraining.com,
www.avotraining.com
Bell Lumber & Pole Company ...........1547
Chad Hering, New Brighton, MN,
651-633-4334, chad.hering@blpole.com,
www.blpole.com
AVO® Training Institute, a Megger®
subsidiary, is celebrating 50 years of
keeping people safe from the dangers
of electricity. From equipment maintenance courses to safety courses, arc
flash hazard analysis and engineering
services; AVO is the complete onestop-shop learning center.
Bell Lumber & Pole Company’s enduring
reputation has been built on a long history of supplying quality wood poles to
the standards and specifications of
utility companies across North America.
Known as one of the largest and most
diverse producers of poles in North
America, Bell Lumber & Pole Company
produces large quantities of Western
Red Cedar, Red Pine, Southern Yellow
Pine, Douglas Fir and Lodgepole
Pine poles.
AXIS Data Solutions ...........................223
David Salazar, Orlando, FL, 407-351-0232,
DSalazar@axisorlando.com,
www.axisdatasolutions.com
AXIS Data Solutions, an Orlando-based
company with a national presence for
over 22 years, handles the printing &
mailing of statements and online
payment & presentment of bills/
invoices etc. We have successfully
secured market share in government,
financial, manufacturing and utility
billing systems.
Bashlin Industries Inc. .....................1357
Roderick Paul, Grove City, PA, 724-458-8340,
sales@bashlin.com, www.bashlin.com
Bashlin Industries Inc. is a Grove City, PA
based manufacturer and distributor of
linemen’s equipment. Since the start of
the company in 1926, Bashlin Equipment has been the choice for linemen
that value quality, comfortable and
innovative personal climbing tools.
Beckwith Electric ...............................451
Bob McFetridge, Largo, FL, 727-544-2326,
marketing@beckwithelectric.com,
www.beckwithelectric.com
Founded in 1967, Beckwith Electric
introduced the first solid state tapchanger control in 1968, and was the
first to develop the microprocessor
protective relay in 1981. Today,
Beckwith Electric has thousands
of protection and control units in
service worldwide, with a reputation
for cutting-edge technology, defined
by its customers and refined by
Beckwith.
Bellwether Management Solutions....1251
Randy Watson, Cornelius, NC,
704-895-6399 ext.205,
randy.watson@bellwether-ms.com,
www.bellwether-ms.com
Bellwether Management Solutions provides meter-related services including:
AMI/AMR Implementation, Project
Management, Inventory Management,
Site Audits, GPS Data Collection, Contract Manual Meter Reading, and Field
Services. Load Management Device
Installation Services are also provided.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
BERNE Apparel...................................345
Nick Rodriquez, Ossian, IN, 800-843-7657,
nickrodriquez@berneapparel.com,
www.berneapparel.com
For nearly 100 years BERNE Apparel has
been redefining workwear as rugged,
yet comfortable; durable, yet affordable;
hardworking, yet attractive. Our BERNE
FR (Flame Resistant) line carries on this
great tradition. BERNE continues to
build better workwear for those
building a better tomorrow.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Beta Engineering, LLC ......................1621
Kevin Smith, Pineville, LA, 318-767-5564,
kevin.smith@betaengineering.com,
www.betaengineering.com
Beta Engineering has provided EPC
services for high voltage substations
and transmission lines for more than
35 years.
BoardVantage ....................................216
Brandon Korbey, Menlo Park, CA,
415-328-6030,
bv-events@boardvantage.com,
www.boardvantage.com
BoardVantage transforms leadership
communications, enabling paperless
meetings and processes for boards
and executive teams. Trusted by large
organizations worldwide, including half
of the Fortune 500, BoardVantage sets
the bar for a rich executive experience
and delivers security that meets or
exceeds the standards of enterprise
IT departments.
Border States Electric.......................1506
Greg Nosal, Fargo, ND, 701-239-2366,
gnosal@borderstates.com,
www.borderstates.com
Border States helps you streamline
material management regardless of
your supply source. Our SupplyTrax™
application utilizes bar code scanners
to automate your warehouse and work
order functions. Let our technical
expertise help you reduce inventory
expense and improve performance.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Brooks Manufacturing Company ........655
Shannon Terrell, Bellingham, WA,
360-733-1700 ext.328,
sterrell@brooksmfg.com,
www.brooksmfg.com
Brooks Manufacturing is recognized
as the industry leader of distribution
crossarms and transmission framing
components. Our innovation has led to
longer service life for the products we
produce like our Extenda-Life distribution crossarms. Our breakthroughs
with regard to raptor & woodpecker
protection lead the utility industry and
provide safety to both birds and those
servicing poles.
Brown Wood Preserving Co., Inc. ........213
Kristy Plank, Louisville, KY, 502-448-2337,
kristy@brownwoodpoles.com,
www.brownwoodpoles.com
At Brown, we focus exclusively on pressure-treated wood poles, and handle
everything from timber selection
through pole delivery right to the
customer’s yard or installation site.
Our company has stringent quality
control measures in place, and we
conduct inspections after every phase
of the process.
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Exhibitors
Buckingham Manufacturing .............1646
Christopher Delavera,
Binghamton, NY, 607-773-2400,
sales@buckinghammfg.com,
www.buckinghammfg.com
Buckingham, for over 100 years has
been the leading manufacturer of Fall
Protection & Safety Equipment for
individuals working at heights and
underground! With numerous new &
improved work positioning, retrieval,
fall restraint, fall restriction, fall arrest &
suspension products made in the USA.
C.I.Agent Solutions ............................720
Terry Masters, Louisville, KY, 502-267-0101,
terry@ciagent.com, www.ciagent.com
We manufacture environmentally
friendly, custom engineered Secondary
Containment and Diversion Systems
that meet all EPA, UDSA, and IEEE specs,
water filtration products that meet EPA
Phase II Stormwater requirements,
Storm Water Diversion Systems and
Water Monitoring Equipment. All
made in the USA.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Calix ................................................1307
David Russell, Minneapolis, MN,
763-268-3300, dave.russell@calix.com,
www.calix.com
Calix is a leading provider of communications access systems to North American communications service providers
(CSPs). With its Unified Access Infrastructure portfolio, CSPs can transform
their networks to meet changing subscriber demands rapidly and cost-effectively, while delivering a wide range of
revenue-generating services over both
legacy and next-generation access
infrastructure.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
CallNet Call Center Services, Inc. ........338
Charles Webb, Bloomington, IN,
812-355-8200, cwebb@callnetservices.com,
www.callnetservices.com
CallNet is an inbound outage and customer service call center. Our agents
take outage calls from members and
dispatch calls to your crews. We enter
data into your OMS and can dispatch
calls from your IVR. Please give us a call
or email for more information and a
price quote.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Camlin Power, Inc. ...........................1260
Terence Carmichael, Chicago, IL,
773-598-4126, k.cuza@camlinpower.com,
www.camlinpower.com
Part of The Camlin Group, Camlin Power
provides innovative asset and network
management products for power systems. With our unique blend of cuttingedge R&D; and intense customer focus,
Camlin Power provides products and
solutions to help the power industry
meet the challenges of today and
create the network for tomorrow.
Cantega Technologies Inc...................224
Neil Barrett, Edmonton, AB Canada,
780-448-9700, nbarrett@cantega.com,
www.cantega.com
Cantega Technologies specializes in
using technology to design precise fit
covers to prevent animal and bird outages. Greenjacket is cover-up intended
for substations. Reliaguard is cover-up
intended for high volume applications
on the Power Line.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Caprock Manufacturing, Inc..............1642
Brian Emert, Lubbock, TX,
806-745-6454, Brian@caprock-mfg.com,
www.caprock-mfg.com
Caprock Manufacturing is a value added
injection molding facility with a vast
array of post molding services. From
enclosures, over molding substrates
and lenses to complex mold designs,
Caprock is your solution in plastic. Post
molding services include decorative,
assembly, and EMI/RFI shielding.
Carhartt ...........................................1430
John Gould, Dearborn, MI, 513-755-2033,
jgould@carhartt.com, www.carharttfr.com
Carhartt offers a full-line of flameresistant clothing that workers want to
wear. Designed to help protect electric
utility workers from electric arc flashes
Carhartt FR provides clothing that meets
NFPA 70E, and NESC standards. Carhartt
FR offers the protection you need in a
brand you trust. Outwork them all with
Carhartt FR.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Case Foundation Company/
McKinney Drilling ..............................556
Eric Risberg, Roselle, IL, 800-999-4087,
ejrisberg@casefoundation.com,
www.casefoundation.com
Case Foundation Company and McKinney
Drilling Company are part of the Keller
Group comprising the largest deep
foundation/ground modification
specialty contractor in the world. Case
and McKinney both focus on drilled
shaft installation for transmission line
and substation construction.
CDW ..................................................824
Josh Shannon, Vernon Hills, IL,
312-705-6924, joshs@cdw.com,
www.cdw.com
Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill., CDW
is a leading provider of technology
solutions for business, government,
education and healthcare.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Central Service Association................201
Roger Smith, Tupelo, MS, 662-842-5962,
rsmith@csa1.com, www.csa1.com
CSA, a 75-year old member-owned
association, provides information
technology solutions to public utilities
throughout the Southeast United States.
Our Orbit Suite includes customer,
financial and work management
modules. CSA also offers complete
GIS/Mapping, customer and business
portals and more.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Centurion, Inc. ...................................426
Larry Wallace, Oldsmar, FL, 727-431-5208,
lwallace@centonline.com,
www.CenturionCARES.com
Centurion is a software manufacturer
of PA-DSS PCI Certified Interactive Voice
Response systems for bill payments and
Automated Call Distribution systems
featuring recording of voice and data
for quality assurance purposes. Our
solutions include automated agent
and automated collections.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
CG Automation Solutions USA..........1106
Debbie Machacek, Springfield, NJ,
973-346-5243,
debra.machacek@cgglobal.com,
www.cgautomationusa.com
CG Automation Solutions USA has
been providing SCADA and Automation
Solutions to the industry since 1960.
Our Substation Gateways, Capacitor
Controllers, RTUs and complete SCADA
Systems can provide the Anchor for
your place on the Smart Grid.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
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Chain Electric Company....................1407
John Chain, Hattiesburg, MS,
601-545-3800, john@bchain.com,
www.chainelectric.com
In an industry of power, Chain Electric is
real power. We provide the most reliable
service in the industry on all sizes, new
construction, power restoration, or
maintenance including: Transmission,
Distribution, Storm Recovery, and
Substations. When you chose Chain,
you are getting PROVEN POWER.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Champion Solutions Group, Inc........1257
Steve Jackson, Boca Raton, FL,
704-724-0540, SJ@Championsg.com,
www.Championsg.com
Since 1979 Champion Solutions Group
has been recognized as a technology
solutions leader and provider specializing in comprehensive solutions and
services that increase productivity,
reduce costs, and mitigate risk for
customers.
Chapel Mapping ..............................1446
Rick Hamilton, Warren, PA, 770-617-4288,
rickh@chapelmapping.com,
www.chapelmapping.com
If data accuracy & integrity matters to
you, stop by and let us explain how our
GPS data collection process is providing
our clients with 99.9% accurate data.
Each feature collected is backed up with
a full set of digital images to prove our
accuracy, something that no other
vendor will do.
Charles Industries............................1515
Cindy Cary, Rolling Meadows, IL,
540-333-2989,
ccary@charlesindustries.com,
www.charlesindustries.com
Charles manufactures a comprehensive
line of Innovative Enclosed Solutions™
for protecting electronics at remote
locations. Charles offers a full range of
cabinets, pedestals, enclosures and
housings for fiber and copper networks
including wireless backhaul and automatic meter reading applications.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Clean Energy Collective ......................754
Bart Rupert, Boulder, CO, 720-644-5735,
bart.rupert@easycleanenergy.com,
www.easycleanenergy.com
Clean Energy Collective, the inventor of
community-owned solar, partners with
utilities to develop, sell, and maintain
utility-branded community-owned
solar facilities.
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Clevest ............................................1025
Robert Dreskai,
Richmond, BC
Canada,
604-214-9700 ext. 202,
robert.dreskai@clevest.com,
www.clevest.com
Clevest provides software for mobile
workforce management and smart grid
operations exclusively for utilities. We
are specialists at automating and optimizing virtually any field work activity or
process to improve response time and
effectiveness.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
CMS Utility Services, Inc. ...................327
Glenn E. Wilson, Lebanon Junction, KY,
941-743-7889 ext. 1,
gwilson@cmsus.com, cmsus.com
CMS is the nation’s leading expert in
pole yard design and construction.
Featuring the CMS portable pole rack
system. Providing utility companies with
a safe and efficient pole yards. CMS is a
partner in Integrated Facility Solutions,
providing Arch. Eng. and Construction
Mgmt. Services for utility companies.
Collective Data...................................351
Sean Taylor, Cedar Rapids, IA, 319-362-1993,
staylor@collectivedata.com,
www.collectivedata.com
Collective Data is a provider of high-end
fleet and related asset management
software, headquartered in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, USA. We serve electric
utility cooperatives whose fleets and
related equipment are mission critical.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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Cooper Power Systems by Eaton.......1013
Rochelle Filowich,
Waukesha, WI,
763-543-7796,
RochelleMFiliowich@Eaton.com,
www.cooperpower.com
The combined strength of Eaton and
Cooper Power Systems provides power
delivery and reliability, automation and
control, advanced metering and demand
response, engineered systems, and
turnkey solutions to manage energy
consumption while keeping personnel,
equipment and data safe.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Cooperative Building Solutions ..........550
Gary J. Hobson, St. Louis, MO, 636-262-8708,
garyjhobson@coopbuildingsolutions.com,
coopbuildingsolutions.com
Cooperative Building Solutions (CBS)
was established to provide a complete
turnkey approach to the planning and
building of rural electric cooperative
facilities. Backed by over 40 years of
unique industry experience, Gary
Hobson leads Cooperative Building
Solutions and his team of industry
professionals to aid you in the planning,
designing, and constructing electric
cooperative facilities.
Cooperative Response Center, Inc. .....929
Dan Otteson, Austin, MN, 507-437-2400,
info@crc.coop, www.crc.coop
CRC is a nationwide, cooperatively
owned & operated, 24/7 contact center,
central station, & software provider.
Founded in 1992, CRC has steadily
increased the size & scope of its
operation with offices in Austin, MN,
Dunlap, TN, and Abilene, TX.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
NRECA Service Member
Crave InfoTech .................................1350
Shrikant Nistane,
Edison, NJ,
253-241-6704,
shrikant@craveinfotech.com,
www.craveinfotech.com
Crave InfoTech is an ISO 9001:2008 &
CMMI Level 2 certified software solution
provider. Crave is an SAP, Microsoft,
Samsung and Google partner. We
specialize in ERP & GIS services, Asset
Tracking & Inspection applications,
Mobile Workforce Management,
Business Intelligence, and Enterprise
Mobility.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
CrewManager ..................................1554
Douglas Brill, Santa Monica, CA,
310-314-9356, dbrill@unibiz.com,
unibiz.com
Utilities use CrewManager (WMS) to
manage and schedule all utility work.
CrewManager works with your existing
systems and applications to consolidate
all work into one system for integrated
work order management, manpower
management, planning, scheduling,
dispatching, mobile, and timekeeping.
CriticalSpace Solutions ....................1415
Mark Steele, Norcross, GA, 310-728-0616,
msteele@ticss.net, www.ticss.net
CriticalSpace Solutions specializes in
both the design and build of utility
control rooms, EOC’s and NOC’s. We are
a global provider of video walls, map
boards, operator consoles and related
operations furniture, control room
management software, collaborative
communications solutions, etc.
Critter Guard Inc. .............................1629
Rick Wilson, Columbia, MO, 573-256-2110,
sales@critterguard.org,
www.critterguard.org
Critter Guard Inc. designed the LINE
GUARD and POLE GUARD products to
prevent power outages by blocking the
path of squirrels, rats and other rodents
from gaining access to electrical equipment on overhead power lines. The LINE
GUARD doubles as protection against
the electrocution of raptors.
CTC Global Corporation ....................1543
Anne McDowell, Irvine, CA, 949-428-8500
ext. 7282, amcdowell@ctcglobal.com,
www.ctcglobal.com
CTC developed and commercialized
ACCC conductor and hardware components. The ACCC conductor uses a highstrength, light-weight composite core
with a very low thermal sag. It can carry
twice the current of a conventional conductor while reducing line losses by 25
to 40% or more. 24,000km in service.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
CWC Chemical, Inc. ............................227
Jason Myers, Cloverdale, VA, 540-798-6880,
jmyers@cwc-chemical.com,
www.cwc-chemical.com
We provide consulting services and
products that help manage the reliability
of the line through vegetation management. We are also the premier supplier
of herbicide that is delivered in a returnable/refillable/recyclable format.
Daffron & Associates, Inc. ................1131
Jan Caldwell, Bowling Green, MO,
314-569-9608, jan@daffron.com,
www.daffron.com
Daffron iXp offers comprehensive, enterprise-wide utility solutions that deliver
uncompromising value. Our solutions
range from CIS, financial and work management, prepaid metering, customer
self-service, and field solutions, and
provides real-time integration to other
mission-critical applications.
dataVoice International Inc. .............1521
Denna Sandoval, Allen, TX, 972-390-8808
ext. 105, denna@datavoiceint.com,
www.datavoiceint.com
dataVoice provides Browser Based
Interactive Voice Response, Outage Management and Workforce Management
solutions to improve GIS data accuracy,
better determine the extent and location
of an outage, and provides Mobile Apps
and other tools to keep utility managers,
crews, and customers informed.
Davey Resource Group .......................846
Tommy Maloney, Alpharetta, GA,
770-377-1584,
tommy.maloney@davey.com,
www.davey.com/drg
Solutions are our specialty. Davey
achieves proven results by integrating
cutting edge technology with highly
qualified, experienced people. For
inventories and inspections, as well as
Reliability, to improve management of
your system, the Davey Resource Group
is your complete resource.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Diligent Board Member Services ........230
Jeffry Powell, New York, NY, 877-434-5443,
jpowell@boardbooks.com,
www.boardbooks.com
Diligent Boardbooks is the world’s most
widely used boardportal because it was
created with one purpose in mind: to
provide secure and intuitive access to
the information that underpins the bestperforming boards. Diligent and its
account teams serve more than 125
utility boards worldwide.
DIS-TRAN .........................................1416
Wendy Gintz, Pineville, LA, 318-767-5588,
wendy.gintz@distran.com,
www.distran.com
High Voltage Specialists who engineer/
design manufactured substation steel
structures, transmission towers and
poles, distribution wood crossarms and
transmission timbers, and packaged
substations. On time, on budget,
superior quality, solid integrity.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
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DiversiTech ........................................356
Jim Lindsey, San Antonio, TX,
404-660-2846, jlindsey@diversitech.com,
diversitech.com
DYNACCO INC.....................................320
John Dyer, Monroe, WA, 360-794-8974
ext. 101, jdyer@dynacco.com,
www.dynacco.com
Efergy USA, Inc. ...............................1256
Juan O. Gonzalez, Miami, FL, 800-206-1230,
juan.gonzalez@efergy.com,
www.efergy.com/us
World’s largest producer of equipment
pads. We produce Fiber Reinforced
Concrete pads for pad mounted transformers, meters, and pad mounted
switchgear. We also produce FRC
retaining wall sets.
Dynacco specializes in cleaning products for linemen; utility maintenance
shops; utility trucks. We strive to solve
your cleaning problems. We make antiskid compounds; concentrated cleaners;
high dielectric-strength solvents; and
our FAMOUS “one-of-a-kind” DYNAWIPES for hand and tool cleaning.
efergy manufactures energy monitoring
systems for residential and commercial
applications. Including AMI, IR Sensor
and Current Transducers. Whether it is a
dedicated energy display or a cloud
based solution accessible on a computer or smart phone, efergy has a
product to meet the needs of utilities.
