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Transmission and Substations Technical Contacts

Topic	Contact	Email
For information	TDI	tdi@epri.com
Asset Management and Analytics (Overhead and Underground Assets) P34 Develop methodologies, metrics and tools that aid data driven decision making. For e.g. technical basis for maintenance or replacement, assess monitoring efficacy, better understand population survivability Apply advanced analytics (e.g. Natural Language Processing, Statistics, Machine Learning etc.) to produce new insights. E.g. most common switch problems. Analyze industrywide asset performance data to develop equipment failure rates Develop asset health algorithms to identify assets at risk e.g. Power Transformer Expert System Develop guidelines for to aid utility data collection	Bhavin Desai Tim Raymond Arshpal Gill Sean Jiang Andy Shi Michael O’Connor Patrick Walther	bdesai@epri.com traymond@epri.com agill@epri.com sjiang@epri.com ashi@epri.com moconnor@epri.com pwalther@epri.com
Overhead Transmission P35 Management of aging transmission line assets. Approaches to selecting, applying, inspecting, and assessing components. Inspection and assessment tools and techniques. Lightning performance and grounding reliability. Efficiency of transmission line design, including resiliency. Live working techniques, tools, and procedures. Methods to increase the capacity of existing overhead lines. Insulator assessment Forensic analysis of components Evaluation of new technologies Corrosion management Conductor and connector studies	Rachel Moore Gary Sibilant Alessandro Cesar de Sousa Berredo Jean-Pierre Marais Justin Bell Neal Murray Timothy Shaw Daniel Malan David Folk Fabien Besnard Camille Le Mauff	ramoore@epri.com gsibilant@epri.com aberredo@epri.com jmarais@epri.com jbell@epri.com nmurray@epri.com tshaw@epri.com dmalan@epri.com dfolk@epri.com fbesnard@epri.com clemauff@epri.com
Underground Transmission P36 Aging and failure studies Cost reduction of constructing and installing underground transmission lines Cable thermo-mechanical design and performance Advanced sensing and monitoring techniques Laminar dielectric cable diagnostics and performance improvement techniques HVAC and HVDC long-distance underground cable systems for remote renewable energy transmission	Tom Zhao Corey Campbell David Kummer Erick Hernandez James Moreton	tzhao@epri.com ccampbell@epri.com dkummer@epri.com ehernandez@epri.com jmoreton@epri.com
Substation P37 Develop a technical basis for maintenance programs, including for new apparatuses. Provide valuable data sets from the assessment of new and emerging monitoring technologies. Extend equipment life by using maintenance guidelines. Reduce maintenance times and costs via condition-based maintenance. Assess SF6 replacements and improve SF6 management. Implement predictive maintenance practices to help reduce outages. Improve the specification and maintenance of protection and control apparatuses. Enhance decision-making on selection of HVDC and flexible alternating-current transmission system (FACTS) devices. Effective knowledge transfer through training webinars, reference guides, and field guides.	Erika Willis Bhavin Desai Gordon van der Zel Arshpal Gil Sean Jiang Timothy Raymond Yuchen Lu Neal Murray Yamille del Valle Jessica Bock Rambabu Adapa	ewillis@epri.com bdesai@epri.com lvanderz@epri.com agill@epri.com sjiang@epri.com traymond@epri.com ylu@epri.com nmurray@epri.com ydelvalle@epri.com jbock@epri.com rdapa@epri.com
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Component performance Evaluation of field effects Line maintenance Life extension AC to DC conversion	Gary Sibilant Rambabu Adapa	gsibilant@epri.com radapa@epri.com
EPRI U for Transmission	Robert Haromszeki	rharomszeki@epri.com

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Email

For information

TDI

tdi@epri.com

Asset Management and Analytics (Overhead and Underground Assets) P34

Develop methodologies, metrics and tools that aid data driven decision making. For e.g. technical basis for maintenance or replacement, assess monitoring efficacy, better understand population survivability
Apply advanced analytics (e.g. Natural Language Processing, Statistics, Machine Learning etc.) to produce new insights. E.g. most common switch problems.
Analyze industrywide asset performance data to develop equipment failure rates
Develop asset health algorithms to identify assets at risk e.g. Power Transformer Expert System
Develop guidelines for to aid utility data collection

Bhavin Desai

Tim Raymond

Arshpal Gill

Sean Jiang

Andy Shi

Michael O’Connor

Patrick Walther

Overhead Transmission P35

Management of aging transmission line assets.
Approaches to selecting, applying, inspecting, and assessing components.
Inspection and assessment tools and techniques.
Lightning performance and grounding reliability.
Efficiency of transmission line design, including resiliency.
Live working techniques, tools, and procedures.
Methods to increase the capacity of existing overhead lines.
Insulator assessment
Forensic analysis of components
Evaluation of new technologies
Corrosion management
Conductor and connector studies

Rachel Moore

Gary Sibilant

Alessandro Cesar de Sousa Berredo

Jean-Pierre Marais

Justin Bell

Neal Murray

Timothy Shaw

Daniel Malan

David Folk

Fabien Besnard

Camille Le Mauff

Underground Transmission P36

Aging and failure studies
Cost reduction of constructing and installing underground transmission lines
Cable thermo-mechanical design and performance
Advanced sensing and monitoring techniques
Laminar dielectric cable diagnostics and performance improvement techniques
HVAC and HVDC long-distance underground cable systems for remote renewable energy transmission

Tom Zhao

Corey Campbell

David Kummer

Erick Hernandez

James Moreton

Substation P37

Develop a technical basis for maintenance programs, including for new apparatuses.
Provide valuable data sets from the assessment of new and emerging monitoring technologies.
Extend equipment life by using maintenance guidelines.
Reduce maintenance times and costs via condition-based maintenance.
Assess SF6 replacements and improve SF6 management.
Implement predictive maintenance practices to help reduce outages.
Improve the specification and maintenance of protection and control apparatuses.
Enhance decision-making on selection of HVDC and flexible alternating-current transmission system (FACTS) devices.
Effective knowledge transfer through training webinars, reference guides, and field guides.

Erika Willis

Bhavin Desai

Gordon van der Zel

Arshpal Gil

Sean Jiang

Timothy Raymond

Yuchen Lu

Neal Murray

Yamille del Valle

Jessica Bock

Rambabu Adapa

ewillis@epri.com