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Welcome Reception March 31, 2020Conference April 1 – 3, 2020

All conference sessions held at the Seattle Marriott Bellevue200 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

www.westernunderground.org

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MARCH 31 – APRIL 3, 2020

CONFERENCE EVENTS: LOCATIONTuesday Activities:4:00pm – 5:00pm Executive Board Meeting TBD5:00pm – 7:00pm Welcome & Networking Reception Hosted by MILWAUKEE TOOLS Redmond 1 & 2

Wednesday Activities:7:30am – 8:00am Registration Outside Bellevue Ballroom8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast Learning Session Hosted by Redmond 1 & 29:00am – 9:30am General Opening Session Bellevue Ballroom9:30am – 10:30am Platinum Sponsor Milwaukee Tools Bellevue Ballroom10:30am – 10:45am BREAK10:45am – 11:30am Safety Subcommittee Bellevue Ballroom11:30am – 12:15pm Mutual Problems, Utility Members ONLY Bellevue Ballroom12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch & Learn Hosted by Redmond 1 & 21:15pm – 3:30pm Subcommittee Breakout Meetings Various4:30pm – 7:30pm Manufacturers Showcase Expo Washington Grand Ballroom

Thursday Activities:7:30am – 8:00am Registration Outside Bellevue Ballroom8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast Learning Session Hosted by Redmond 1 & 29:00am – 9:45am General Session Bellevue Ballroom9:45am – 10:00am BREAK10:00am – 10:45am General Session (Continued) Bellevue Ballroom10:45am – 11:45pm Mutual Problems, Utility Members ONLY Bellevue Ballroom11:45pm – 12:45pm Lunch & Learn Hosted by STELLA JONES Redmond 1 & 21:00pm – 4:30pm Technical Tour – Stella-Jones

Hosted by Jeremy Meyer and John Davis, Stella-JonesTacoma Treatment Facility

5:30pm WUC Fellowship Dinner Tavern Hall

Friday Activities:8:00am - 8:30am Breakfast Network Session Hosted by WUC Redmond 1 & 28:30am - 8:35am Moment of Silence for Fallen Comrades Bellevue Ballroom8:35am - 9:35am General Session Bellevue Ballroom9:35am - 9:50am BREAK9:50am - 10:30am General Session (Continued) Bellevue Ballroom10:30am - 11:30am Mutual Problems, Utility Members ONLY Bellevue Ballroom11:30am Conference and Meeting Adjourn Bellevue Ballroom

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Welcome ReceptionSeattle Marriott BellevueRoom Location: Redmond 1 & 2

https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seamb-seattle-marriott-bellevue/

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Tuesday, March 31

4:00pm – 5:00pm: Executive Board Meeting TBD 5:00pm – 7:00pm: Welcome & Networking Reception Redmond 1 & 2

o Hosted by: MILWAUKEE TOOLS OUR PLATINUM SPONSOR Website: https://www.milwaukeetool.com/

Wednesday, April 1

7:30am – 8:00am: Registration Bellevue Ballroom 8:00am – 9:00am: Breakfast Learning Session for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY Redmond 1 & 2

o Hosted by TBD Presenter: Presentation: Website:

9:00am – 9:30am: General Opening Session Bellevue Ballroom Past Chairperson Remarks – Kory Nichols, Salt River Project,

WUC 2019 Chairperson (5 minutes) Recognition of Board Members and Welcome Remarks – Tiffany McAvoy,

City of Roseville, WUC 2020 Chairperson (5 minutes) Member Self Introductions and Years of Service – Tiffany McAvoy,

City of Roseville, WUC 2020 Chairperson (20 minutes) 9:30am – 10:30am: Platinum Sponsor MILWAUKEE TOOLS

Presenter: Presentation: Website:

10:30am – 10:45am: BREAK 10:45am – 11:30am: Safety Subcommittee Bellevue Ballroom

Safety Chairperson: Judy Dahlgren, Senior Electric Project Manager, City of FortCollins Utilities

o Presentation: Lessons Learned by Accident Presenter: Roger Hall, T&D Manager, Safety, Training and

Standards, Tucson Electric Power Company Description: This presentation will start with a personal story of an accident

and then dives into what lessons can be learned from the event. Error trapssuch a poor communication, over-confidence, distractions and drift will bediscussed. Hazards and risks in our industry will be reviewed and the needfor barriers to mitigate them. The presentation will conclude by lookingat creating a learning environment to prevent future incidents.