Dupont Building, Inc. .......................1550
Tim Rebholz, Bell City, LA, 337-905-5928,
trebholz@dupontbuilding.com,
www.dupontbuilding.com
Dupont Building is a manufacturer of
prefabricated shelters with over 30
years of experience. We produce multiple types of shelters for just about every
application; we make seamless fiberglass, concrete composite, and steel
interlocking panel buildings.
DuPont Land Management .................445
Doug Wood, West Monroe, LA,
318-396-6050,
douglas.a.wood@dupont.com
www.landmanagement.dupont.com
DuPont manufactures and markets
herbicides for use for bareground weed
control, foliar brush control, invasive
weed control and selective weeding.
DuPont offers tools to help protect the
safety of every day life. Major products
are Perspective, Streamline, Viewpoint,
Krenite S and Krovar I DF.
Dur-A-Lift Inc. ....................................603
Rodney Bergstrom, George, IA,
712-475-2804, rbergstrom@dur-a-lift.com,
www.dur-a-lift.com
Dur-A-Lift, Inc. is a leading manufacturer
of telescoping articulating personnel
aerials and material handling aerial lifts
since 1969. Since that time many new
models and improvements have been
made to our product line due to our
customers’ feedback.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
DVI ....................................................401
Keith R. Jones, Richmond, VA, 919-866-1141,
kjones@dvigridsolutions.com,
www.dvigridsolutions.com
DVI, a Dominion Resources company,
was established to market Dominion’s
unique approach to Energy Distribution
& Grid Efficiency. Our solutions enable
utilities to plan, manage, and validate
investments in grid-optimization while
delivering significant energy savings.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Earth Networks ................................1255
John Bosse, Germantown, MD,
301-250-4160,
jbosse@earthnetworks.com,
www.earthnetworks.com
Leverage your grid modernization investment by integrating real-time localized
weather data from more than 10,000
Earth Networks weather stations for improved outage modeling and analysis,
and load forecasting. Combine weather
with your AMI data to provide usage reports to your residential customers while
shifting usage patterns off the peak.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Edko LLC ............................................219
Mike Vasko, Shreveport, LA, 318-425-8671,
mike.vasko@edkollc.com,
www.edkollc.com
An industry leader in vegetation management and herbicide application. We
provide services including tree growth
regulator, brush and vine management,
weed management and utility forestry
services. We specialize in distribution
and transmission reliability through integrated vegetation management.
Efacec ACS .........................................313
Frank Sublett, Norcross, GA, 770-446-8854,
acs.sales@efacec.com,
www.efacec-acs.com
A leading provider of smart grid
solutions to the global electric power
industry. Our full suite of solutions
includes SCADA; integrated DMS/OMS;
substation/feeder automation and
enterprise business intelligence. Our
innovative technologies are helping
utilities build the next generation grid.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Electric Motion Company, Inc. ............254
Derick Rodriguez, Winsted, CT,
860-379-8515,
derick@electricmotioncompany.com,
www.electricmotioncompany.com
Electric Motion Company, Inc. is a “Made
In the U.S.A” manufacturer of connectors, clamps, braids and lugs. We offer
our complete manufacturing capabilities
to custom design existing products.
Electrical Consultants, Inc. .................428
David Anderson, Billings, MT, 406-259-9933,
dave.anderson@eciblgs.com,
www.electricalconsultantsinc.com
ECI and EPCS offer electrical and civil
engineering, environmental, surveying &
right of way, electrical start up & testing,
design construct services and construction management & inspection to
electric utilities, industrial, renewable
energy developers and telecommunications companies nation wide.
ElectSolve........................................1539
Steve Bell, Shreveport, LA, 512-656-0004,
sbell@electsolve.com, ElectSolve.com
ElectSolve’s flagship product, uCentra™
Operational Data Management System
(ODMS), is a proven and vendor neutral
next-generation meter data management
system (MDMS) that provides an integration platform for AMI/AMR, CIS, SCADA,
OMS, EA/GIS, and DR/DA Systems.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Elster Solutions .................................301
Pat Corrigan, Raleigh, NC,
919-212-5071,
patrick.corrigan@
elster.com, www.elstersolutions.com
Elster delivers the vital connections utilities need to achieve the greatest possible value from their meter data. From
smart meters to AMI, MDM, and pre-integrated applications leveraging meter
data, Elster’s solutions help utilities improve system reliability.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
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ELTEK...............................................1531
Alexis Dennis, Plano, TX, 469-330-1671,
alexis.dennis@eltek.com, www.eltek.com
Eltek is a global supplier of power solutions for industrial and telecom applications. Eltek offers high efficiency power
converters, battery chargers, and system control/monitoring. Eltek battery
chargers offer high power efficiency and
n+1 redundancy, which reduce operation and maintenance cost.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Emergency Disaster Services..............214
Abigail Dobson, Lexington, KY,
859-255-0717,
abby@emergencydisasterservices.com,
emergencydisasterservices.com
Emergency Disaster Services provides
turn-key base camps, specializing in
Food Service, Laundry Services, Showers,
Command Centers, Clearspan Structures
and Temporary Power and Lighting. EDS
is recognized for its ability to quickly
respond to any emergency situation.
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EnerVision, Inc.................................1503
Joshua Warmack, Atlanta, GA,
678-510-2923,
joshua.warmack@enervision-inc.com,
www.enervision-inc.com
Equipment Technology.......................501
Glenn Smith, Oklahoma City, OK,
405-748-3841, gsmith@eti1.com,
www.etiequipment.com
EnerVision provides tailored energy
solutions to electric utilities. We offer a
spectrum of services including procuring wholesale power supply, designing
and implementing DR/EE programs,
defining rate strategies and designs,
and evaluating technologies.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Environmental Consultants, Inc. .........820
Dave Palen, Stoughton, WI, 608-877-9539,
dpalen@eci-consulting.com,
eci-consulting.com
Environmental Consultants Inc. (ECI) has
been recognized for over 40 years, as
the leading Utility Vegetation Management Consulting firm in North America.
ECI provides cooperatives with professional ISA certified foresters to help
manage the right-of-way as well as
impartial program assessments.
ETI is a full line aerial lift manufacturer
in the 60ft. and under market. We
specialize in custom designed bodies
built in both steel and aluminum.
ERMCO ............................................1331
Bill Hadden, Dyersburg, TN, 731-288-4228,
bhadden@ermco-eci.com, ermco-eci.com
ERMCO is an American Manufacturer
of Distribution Transformers. We
manufacture single phase polemount
and padmount transformers and three
phase polemount and padmount
transformers. We also produce small
KVA specialty transformers and a full
line of transformer components.
NRECA Service Member
Ervin Cable Construction, LLC ...........1635
Paul Hina, Sturgis, KY, 270-333-3366,
paul.hina@ervincable.com,
www.ervincable.com
Ervin Cable Construction, LLC is a full
service fiber optic construction company with 30+ years of experience.
Our highly trained and professional
workforce has successfully and timely
completed some of the largest FTTH
and fiber network construction projects
in the country.
EUDA Electric Utility
Distributors Association ..................1108
Todd K. McLellan, Georgetown, TX,
352-748-9550, tmclellan@gresco.com,
www.eudaonline.com
Field ID ..............................................760
Darcie DaSilva, Toronto, ON Canada,
416-583-5273,
darcie.dasilva@fieldid.com,
www.fieldid.com
An organization of nine cooperative
owned distributors across the U.S.,
EUDA’s mission is to create a positive,
successful environment that cultivates
the sharing of ideas, challenges, and
solutions for the competitive utility
marketplace.
Field ID is the leading cloud-based
safety compliance software for smartphones, tablets and the web. Easy to
use and highly customizable to your
safety needs, Field ID helps you eliminate paperwork, improve efficiency and
increase safety. Field ID is part of Master
Lock Canada, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Master Lock Company LLC.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Co-op Member
ESC engineering, Inc. .........................312
Laurie Lofland, Fort Collins, CO,
970-224-9100, llofland@thinkesc.com,
www.thinkesc.com
EWA Government Systems, Inc.........1556
Ed Tivol, Bowling Green, KY, 270-842-4793,
etivol@ewa.com, ewa.com
ESC provides electrical engineering and
related technical services for Utility
clients including Substation, Transmission & Distribution Design; Construction
Management; Planning & System
Studies; System Protection & Relaying;
SCADA & Automation; GIS/Mapping &
Integration; & Interconnection Studies.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Esri ..................................................1031
Ken Brelsford,
Redlands, CA,
636-949-6620,
ext. 8531, kbrelsford@esri.com,
www.esri.com/electric
What’s your location strategy? Use
the power of Esri ArcGIS platform to
transform your electric cooperative.
Our maps and analytics improve asset
management, customer service,
productivity of field workers and
much more.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Euclides Technologies........................765
Jessica Aceto, Cambridge, MA,
617-714-4840 ext. 804,
jessica@euclidestech.com,
euclidestech.com
Euclides Technologies will deliver
out-of-the-box or tailor-made solutions
based on your field service business
requirements. Our outstanding design
and integration abilities enable us to
create unique implementations that
build total communication among all
elements of workforce management.
EWA Government Systems Inc. (EWA
GSI) is a full spectrum information
technology company with extensive experience in cyber-security, information
assurance, supply chain security, and
facial recognition. Since 1977, EWA GSI
has supported Federal, State and Local
governments with security services.
Exceleron Software Inc.....................1103
Bob Finley, Dallas, TX, 972-852-2711,
bfinley@exceleron.com,
www.exceleron.com
Exceleron Software Inc. (ESI) is an
expert in prepaid solutions with more
than 13 years experience. ESI’s Prepaid
Account Management System (PAMS) is
a web-based application requiring no
on-site hardware or software. To date
ESI has assisted more than 85 Utilities
with successful prepaid programs.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Fastenal .............................................238
Paul Sampson, Winona, MN, 507-453-8375,
psampson@fastenal.com,
www.fastenal.com
Fastenal is an efficient single source
for industrial, facilities maintenance
and construction supplies. Fastenal’s
distribution network provides local
product and service at more than 2,700
store locations. Customers benefit from
local deliveries, hands-on inventory
management and personal service.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
FieldWorker Products.......................1348
J.M. (Jean-Marc) Leger, Fineview, NY,
416-483-3485 ext. 31,
jm.leger@fieldworker.com,
www.fieldworker.com
FieldWorker is a low cost software application that replaces paper worksheets
with easy to use drop-down lists and
radio buttons so service linemen can do
their work quickly and accurately. It will
connect with your back office and work
online or offline on any Windows or
Android mobile device.
Figmore Technologies, Inc..................328
William Kelly, Clearwater, FL, 804-601-2801,
wrkelly@figmore.com, www.figmore.com
Figmore Technologies, Inc.is the developer of pe-Insight,® the world’s first
cloud-based software service for the
management of PPE items such as electrical rubber goods, safety equipment,
tools, and other strategic assets that
must periodically be recalled from the
field for testing or inspection.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Ford Motor Company........................1339
Dan O’Connor, Richmond, VA, 804-658-7960,
doconno3@ford.com, www.ford.com
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), a global
automotive industry leader based in
Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or
distributes automobiles across six
continents. With about 180,000
employees and 65 plants worldwide,
the company’s automotive brands
include Ford and Lincoln. The company
provides financial services through Ford
Motor Credit Company.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
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Exhibitors
FSI – Financial Services, Inc. ............1627
Cole Svenson, Glen Rok, NJ, 201-301-6640,
CSvenson@insidefsi.net,
www.directoraccess.com,
www.insidefsi.net
FSI, one of the largest Data/Item
Processing solution providers, offers a
secure, web-based portal that provides
a convenient, online platform for board
members. Director Access connects you
and your board to agendas, minutes,
calendars, policies, procedures and
more. Access timely and confidential
documents anytime, anywhere, even
on the iPad.
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.457
John Chowdhury, Richardson, TX,
972-479-2702,
john.chowdhury@us.fujitsu.com,
www.fujitsu.com/us/services/telecom/
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.
is a trusted partner and helps co-ops
expand, modernize and build new fiber
networks. We take a vendor-neutral approach, combining Fujitsu and 3rd-party
solutions for Smart Grid implementations
and delivery of fiber-to-the-home
broadband services to consumers.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Full Spectrum Inc. ..............................764
Stewart Kantor, Sunnyvale, CA,
650-743-8945,
skantor@fullspectrumnet.com,
www.fullspectrumnet.com
Electric coop proven, private, licensed,
point-to-multipoint, wireless networks:
providing non-line-of-site uninterrupted
broadband capacity and coverage at the
lowest cost per square mile than any
other solution.
Futura Systems, Inc............................829
Adam Dinges, Atlanta, GA, 678-906-2577,
adamd@futuragis.com,
www.futuragis.com
Futura introduces the Ops Dashboard
that will connect Futura GIS, Stake, Field
Inspection, OMS, and Asset Management into one user friendly utility web
map. Discover why hundreds of utilities
have already selected Futura Systems as
their GIS solutions company by visiting
us at www.futuragis.com.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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G&W Electric Company.......................530
G&W Electric Co., Bolingbrook, IL,
708-388-5010, info@gwelec.com,
www.gwelec.com
General Cable ..................................1355
Tom Lewnard, Highland Heights, KY,
859-572-8000, info@generalcable.com,
www.generalcable.com
G&W Electric Co. is a leading worldwide
manufacturer of medium/high voltage
electrical products and automation
services. Providing customer power
solutions worldwide since 1905.
From low-, medium-, high- and extrahigh-voltage wire and cable for traditional and renewable generation,
distribution and transmission, both
overhead and underground, General
Cable offers a broad spectrum of RUScompliant products that meet your
demands—Delivering more power to
you. Visit 1355.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
GAMMA Insulators Corp ...................1611
Christopher Seguin, Pittsford, NY,
815-353-8607,
NAS@gammainsulators.com,
www.gammainsulators.com
GAMMA is the utility products manufacturing subsidiary of the Corona Group, a
multinational conglomerate with over
130 years manufacturing experience.
Our portfolio includes porcelain, polymer and glass insulators and housings.
GDS Associates, Inc. ..........................708
Robert Smith, Marietta, GA, 770-425-8100,
rob.smith@gdsassociates.com,
www.gdsassociates.com
GDS Associates is a multi-service
consulting and engineering firm formed
in 1986 with a broad range of service
expertise focused on electric, gas, and
water utilities including: Power supply
planning, rate services, privatization,
energy efficiency and DSM, transmission, forecasting, etc.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
GE Digital Energy ...............................939
Lalit Lopez, Markham, ON Canada,
905-927-5184, lalit.lopez@ge.com,
www.gedigitalenergy.com
GE Digital Energy’s Distribution Automation (DA) solutions enable the ability
to monitor and control assets, identify
and isolate faults, restore service and
increase distribution network efficiency
(VVC) and reliability (FDIR/FLISR). GE
will help you maximize grid efficiency
and reliability.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Genics Inc..........................................321
Brent Elton, Acheson, AB Canada,
780-962-1000 ext. 246,
belton@genicsinc.com,
www.genicsinc.com
Genics uses proven, safe, and internationally recognized elemental compounds (Boron and Copper), to form
unique products in patent protected
delivery systems. Cobra™ products
are designed to remain in the desired
treatment zone; not leaching into the
surrounding area.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc. ............1645
Mike Combs, Austin, TX, 512-349-2400
ext. 111, mcombs@gsiworks.com,
www.gsiworks.com
GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc. delivers
innovative field software to electric
utility companies throughout North
America. Since 1999, our GSI AssetManager suite of products provides
advanced GPS technologies for facility
design, inventory and inspection, storm
damage and vegetation management.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
GIS Landmark ..................................1616
Andrew Salyers, Mount Vernon, OH,
740-485-0340,
salyers@gislandmark.com,
www.gislandmark.com
GIS Landmark specializes in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and GPS
services for utility mapping projects
worldwide. We offer GIS & GPS services
to various utility companies covering
the areas of gas distribution, electric
distribution/transmission, telecommunications, water, storm, & sewer.
Exhibitors
GISbiz, Inc. ........................................323
Brandon Fyffe, Nashville, TN,
615-600-4166, brandon.fyffe@gisbiz.com,
http://gisbiz.com
GRID20/20 ........................................661
Scott Bussing, Richmond, VA, 760-333-4558,
scott.bussing@bussing.com,
grid2020.com
HAEFELY HIPOTRONICS.....................1613
David Kulis, Brewster, NY, 845-230-9245,
sales@hipotronics.com,
www.hipotronics.com
We are a solutions and services company that serves electric utilities by providing them with the latest tech in field
inspection. Visit us at booth #323 for a
live demo of our field inspection software. Our app is compatible with tablets
and smart phones and is perfect for
co-ops large and small.
GRID20/20 offers an integrated Distribution Transformer Monitoring solution
known as OptaNODE™ featuring highaccuracy patented sensors and smart
analytics software providing detailed
information about the distribution
network such as voltage, current,
and energy for CVR, DA, and Revenue
Protection.
HAEFELY HIPOTRONICS is the world’s
leading full-line manufacturer and
servicer of HV test and measurement
instrumentation. Our products span the
complete spectrum of dielectric testing,
from portable AC & DC hipot testers for
utility testing, to cable fault locators, to
PD detectors and power factor test instruments, to full HV laboratories.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Global Power Products.....................1546
Jordan Bond, Lawrenceville, GA,
800-826-3837,
Jordan@globalpowerproducts.com,
www.GlobalPowerProducts.com
Global Power Products manufacturers
utility grade, revenue class submeters
for commercial, industrial and residential markets. Global manufactures Surge
Safe and the GenerLink automatic transfer switch, the industry’s most reliable
and effective solution for safely connecting a generator to your home
GPS Insight......................................1057
Tyler Mortensen, Scottsdale, AZ,
866-477-4321, sales@gpsinsight.com,
www.gpsinsight.com
GPS Insight is a leading technology
provider of GPS fleet tracking software
for fleet-based companies. GPS Insight
provides a highly flexible solution,
including a wide range of customized
reports, alerts and other innovative
features to ensure a maximum return
on investment.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
GridFirst ............................................723
Bruce Bjerke, Columbia, MD, 763-913-9553,
bruce@gridfirst.com, www.gridfirst.com
GridFirst is a mobile app providing
members 24/7 access to view energy
usage via their smart device. View current and historical usage, statements
and pay bills online. GridFirst’s notification functionality allows your utility to
directly communicate with your members via their mobile device.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
groSolar ..........................................1551
Steve Remen, White River Junction, VT,
802-359-6514,
steve.remen@grosolar.com,
www.grosolar.com
NRECA Silver Associate Member
groSolar is a one stop source for solar
PV projects ranging from development
services and financing to engineering,
procurement, and construction to
long-term operations and maintenance.
Our experience includes projects atop
brownfields, landfills, water treatment
plants, and manufacturing facilities.
Green Team Energy Services...............226
Tony Reynolds, Alpharetta, GA,
904-772-5796,
areynolds@gt-energyservices.com,
www.gt-energyservices.com
Guernsey .........................................1421
David Hedrick, Oklahoma City, OK,
405-416-8157,
david.hedrick@guernsey.us,
www.guernsey.us
Green Team is a Salesforce.com partner
and developer of DSMTracker; an endto-end DSM portfolio and program
management tool enabling low-cost
turnkey delivery of DSM portfolios and
programs. Additional services include
custom Salesforce.com solutions and
implementation.
Experts in cost of service; rate analysis;
power system planning; fuel & load
forecasting; substation, transmission
and distribution engineering; acquisition and contract negotiation; security
vulnerability analysis and risk assessment; environmental, architectural
and engineering design services.
Hastings Fiber Glass ........................1520
Kirk Mulder, Hastings, MI, 269-945-9541,
kmulder@hfgp.com, www.hfgp.com
For more than 50 years our reputation
for quality, dependable and long lasting
products has made us an industry
leader of hot line tools and equipment.
