Overhead/Underground Distribution Technologies

Electricity Today T&D Live Online Forum

May 26, 2021

Live online event hosted by The Electricity Forum.

Electricity Today T&D Magazine Live Online Forums deliver live content, networking opportunities and engaging virtual experiences for T&D industry professionals. Our Live Online Forums offer perspective and discussion on leading policy and technology issues impacting the North American transmission and distribution industry.

45 minutes presentation includes 10 minutes of Q&A.


9:00am - 9:45am

DILO Company Inc.

Certified SF6 Gas - The 3-R's & Reconditioning vs Virgin SF6 Gas
The scope of this presentation is to provide information on Certified SF6 Gas that is processed using the 3-R’s method and/or through the reconditioning of SF6 gas process and how impacts the reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions versus new/virgin SF6 gas.
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9:45am - 10:30am

Senstar

Physical Security Technologies for Electrical Utility Infrastructure
Governments and regulatory organizations continue to institute critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs to ensure the stability and safe operation of the electrical grid distribution system. This presentation will look at physical security technologies to help electrical facilities deter, detect, delay, assess, communicate, and respond to threats.
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10:30am - 11:15am

Aggreko

Measurable Benefits of reducing CMI
Governments and regulatory organizations continue to institute critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs to ensure the stability and safe operation of the electrical grid distribution system. This presentation will look at physical security technologies to help electrical facilities deter, detect, delay, assess, communicate, and respond to threats.
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10:30am - 11:15am

CTC Global Corporation

The Evolution / Revolution of Overhead Conductors... and why it matters
Facing economic and environmental challenges on a global scale, with an aged electric power grid and an expected demand for electricity to increase by more than 50% over the next several decades, the time has come to leverage modern conductor technologies to build a stronger, more robust and efficient power grid.
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Billy J Lao

General Manager and CEO

DILO Company Inc.

Billy J Lao is the General Manager and CEO of DILO Company Inc. and DILO Direct. DILO specializes in SF6 gas and SF6 Gas Alternatives handling equipment, services, and gas supply for North America.

Billy Started as a Field Service Technician for GEC ALSTHOM (now GE Grid T&D) in 1992. He later was appointed Director of Services for ALSTOM T&D (aka AREVA T&D). Billy went on to work for SIEMENS as a Regional Service Manager and eventually director of Services for USA before moving to DILO.

Billy is a member of and a Working Group Chair for IEEE committees for the SF6 Gas Handling Guide and the SF6 Gas Alternatives Handling guide. In addition, he is a member of the SF6 Gas and Alternatives Coalition and recently has become a member of the ASTM D27 committee.

Stewart Dewar

Product Manager

Senstar

Stewart's focus is on core perimeter intrusion detection solutions and their integration to users' security management systems. He has an engineering degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Dave Bell

Utility Sector Manager

Aggreko NA

Dave has been working with the utility sector to support with temporary utilities when the regular utility is not available, from generation to distribution.

Bill White

Director of Business Development

CTC Global

Bill White is Director of Business Development for the Northeastern U.S. for CTC Global Corporation, a position he has held since 2017.

Previously, Bill served as Senior Advisor for Global Climate Change to EPA Administrator Carol Browner, where he represented EPA on the White House Climate Change Policy Team and served on numerous cabinet-level U.S. delegations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, G-8, China, and Mexico. As a private consultant, Bill co-founded Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG), an initiative of the United Nations Foundation dedicated to building support for expanding and modernizing America's high voltage transmission network. Bill holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University and a B.A. in Biology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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