11:30am – 12:15pm: : Mutual ProblemsClosed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions shall bereviewed in order received. Please email, Jun Golo: jgolo2@idahopower.com

12:15pm – 1:15pm: Lunch & Learn for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY Redmond 1 & 2

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o Hosted by TBD Presenter: Presentation: Website:

1:15pm – 3:30pm: Subcommittee Breakout Meetings(Afternoon refreshments will be served)

o Subcommittee 1 – Operations KirklandChairperson: Harry Nelson, Lineman Foreman, Imperial Irrigation District

Presentation 1: Partial Discharge Testing of MV/HV cable Presenter: Mark Brown, National Sales Mgr., Altanova Group Description: The discussion will focus on the definition of partial

discharge and how it affects medium/high voltage switchgear,cables and transformers. The presentation will include technicaltraining and why PD condition assessments are critical topreventing unplanned outages to the MV/HV electrical equipment.

o Subcommittee 2&3 – Engineering & Substructures Seattle 2Chairperson: Steve Robles, Senior Electrical Engineering Technician, City of Riverside

Presentation 1: Learn from Seattle City Light’s Experience with 30 DifferentPrimary Cables

Presenter: John Shipek, Supervisor Standards, Seattle City Light Description: This presentation will survey the variety of primary

distribution cable construction types available in the marketplace. Learn from our successful cable choices and mistakes as City Light has purchased and installed virtually every type. Attendees will learn how to approach developing material standards for primary distribution cable, see examples of City Light material standards, andbe provided an overview of our incoming cable inspection program.

Presentation 2: Voltage Regulators – How They Work Presenter: Steven L. Larson, P.E., Manager Substation Engineering,

Snohomish County Public Utility District Description: The distribution system voltage will vary over time as the

loads change. Regulators are applied in smaller substations and ondistribution circuits to provide customers a steady voltage despitevariations in the source. Diagrams of the regulator’s internal switchingsequence and pictures of the regulator’s components help describehow these voltage regulators operate to change the voltage withoutinterrupting service to customers. Understanding how they work isimportant to diagnosing and troubleshooting regulator problems.

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o Subcommittee 5 – Planning Seattle 1Chairperson: Jun Golo, Principal Engineer Methods & Materials, Idaho Power Co.

Presentation 1: Report Writing Presenter: Laura Vanderpool, Technical Writer, Standards, Asset

Management and Large Projects, Seattle City Light Description: Creating reports requires a myriad skills beyond subject

matter expertise. Creating a report that actually gets read and achievesthe desired results requires understanding how to take a whole bunchof information and organize it into a logical structure, craft a compellingnarrative that is tailored to the right audience, and turning that intoa polished, readable final product. Focusing primarily on the morecomplex types of reports produced by a team, the presentation willprovide an overview of the process from draft to final publication,and how to maintain forward momentum and ensure timely deliveryof the final product. The elements of a typical report, the importanceof visuals (graphics, tables, diagrams) and writing, editing, andformatting tips and considerations.

Presentation 1: Wood Pole Acceptance Inspection Presenter: Eileen Dickerson, T&D Supervisor II Standards, and Natalie

Natalie Kusar, Asset Management Associate Engineer, Tucson Electric Power

Description: This presentation will provide an overview of theprocesses used by TEP to take wood poles from the “cradle to the grave”. Topics that will be reviewed include inspection, documentationand tracking of the acceptance inspection, planning for a distributionpole inspection and replacement program, testing methods and long term plan.