Our tools have been field tested by
linemen all around the world. When
you see our name, expect the best.
Havis, Inc...........................................757
Heather Miller, Warminster, PA,
215-957-0720, hmiller@havis.com,
www.havis.com
Havis—Productivity in Motion for over
80 years; we manufacture mobile office
solutions for electric cooperative utilities. Havis products include industry
leading Rugged Mounting Solutions,
Vehicle equipment consoles, computer
and tablet docking stations and cradles,
and power management solutions.
HD Electric Company ..........................450
Kimberly Huggins, Waukegan, IL,
847-473-4980,
khuggins@hdelectriccompany.com,
www.HDElectricCompany.com
HD Electric Company provides the
electrical industry with a complete
range of quality, field-proven and
dependable products to test, measure
and control electric power. HDE prides
itself on providing quality products that
improve the safety and quality of utility
work practices.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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Exhibitors
HD Supply Power Solutions..............1447
Bill Lawyer, Mattoon, IL, 217-258-0904,
bill.lawyer@hdsupply.com,
www.hdsupply.com
North America T&D Material Distributor
and Services Provider. Services include
Vendor Managed Inventory Solutions,
Storm Restoration, AMI Sales and
Installation Services, T&D/Generation
Tool Sales and Repair Services. Project
Services that include transmission,
substation, distribution line projects.
High Cotton .......................................850
John Gendrich, Birmingham, AL,
205-838-2827,
jgendrich@highcottonusa.com,
www.highcottonusa.com
Howard Technology Solutions ..........1638
Tommy Barnett, Ellisville, MS,
888-912-3151,
thomasbarnett@howard.com,
www.howard.com
For over 50 years, High Cotton has delivered client communication solutions.
We use the latest technologies to provide our customers peace of mind that
their bills, letters, and notices, both
electronic and paper, are secure,
accurate and delivered on time.
As a leading manufacturer and reseller
of computer hardware and related
equipment, Howard Technology Solutions offers over 250,000 brand-name
technology products, from desktops,
rugged notebooks, and specialized
mobility solutions that can handle the
most extreme environments to digital
cameras, printers, and a powerful array
of network security tools.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Hercules Industries Inc. ...................1423
Kelli Friend, Prospect, OH, 740-494-2628,
kfriend@herculock.com,
www.herculock.com
Howard Industries..............................618
Jeremy Hoagland, Laurel, MS, 601-422-1943,
jhoagland@howard.com,
www.howard.com
Hercules Industries brings you the
complete line of the HERCULOCK all
brass padlocks. Our locks are precision
crafted out of solid brass to withstand
inclement weather conditions and are
available with brass, stainless steel or
heat treated shackles in a variety of
shackle clearances.
The Utility Products Division of Howard
Industries is a leading manufacturer of
electrical transmission and distribution
equipment used by utilities and by
commercial and industrial companies
worldwide. Our products include
distribution transformers, power
transformers, voltage regulators,
switching/sectionalizing cabinets,
junction boxes and transformer
components.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Hubbell Power Systems .....................625
Elizabeth Siefkas,
Centralia, MO,
573-682-5521,
hpsliterature@hubbell.com,
www.hubbellpowersystems.com
Manufactures a wide variety of transmission, distribution, substation and
underground products. Brands include:
Anderson, Chance, Electro Composites,
Fargo, Ohio Brass, PCORE, Quazite,
Trinetics and USCO. Products include
hardware, tools, enclosures, capacitors,
insulators, arresters and bushings.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Hughes Brothers, Inc. ......................1612
Tim Hughes, Seward, NE, 402-643-2991,
tim@hughesbros.com,
www.hughesbros.com
Hughes Brothers, Inc. has been manufacturing high quality transmission and
distribution materials since 1921. We
continue to develop products to meet
our customers’ needs, including a variety of wood, steel, and fiberglass products. Careful engineering and testing
has placed our company in a position of
leadership in the electric utility industry.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Hurtado & Associates, Inc. ...............1047
Jared Hurtado, Sandy, UT, 801-352-8396,
jared@hapower.co,
www.hurtadopower.com
Hurtado & Associates, Inc. has over
30 years of experience insuring power
distribution facilities, offers an all-lines
specialty property & casualty insurance
program for rural electric cooperatives,
to include a dedicated claims unit,
onsite loss control, risk management
services, and JT&S training.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Huskie Tools ......................................957
Larry Kotars, Glendale Heights, IL,
630-485-2251, info@huskietools.com,
www.huskietools.com
Huskie Tools, supplier of cutting and
compression tools, brings innovation to
the utility industry with the new SL-510.
The SL-510 is the first 12 ton, streamlined, compression tool in the industry.
Stop by our booth to view the SL-510
along with the next generation of
Huskie Tools—The REC-6SERIES.
Hytera America ................................1149
Nicholas Bacigalupi,
Miramar, FL,
800-845-1230,
nicholas.bacigalupi@hytera.us,
www.hytera.us
Hytera is the second largest supplier
of radios globally and is committed to
building quality products that are
backed by superior service. We design
and build products from the ground up
with tough applications in mind. With
choices ranging from Analog, DMR,
TETRA, and Trunking Systems.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
ICMI, Inc ............................................349
Brian Sanders, Amelia, OH, 513-752-4731,
bsanders@icmiinc.com, www.icmiinc.com
ICMI designs and manufactures microprocessor-based voltage regulator and
recloser controls. ICMI products are in
use at electric utility grids around the
globe and carry industry-leading warranties. Our controls adapt to all major
brands and provide seamless communication to back-end applications.
IFD Corporation..................................665
Paul Henault, Vancouver, BC Canada,
859-753-8153,
paul.henault@ifdcorporation.com,
www.ifdcorporation.com
IFD Corporation has developed and
patented the Internal Fault Detector
(IFD™). The IFD is a sensor that detects
and indicates internal faults in distribution transformers. With over a halfmillion installed since 2001 line crews
have come to trust the IFD to help them
restore power faster and safer.
Inner-Pole........................................1356
Brian P. Fisher, Bennett, CO, 303-385-7376,
bpfisher@inner-pole.com,
www.inner-pole.com
Inner-Pole offers Nondestructive utility
pole testing using the POLUX Technology.
Inner-Pole is the USA Distributor and
training partner with POLUX. Inner-Pole
also offers GPS collection, RUS inventory
collection, mapping and testing software which compliments the final
deliverables. 4 million tests
Innerduct.com....................................318
Peter Durin, Cedar Rapids, IA,
319-551-7283, pdurin@terry-durin.com,
www.innerduct.com
Innerduct.com is the largest independent provider of HDPE INNERDUCT and
20k HANDHOLES in the United States.
We stock all associated materials.
Insurance Network of America ............648
Patty Brown, Giddings, TX, 979-540-2293,
PattyB@utilityinsurance.com,
utilityinsurance.com
We have the professionalism and power
of long-term industry relationships to
negotiate on your behalf for competitive
premiums and terms to empower your
business.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Intelligent Energy Solutions LLC.........202
Kenneth Van Meter, Atlanta, GA,
678-699-5285,
kdvanmeter@intelligent-es.com,
intelligent-es.com
Intelligent Energy Solutions LLC (IES)
has developed and operates a powerful
cloud-based set of managed service
solutions that delivers its customers
the economic benefit of Virtual Peaking
Power Plants, Virtual Power Plants and
Virtual Microgrids through Capacity
Management, Peak Load Management,
Energy Efficiency Optimization, Asset
Management and Distributed Energy
Resources Management.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Intelligent Illuminations, Inc. .............244
Brittney Marner,
Virginia Beach, VA,
757-502-8968,
bmarner@ilums.com, ilums.com
We are the developer of the Intelligent
Light Monitoring System (ILMS). The
ILMS monitors and controls streetluminary operating systems through
wireless technology that brings energysaving innovation in the form of a
revolutionary solution for roadway
and off-roadway lighting.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Interstate Relocation Services, Inc. ..1643
Susan Gilman, Springfield, VA,
703-226-3265, susan.gilman@invan.com,
interstaterelocationservices.com
We develop individualized relocation
programs resulting in successful recruitment support and long term employee
retention. Our offerings include: predecision counseling, policy consultation
and development, expense management, tax/regulatory compliance, move
management and real estate programs.
iS5 Communications ..........................229
Gary Johnson, Mississauga, ON Canada,
647-961-8505,
garyjohnson@is5com.com,
www.is5com.com
iS5Com provides Ethernet and fiber
communications WAN and LAN network
design services and hardened (operating temp –40F to +185F) switches,
media converters and serial servers for
connection to and within substations.
iS5’s services and products are key
enablers of advanced technology
implementation.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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Exhibitors
ISPN Network Services.....................1155
Nima Moaveni, Lenexa, KS, 913-307-5088,
nima@ispn.net, www.ispn.net
ISPN can supplement any facet of an
ISP’s business providing technical
Helpdesk support (24x7 or customized
hours), vISP server solutions, email,
spam/virus filtering, engineering, network monitoring, cable modem provisioning, cloud storage, remote PC repair
and hardware consultation. Since 1994,
ISPN has offered its partners a branded
Internet product, while performing all or
part of the back-end services.
Itron, Inc. ...........................................821
Frank Piscitelli,
Liberty Lake, WA,
215-688-3063,
frank.piscitelli@itron.com, www.itron.com
We are the leading provider of energyand water-management solutions for
nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide. Our
solutions include energy and water
measurement and control technology,
communications, software, and services.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
J.J. Kane Auctioneers........................1317
Grant Williams, Maple Shade, NJ,
205-706-1389,
grant.williams@jjkane.com,
www.jjkane.com
J.J. Kane Auctioneers is the leading remarketer of surplus utility fleet and
equipment, conducting over 45 public
auctions, annually. We make it easy to
connect buyers with your surplus
through live, physical auction sales.
Contact us at (888) 551-6290.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
J.W. Outfitters ....................................221
Michael Brautigan, Atlanta, GA,
678-612-1589,
michael.brautigan@jwoutfitters.com,
jwoutfitters.com
J.W. Outfitters is an industry leader in the
nationwide direct sale of service uniforms,
fire retardant uniforms, hi-visibility and
corporate apparel. We can offer Online
Internet Ordering and Management
Systems. We are a Woman-owned
WBE certified company, with over 39
years in business.
Jaguar Software ...............................1354
Richard Leirer, Sullivan, IL, 888-557-6475,
richard@jaguarsoftware.com,
www.jaguarsoftware.com
Jaguar provides remittance processing
software for large and small utilities.
Regardless of your management software, bank, or size and style of coupon,
Jaguar can streamline your remittance
environment. Jaguar’s software can save
you 60% of the time required to process
payments. Let us show you how!
Jarraff Industries, Inc. ........................207
Heidi Boyum, Saint Peter, MN,
507-420-9506, heidi@jarraff.com,
jarraff.com
Jarraff Industries introduces the MiniJarraff specifically designed for residential and rear lot trimming. Remotely
controlled, it can retract to a 35-inch
width to navigate gates and backyards.
See the Jarraff Tree Trimmer, Mini-Jarraff
Rear Lot Trimmer and Geo-Boy Brush
Cutter at www.jarraff.com.
Jelco ................................................1657
Jay Lea, Cullman, AL, 256-737-7316,
jaylea@jelco-alubox.com, www.jelco.ca
Kenwood USA Corporation,
Communications Sector ...................1154
Sales Department, Suwanee, GA,
800-950-5005,
ecomm@kenwoodusa.com,
kenwoodusa.com
Kenwood USA, Communications Sector,
is a worldwide manufacturer of analog
and digital two-way radios, including
P25 compliant and NEXEDGE® radios
that use the NXDN® protocol. Kenwood
custom systems, mobiles and portables
are used by rural electric utilities across
the U.S.
Kershaw – a Division of
Progress Rail Services........................419
MIke Balkom, Montgomery, AL,
334-799-4075,
mbalkom@progressrail.com,
www.kershawusa.com
Kershaw has been building brush cutters and mechanical tree trimmers in
Montgomery, Al, since 1969. Products
include the Sky Trim high production
tree trimmer and the Klearway brush
cutter. We thank Dixie Electric Cooperative for powering our facilities with
exceptional service going on 37 years.
Jelco has been manufacturing handcrafted lineman’s products since 1892.
We offer a full range of climbing gear
and the industry leading wood pole fall
restricting device.
Keystone Electrical
Manufacturing Company ..................1413
Des Moines, IA, 515-661-2775,
www.KeystoneEMC.com
Jordan Transformer ..........................1512
Tim Sernett, Jordan, MN, 952-492-2720,
tims@jordantransformer.com,
jordantransformer.com
KorTerra...........................................1602
Thomas Hall, Chanhassen, MN,
952-368-1911, sales@korterra.com,
www.korterra.com
Jordan Transformer repairs, redesigns &
remanufactures Substation & Mobile
transformers up to 200 MVA & 161 kV
with Impulse & PD testing. We also
manufacture entirely NEW Mobile Substations. Field Service capabilities include oil processing, new installations,
gasket repair, LTC repair & more.
KorTerra is the damage prevention industry’s most trusted partner in providing quality and comprehensive One Call
ticket management software solutions.
To learn more about KorTerra, please
visit www.korterra.com, or contact via
telephone at 952.368.1911.
Kaddas Enterprises Inc.....................1632
Patrick Scott, Salt Lake City, UT,
801-972-5400 ext. 11,
patricks@kaddas.com, www.KADDAS.com
Kaddas manufactures BirdguarD™
products used by Power Utilities to eliminate Wildlife Caused Power Outages.
Materials are IEEE & ASTM Tested to
72kV, UV Resistant, will not flame drip,
SnapFit for easy installation. ISO
9001:2008 and WBENC WOB Certified.
Kaddas is 100% Made in The USA!
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Laminated Wood Systems, Inc............418
Jon Wilcox, Seward, NE, 402-643-4708,
sales@lwsinc.com, www.lwsinc.com
LWS offers E-LAMv laminated wood utility structures for use in unguyed angle,
tangent, switch & substation applications. LWS also offers the patented
PhaseRaiser® structure lifting system,
the patented PoleEnforcer® groundline
reinforcement system and the PRS Pole
Reclassification System®.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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Exhibitors
Landis+Gyr ........................................913
Gary High, Alpharetta,
GA, 678-258-1500,
gary.high@
landisgyr.com,
www.landisgyr.com
Landis+Gyr is the leading global
provider of integrated energy management products and services. Landis+Gyr
offers a complete portfolio of advanced
metering, load management, grid automation, meter data management and
consumer engagement applications as
part of its Gridstream® platform.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Lee Electrical Construction, Inc. .......1507
Jerry Lee, Aberdeen, NC, 910-944-9728,
dpayne@lee-electrical.com,
www.lee-electrical.com
Lee Electrical Construction, Inc. is a high
voltage power line company located in
Aberdeen, N.C. Providing services in
Overhead and Underground Distribution
and Maintenance, Transmission Construction and Maintenance, Directional
Boring, Substation Erection and
Maintenance.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Lektron LED Lighting Technology .......422
Johnna Phillips, Tulsa, OK, 918-622-4978
ext. 300, jphillips@lektroninc.com,
www.lektroninc.com
Lektron LED Lighting Technology has
been producing LED lighting components for twenty (20) years, and was
on the leading edge of providing LED
retrofit kits for the dusk-to-dawn fixtures, the post-top acorn fixtures, and
many others. Let us light the way, and
save you money in the world of LEDs!
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Lewis Tree Service/
Clearion Software ..............................613
Steve Powell, West Henrietta, NY,
585-410-1879, spowell@lewistree.com,
www.lewistree.com
As the 2nd largest utility vegetation
management company in North America, Lewis Tree Service gets the job done
right for a number of the nation’s leading co-ops. Clearion Software, a Lewis
company, offers cutting-edge GIS-based
work management and storm response
software.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Live Wall Media Inc. ...........................519
Matt Aver, Morgan Hill, CA, 510-378-4001,
matt@livewallmedia.com,
www.livewallmedia.com
Live Wall Media specializes in turnkey
video walls designed for 24/7 mission
critical control room applications. Our
solutions combine our crisp, clear LCD
panels, flexible wall mounts, and state
of the art video processors into systems
that are powerful and easy to operate.
Mackay Communications –
Satellite Services ...............................854
Patrick Fisher, Raleigh, NC, 919-850-3100,
satserv@mackaycomm.com,
www.mackaysatellite.com
Reliable & cost-effective Inmarsat satellite systems for smart metering, distribution automation & substation
communication. Improve efficiency &
reduce complexity of deployed mobile,
fixed, & SCADA assets via compact,
ruggedized terminals (IsatData & BGAN
M2M); for 24/7 real-time IP connectivity.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
MADI – Innovative Lineman Tools.....1316
Wayne Morris, Greenville, SC, 678-642-8637,
wm@madillc.com, www.madillc.com
MADI is a manufacturer and marketer of
innovative utility tools for linemen.
MADI’s products deliver safer solutions
and improve efficiency for linemen
worldwide. More information can be
found at www.madillc.com. Come by
booth 227 for the latest innovation in
wire brushing!
Magotteaux Inc..................................326
Dave Gubala, Franklin, TN, 615-878-4864,
dave.gubala@magotteaux.com,
www.magotteaux.com
Magotteaux is a company that specializes in pulverizer mills grinding zone
products, we offer high chrome and
xwin ceramic imbedded tires and table
segments of all sizes and types for MPS
and MBF Mills. We have USA manufacturing in (Pulaski, TN ) or other global locations to support your needs .
Mapcom Systems.............................1609
Lake Stockdreher, Richmond, VA,
804-743-1860 ext. 369,
lstockdreher@mapcom.com,
www.mapcom.com
Mapcom Systems is the developer of M4
Solutions—a visual operations platform
that allows service providers to manage
their workforce, as well as fiber, coax,
wireless and copper networks, including
both outside and inside plant at the
physical and logical levels. M4 Solutions
enables users to integrate and correlate
data from existing billing, accounting,
GPS tracking, element management,
network monitoring and vehicle-tracking
applications in a powerful visual interface to all network elements.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
MasTec North America, Inc...............1640
Thomas M. Jones, Tallahassee, FL,
559-250-9564,
thomas.jones@mastec.com,
www.mastec.com
As one of the nations’s leading
providers of electric-utility construction
and maintenance services, MasTec
enables the efficient and reliable generation, transmission and distribution of
electricity to homes and businesses
across the country which allows us to
effectively meet our clients needs.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
McFarland Cascade ............................751
Judy Irvine, Tacoma, WA, 253-597-3314,
JIrvine@Stella-Jones.com, www.ldm.com
McFarland Cascade/a Stella-Jones Company is one of the largest manufacturers
of treated wood utility poles and railroad ties in North America. Our product
line also includes the engineering and
supply of laminated poles for un-guyed
self supporting structures as well.
McWane Poles .................................1347
Warren Stewart, Coshocton, OH,
740-202-7454,
warren.stewart@mcwanepoles.com,
www.mcwanepoles.com
McWane Poles manufactures ductile
iron electrical distribution and light
transmission poles. McWane’s poles are
engineered for consistent strength and
appearance, and the unique metallurgy
of ductile iron makes these poles more
resistant to corrosion and easier to drill
than other engineered poles.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
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Exhibitors
Milner Technologies,
formerly Comsquared Systems...........621
Kurt Thayer, Norcross, GA, 770-734-5407,
kthayer@milner.com,
www.milnertechnologies.com
As a leading provider of Document
Workflow and Imaging Solutions to over
180 electric cooperatives nationwide,
we understand their imaging needs.
Using our document centric solutions
users benefit from our experience in
seamlessly integrating with the utility’s
main line of business software.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Milsoft Utility Solutions...................1039
Brian Carr, Abilene, TX, 325-695-1642,
info@milsoft.com, www.milsoft.com
Milsoft provides more than 1000 utilities and their consultants and vendors
with powerful engineering, operations,
communications, and customer service
software that enables them to do their
jobs better. Milsoft software will equip
you to plan and operate your distribution system like never before.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation.1605
Charles Patton, Brookfield, WI,
951-334-4187,
charles.patton@milwaukeetool.com,
www.milwaukeetool.com
With a relentless devotion to disruptive
innovation, Milwaukee Electric Tool
delivers solutions to the industry that
reduce costs while increasing productivity. We excel in cordless, corded, T&M,
Hand Tool, and accessory innovation
and design. Agressive test tool programs available.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Mitsubishi Electric
Visual Solutions America .................1102
David Jones, Cypress, CA, 507-281-3757,
djones@mevsa.com,
mitsubishi-megaview.com
Mitsubishi DataWall offers super reliable
high resolution LED based visualization
products and advanced data processing
systems specifically designed for mission
critical control room environments like
those utilized by electric cooperatives.
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MOBILE MOUNTS ...............................555
Scott Zuelke, McKinney, TX, 972-542-7456,
scott@mobilemounts.com,
www.mobilemounts.com
Muscle Wall Holdings.........................248
George Deussen, Logan, UT, 801-628-8509,
george@musclewall.com,
www.musclewall.com
MOBILE MOUNTS is the preferred
provider of vehicle mounting systems,
wireless solutions, power management
and nationwide installation. Based in
Dallas, the company has performed
100,000+ installations for utility
companies across North America.
Muscle Wall is a flood and containment
solutions company that has engineered
and built a system that is perfect for
protecting assets from flood waters and
storm water runoff. It is also utilized for
the primary containment of fresh water
and many types of secondary containment in the Oil and Gas Industry.
Motorola Solutions Inc.......................947
Cody O’Neill, Schaumburg, IL,
303-549-9376,
Cody.oneill@motorolasolutions.com,
www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/
Business+Solutions/Industry+Solutions/
Utilities
Motorola Solutions provides worldclass mobility products to utilities. You
can respond quicker and safer, manage
power delivery more effectively and
achieve regulatory compliance more
easily when your mobile work crews
and distributed assets are connected
and visible to each other.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
mPower Innovations ..........................256
Jason Brown, Appleton, WI, 616-240-8810,
jbrown@mpwr.net, www.mpwr.net
mPower provides small and mid-tier
utilities with cost effective, user-friendly
software for Smart Grid Integration;
Including GIS, OMS, AMI, MDM, Load
Analysis, Work Force and Fleet Management. If your utility is considering any of
these operational/engineering applications, we should talk at the show!
NRECA Silver Associate Member
MTU Onsite Energy ............................431
Lisa Roy, Mankato, MN, 248-560-8614,
Lisa.roy@tognum.com,
www.mtuonsiteenergy.com
NRECA Silver Associate Member
MultiSpeak® (NRECA) ........................738
Doug Lambert, Arlington, VA,
703-907-5851,
doug.lambert@nreca.coop,
multispeak.org
The MultiSpeak Software Integration
Initiative is a collaboration of software
vendors and utilities administered by
NRECA that has developed a standard
defining interfaces among software applications used by electric distribution
utilities to facilitate interoperability.
National Discounts
Program (NRECA) ...............................738
Dale Bartholomew, Arlington, VA,
703-907-6699,
dale.bartholomew@nreca.coop,
cooperative.com/about/NRECA/
nationaldiscounts/Pages/default.aspx
NRECA member co-ops and employees
can take advantage of various national
discounts from more than 170 companies. Discounts arranged by NRECA include Ford, CDW, Staples, Fastenal, UPS,
Dell, and Sears Commercial. Discount
details can be found on our website.
Employees visit us nearly 50,000 times
per year.
National Information
Solutions Cooperative......................1203
Susan Imm,
Lake Saint Louis, MO,
636-755-2367,
susan.imm@nisc.coop,
www.nisc.coop
National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) is a member-owned information technology cooperative serving
nearly 700 utility and telecom providers.
NISC’s enterprise software solution,
iVUE,® integrates accounting, customer
care, engineering and smart grid tools.
For more, visit nisc.coop.
TechAdvantage Sponsor
NRECA Service Member
National Purchasing Partners (NPP) ...763
Brit Clayberg, Seattle, WA, 206-625-7467,
brit@mynpp.com, www.mynpp.com
National Purchasing Partners (NPP) is a
cooperative purchasing organization
that negotiates discounts on behalf of
its members at no cost to you. This
means you have access to steep discounts on products and services such
as wireless services, office and facility
maintenance products, parts and more.
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association ....................738
Eric Commodore, Arlington, VA,
703-907-5577,
eric.commodore@nreca.coop,
www.techadvantage.org
We are the national association that represents the electric cooperative utilities
across the United States. We provide education and training, legislative and legal
representation, energy and environmental
research and development and consulting
services to more than 900 of America’s
electric cooperatives. Visit the NRECA
booth to learn more about our programs.
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative .......................................921
Ed Drew, Herndon, VA,
703-467-1453,
edrew@nrtc.coop,
www.nrtc.coop
The National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative (NRTC) leads and supports
its more than 1,500 members by delivering advanced telecommunications solutions. NRTC offers Utility, Broadband
and Video Solutions that strengthen
member businesses and promote economic development in rural America.
TechAdvantage Sponsor
NRECA Service Member
National Safety Apparel ...................1624
Mitchell Harden, Cleveland, OH,
216-941-1111, mharden@thinknsa.com,
www.thinknsa.com
Nexant.............................................1650
Pradipta Tripathy, San Mateo, CA,
650-645-7784, ptripathy@nexant.com,
www.nexant.com
National Safety Apparel has been a market leader for 75 years in the design and
manufacture of high-quality, U.S.A.made, personal protective clothing and
safety apparel. NSA focuses primarily on
industrial applications requiring protection from electric arc, flash fire, heat, cut
and FR rainwear.
Nexant is an independent provider of intelligent grid software and clean energy
solution that transforms business
processes and enables implementation
of smart grid, clean energy, and demand management initiatives- thus
helping utilities, power producers and
energy retailers excel in their business.
Nelson Tree Service, Inc. ....................330
Jeffrey Jones, Strongsville, OH,
440-243-3333, jeff@nelsontree.com,
www.nelsontree.com
Nighthawk .......................................1351
Brian Morrow, Irving, TX,
972-717-5555 ext. 223,
bmorrow@nighthawkcontrol.com,
www.nighthawkcontrol.com,
Nelson Tree Service provides utility companies nationwide with line clearance
services. Nelson offers a full range of
vegetation management services including customary line clearance trimming,
complete storm restoration services,
herbicide application, and specialty offroad trimming programs. Nelson’s dedicated professionals assure that every job
is completed safely and correctly.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Over two decades, Nighthawk, a
McWane Global subsidiary, has been
providing incremental Cloud-based
Mesh-Cellular™ remote control AMR /
AMI solutions for: reading and disconnecting / reconnecting of electric meters; or, rebooting equipment.
Nighthawk fully integrates with many
billing systems.
Exhibitors
Nordic Fiberglass, Inc.........................244
Wayne Spidahl, Warren, MN, 218-745-5095,
wspidahl@nordicfiberglass.com,
www.nordicfiberglass.com
NovaTech, LLC ..................................1254
Paul Wallace, Lenexa, KS, 720-427-4933,
paul.wallace@novatechweb.com,
www.novatechweb.com
Oldcastle Enclosures .......................1623
David Piterski, Medley, FL, 305-323-7926,
david.piterski@oldcastle.com,
oldcastleprecast.com/enclosuresolutions
The mission of Nordic Fiberglass, Inc. is
to develop and manufacture the highest
quality products for the electric utility
industry offering the best value and
service available. We intend to accomplish this with the input supplied by
our valued customers and with the
dedication of our workforce.
NovaTech utility products, including the
industry-leading OrionLX Automation
Platform and Bitronics 50 Series panel
instruments, provide solutions to a wide
range of substation automation needs,
including RTU, programmable logic,
HMI, disturbance recording and display.
Oldcastle Enclosures has been serving
the Utility Industry for over 60 years. We
have 12 distribution centers located
across North America along with 45 manufacturing locations. We specialize in underground handholes and enclosures.
North American Reclosers
& Switchgear .....................................860
Rick Duncan, Gerald, MO, 713-382-9697,
rick@tessarect.com,
www.switchgear1.com
We are a major supplier of new &
remanufactured reclosers & switchgear
of all brands and vintages and sizes,
whether current or obsolete we can accommodate your every need including
parts for controls of all brands. We are
also a full repair center and buy equipment of all sizes from 600v to 38k.
North American Wood Pole Council....1246
Dallin Brooks, Vancouver, WA,
888-693-9958,
infonawpc@WWPInstitute.org,
woodpoles.org
North American Wood Pole Council represents the wood utility pole & crossarm
industry. NAWPC provides educational
information to assist utility engineers in
the proper selection of wood poles to
ensure that they meet required AWPA,
NESC & ANSI 05 standards. Also addresses legislation & regulations.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Northwest Lineman College .............1555
Don Harbuck, Meridian, ID, 208-577-2828,
jbullock@lineman.edu, lineman.edu
Grid Training Power Delivery Programs
(distance-learning) offered to electric
utility and construction companies for
employee certification. Most commonly
used as the curriculum component of
apprenticeship-leading-to-journeyman
certification. Time tested benchmark of
apprentice training.
Novinium ...........................................344
Rich Brinton, Auburn, WA, 425-788-8422,
rich.brinton@novinium.com,
www.novinium.com
Novinium extends the life of your underground cable and prevents ongoing
cable outages. Our cable rejuvenation
process is fast, reduces hazard exposure, and provides a 40-year moneyback guarantee. Novinium provides
improved technology and process flexibility to increase your cable reliability.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
NRG Reliability Solutions ...................232
Nathan Huso, Lakeville, MN, 612-564-1973,
backupgen@nrgenergy.com,
energyservices.nrgenergy.com/
offerings/backupgen/backupgen.html
NRG Reliability Solutions will build, own,
operate and maintain fixed and mobile
backup generation solutions that ensure
the continuous operation of your business, helping you reduce risk and cut
costs while managing interruptible rates
and demand response—with no upfront
capital investment.
The Okonite Company ........................545
Bruce Sellers, Ramsey, NJ, 201-825-0300,
info@okonite.com, www.okonite.com
A manufacturer of premium quality
“EPR” insulated cables for all utility
applications for over 135 years. For
more information visit us at
www.okonite.com.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Olameter Corporation ......................1146
Patrick Burk, Ann Arbor, MI, 734-769-2600,
pburk@olameter.com, www.olameter.com
Olameter solutions include; Meter Reading, Meter Services, Mass Meter Installations, Underground Locating, Leak
Detection, Pole Testing/Audits, TelDig
OneCall/Ticket Management, Data Collection/Settlement/MDMA, Web Presentment, Billing, Call Center, Document
Fulfillment and consulting services.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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On-Ramp Wireless .............................855
Brandon Freeman, San Diego, CA,
858-592-6008,
info@onrampwireless.com,
www.onrampwireless.com
On-Ramp Wireless has developed the
first wireless system purpose-built to
efficiently connect billions of hard-toreach devices in metro scale and other
challenging environments. On-Ramp
Wireless enables low-power monitoring
and management applications within
Smart Grid, oil and gas operations,
water efficiency, industrial sensing,
and location tracking.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
One Call Now ...................................1630
Craig Roach, Troy,
OH, 877-698-3262
ext. 2357,
craig.roach@onecallnow.com,
onecallnow.com
One Call Now is a SaaS service that
enables users to send group messages
without additional hardware or software. It is widely used in utilities for fast
emergency employee notification and
for crew recruitment and updates. See
us in booth #1630 for a demo and free
trial. Learn more at OneCallNow.com
TechAdvantage Sponsor
ONLINE Utility Exchange ..................1455
Mike Gibson, Winterville, NC, 252-754-1605,
michael@onlineis.com,
www.onlineutilityexchange.com
The ONLINE Utility Exchange has revolutionized the way Utilities screen new
service applicants. Our Risk Assessment
Tool allows Utilities to set their deposit
at an appropriate level to protect themselves against Bad Debt. In addition,
ONLINE provides Utility specific Bad
Debt Collection Services,
Open Systems International, Inc. .....1229
Mimi Nelson,
Medina, MN,
763-551-0559,
info@osii.com, www.osii.com
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI)
provides high-performance automation
solutions to utilities worldwide, including SCADA systems, EMS, DMS, GMS,
NMS and OMS; as well as individual
hardware products and Smart Grid
Solutions. OSI is headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
OSG Billing Services ........................1604
John Adams, Englewood, NJ, 201-871-1100
ext. 269, john.a@osgbilling.com,
www.osgbilling.com
OSG is a next-generation business technology partner providing comprehensive and flexible solutions including
electronic billing, document print and
mail and an in-house creative team
dedicated to your success. Our fullyintegrated, multi-channel platform
leverages your invoice package as an
important customer communication
touchpoint while giving you the security
and expertise you expect from an
experienced billing provider.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Osmose Utilities Services, Inc............544
Glen Andrew, Tyrone, GA, 770-632-6730,
gandrew@osmose.com,
www.osmoseutilities.com
Osmose helps co-ops maintain the reliability of aging T&D assets with professional grade inspection, maintenance,
and rehabilitation services and products. Osmose also provides utility data
solutions, pole engineering services,
and storm response and recovery.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
OTC Services....................................1603
Joe Faherty, Louisville, OH, 330-871-2444
ext. 303, jfaherty@otcservices.com,
www.otcservices.com
Our Service Operation located in
Louisville, Ohio combines the experience, craftsmanship, technology, and
customer service necessary for the
proper assessment, management and
successful execution of your project.
Panasonic........................................1457
Kaitlin Walsh, Newark, NJ, 201-392-6362 ,
enterprisesolutions@us.panasonic.com,
www.panasonic.com/business-solutions/
Penske Truck Leasing Company ..........218
Don Metcalf, Reading, PA, 972-467-1428,
don.metcalf@penske.com,
www.penske.com
Through its broad range of integrated
solutions, including Toughbook mobile
computers and Toughpad tablets, Panasonic empowers professionals to do
their best work. Customers in a wide
variety of commercial enterprises depend on business technologies from
Panasonic to reach their full potential,
achieve competitive advantage and
improve outcomes.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Parkline, Inc. ...................................1606
Ron Dawson, Winfield, WV, 304-586-7244,
rdawson@parkline.com,
www.parkline.com
Parkline, Inc. manufactures site-built or
pre-erected metal buildings for your industrial needs. Located in West Virginia,
Parkline can provide integrated solutions that meet your size and quality
expectations in the most time effective
manner possible.
Partner Software................................702
David Shaw, Athens, GA, 706-354-1833,
dshaw@partnersoft.com,
www.partnersoft.com
Partner provides end-user map-based
software to the utility industry. Combining data types and workflow processes,
our products are effective and intuitive,
reducing operations time and expense.
Our solutions do not require network
connectivity to operate and are all sitelicensed.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Passageways ...................................1626
Anthony Dunkley, Lafayette, IN,
765-807-6226,
adunkley@passageways.com,
www.passageways.com
Passageways is a market leader in the
provision of board portal solutions.
Passageways OnBoard is the world’s
most intuitive, cost-effective board
portal solution.
PCN Strategies Inc .............................864
Carl Culbertson, District of Columbia, WA,
202-494-4525, carl.c@pcnstrategies.com,
www.pcnstrategies.com
Perfect Commerce ............................1424
Caitlin Scherer, Newport News, VA,
877-487-0006, gpa@perfect.com,
www.perfect.com
Perfect Commerce & Verizon Wireless
partnered to offer volume-negotiated
pricing to utility organizations. NRECA
members & TechAdvantage attendees
are encouraged to stop by our booth to
learn if your company qualifies & enroll
in the group purchasing discount on
Verizon lines/select accessories.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Perfect Fit Image Apparel .................1647
Jennifer Floyd, Gallatin, TN, 615-451-2226,
jennifer@perfectfitimage.com,
www.perfectfitimage.com
Phoenix Contact...............................1454
Deralee Bowlin,
Middletown, PA,
940-735-0172,
dbowlin@
phoenixcon.com, www.phoenixcontact.com
Phoenix Contact offers products which
connect, protect, power and automate
systems and equipment. From energy
generation to transmission, from power
distribution right to your door, we can
help you make a reliable connection
anywhere within the grid.
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Pike Corporation ..............................1321
Jim Benfield, Mount Airy, NC, 336-719-4271,
jbenfield@pike.com, www.pike.com
Pike is one of the largest full-service
providers of energy solutions, serving
more than 300 investor-owned, municipal and cooperative utilities. Expertise
includes planning, siting, engineering,
construction and maintenance of substation, transmission and distribution
infrastructure.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
PCN Strategies is an IT consulting company. Our utilities division focuses on
real time on vehicle asset and inventory
tracking, telemetry, and rugged computing solutions. PCN customers achieve
efficient, cost-effective approaches to
managing their fleet technology services and communication needs.
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Exhibitors
PoleXpert, LLC ...................................448
Michal Ondrejka, La Canada, CA,
626-510-8305, mondrejka@polexpert.us,
www.polexpert.us
PoleXpert is an advanced, non-destructive test and data management system
for wood and concrete pole network. We
are proud to usher in a new age of fast,
high-tech, utility pole quality inspection
by introducing a revolution in the way
pole durability testing is performed.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Power Consulting Associates, LLC ....1625
David Grooms, Nashville, TN,
615-800-6672, david.grooms@pca-llc.biz,
www.powerconsulting-llc.com
PCA provides design, engineering, construction management and inspection
for transmission, distribution, and substation projects. Having completed several jobs for some of the largest utilities
in the industry, PCA continues to be a
trusted name for quality, integrity and
experience.
Power Costs, Inc. (PCI) .....................1607
Jason Kram, Norman, OK, 832-228-8474,
jkram@powercosts.com,
www.powercosts.com
PCI (Power Costs, Inc.) is the premier
provider of essential software that
energy supply, marketing and trading
organizations require to capitalize on
their portfolio capabilities and market
opportunities. Our solutions cover
Optimization, Bid-to-Bill, Deal Management and Business Intelligence.
Power Delivery Products ....................246
Greg Prusiewicz, Alpharetta, GA,
770-587-9044,
Greg@powerdeliveryproducts.com,
www.powerdeliveryproducts.com
Faulted Circuit Indicator and Smart
Sensor manufacturer.
Power Monitors, Inc. ..........................200
Jamie Hutt, Mount Crawford, VA,
540-434-4120,
jhutt@powermonitors.com,
www.powermonitors.com
Power Monitors Inc. designs and manufactures leading-edge power quality
recording and analyzing solutions for the
power industry. We specialize in applying advanced technologies to develop
rugged power quality recorders. We provide the safest and smartest wireless,
web-enabled recorders available.
Power System
Engineering, Inc. (PSE).....................1313
Sandy Shekels, Madison, WI, 608-268-3528,
shekelss@powersystem.org,
www.powersystem.org
PSE is a full-service consulting firm. Our
team has extensive experience in all
facets of the utility industry, including
communications, IT, and smart grid automation; economics, rates, and business planning; electrical engineering;
planning and design; and procurement,
contracts, and deployment.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
POWERGRID International................1608
Tom Leibrandt, Tulsa, OK, 918-831-9184,
TomL@pennwell.com,
www.power-grid.com
POWERGRID International offers opportunities to generate substantial exposure in the power delivery marketplace.
We also offer dynamic digital products
and the largest annual T&D event in the
world, providing you a comprehensive
and strategic marketing solution in
print, online and face-to-face.
PowerServices, Inc...........................1147
Gregory L. Booth, PE, Raleigh, NC,
919-256-5901,
gbooth@powerservices.com,
www.powerservices.com
PowerServices is a full-service engineering and management consulting firm
serving electric cooperatives nationwide. Our team has been a true partner
with cooperative managers and engineers since 1960. Let us put our experience to work for your cooperative.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Preformed Line Products ..................1522
Joe Damato, Cleveland, OH, 440-461-5200,
inquiries@preformed.com,
www.preformed.com
Preformed Line Products (PLP) has been
providing innovative product and service solutions to the electric power utility
industry since 1947. We offer solutions
for supporting, protecting, terminating
and splicing transmission and distribution lines and fiber optic cables—
proudly made in the USA.