4:30pm – 7:30pm: Manufacturers Showcase Expo, Seattle Marriott Bellevue Washington Ballroom

MANUFACTURERS SHOWCASE EXPOWEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020

4:30PM – 7:30PM

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Learning Session Sponsor

Vendors

Industrial Scientific Custom Coatings Innovation, Inc. Copperweld Cascadia RepresentativeLaminated Wood Systems

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Thursday, April 2

7:30am – 8:00am: Registration Bellevue Ballroom 8:00am – 9:00am: Breakfast Learning Session for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY Redmond 1 & 2

o Hosted by Presenter: Presentation: Website:

9:00am – 9:45am: General Session Bellevue Ballroomo Presentation: Working in the Vicinity of Wireless Communication Antennas

Presenter: John Shipek, Supervisor Standards, Seattle City Light Description: This presentation will cover Seattle City Light’s development

of an original work practice to manage the 80-100 wireless communicationapplications received each year for wireless communication attachmentsand address health concerns, related to RF, from their line workers. Review of the appropriate steps for safely working in the vicinity ofwireless communications antennas adjacent to or attached to electricpower line structures, definitions of important RF-related terms andthe hazards of RF energy will be reviewed.

9:45am – 10:00am: BREAK 10:00am – 10:45am: General Session (Continued) Bellevue Ballroom

o Presentation: New Normal of Power Delivery in California Presenter: Tom Fieldse, Technical Specialist Construction Methods,

Southern California Edison Description: This presentation will explore where SCE used to be and the

technical, political and climate changes that have the Investor OwnedUtilities evaluating how to do business today and in the future.

10:45am – 11:45am: Mutual Problems Bellevue BallroomClosed Door session FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions shall bereviewed in order received. Please email, Jun Golo: jgolo2@idahopower.com

11:45pm – 12:45pm: Lunch & Learn for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY Redmond 1 & 2o Hosted by Stella-Jones

Presenter: Jeremy Meyer, US Pole Director and John Davis, RegionalSales Manager, Stella-Jones

Presentation: Website: https://www.stella-jones.com/en

1:00pm – 4:30pm: Technical Tour at Stella-Jones, Tacoma Wood Treatment FacilityRequired PPE co-sponsored by 3M and the WUC Committee

o Hosted by Stella-Jones, North America’s leading producer of industrialpressure-treated wood products. Responding to the vital infrastructure needsof our economy, we manufacture and distribute railway ties, utility poles,residential lumber and industrial wood products across the continent.

Description: This tour will cover all facets of the manufacturing processof wood utility poles including; inbound poles from peeling yards, framing

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to unique customer specifications, treatment process, laboratory testing, quality control, core sampling, outbound loading by rail and truck.

Website: https://www.stella-jones.com/eno 1:00pm Bus Boardingo 1:15pm Depart Seattle Marriott Bellevueo 2:00pm Arrive Stella-Jones, 1640 Marc Ave, Tacoma WA

Tour (Attendees will be split into two groups)o 4:00pm Depart Stella-Joneso 4:45pm Arrive Seattle Marriott Bellevue

5:30pm: WUC Fellowship Dinner, Tavern Hall, 505 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA,www.tavern-hall.com

Don’t forget your dinner ticket!

Friday, April 3

8:00am – 8:30am: Breakfast Network Session Redmond 1 & 2o Hosted by WUC

8:30am – 8:35am: Moment of Silence for Fallen Comrades Bellevue Ballroom 8:35am – 9:35am: General Session Bellevue Ballroom

o Presentation 1: Incident Investigation Process and Reporting Presenter: Laura Vanderpool, Technical Writer, Standards, Asset

Management and Large Projects, Seattle City Light Description: The presentation will provide a walk-through of Seattle

City Light’s incident investigation process and reporting activities,including; what a thorough investigation process looks like, root causeanalysis: what it is, and why it is so critical to an investigation, how toeffectively manage the process from beginning to end the elementsof a quality incident investigation report and implementing correctiveactions: how to track progress and hold people accountable so thatcritical recommendations don’t fall through the cracks

9:35am – 9:50am: BREAK 9:50am – 10:30am General Session (Continued) Bellevue Ballroom

o Presentation 1: Presenter: Description:

10:30am – 11:30am: Mutual Problems Bellevue BallroomClosed Door session for UTILITY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Questions/concerns shall be reviewed in order as received. Please email, Jun Golo: jgolo2@idahopower.com

11:30am: Conference and Meeting Adjourn

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A host for the 2020 Fall Conference is needed. Please contact a member of the WUC Executive Board

if you are interested.