Princeton Tec ...................................1516
John Luchka, Trenton, NJ, 609-227-4108,
jluchka@princetontec.com,
www.princetontec.com
Princeton Tec is an American Manufacturer of UL approved and Intrinsically
Safe Headlamps and flashlights. Used
in the harshest conditions, many of the
lights are waterproof and are proudly
Made in the USA. Headlamps up to 275
Lumens and flashlights up to 500
Lumens will be featured.
ProCore Solutions ..............................354
Greg Steele, Marietta, GA, 678-263-5400
5401, greg.steele@procoresolutions.com,
procoresolutions.com
ProCore Solutions delivers advanced
contact center services to the utility industry. Our skilled CSRs, supported by
leading technology, provide world class
service enabling clients to reduce operating expenses, redirect internal resources, and maximize the value of their
customer relationships.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Professional Computer Systems, Co.....746
Kim Ingerslev, Denison, IA, 712-263-3106,
kimi@pcsco.com, www.pcsco.com
PCS has been serving utilities since
1982. Solutions include Customer
Billing, Accounting, Customer and Employee Portals. PCS is a trusted integration partner working with many Smart
Grid vendors for a complete enterprise
solution. All solutions can be delivered
at the utility or hosted from PCS.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Prolec GE .........................................1038
Raymundo Chapa, Monterrey, N.L, NM
Mexico, 81-803-0200 ext. 2120,
raymundo.chapa@ge.com,
www.prolecge.com
Located in Monterrey Mexico; dedicated
to design, manufacture & sell of products
& solutions for generation, transmission
& distribution of electrical energy. Over
40 years of experience; products installed in more than 35 countries; leader
in Mexico; large share throughout the
rest of the Americas; the largest transformer manufacturer on the continent
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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PUPI Crossarms (GEOTEK) ................1425
Dean Casad, Stewartville, MN,
507-533-6076, dcasad@geotekinc.com,
www.pupicrossarms.com
Reel-O-Matic, Inc. ............................1406
Bill Schmerheim, Oklahoma City, OK,
405-672-0000, bills@reelomatic.com,
www.reelomatic.com
Ripley ..............................................1051
Nora Stearns, Cromwell, CT, 860-635-2200,
stearnsn@ripley-tools.com,
ripley-tools.com
GEOTEK produces PUPI® fiberglass
crossarms, the leading fiberglass
crossarm for the electrical utility industry. PUPI® crossarms are recognized internationally for providing maximum
durability in a wide range of power distribution and transmission applications.
Reel-O-Matic is your complete source
for all of your wire handling equipment
needs. With over a half century of experience in the design and manufacturing
of wire handling machinery for reeling
and coiling wire, tubing, fiber optic, etc.
Please contact us for all of you flexible
handling machinery needs.
Ripley is the leading global manufacturer
of wire and cable preparation tools,
serving linemen, technicians and
installers for over 30 years.
Renewable Energy Systems
Americas Inc. (RES Americas) ...........1217
Matthew Krivos, Broomfield, CO,
303-439-4200,
Matthew.Krivos@res-americas.com,
www.res-americas.com
Ronk Solid reliability from our line of the
finest single phase to three phase converters on the market. Our type 3R line
of double throw switches, disconnect
switches, power factor correction capacitors and stray voltage isolators round
out the line. Proudly made in the USA
since 1950.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Pyramid Communications...... 455
Erin Christy, Irvine, CA, 714-901-5462,
erin@pyramidcomm.com,
www.pyramidcomm.com
Quanta Services.................................444
Chris Williamson, Houston, TX,
713-985-6471,
cwilliamson@quantaservices.com,
www.quantaservices.com
Quanta Services builds, maintains and
provides comprehensive solutions for
the infrastructure that delivers electricity. Electric cooperatives, municipal
agencies and independent power producers choose Quanta because its extensive knowledge, resources and
scope of services are unmatched.
RAD Data Communications...............1456
Chris Fleming, Mahwah, NJ, 201-529-1100,
market@radusa.com, www.radusa.com
RAD provides Service Assured Access
solutions that reduce operational complexity and improve service profitability
for retail, wholesale and mobile service
providers, as well as evolutional migration solutions for service providers and
power and transportation utilities, facilitating a smooth, secure and cost-effective transition to packet-based
networks.
Ram Commercial ................................960
Auburn Hills, MI, 866-RAM-INFO,
www.ramtrucks.com/commercial
Ram Commercial continues to expand
on its leadership in the commercial vehicle market with an all-new lineup of
best-in-class, hard-working Ram pickups, vans and chassis cabs. Experience
the latest addition to this popular commercial vehicle lineup, the all-new Ram
ProMaster van, at booth 960 or visit
www.ramtrucks.com/commercial to
learn more.
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RES has a portfolio of more than 6,500
MW of renewable energy projects in
North America, including approximately
50 MW of energy storage projects. RES
provides any combination of development, procurement, construction, and
operation solutions for electric cooperatives, utilities, and independent power
producers/investors.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
RFL Electronics Inc. ............................657
Emmanuel Duvelson,
Boonton Twp., NJ,
973-334-3100 ext. 275,
manny.duvelson@
rflelect.com, www.rflelect.com
Ronk Electrical Industries Inc. ............548
Tom Giordano, Nokomis, IL, 217-563-8333,
sales@ronkelectrical.com,
www.ronkelectrical.com
NRECA Silver Associate Member
RouteSmart Technologies, Inc. ...........245
Sean Carroll, Columbia, MD, 800-977-7284,
scarroll@routesmart.com,
www.routesmart.com
RouteSmart routing solutions are effective for electric, natural gas, and water
utility meter reading operations, and
allow you to visualize and improve every
detail of your routes. Visit our booth to
learn how you can reduce mileage and
overtime through route planning and
workload balancing.
RFL Electronics Inc. designs and manufactures a comprehensive line of highlyreliable, mission-critical, cost-effective
communications and protection solutions for the electric utility and transportation markets, oil and gas markets,
Government agencies and engineering
consulting firms.
Ryan Scientific Ltd. ..........................1422
Dale Ryan, Green Cove Springs, FL,
941-350-3342, daleryan2430@aol.com
TechAdvantage Sponsor
S&C, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois,
applies its heritage of innovation to address challenges facing the world’s
power grids shaping the future of reliable electricity delivery. S&C continually
develops new solutions to improve
efficiency and reliability required for
the intelligent grid.
Rheem Manufacturing........................339
Tommy Olsen, Montgomery, AL,
334-260-1269, tommy.olsen@rheem.com,
rheem.com
Founded in 1925, Rheem produces residential and commercial integrated air
and water systems; HVAC systems; tank,
tankless, solar and hybrid heat pump
water heaters; pool heaters and commercial boilers. Its premium brands include Rheem, Raypak, Ruud and
Richmond. www.Rheem.com.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Manufacturer of Composite Fiberglass
Utility Pole and Crossarm.
S&C Electric Company........................647
Lea Maurer, Chicago, IL, 312-213-1035,
Lea.Maurer@sandc.com, www.sandc.com
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Salisbury by Honeywell....................1514
John Lynch, Bolingbrook, IL, 630-343-3800,
electricalsafety@honeywell.com,
www.salisburybyhoneywell.com
Salisbury by Honeywell is the worldleading supplier of electrical safety
products. We manufacture an extensive
product line that meets OSHA regulations and complies with ASTM and NFPA
70E requirements and offer complete
electrical safety assessment and training programs for the workplace.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Sauber Manufacturing .....................1502
Mike Blaser, Virgil, IL, 800-323-9147,
MikeBlaser@saubermfg.com,
www.saubermfg.com
Schneider Electric ............................1213
Jessica Vendegna, Fort Collins, CO,
970-223-1888,
jessica.vendegna@schneider-electric.com,
schneider-electric.com
As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100
countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market
segments, including leadership positions
in energy and infrastructure, industrial
processes, building automation, and data
centers/networks, as well as a broad
presence in residential applications.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) ....................1325
Craig Thompson, Pullman, WA,
509-338-4094,
craig_thompson@selinc.com,
www.selinc.com
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories,
Inc. (SEL) delivers systems, services,
and products providing protection,
monitoring, control, automation, security, communications, and metering for
electric power systems worldwide. SEL
products include a 10-year warranty.
Learn more at www.selinc.com.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
SCRA ...............................................1161
Mark Aukamp, North Charleston, SC,
843-760-3782, mark.aukamp@scra.org,
www.scra.org
SCRA’s Alastar™ software utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and adds layers of information to
provide an all-inclusive, real-time situational awareness tool. It enables first responders and other security personnel
to fully assess their current environment
and identify existing or emerging threats.
SEDC..................................................729
Troy Schake, Atlanta, GA,
770-414-8400
ext. 2359,
troys@sedata.com, www.sedata.com
Sherman + Reilly Inc..........................307
Jeff McCammon, Chattanooga, TN,
423-756-5300,
jmccammon@sherman-reilly.com,
www.sherman-reilly.com
SEDC is an industry leading IT co-op
with 220+ members. Our core application, UPN, is a suite of intuitive CIS
Billing, Accounting, Capital Credits, Work
Mgt, Meter Data Mgt, Prepaid Metering,
Mobile Workforce and Debt Management applications that seamlessly
integrates with your business processes.
Since 1927 Sherman + Reilly has been
a partner with the electric power &
telecommunications industries providing a wide range of power line and fiber
optic installation equipment and tools
that are “Designed for Safety and Built
to Last.”
TechAdvantage Sponsor
SensorLink Corporation ...................1530
Ken Borbe, Ferndale, WA, 360-595-1000,
info@sensorlink.com, www.sensorlink.com
Primary Voltage Meters Recorders
and Smart Grid Sensors. The Meters
read Current, Voltage, Power Factor
Harmonics and Micro-ohm resistance.
The Recorders collect Current & Power
Factor load profiles.
Sensus ............................................1221
David Stair, Raleigh,
NC, 256-652-0777,
david.stair@
sensus.com, www.sensus.com
Sensus is a leading clean technology
solutions company offering smart meters, communication systems, software
and services for the electric, gas and
water industries. Sensus technology
helps utilities drive operational efficiency and customer engagement.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Service Concepts ...............................847
Rachel Barker, Indianapolis, IN,
317-522-4990,
rbarker@serviceconcepts.coop,
serviceconcepts.coop
Your Market Resource within the Cooperative Family. We Explore, Evaluate,
Select and Negotiate for you: High quality products & services with best cost &
customer support. Reinforcing your
value to your members. Efficiency kits,
home energy savers, CFL & LED lighting,
weatherization, think of us.
NRECA Affiliate Member
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Siemens ............................................713
Leslie Blanchard,
Wendell, NC,
919-917-8045,
leslie.blanchard@siemens.com,
www.usa.siemens.com
Siemens helps to meet growing energy
needs by supplying products, services
and solutions for intelligent and flexible
electrical network infrastructures, making it possible for customers to generate
and use power efficiently and on demand.
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Siemens Canada Limited....................412
Richard Harada, Concord, ON Canada,
905-856-5288,
Ruggedinfo@ruggedcom.com,
www.automation.siemens.com/
mcms/automation/en/industrialcommunications/ruggedcommunication/Pages/Default.aspx
Siemens RUGGEDCOM products offer
robustness and reliability that set the
standard for communications networks
deployed in harsh environments of the
electric power industry. RUGGEDCOM
products withstand extreme temperature ranges and support Zero-PacketLoss technology with IEC 61850-3 EMI
Immunity.
Slate Rock Safety .............................1524
David Sterling, Medina, OH, 866-783-7977
ext. 213, dsterling@slaterocksafety.com,
www.slaterocksafety.com
Slate Rock Safety is an ecommerce
retailer and distributor of safety apparel.
Flagship FRSafety.com specializes in
flame resistant (FR) clothing for the oil
and gas, electric utility, government,
and manufacturing markets.
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SouthData .......................................1448
Marty Oliver, Mount Airy, NC, 336-813-6435,
moliver@southdata.com,
www.southdata.com
SouthData specializes in electronic and
paper billing statements, payment and
communication services. SouthData
offers a wide range of delivery services,
including address verification software,
Intelligent Mail barcode tracking and a
Certified Mail program. Visit our website
at www.southdata.com.
Southwest Electric Company ............1619
Cheryl Basel, Oklahoma City, OK,
405-737-5691,
cheryl.basel@swelectric.com,
www.swelectric.com
Southwest Electric was founded in 1946
and is headquartered in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Southwest Electric has
grown to be a recognized leader in the
manufacture, redesign and remanufacturing of power and specialty type transformers. Our transformer facilities have
over 115,000 square feet of space dedicated to serving the needs of our many
customers worldwide.
SPIDA Software................................1303
Tom Brandewie, Gahnna, OH,
614-470-9882,
tom.brandewie@spidasoftware.com,
www.spidasoftware.com
Summit Group....................................239
Terry O’Neal Veenstra,
Silver Spring, MD, 240-491-5229,
terry.oneal@summitmg.com,
summitmg.com
SPIDA®Software’s Structure Analysis
Software, SPIDA®Calc, has revolutionized the world of pole loading and provides innovative solutions that aid in
building a more efficient and reliable
system. SPIDACalc is used for many
applications including line design,
inspections, and data collection.
For over 35 years Summit Group has
provided NRECA and its cooperatives
with branded merchandise and marketing solutions. Service, anniversary & retirement awards, custom calendar &
diary program, logo apparel, annual
meeting giveaways, health & wellness
education premiums
NRECA Gold Associate Member
SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. .........951
Tammy Behrens, Waukesha, WI,
262-513-5401, tammy.behrens@spx.com,
www.spxwaukesha.com
One of the largest U.S. manufacturers of
power transformers and valued supplier
of complete transformer service solutions for almost any manufacturer’s
units. Provides transformer, LTC and
circuit breaker components and offers a
variety of substation-applicable training
classes for all skill levels.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Southwire Company...........................712
Kelly Hanson, Carrollton, GA, 770-832-4242,
kelly.hanson@southwire.com,
www.southwire.com
Staples Advantage.............................949
Michael Bridges, Vienna, VA, 703-623-2574,
Michael.Bridges@staples.com,
www.staplesadvantage.com/nreca
Southwire leads the industry with innovative products that simplify installation, saving our customers time and
money. Southwire has the right wire &
cable solution for any commercial, residential, industrial, or utility application.
If Southwire does not have the solution,
we’ll design it & make it.
Staples Advantage, the business-tobusiness side of Staples, partners with
you as a trusted advisor and to make
your workday a little easier. Whatever
you need—supplies, technology, MPS,
cleaning products, safety, coffee and
breakroom, furniture, print, logoed
items, and more—Staples has it.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Platinum Associate Member
Spatial Business Systems ..................206
Pat Reid, Littleton, CO, 303-941-5861,
pat.reid@spatialbiz.com,
www.spatialbiz.com
Steffes Corporation..........................1055
Al Takle, Dickinson, ND, 701-483-5400
ext. 1116, atakle@steffes.com,
www.steffes.com/off-peak-heating/
ets.html
SBS provides advanced solutions that
allow utilities to maximize their investment in GIS and CAD systems. We provide solutions that range from planning
consulting services to detailed technical
delivery. Our clients range from the
world’s largest utilities to small munis
and cooperatives.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Manufacturer of grid-interactive electric
thermal storage (GETS) and load management control devices for residential,
commercial and industrial space and
water heating. GETS provides affordable
energy storage and control for renewable integration and grid optimization.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Survalent Technology.........................526
Mike Bowdle, Keller, TX, 817-337-5522,
mbowdle@survalent.com, survalent.com
Survalent Technology is the oldest and
most experienced independent supplier
of Advanced Distribution Management
Systems (ADMS) for Electric, Transit, Renewable and Water/Wastewater utilities
in North America.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Systems With Intelligence Inc. ...........420
Angelo Rizzo, Mississauga, ON Canada,
289-562-0126,
angelo.rizzo@systemswithintelligence.com,
www.SystemsWithIntelligence.com
Systems With Intelligence supplies intelligent video solutions (physical security;
asset monitoring; video automation)
using “substation hardened” products
(IP and thermal cameras; digital video
servers; video management software;
video analytics), designed specifically
for electric utilities.
T&D PowerSkills, LLC .......................1451
Ryan Schenk, Alexandria, LA, 318-767-5802,
ryan@tdpowerskills.com,
www.tdpowerskills.com
T&D PowerSkills is a 78-title video and
workbook lineman apprenticeship training program geared to instruct electric
utility lineworkers with up-to-date,
safety-related work practices and technical skills related to the installation,
maintenance, and removal of transmission and distribution systems.
T&D Solutions, LLC ..........................1414
Jon Appling, Alexandria, LA, 318-290-8685,
jappling@tdsolutions.com,
www.tdsolutions.com
T&D Solutions is a utility service company providing elite service for transmission, distribution, URD, substation,
fiber optic and industrial facilities. With
over 1500 current team members, T&D
Solutions strives to be your choice
provider for your system solutions.
We work hard to work for you.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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T&R Electric Supply Co .....................1513
Brad Relf, Colman, SD, 605-684-2164,
brad.relf@trelectric.com, trelectric.com
“THE TRANSFORMER PEOPLE” We buy,
sell, rent, repair & deliver distribution
and power transformers, along with
medium and high voltage switchgear.
We also provide full oil testing services.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Tait Communications..........................208
Tim Lamb, Houston, TX, 281-600-5910,
tim.lamb@taitradio.com,
utilities.taitradio.com
DMR Tier 3 is the no compromise digital
trunked radio platform for electricity
utilities. It is the right platform for
building a fully connected and secure
enterprise with improved voice, data,
location services and vehicle telemetry
communications.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Tantalus.............................................427
Mike Julian, Raleigh, NC, 919-900-8970,
mjulian@tantalus.com, www.tantalus.com
Tantalus provides 2-way, real-time communications networks to manage
E/W/G munis and coops. TUNet® is a
hybrid WAN/LAN/HAN system that
leverages 220/900 MHz RF and IP technology including Fiber, WiMAX and cellular for AMI applications such as meter
reading, outage management, voltage
control and DA.
Tech Products, Inc..............................955
Daniel D. O’Connor, Staten Island, NY,
718-442-4900, Team@TechProducts.com,
www.TechProducts.com
Telforce Group LLP .............................252
DJ Arbogast, Nashville, TN, 615-915-3119,
darrell@telforcegroup.com,
www.telforcegroup.com
Tech Products, Inc. has been providing
identification products to the co-op
market since 1948 including, Distribution pole tags, Transformer labels
and Substation signs. Our focus is on
the quality of our product with great
customer service. We look forward to
serving you.
TelForce Group is a provider of
professional services, consulting
services, human capital and technology
solutions to the communications
industry. TelForce Group LLP is a Native
American MBE certified by the NMSDC
and the CA Public Utility Commission
(CPUC).
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Tectonic ...........................................1346
Tony Gualtieri, Mountainville, NY,
845-534-5959 ext. 2802,
aagualtieri@tectonicengineering.com,
www.tectonicengineering.com
Tectonic’s staff has been providing professional services to the energy market
for 30 years; including permitting, structural engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering,
substation layout and design, distribution system tower design, foundation
design and surveying.
TenCate Protective Fabrics ...............1050
Celina Green, Union City, GA, 770-314-8957,
c.green@tencate.com,
www.tecasafeplus.com
TenCate Protective Fabrics develops
quality FR and Arc Rated material for
your PPE. TenCate Tecasafe Plus is an
innovative fabric that wicks away
moisture, keeping you cool and dry
with superior protection (Cat 1,2,3 & 4).
Tecasafe Plus now comes in knits to
keep you protected in any style
you want.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Team Fishel........................................644
Charles Bass, Plant City, FL, 813-764-0256,
cnbass@teamfishel.com,
www.teamfishel.com
Team Fishel provides engineering, construction, installation & maintenance of
substation, transmission & distribution
systems. Services include OH reconductoring, UG cable replacement & emergency storm response. Backed by
78-years of service excellence, we safely
deliver projects on time & on budget.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
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Terex Utilities ..................................1238
Jim Lohan, Watertown, SD, 605-882-4000,
utilities.sales@terex.com,
www.terexutilities.com
Terex Utilities is an industry leader in
the design and manufacture of digger
derricks, aerial devices, and auger drills
for the electric utilities, tree care, and
electric construction industries. We work
for you providing high quality equipment to get your job done efficiently.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
TextPower, Inc. ................................1150
Justin Moore, San Juan
Capistrano, CA,
818-222-8600 ext. 1,
jmoore@textpower.com,
www.textpower.com
TextPower provides texting and software
for outage alerts, load management,
demand relief, crew call-outs, prepaid
low balance alerts and other real-time
alert needs of utilities across the U.S.
We integrate with IVR, OMS or CIS for
event-triggered alerts automatically
sent to a single mobile or group.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
TechAdvantage Sponsor
Thayer Power and Communication
Line Construction Co., LLC ..................228
Sean Peebles, Fairview, PA, 814-474-1174
ext. 224, seanpeebles@thayerpc.com,
www.thayerpc.com
Thayer is a power and telephone line
construction contractor that has been
providing quality service for 50 years.
Thayer specializes in distribution and
transmission line construction, substation construction, emergency restoration, maintenance, make ready,
engineering, pole placement & joint use.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Threaded Fasteners, Inc. ..................1631
Shawn Conklan, Mobile, AL, 800-345-4976,
sconklan@tfmfg.com,
www.threadedfasteners.com
Threaded Fasteners is a national distributor & manufacturer for the electric utility industry. We stock: A325 Structural
Bolts, A394 Tower Bolts, Step Bolts, Pal
Nuts, Ring Fill Washers, and much more.
We manufacture: Rebar Cages, Plate
Washers, Hex Hd Bolts, Square Hd
Bolts, and Custom Anchor Bolts.
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Times Microwave Systems .................322
Carolyn Turner, Wallingford, CT,
203-949-8400 ext. 8429,
cturner@timesmicro.com,
www.timesmicrowave.com
Times Microwave Systems designs and
manufactures high-performance coaxial
cables, connectors, cable assemblies
and surge protection for use in wireless
systems. Products include flexible, lowloss 50 Ohm LMR® coaxial cables, EZ
connectors, installation tools and accessories as well as Times-Protect® lightning and surge protection devices.
TIREBOSS Tire Pressure Control..........755
Ray Dykstra, Edmonton, AB Canada,
780-451-4894, r.dykstra@tireboss.com,
www.tireboss.com
The TIREBOSS™ Tire Pressure Control
system allows the driver to safely reduce and increase tire pressures while
driving the vehicle. The reduced pressure provides amazing off-road traction,
flotation, and improved access to work
sites. TIREBOSS™ is a significant savings compared to all wheel drive.
Townsend Corporation .....................1420
John Roselle, Parker City, IN, 765-468-3007,
marketing@thetownsendcorp.com,
www.townsendcorporation.com
Leading service provider. Core businesses
include vegetation management services, line clearance and herbicide application for electric utilities and pipeline
companies; power line and substation
construction; custom reblending and
repackaging of herbicide; and emergency storm restoration services.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Transition Networks...........................249
Jim Latham, Minnetonka, MN,
919-600-8164, jiml@transition.com,
www.transition.com
Transition Networks’ hardened Ethernet
products are ideal for use in many
power utilities applications. To see
Transition Networks’ portfolio of hardened Ethernet products and learn more
about how we can support your network
please visit us at booth #249.
Trees, Inc. ........................................1247
David Fleischner, Houston, TX,
713-213-2329, dfleischner@treesinc.com,
treesinc.com
Vegetation management, tree pruning,
side trimming and brush mowing for
electric utilities. emergency storm services, herbicide applications, right of way
clearing and maintenance, municipal
tree services for roadways and parks,
railroad brush control, pipeline right of
way maintenance.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Trident Industries...... 1160
Peter Ceko, Chicago, IL, 312-245-2850,
Peter.ceko@cekohlds.com,
Trilliant............................................1517
Jim Hanson, Redwood City, CA,
630-292-2002,
jim.hanson@trilliantinc.com,
www.trilliantinc.com
Trilliant helps leading utilities and energy retailers achieve smart grid visions
through the Trilliant Communications
Platform, the only communications platform purpose-built for the energy industry that has been proven at many
leading utilities. For more, visit
www.trilliantinc.com.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Trimble Navigation.............................413
Kelsey Hughes, Huntsville, AL,
256-864-3419,
kelsey_hughes@trimble.com,
www.trimble.com/ufs
Trimble provides field and office technology and productivity solutions across
the entire industry helping companies
design and implement systems that
streamline operations, boost productivity, improve worker safety and regulatory
compliance, and enhance emergency
response and customer service.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
Tru-Check, Inc. .................................1315
Bill Hever, Buffalo, NY, 716-319-3334,
billhever@trucheck.com,
www.trucheck.com
Twisted Pair .....................................1157
Eric Souder, Seattle, WA, 206-442-2101,
eric.souder@twistpair.com,
www.twistpair.com
Twisted Pair is changing the way the
world communicates. Our WAVE software and applications enable complete
communications interoperability between different LMR systems and extends all LMR communications to
desktop PCs, PBXs, smartphones and
tablets for enterprise-wide PTT over any
data network.
U.S. Department of Energy .................749
Randy Manion, Lakewood, CO,
720-962-7423, manion@wapa.gov,
www.wapa.gov
Learn how the DOE leads national efforts
to improve the performance, lower the
costs, and accelerate the deployment of
wind energy technologies. Also get more
details on the TechAdvantage 2014,
March 5, Utility Panel, Utility Experiences
in Wind Program—Lessons Learned.
UC Synergetic, Inc............................1614
Collier Hall, Charlotte, NC, 704-945-7429,
chall@ucsinc.com, www.ucsynergetic.com
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Utilismart Corporation .......................204
Gary Moody, London, ON Canada,
888-652-0689 ext. 2532,
gmoody@utilismartcorp.com,
www.utilismartcorp.com
Utility Integration
Solutions, Inc. (UISOL).......................549
Cindy Menon, Redmond, WA,
303-520-2513, cmenon@uisol.com,
www.uisol.com
Utilismart collects, validates, securely
stores and presents SmartGrid data. The
Utilismart Software As A Service (SaaS)
delivery model helps our customers save
money by lowering the initial application
costs for both software and hardware,
providing painless upgrades, offering
seamless integration and increasing the
adoption rate due to the ease of using
the browser based cloud solution.
UISOL® is the integration specialist of
the utility industry, and a trusted advisor
to utilities for grid modernization. Our
experts provide hands-on planning, architecture, procurement, implementation, training, and integration services
for Smart Grid, AMI/MDM, OMS/DMS,
demand response, interoperability
standards and asset management.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Silver Associate Member
USIC Locating Services, LLC ...............856
Edward Dubuc, Sun Prairie, WI,
608-335-8945,
edwarddubuc@usicllc.com,
http://www.usicllc.com
Utility Locating Company – USIC Locating Services, LLC, is America’s leading
locating company with over 6,000
highly-trained utility locating technicians protecting the assets of over
500 Utility and Electric Cooperatives
throughout 31 states. Please call or stop
by booth 856 for no obligation quote.
Uticom Systems, Inc. .......................1412
Jenn Martin, Coatesville, PA, 610-857-2655,
graphics@uticom.net, www.uticom.net
Design, engineer & manufacture graphics for harsh environments, specializing
in identifying cables, substations, poles,
towers, meters, tools, fleet & warehouse
inventory. Industry-leading quality ensures the lowest owning costs on signs,
labels, and tags compliant with the
NESC/ANSI/OSHA/FREIE.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
UTILCO...............................................651
Richard Shank, Cincinnati, OH,
513-533-6200, rshank@ilsco.com,
www.utilco.com
UTILCO is the Utility Division of ILSCO
Corporation, a privately-held, Americanowned electrical connector manufacturing company celebrating 120 years in
2014. UTILCO serves the following markets: OEM, Utility, Distribution, IOU,
Co-op as well as Municipals.
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Exhibitors
Utility Services of the Americas..........319
Steven Snyder, Lancaster, NY,
855-855-2001 ext. 2052,
ssnyder@utilityrecyclers.com,
www.utilityrecyclers.com
Working with utilities, municipalities, installers, manufacturers and consultants,
we provide sustainable turnkey services
for the packaging, transport and recycling
of electric, gas, water and parking meters,
transformer oil and street lighting.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Utility Solutions, Inc. .........................212
Aaron Wood, Hickory, NC, 828-323-8914,
sales@utilitysolutionsinc.com,
www.utilitysolutionsinc.com
Utility Solutions is a designer and manufacturer of hot line tools and products
for the electrical power industry. Come
demo our Load Break Tools, Fiberglass
Hot Sticks, Overhead and Underground
Products, Rubber Goods, and more. We
are Lineman Driven. Field Proven.™
UtilX Corporation ...............................747
Gus Derezes, Kent, WA, 253-395-0200,
marketing@utilx.com, www.utilx.com
The Global Leader in proven power
cable life-extension services provided
through its CableCURE® technology,
Powered by Dow Corning™, and CableWISE® system condition assessment.
UtilX has 20+ years of experience in the
field and has restored over 120 million
feet of unreliable power cable.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
V&S Schuler Engineering, Inc...........1046
Warren Nadler, Canton, OH, 330-452-5200,
wnadler@vsschuler.com,
www.vsschuler.com
V&S Schuler, an industry leader for more
than 60 years, supplies rural cooperatives, municipal, and investor-owned
utilities with galvanized and weather
steel substations, transmission and
distribution structures, and engineered
substation packaging solutions. We are
AISC and ISO 9000:2008 certified.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Valmont Newmark..............................554
Chris Evans, Birmingham, AL, 205-968-7200,
cevans@valmont.com, valmont.com
Valmont Newmark is your source for
steel, concrete, hybrid, transmission,
distribution and substation power delivery structures. We engineer, manufacture and deliver the right pole, to the
right place, at the right time to provide
the highest quality and most economical solutions.
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Vanguard Systems, Inc....... 348
Bill Wilson, Aston, PA, 614-575-9521,
wwilson@vansystems.com,
www.vansystems.com
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Varentec ............................................331
Andrew Dillon, San Jose, CA, 408-416-6480,
adillon@varentec.com, www.varentec,com
Varentec’s Grid Edge Management Solution maximizes results in energy conservation, VVO, and CVR. This decentralized
solution combines field units at targeted
locations that perform Volt VAR regulation and to monitor and optimize voltage at the Grid Edge. Other benefits
include improved grid visibility and
integration of renewable generation.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Vaughn Thermal Corporation............1056
Steven Koep, Salisbury, MA, 715-248-7752,
skoep@vaughncorp.com,
www.vaughncorp.com
Vaughn Thermal Corporation produces
large-capacity electric thermal storage
water heaters for load-management and
DR programs across the country. We
specialize in grid-enabled, grid-responsive and grid-interactive applications.
Vaughn also designs and manufactures
digital energy controllers for off-peak
water heating and renewable energy
storage.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Versalift .............................................527
Brian J Coleman, Waco, TX, 254-644-1436,
Brianc@timemfg.com, www.Versalift.com
Versalift is the global leader in aerial,
truck mounted lifts. Versalifts are custom built to customer specifications and
serve the utility, telecommunications,
tree care, and sign and lighting industries. Versalift is committed to customer
satisfaction and equipment safety. Demand the best!
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Versatile Processing Group ................250
Chris Bruner, Indianapolis, IN,
317-509-6220, cbruner@vpg-inc.com,
www.vpg-inc.com
Versatile Processing Group has 100+
years of management experience in
electrical equipment recycling, repair,
and disposal. VPG’s core competencies
also include scrap wire/cable and metal
recycling utilizing patented processes
that demonstrate VPG’s commitment to
innovation and versatility.
ViaSat, Inc. ......................................1525
Brett Luedde, Carlsbad, CA, 760-893-3749,
brett.luedde@viasat.com,
www.viasat.com/critical-infrastructuresecurity
ViaSat takes a comprehensive approach
to network security. Our cybersecurity
platform bundles security, automation,
and compliance. It defends against attacks to utility energy delivery systems,
addressing internal and external threats
to the operations network and isolating
network vulnerabilities.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
Virginia Transformer Corp ..................407
Tom Aikens, Roanoke, VA, 540-345-9892,
Thomas_Aikens@vatransformer.com,
www.vatransformer.com
Virginia Transformer, a leading manufacturer of custom power transformers with
expert engineering, quality manufacturing and innovations in automation. VTC
provides units from 300KVA to 100MVA,
Liquid and Dry type, serving Utilities
and other markets globally with custom
power transformer solutions.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
The VON Corporation........................1402
Martin von Herrmann, Birmingham, AL,
205-788-2437, voncorp@voncorp.com,
www.voncorp.com
The most trusted name in high voltage
test and underground cable fault location equipment.
NRECA Gold Associate Member
W.A. Kendall and Company, Inc. .........725
Robert Williams, Lawrenceville, GA,
770-963-6017, rwillams@wakendall.com,
www.wakendall.com
W A Kendall/Seelbach is full service vegetation management company with over
65 years of experience in the electric
utility industry. We offer ROW clearing,
herbicide treatment and storm assistance. We have experienced consistent
growth through our guiding policy:
“Satisfying Every Customer.”
NRECA Silver Associate Member
WaterFurnace International, Inc. ......1148
Will Lange, Fort Wayne, IN, 269-260-4222
ext. 814, will.lange@waterfurnace.com,
www.waterfurnace.com
WaterFurnace manufactures, and distributes geothermal water source heating and cooling systems for residential,
commercial, and institutional buildings.
Our industry leadership in performance
and technology delivers meaningful
peak load reduction and seasonal load
leveling for electrical utilities.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
weatherTAPpro ................................1617
Orville Hale, Crossville, TN, 931-707-3814,
orville@weathertappro.com,
www.weathertappro.com
Wolf Tree............................................547
Tom Wolf, Knoxville, TN, 865-621-8806,
twolf@wolftreeinc.com,
www.wolftreeinc.com
Zenith Transformer Components ........257
Dennis Gary, Waukesha, WI,
262-522-7624, ztcsales@gmail.com,
zenithgroupusa.com
WeatherTAPpro’s Utility Weather is a
public display system with the weather
you need to make informed daily decisions about power demand and crew
scheduling. Utility Weather has a variety
of weather maps with your location
highlighted. Current local conditions
are displayed on a scroller bar. A FREE
weatherTAP.com subscription is also
included.
Wolf Tree specializes in providing vegetation management services. Our
trained utility arborists help “keep the
lights on” at more the 20 electric cooperatives in the eastern and central U.S.
Since 1926, Wolf Tree has been helping
utilities improve reliability. Wolf Tree is a
division of Davey Tree.
Zenith provides oil-filled transformer
accessories such as radiators, fans,
valves, silica gel, breathers, Buchholz
relays, and bushings. Many items are
in stock.
WH International Response Center...... 721
Rick Stevens, Rockford, MN, 763-477-3060,
rstevens@whirc.com, www.whirc.com
NRECA Co-op Member
Wilson & Company, Inc.,
Engineers & Architects.......................762
Eric Cenovich, Kansas City, MO,
816-701-3100,
eric.cenovich@wilsonco.com,
www.wilsonco.com
Wilson & Company was founded in
1932, and is a multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, surveying, mapping, environmental, and planning firm
employing staff throughout 20 offices in
13 states. Our staff of 450 professionals
includes civil, mechanical, electrical and
structural engineers; architects; planners; biologists; surveyors; mappers;
GIS specialists; pilots; right of way
agents; financial analysts; program and
construction managers; and inspectors.
Wood Quality Control, Inc. (NRECA) .....738
James Carter, Lexington, SC, 803-359-2218,
james.carter@nreca.coop,
woodqualitycontrol.com
We are the country’s largest quality
assurance program for the inspection of
treated poles and crossarms. An NRECA
subsidiary providing a multi-tiered,
Rural Utilities Service-approved program
to assure utilities they are receiving the
highest-quality wood products available
in the industry today.
Zhone Technologies, Inc. ...................346
Vinnie Maniola, Oakland, CA,
510-777-1262 ext. 71262,
VManiola@zhone.com, www.zhone.com
Zhone is a global leader in all IP multiservice access platform (MSAP) solutions, serving more than 750 operators
globally. Zhone offers the industry’s only
fully-integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx,
EFM and Wi-Fi access technologies.
Headquartered in California, Zhone’s
MSAP platforms are all manufactured in
a facility that is emission, waste-water,
and CFC free.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
NRECA Service Member
Wilson Bohannan
Padlock Company ............................1054
Craig Stone, Marion, OH, 740-382-3639
ext. 225, wbco@padlocks.com,
www.padlocks.com
The Wilson Bohannan Padlock Company
has been manufacturing Solid Brass
Padlocks in the USA Since “1860.” All
brass “WB” weatherproof padlocks continue to reinforce a long-standing reputation for quality & reliability in the
industry. Located in Marion, Ohio since
1927 “WB” manufactures padlocks
available keyed alike, keyed different,
master keyed and even keyed to your
manufacturers keys in some situations.
NRECA Silver Associate Member
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Exhibitors by Product
Aerial Devices
Altec Industries ......................... Booth 703
Dur-A-Lift Inc.............................. Booth 603
Equipment Technology............ Booth 501
J.J. Kane Auctioneers ................ Booth 1317
Terex Utilities ............................ Booth 1238
Versalift....................................... Booth 527
Alternative Energy (Non-renewable)
Global Power Products ............ Booth 1546
AMI/AMR
Aclara.......................................... Booth 903
Bellwether Management
Solutions............................... Booth 1251
Charles Industries..................... Booth 1515
Clevest ........................................ Booth 1025
Cooper Power Systems
by Eaton ................................ Booth 1013
DVI............................................... Booth 401
Efergy USA, Inc. ......................... Booth 1256
ElectSolve .................................. Booth 1539
Elster Solutions ......................... Booth 301
Itron, Inc. .................................... Booth 821
Landis+Gyr................................. Booth 913
Nighthawk.................................. Booth 1351
Sensus ........................................ Booth 1221
Tantalus...................................... Booth 427
Trilliant........................................ Booth 1517
Architectural Design (Buildings)
CMS Utility Services, Inc. ......... Booth 327
CriticalSpace Solutions............ Booth 1415
Guernsey .................................... Booth 1421
Lektron LED Lighting
Technology ........................... Booth 422
Asset Management
3-GIS ........................................... Booth 1548
Alden........................................... Booth 1620
Cantega Technologies Inc. ...... Booth 224
Collective Data .......................... Booth 351
Crave InfoTech........................... Booth 1350
Davey Resource Group ............ Booth 846
Esri............................................... Booth 1031
Euclides Technologies ............ Booth765
Figmore Technologies, Inc. ..... Booth 328
Futura Systems, Inc. ................. Booth 829
Genics Inc................................... Booth 321
GRID20/20................................. Booth 661
Intelligent Energy
Solutions LLC ....................... Booth 202
J.J. Kane Auctioneers ............... Booth1317
Mapcom Systems .................... Booth1609
Muscle Wall Holdings ............. Booth248
PCN Strategies Inc. .................. Booth864
Power Costs, Inc. (PCI) ............ Booth1607
Schneider Electric .................... Booth1213
SPIDA Software ........................ Booth1303
Trimble Navigation .................. Booth413
Utility Integration
Solutions, Inc. (UISOL)........ Booth 549
Utility Services of
the Americas ........................ Booth 319
UtilX Corporation ...................... Booth 747
Virginia Transformer Corp ....... Booth 407
Association/Professional Society
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association .... Booth 738
North American Wood
Pole Council.......................... Booth 1246
Audiovisual Products and Services
CriticalSpace Solutions............ Booth 1415
Howard Technology
Solutions............................... Booth 1638
Live Wall Media Inc. ................. Booth 519
weatherTAPpro.......................... Booth 1617
Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
Clevest ........................................ Booth 1025
Battery Chargers
ELTEK........................................... Booth 1531
Billing Services
Applied Technology
Solutions, Inc. ...................... Booth 539
Exceleron Software Inc. ........... Booth 1103
OSG Billing Services................. Booth 1604
SEDC ........................................... Booth 729
SouthData.................................. Booth 1448
Buildings and Shelters
Dupont Building, Inc ................ Booth. 1550
Muscle Wall Holdings .............. Booth 248
Oldcastle Enclosures ............... Booth1623
Parkline, Inc. .............................. Booth 1606
Cable and Satellite Television
Ervin Cable Construction,
LLC.......................................... Booth 1635
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative .......................... Booth 921
Cable Assessment Testing and Restoration
Novinium.................................... Booth 344
UtilX Corporation ...................... Booth 747
VON Corporation, The .............. Booth 1402
Cable Fault Locators
HAEFELY HIPOTRONICS............ Booth 1613
Power Delivery Products ......... Booth 246
VON Corporation, The .............. Booth 1402
Cables and Wires
CTC Global Corporation ........... Booth 1543
EUDA Electric Utility
Distributors Association..... Booth 1108
General Cable............................ Booth 1355
Reel-O-Matic, Inc. ..................... Booth 1406
Southwire Company................. Booth 712
The OKonite Company............. Booth 545
Times Microwave Systems...... Booth 322
UtilX Corporation ...................... Booth 747
Call Centers
CallNet Call Center
Services, Inc.......................... Booth 338
Centurion, Inc. ........................... Booth 426
Cooperative Response
Center, Inc. ............................ Booth 929
ISPN Network Services............. Booth 1155
KorTerra ...................................... Booth 1602
ONLINE Utility Exchange.......... Booth 1455
ProCore Solutions..................... Booth 354
Catering, Shower Facilities, Tents
Emergency Disaster
Services................................. Booth 214
Collection Agencies
ONLINE Utility Exchange.......... Booth 1455
Conferences and Expositions
2014 IEEE PES Transmission
and Distribution Conference
and Exposition..................... Booth 1048
POWERGRID International....... Booth 1608
Consumer Outreach Program
Clean Energy Collective ........... Booth 754
Controls and Instrumentation
CG Automation
Solutions USA ...................... Booth 1106
Cooper Power Systems
by Eaton ................................ Booth 1013
Elster Solutions ......................... Booth 301
HD Electric Company ............... Booth 450
ICMI, Inc ..................................... Booth349
North American Reclosers
& Switchgear ........................ Booth 860
TIREBOSS Tire Pressure
Control ................................... Booth 755
Computer Hardware and Software
Allied Telesis.............................. Booth 1637
CDW ............................................ Booth 824
Champion Solutions
Group, Inc. ............................ Booth 1257
CrewManager ............................ Booth 1554
Daffron & Associates, Inc. ....... Booth 1131
GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc.... Booth 1645
Green Team Energy Services .. Booth 226
GridFirst...................................... Booth 723
Havis, Inc.................................... Booth 757
Jaguar Software......................... Booth 1354
Mitsubishi Electric Visual
Solutions America ............... Booth 1102
Panasonic .................................. Booth1457
PCN Strategies Inc .................... Booth 864
Professional Computer
Systems, Co. ......................... Booth 746
RouteSmart
Technologies, Inc................. Booth 245
SCRA ........................................... Booth 1161
Staples Advantage ................... Booth 949
Twisted Pair ............................... Booth 1157
Cooperative Business Relationships
ABG Bag, Inc.............................. Booth 255
Border States Electric .............. Booth 1506
Cooperative Building
Solutions............................... Booth 550
National Purchasing
Partners(NPP)....................... Booth 763
Copper Theft Prevention
Cooperative Response
Center, Inc. ............................ Booth 929
Electric Motion
Company, Inc........................ Booth 254
Southwire Company................. Booth 712
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Exhibitors by Product
Systems With
Intelligence Inc..................... Booth 420
Tech Products, Inc. ................... Booth 955
Corporate Communication, Media and PR
weatherTAPpro.......................... Booth 1617
Customer Information Systems (CIS)
Applied Technology
Solutions, Inc. ...................... Booth 539
Central Service Association .... Booth 201
Daffron & Associates, Inc. ....... Booth 1131
Professional Computer
Systems, Co. ......................... Booth 746
SEDC ........................................... Booth 729
Survalent Technology .............. Booth 526
Cyber Security
Diligent Board Member
Services................................. Booth 230
EWA Government
Systems, Inc. ........................ Booth 1556
Phoenix Contact........................ Booth 1454
RAD Data Communications .... Booth 1456
Demand-Side Management (DSM)
DVI............................................... Booth 401
Efacec ACS ................................. Booth 313
EnerVision, Inc. ......................... Booth 1503
GDS Associates, Inc.................. Booth 708
Green Team Energy Services.... Booth 226
Intelligent Energy
Solutions LLC........................ Booth 202
Landis+Gyr................................. Booth 913
WaterFUrnace International,
Inc........................................... Booth 1148
Disaster Planning & Recovery Consulting
Milner Technologies, formerly
Comsquared Systems......... Booth 621
Distributed Generation
Beckwith Electric...................... Booth 451
groSolar...................................... Booth 1551
NRG Reliability Solutions ........ Booth 232
UTILCO ........................................ Booth 651
Distribution Automation
ABB Inc. ...................................... Booth 439
Aclara.......................................... Booth 903
AT&T ............................................ Booth 430
Beckwith Electric....................... Booth 451
CG Automation
Solutions USA ...................... Booth 1106
Cooper Power Systems
by Eaton ................................ Booth 1013
DVI............................................... Booth 401
Efacec ACS ................................. Booth 313
Full Spectrum Inc. ..................... Booth764
G&W Electric Company............ Booth 530
GE Digital Energy ...................... Booth 939
Hubbell Power Systems........... Booth 625
Mackay Communications –
Satellite Services ................. Booth 854
Mitsubishi Electric Visual
Solutions America ............... Booth 1102
NovaTech, LLC ........................... Booth 1254
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Open Systems
International, Inc. ................ Booth 1229
Phoenix Contact........................ Booth 1454
Power Delivery Products ......... Booth 246
S&C ELECTRIC COMPANY......... Booth 647
Schneider Electric..................... Booth 1213
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) ...... Booth 1325
Sensus ........................................ Booth 1221
Siemens...................................... Booth 713
Siemens Canada Limited ........ Booth 412
Tait Communications ............... Booth 208
Transition Networks ................. Booth 249
Distributors and Manufacturing
Representatives
CWC Chemical, Inc.................... Booth 227
Elster Solutions ......................... Booth 301
EUDA Electric Utility Distributors
Association ........................... Booth 1108
J.W. Outfitters ............................. Booth 221
Document Imaging and Work Management
AXIS Data Solutions ................. Booth 223
BoardVantage ........................... Booth 216
High Cotton................................ Booth 850
Milner Technologies, formerly
Comsquared Systems......... Booth 621
E-Commerce Payment Solutions
OSG Billing Services................. Booth 1604
Professional Computer
Systems, Co. ........................ Booth746
Educational Programs
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association .... Booth 738
Northwest Lineman College.... Booth 1555
T&D PowerSkills, LLC................ Booth 1451
Employee Training
T&D PowerSkills, LLC................ Booth 1451
Energy Audit Services
Intelligent Energy
Solutions LLC........................ Booth 202
Energy Management Systems
(In-home display)
Efergy USA, Inc. ......................... Booth 1256
Service Concepts ...................... Booth 847
Energy Storage
ABB Inc. ...................................... Booth 439
Renewable Energy Systems Americas
Inc. (RES Americas) ............. Booth 1217
Steffes Corporation .................. Booth 1055
Vaughn Thermal
Corporation........................... Booth 1056
Engineering Consulting &
System Design
AVO Training Institute .............. Booth 1248
Electrical Consultants, Inc....... Booth 428
ESC engineering, Inc. ............... Booth 312
GDS Associates, Inc.................. Booth 708
Guernsey .................................... Booth 1421
ISPN Network Services............. Booth 1155
Power System
Engineering, Inc. (PSE) ....... Booth 1313
PowerServices, Inc. .................. Booth 1147
Quanta Services........................ Booth 444
Siemens...................................... Booth 713
Tectonic ...................................... Booth 1346
Wilson & Company, Inc.,
Engineers & Architects ....... Booth 762
Engineering Software
AERINET SOLUTIONS, LLC ....... Booth 247
CTC Global Corporation ........... Booth 1543
Milsoft Utility Solutions ........... Booth 1039
Osmose Utilities
Services, Inc.......................... Booth 544
SPIDA Software ......................... Booth 1303
Environmental Consulting
Electrical Consultants, Inc....... Booth 428
Power Consulting
Associates, LLC .................... Booth 1625
Environmental Services
C.I.Agent Solutions ................... Booth 720
Cantega Technologies Inc. ...... Booth 224
Clean Energy Collective ........... Booth 754
Environmental
Consultants, Inc. .................. Booth 820
Tectonic ...................................... Booth 1346
Fault Detection
ABB Inc. ...................................... Booth 439
GE Digital Energy ...................... Booth 939
IFD Corporation......................... Booth 665
Nexant ........................................ Booth 1650
Power Delivery Products ......... Booth 246
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) ...... Booth 1325
ViaSat, Inc. ................................. Booth 1525
Financial and Administrative Services
Jaguar Software......................... Booth 1354
Fleet/Fuel Management and Maintenance
ARI ............................................... Booth 822
Dur-A-Lift Inc.............................. Booth 603
DYNACCO INC ............................ Booth 320
GPS Insight ................................ Booth 1057
J.J. Kane Auctioneers ................ Booth 1317
Government Agencies and/or
Government Programs
Reel-O-Matic, Inc. ..................... Booth 1406
GPS Products and Services
Chapel Mapping ....................... Booth 1446
Crave InfoTech........................... Booth 1350
GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc.... Booth 1645
GIS Landmark............................ Booth 1616
GPS Insight ................................ Booth 1057
Hytera America.......................... Booth 1149
Inner-Pole................................... Booth 1356
MOBILE MOUNTS...................... Booth 555
mPower Innovations ................ Booth 256
PoleXpert, LLC ........................... Booth 448
SCRA ........................................... Booth 1161
Heat Pumps
Rheem Manufacturing ............. Booth 339
Heat Storage Devices
Rheem Manufacturing ............. Booth 339
Steffes Corporation .................. Booth 1055
Human Resources Consulting Services
ProCore Solutions..................... Booth 354
Information Technology Consulting
Champion Solutions
Group, Inc. ............................ Booth 1257
ElectSolve .................................. Booth 1539
GISbiz, Inc. ................................. Booth 323
Green Team Energy Services .. Booth 226
GridFirst...................................... Booth 723
iS5 Communications................ Booth 229
Power System
Engineering, Inc. (PSE) ....... Booth 1313
Spatial Business Systems ....... Booth 206
Utility Integration
Solutions, Inc. (UISOL)........ Booth 549
Infrastructure Restoration
Aerial Solutions, Inc. ................ Booth 329
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. ........ Booth 1125
Ervin Cable
Construction, LLC................. Booth 1635
Pike Corporation ....................... Booth 1321
Quanta Services........................ Booth 444
T&D Solutions, LLC ................... Booth 1414
Team Fishel................................ Booth 644
Thayer Power and Communication Line
Construction Co., LLC .......... Booth 228
Trees, Inc. ................................... Booth 1247
Insurance
Hurtado & Associates, Inc....... Booth 1047
Insurance Network
of America............................. Booth 648
Internet Services
Calix............................................. Booth 1307
ISPN Network Services............. Booth 1155
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative .......................... Booth 921
One Call Now............................. Booth 1630
Utilismart Corporation ............. Booth 204
ViaSat, Inc. ................................. Booth 1525
Inventory Management
Bellwether Management
Solutions............................... Booth 1251
Collective Data .......................... Booth 351
Fastenal ...................................... Booth 238
FieldWorker Products............... Booth 1348
GIS Landmark............................ Booth 1616
HD Supply Power Solutions .... Booth 1447
Mapcom Systems ..................... Booth 1609
Legal Services
Diligent Board
Member Services................. Booth 230
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association .... Booth 738
Lighting
Emergency Disaster
Services................................. Booth 214
Lektron LED Lighting
Technology ........................... Booth 422
Service Concepts ...................... Booth 847
Utility Services of
the Americas ........................ Booth 319
Versalift....................................... Booth 527
Load Management
Allied Telesis.............................. Booth 1637
Bellwether Management
Solutions............................... Booth 1251
Intelligent Energy
Solutions LLC........................ Booth 202
Landis+Gyr................................. Booth 913
SPIDA Software ......................... Booth 1303
Steffes Corporation .................. Booth 1055
TextPower, Inc. .......................... Booth 1150
Utilismart Corporation ............. Booth 204
Vaughn Thermal Corporation . Booth 1056
Mailing and Fulfillment Services
AXIS Data Solutions ................. Booth 223
High Cotton................................ Booth 850
OSG Billing Services................. Booth 1604
SouthData.................................. Booth 1448
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Exhibitors by Product
Management Consulting Services
ACRT, Inc..................................... Booth 1312
Guernsey .................................... Booth 1421
Power Consulting
Associates, LLC .................... Booth1625
PowerServices, Inc. .................. Booth 1147
Mapping, AM/FM/GIS
Central Service Association .... Booth 201
Chapel Mapping ....................... Booth 1446
Davey Resource Group ............ Booth 846
ESC engineering, Inc. ............... Booth 312
Esri............................................... Booth 1031
Futura Systems, Inc. ................. Booth 829
GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc..... Booth 1645
GIS Landmark............................ Booth 1616
GISbiz, Inc. ................................. Booth 323
KorTerra ...................................... Booth 1602
Lewis Tree Service/
Clearion Software ................ Booth 613
mPower Innovations ................ Booth 256
Partner Software ....................... Booth 702
RouteSmart
Technologies, Inc................. Booth 245
Meter Data Management (MDM)
Central Service Association .... Booth 201
ElectSolve .................................. Booth 1539
Itron, Inc. .................................... Booth 821
National Information
Solutions Cooperative ........ Booth 1203
Nighthawk.................................. Booth 1351
Olameter Corporation.............. Booth 1146
Siemens 713
Tantalus...................................... Booth 427
Meter Reading Services
Bellwether Management
Solutions............................... Booth 1251
Olameter Corporation.............. Booth 1146
Metering Equipment
Efergy USA, Inc. ......................... Booth 1256
Global Power Products ............ Booth 1546
GRID20/20................................. Booth 661
Itron, Inc. .................................... Booth 821
NovaTech, LLC ........................... Booth 1254
Mobile Workforce Management Systems
AT&T ............................................ Booth 430
BoardVantage ........................... Booth 216
Clevest ........................................ Booth 1025
Crave InfoTech........................... Booth 1350
CrewManager ............................ Booth 1554
dataVoice International Inc..... Booth 1521
Euclides Technologies ............. Booth 765
FieldWorker Products............... Booth 1348
Havis, Inc.................................... Booth 757
Kenwood USA Corporation,
Communications Sector ..... Booth 1154
MOBILE MOUNTS...................... Booth 555
RouteSmart
Technologies, Inc................. Booth 245
Trimble Navigation ................... Booth 413
Twisted Pair ............................... Booth 1157
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Natural Gas, Oil, Propane
Equipment/Distribution
Quanta Services........................ Booth 444
Team Fishel................................ Booth 644
Office Equipment and Supplies
CDW ............................................ Booth 824
National Purchasing
Partners(NPP)....................... Booth 763
Staples Advantage ................... Booth 949
Outage Management Software & Systems
AERINET SOLUTIONS, LLC ....... Booth 247
Applied Technology
Solutions, Inc. ...................... Booth 539
Cooperative Response
Center, Inc. ............................ Booth 929
dataVoice International Inc..... Booth 1521
Efacec ACS ................................. Booth 313
FieldWorker Products............... Booth 1348
Futura Systems, Inc. ................. Booth 829
Landis+Gyr................................. Booth 913
Lewis Tree Service/
Clearion Software ................ Booth 613
Milsoft Utility Solutions ........... Booth 1039
Mitsubishi Electric Visual
Solutions America ............... Booth 1102
mPower Innovations ................ Booth 256
National Information
Solutions Cooperative ........ Booth 1203
Nighthawk.................................. Booth 1351
Open Systems
International, Inc. ................ Booth 1229
Survalent Technology .............. Booth 526
TextPower, Inc. .......................... Booth 1150
Trilliant........................................ Booth 1517
Trimble Navigation ................... Booth 413
Utilismart Corporation ............. Booth 204
Pest Control
Critter Guard Inc........................ Booth 1629
Phase Converters
Ronk Electrical Industries Inc.... Booth 548
Pole Line Hardware
(Insulators/Connectors)
Brooks Manufacturing
Company ............................... Booth 655
Electric Motion
Company, Inc........................ Booth 254
Hughes Brothers, Inc. .............. Booth 1612
Preformed Line Products ........ Booth 1522
PUPI Crossarms (GEOTEK)....... Booth 1425
Threaded Fasteners, Inc. ......... Booth 1631
V&S Schuler
Engineering, Inc. .................. Booth 1046
Pole Inspection and Treatment
Alden........................................... Booth 1620
Arch Wood Protection –
a Lonza company ................ Booth 438
Brooks Manufacturing
Company ............................... Booth 655
Brown Wood
Preserving Co., Inc............... Booth 213
CMS Utility Services, Inc. ......... Booth 327
Genics Inc................................... Booth 321
Olameter Corporation.............. Booth 1146
Osmose Utilities
Services, Inc.......................... Booth 544
PoleXpert, LLC ........................... Booth 448
Poles and Crossarms
Arch Wood Protection –
a Lonza company ................ Booth 438
Bell Lumber & Pole
Company ............................... Booth 1547
Brooks Manufacturing
Company ............................... Booth 655
Brown Wood
Preserving Co., Inc............... Booth 213
DIS-TRAN .................................... Booth 1416
Hughes Brothers, Inc. .............. Booth 1612
Laminated Wood
Systems, Inc ......................... Booth 418
McFarland Cascade.................. Booth 751
McWane Poles........................... Booth 1347
North American Wood
Pole Council.......................... Booth 1246
PUPI Crossarms (GEOTEK)....... Booth 1425
Ryan Scientific ltd ..................... Booth 1422
Tech Products, Inc. ................... Booth 955
V&S Schuler
Engineering, Inc. .................. Booth 1046
Valmont Newmark.................... Booth 554
Power Factor Correction
Ronk Electrical
Industries Inc........................ Booth 548
Varentec ..................................... Booth 331
Power Generation Equipment
Magotteaux Inc. ........................ Booth 326
U.S. Department of Energy ..... Booth 749
Power Plant Design & Construction
NRG Reliability Solutions ........ Booth 232
Renewable Energy Systems Americas
Inc. (RES Americas) ............. Booth 1217
Power Plant Maintenance
& Operations
Magotteaux Inc. ........................ Booth 326
Power Marketing: Purchase, Sell, Trade
ACES............................................ Booth 1105
Power Costs, Inc. (PCI) ............. Booth 1607
Power Marketing: Forecasting/
Data Analysis
ACES............................................ Booth 1105
EnerVision, Inc. ......................... Booth 1503
Power Quality
Aclara.......................................... Booth 903
Magotteaux Inc. ........................ Booth 326
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative .......................... Booth 921
Power Monitors, Inc. ................ Booth 200
S&C Electric Company ............. Booth 647
U.S. Department of Energy ..... Booth 749
Varentec ..................................... Booth 331
WaterFUrnace
International, Inc. ................ Booth 1148
Power Theft Prevention
GRID20/20................................. Booth 661
Printing
Association Of Missouri Electric
Cooperatives Print
& Banner ............................... Booth 761
AXIS Data Solutions ................. Booth 223
High Cotton................................ Booth 850
SouthData.................................. Booth 1448
Staples Advantage ................... Booth 949
Promotional Items/Service Awards
J.W. Outfitters ............................. Booth 221
Summit Group........................... Booth 239
Prepaid Solutions
Exceleron Software Inc. ........... Booth 1103
National Information
Solutions Cooperative ........ Booth 1203
Publishers/Publications
POWERGRID International....... Booth 1608
Reel Handling Equipment
Aircraft Dynamics...................... Booth 241
Altec Industries ......................... Booth 703
Regulatory Consulting Services
GDS Associates, Inc.................. Booth 708
PowerServices, Inc. .................. Booth 1147
Tectonic ...................................... Booth 1346
Remanufactured and Recycled Products
McWane Poles........................... Booth 1347
Renewable Energy (all types)
American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA) ............ Booth 523
CMS Utility Services, Inc. ......... Booth 327
groSolar...................................... Booth 1551
Renewable Energy Systems Americas
Inc. (RES Americas) ............. Booth 1217
Steffes Corporation .................. Booth 1055
U.S. Department of Energy ..... Booth 749
Virginia Transformer Corp ....... Booth 407
WaterFUrnace
International, Inc. ................ Booth 1148
Residential Security Equipment/
Monitoring
Wilson Bohannan
Padlock Company................ Booth 1054
Right of Way Clearing
Aerial Solutions, Inc. ................ Booth 329
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. ........ Booth 1125
Edko LLC..................................... Booth 219
Jarraff Industries, Inc. ............... Booth 207
Townsend Corporation ............ Booth 1420
Trees, Inc. ................................... Booth 1247
WOLF TREE................................. Booth 547
Risk Management
ACES............................................ Booth 1105
AVO Training Institute .............. Booth 1248
DuPont Land Management..... Booth 445
Earth Networks ......................... Booth 1255
Hurtado & Associates, Inc....... Booth 1047
Muscle Wall Holdings .............. Booth 248
ONLINE Utility Exchange.......... Booth 1455
PoleXpert, LLC ........................... Booth 448
Power Costs, Inc. (PCI) ............. Booth 1607
TenCate Protective Fabrics...... Booth 1050
USIC Locating Services, LLC.... Booth 856
Safety Equipment and Inspection Services
Bashlin Industries Inc .............. Booth 1357
Buckingham Manufacturing ... Booth 1646
Field ID........................................ Booth 760
Figmore Technologies, Inc. ..... Booth 328
Jelco ............................................ Booth 1657
National Safety Apparel .......... Booth 1624
Princeton Tec ............................. Booth 1516
Salisbury by Honeywell ........... Booth 1514
Wilson Bohannan
Padlock Company................ Booth 1054
Field ID........................................ Booth 760
Figmore Technologies, Inc. ..... Booth 328
GPS Insight ................................ Booth 1057
GridFirst...................................... Booth 723
Howard Technology
Solutions............................... Booth 1638
Jaguar Software......................... Booth 1354
KorTerra ...................................... Booth 1602
Mapcom Systems ..................... Booth 1609
Milner Technologies, formerly
Comsquared Systems......... Booth 621
Nexant ........................................ Booth 1650
Passageways ............................. Booth1626
Perfect Commerce .................... Booth 1424
SCRA ........................................... Booth 1161
SEDC ........................................... Booth 729
Twisted Pair ............................... Booth 1157
Varentec ..................................... Booth 331
ViaSat, Inc. ................................. Booth 1525
Safety Training & Education
ACRT, Inc..................................... Booth 1312
AVO Training Institute .............. Booth 1248
Buckingham Manufacturing ... Booth 1646
DuPont Land Management..... Booth 445
Jelco ............................................ Booth 1657
Salisbury by Honeywell ........... Booth 1514
T&D PowerSkills, LLC................ Booth 1451
TenCate Protective Fabrics...... Booth 1050
Staking and Survey
Futura Systems, Inc. ................. Booth 829
Partner Software ....................... Booth 702
USIC Locating Services, LLC.... Booth 856
SCADA Systems
CG Automation
Solutions USA ...................... Booth 1106
ESC engineering, Inc. ............... Booth 312
EWA Government
Systems, Inc. ........................ Booth 1556
Mackay Communications –
Satellite Services ................. Booth 854
Motorola Solutions Inc. ........... Booth 947
Open Systems
International, Inc. ................ Booth 1229
Survalent Technology .............. Booth 526
Strategic Planning
Champion Solutions
Group, Inc. ............................ Booth 1257
Edko LLC..................................... Booth 219
EnerVision, Inc. ......................... Booth 1503
Power System
Engineering, Inc. (PSE) ....... Booth 1313
Spatial Business Systems ....... Booth 206
Utility Integration
Solutions, Inc. (UISOL)........ Booth 549
Scrap Metal
Versatile Processing Group..... Booth 250
Shipping and Transportation Services
Havis, Inc.................................... Booth 757
Interstate Relocation
Services, Inc.......................... Booth 1643
.Signs/Labels/Markers/Tags (Work Site)
Almetek Industries Inc. ............ Booth 449
Association Of Missouri Electric
Cooperatives Print &
Banner ................................... Booth 761
Tech Products, Inc. ................... Booth 955
Uticom Systems, Inc................. Booth 1412
Software Application Providers
3-GIS ........................................... Booth 1548
AERINET SOLUTIONS, LLC ....... Booth 247
Alden........................................... Booth 1620
ARCOS LLC.................................. Booth 1549
Collective Data .......................... Booth 351
Daffron & Associates, Inc. ....... Booth 1131
Diligent Board
Member Services................. Booth 230
Esri............................................... Booth 1031
Exceleron Software Inc. ........... Booth 1103
Standby Power Equipment/
Interface Equipment
NRG Reliability Solutions ........ Booth 232
Stray Voltage
Ronk Electrical
Industries Inc........................ Booth 548
Substation Construction
Beta Engineering, LLC.............. Booth1621
Case Foundation Company/
McKinney Drilling................. Booth 556
Chain Electric Company........... Booth 1407
Lee Electrical
Construction, Inc.................. Booth 1507
MasTec North America, Inc. .... Booth 1640
Parkline, Inc. .............................. Booth 1606
Pike Corporation ....................... Booth 1321
T&D Solutions, LLC ................... Booth 1414
Thayer Power and
Communication Line
Construction Co., LLC .......... Booth 228
Townsend Corporation ............ Booth 1420
Substation Equipment
Border States Electric .............. Booth 1506
Caprock Manufacturing, Inc.... Booth 1642
CG Automation
Solutions USA ...................... Booth 1106
DIS-TRAN .................................... Booth 1416
Hubbell Power Systems........... Booth 625
ICMI, Inc...................................... Booth 349
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Exhibitors by Product
Innerduct.com ........................... Booth 318
North American Reclosers
& Switchgear ........................ Booth 860
NovaTech, LLC ........................... Booth 1254
OTC Services .............................. Booth 1603
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) ...... Booth 1325
Systems With
Intelligence Inc..................... Booth 420
Transition Networks ................. Booth 249
V&S Schuler
Engineering, Inc. .................. Booth 1046
Zenith Transformer
Components......................... Booth 257
Substation Maintenance,
Repair, and Testing
Advanced Test Equipment
Rentals................................... Booth 1061
Camlin Power, Inc. .................... Booth 1260
Critter Guard Inc........................ Booth 1629
HAEFELY HIPOTRONICS............ Booth 1613
Jordan Transformer................... Booth 1512
Kaddas Enterprises Inc. ........... Booth 1632
North American Reclosers
& Switchgear ........................ Booth 860
Northwest Lineman College.... Booth 1555
OTC Services .............................. Booth 1603
Southwest Electric Company ... Booth 1619
Substation Security Products & Services
iS5 Communications................ Booth 229
Panasonic .................................. Booth 1457
Systems With
Intelligence Inc..................... Booth 420
Uticom Systems, Inc. 1412
Wilson Bohannan
Padlock Company................ Booth 1054
Supply Chain Solutions
Border States Electric .............. Booth 1506
EWA Government
Systems, Inc. ........................ Booth 1556
Fastenal ...................................... Booth 238
Surge Protection
Global Power Products ............ Booth 1546
Phoenix Contact........................ Booth 1454
Times Microwave Systems...... Booth 322
Switchgear Enclosures
Caprock Manufacturing, Inc.... Booth 1642
Charles Industries..................... Booth 1515
Nordic Fiberglass, Inc. ............. Booth 244
Parkline, Inc. .............................. Booth 1606
System Protection Equipment
Beckwith Electric....................... Booth 451
C.I.Agent Solutions ................... Booth 720
G&W Electric Company............ Booth 530
GE Digital Energy ...................... Booth 939
ICMI, Inc...................................... Booth 349
S&C ELECTRIC COMPANY......... Booth 647
USIC Locating Services, LLC.... Booth 856
Systems Integration
ElectSolve .................................. Booth 1539
Fujitsu Network
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2014 techadvantage exhibitors
Communications, Inc. ......... Booth 457
GISbiz, Inc. ................................. Booth 323
Spatial Business Systems ....... Booth 206
Utility Integration
Solutions, Inc. (UISOL)........ Booth 549
T&D Line Construction/
Maintenance Equipment
Arch Wood Protection –
a Lonza company ................ Booth 438
GAMMA Insulators Corp .......... Booth 1611
HD Electric Company ............... Booth 450
HD Supply Power Solutions .... Booth 1447
Jarraff Industries, Inc. ............... Booth 207
Kaddas Enterprises Inc. ........... Booth 1632
McWane Poles........................... Booth 1347
Preformed Line Products ........ Booth 1522
Princeton Tec ............................. Booth 1516
PUPI Crossarms (GEOTEK)....... Booth 1425
Sherman + Reilly Inc. ............... Booth 307
Terex Utilities............................. Booth 1238
UTILCO ........................................ Booth 651
Utility Solutions, Inc. ................ Booth 212
Versalift....................................... Booth 527
T&D Line Construction/
Maintenance Services
Alamon Contract Services ....... Booth 1450
Case Foundation Company/
McKinney Drilling................. Booth 556
Chain Electric Company........... Booth 1407
CTC Global Corporation ........... Booth 1543
Electrical Consultants, Inc....... Booth 428
Lee Electrical
Construction, Inc.................. Booth 1507
MasTec North America, Inc. .... Booth 1640
North American Wood
Pole Council.......................... Booth 1246
Novinium.................................... Booth 344
Osmose Utilities
Services, Inc.......................... Booth 544
Pike Corporation ....................... Booth 1321
Sherman + Reilly Inc. ............... Booth 307
T&D Solutions, LLC ................... Booth 1414
Team Fishel................................ Booth 644
Thayer Power and
Communication Line
Construction Co., LLC .......... Booth 228
Townsend Corporation ............ Booth 1420
Telecommunications
3-GIS ........................................... Booth 1548
AT&T ............................................ Booth 430
BoardVantage ........................... Booth 216
Caprock Manufacturing, Inc...... Booth 1642
Centurion, Inc. ........................... Booth 426
Charles Industries..................... Booth 1515
Dupont Building, Inc. ............... Booth 1550
Electrical Consultants, Inc....... Booth 428
Ervin Cable
Construction, LLC................. Booth 1635
Fujitsu Network
Communications, Inc. ......... Booth 457
GIS Landmark............................ Booth 1616
Hytera America.......................... Booth 1149
Innerduct.com ........................... Booth 318
iS5 Communications................ Booth 229
Mackay Communications –
Satellite Services ................. Booth 854
Mapcom Systems ..................... Booth 1609
MasTec North America, Inc. .... Booth 1640
Motorola Solutions Inc. ........... Booth 947
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative .......................... Booth 921
One Call Now............................. Booth 1630
Perfect Commerce .................... Booth 1424
RAD Data Communications .... Booth 1456
Reel-O-Matic, Inc. ..................... Booth 1406
RFL Electronics Inc.................... Booth 657
Sherman + Reilly Inc. ............... Booth 307
Siemens Canada Limited ........ Booth 412
Tait Communications ............... Booth 208
Terex Utilities............................. Booth 1238
Transition Networks ................. Booth 249
Versalift....................................... Booth 527
Temporary Staffing
Environmental
Consultants, Inc. .................. Booth 820
ProCore Solutions..................... Booth 354
Telforce Group LLP ................... Booth 252
Testing Equipment
Advanced Test Equipment
Rentals................................... Booth 1061
Camlin Power, Inc. .................... Booth 1260
HAEFELY HIPOTRONICS............ Booth 1613
Hastings Fiber Glass ................ Booth 1520
HD Electric Company ............... Booth 450
Inner-Pole................................... Booth 1356
Milwaukee Electric Tool
Corporation........................... Booth 1605
SensorLink Corporation........... Booth 1530
Times Microwave Systems...... Booth 322
VON Corporation, The .............. Booth 1402
Tools
AERINET SOLUTIONS, LLC ....... Booth 247
Aircraft Dynamics...................... Booth 241
Altec Industries ......................... Booth 703
Bashlin Industries Inc .............. Booth 1357
dataVoice International Inc..... Booth 1521
DuPont Land Management..... Booth 445
DYNACCO INC ............................ Booth 320
Figmore Technologies, Inc. ..... Booth 328
Hastings Fiber Glass ................ Booth 1520
HD Supply Power Solutions .... Booth 1447
Howard Technology
Solutions............................... Booth 1638
Hubbell Power Systems........... Booth 625
Huskie Tools .............................. Booth 957
Kenwood USA Corporation,
Communications Sector ..... Booth 1154
MADI – Innovative
Lineman Tools...................... Booth 1316
Mapcom Systems ..................... Booth 1609
Milwaukee Electric
Tool Corporation .................. Booth 1605
National Information
Solutions Cooperative ........ Booth 1203
Princeton Tec ............................. Booth 1516
Ripley .......................................... Booth 1051
Sherman + Reilly Inc. ............... Booth 307
Southwire Company................. Booth 712
Times Microwave Systems...... Booth 322
UTILCO ........................................ Booth 651
Utility Solutions, Inc. ................ Booth 212
Trailers
Hastings Fiber Glass ................ Booth 1520
Transformer Maintenance,
Repair & Testing
ABG Bag, Inc.............................. Booth 255
Advanced Test Equipment
Rentals................................... Booth 1061
Camlin Power, Inc. .................... Booth 1260
Jordan Transformer................... Booth 1512
OTC Services .............................. Booth 1603
Prolec GE.................................... Booth 1038
Southwest Electric
Company ............................... Booth 1619
SPX Transformer
Solutions, Inc. ...................... Booth 951
Versatile Processing Group..... Booth 250
Zenith Transformer
Components......................... Booth 257
Transformers, Transformer Pads
ABG Bag, Inc.............................. Booth 255
DiversiTech................................. Booth 356
ERMCO........................................ Booth 1331
EUDA Electric Utility
Distributors Association..... Booth 1108
Howard Industries 618
IFD Corporation......................... Booth 665
Jordan Transformer................... Booth 1512
Lektron LED Lighting
Technology ........................... Booth 422
Nordic Fiberglass, Inc. ............. Booth 244
Prolec GE.................................... Booth 1038
Southwest Electric Company ... Booth 1619
SPX Transformer
Solutions, Inc. ...................... Booth 951
T&R Electric Supply Co............. Booth 1513
Virginia Transformer Corp ....... Booth 407
Underground Cable Equipment
and Hardware
G&W Electric Company............ Booth 530
General Cable............................ Booth 1355
Innerduct.com ........................... Booth 318
Lee Electrical
Construction, Inc.................. Booth 1507
Nordic Fiberglass, Inc. ............. Booth 244
Novinium.................................... Booth 344
Oldcastle Enclosures ............... Booth 1623
Ripley .......................................... Booth 1051
Sherman + Reilly Inc. ............... Booth 307
Utility Solutions, Inc. ................ Booth 212
Uniforms and Protective Clothing
BERNE Apparel.......................... Booth 345
Carhartt....................................... Booth 1430
Fastenal ...................................... Booth 238
J.W. Outfitters ............................. Booth 221
National Safety Apparel........... Booth 1624
Salisbury by Honeywell ........... Booth 1514
Slate Rock Safety ...................... Booth 1524
TenCate Protective Fabrics...... Booth 1050
Vegetation Management Equipment
CWC Chemical, Inc.................... Booth 227
Davey Resource Group ............ Booth 846
Jarraff Industries, Inc. ............... Booth 207
Kershaw a Division of Progress
Rail Services ......................... Booth 419
MADI – Innovative
Lineman Tools...................... Booth 1316
Vegetation Management Services
ACRT, Inc..................................... Booth 1312
Aerial Solutions, Inc. ................ Booth 329
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. ........ Booth 1125
CWC Chemical, Inc.................... Booth 227
DuPont Land Management..... Booth 445
Edko LLC..................................... Booth 219
Environmental
Consultants, Inc. .................. Booth 820
Lewis Tree Service/
Clearion Software ................ Booth 613
Nelson Tree Service, Inc. ......... Booth 330
Partner Software ....................... Booth 702
Townsend Corporation ............ Booth 1420
Trees, Inc. ................................... Booth 1247
W. A. Kendall and
Company, Inc........................ Booth 725
WOLF TREE................................. Booth 547
Vehicles (Automobiles, Trucks)
ARI ............................................... Booth 822
Dur-A-Lift Inc.............................. Booth 603
DYNACCO INC ............................ Booth 320
Ford Motor Company ............... Booth 1339
Ram Commercial....................... Booth 960
TIREBOSS Tire
Pressure Control .................. Booth 755
Versalift....................................... Booth 527
Voice Response/
Phone Notification System
ARCOS LLC.................................. Booth 1549
Centurion, Inc. ........................... Booth 426
dataVoice International Inc..... Booth 1521
Milsoft Utility Solutions ........... Booth 1039
TextPower, Inc. .......................... Booth 1150
Water Heaters
Rheem Manufacturing ............. Booth 339
Vaughn Thermal
Corporation........................... Booth 1056
Weather Forecasting, Lightning Detection
Earth Networks ......................... Booth 1255
weatherTAPpro.......................... Booth 1617
Wildlife Protection Equipment
Cantega Technologies Inc. ...... Booth 224
Critter Guard Inc........................ Booth 1629
Hughes Brothers, Inc. .............. Booth 1612
Kaddas Enterprises Inc. ........... Booth 1632
Preformed Line Products ........ Booth 1522
Wireless Communication
Allied Telesis.............................. Booth 1637
AT&T ............................................ Booth 430
Dupont Building, Inc. ............... Booth 1550
Field ID........................................ Booth 760
Fujitsu Network
Communications, Inc. ......... Booth 457
Full Spectrum Inc. ..................... Booth 764
Howard Technology
Solutions............................... Booth 1638
Hytera America.......................... Booth 1149
Kenwood USA Corporation,
Communications Sector ..... Booth 1154
Mackay Communications –
Satellite Services ................. Booth 854
MOBILE MOUNTS...................... Booth 555
Motorola Solutions Inc. ........... Booth 947
National Purchasing
Partners(NPP)....................... Booth 763
PCN Strategies Inc .................... Booth 864
Perfect Commerce .................... Booth 1424
RAD Data Communications .... Booth 1456
Siemens Canada Limited ........ Booth 412
Tait Communications ............... Booth 208
Tantalus...................................... Booth 427
Telforce Group LLP ................... Booth 252
TextPower, Inc. .......................... Booth 1150
Trilliant........................................ Booth 1517
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