SF Power and Energy Society Technical Presentation March 14, 2018
Title: Pacific Gas & Electric’s New Pole Loading Database
Presenter: John (JB) Birch - Manager - PG&E’s Electric Asset Management, Engineering Center of Excellence.
ABSTRACT :
On December 28, 2017, PG&E integrated a new database called the Pole Loading Database (PLDB) into their enterprise platforms of GIS and SAP. The database and its innovative structure is intended to replace the need to save individual “flat” files as Pole Loading Calculations – instead, any analysis of a pole and its facilities can be saved as a new version of the PLDB record – maintaining an asset-centric history of each pole going forward. The database was also pre-loaded with values based on existing SAP and GIS records for each pole (height, class, span lengths, wood strength, etc.) – we call these records “Baseline” calculations. Any pole in our system can now be hovered over in our GIS Web Viewer to reveal its safety factor or clicked to jump into any saved version of a 3-D model for that structure. The latest activities and information can also be viewed through our new SAP dashboard, dubbed “ZPOLE.”
Lunch will be provided (includes vegetarian). There will be a $5 fee to IEEE Members and a $10 fee to Non Members. Payments to be made in person (cash or check) at the event.
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- Date: 14 Mar 2018
- Time: 11:45 AM to 01:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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- 455 Golden Gate Avenue
- Milton Marks Conference Center - Lower Level
- San Francisco, California
- United States 94102
- Building: Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building (Cross streets: Polk and Larkin)
- Room Number: Benicia Room
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Please use the link to the right to register. If you have any trouble or questions about the event, please email Rahul Anilkumar at ranilkumar@quanta-technology.com or by clicking the link above.
- Starts 01 March 2018 12:01 AM
- Ends 14 March 2018 09:00 AM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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Speakers
John (JB) Birch - Manager - PG&E’s Electric Asset Management, Engineering Center of Excellence of Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)
Biography:
John Birch (informally “JB”) is the Manager of PG&E’s Electric Asset Management, Engineering Center of Excellence. As head of the department for the last 3 years, he’s spent almost that entire time focused on Pole Loading for Electric Distribution. He just started his 8th year at PG&E and has had roles in Electric Operations Field Safety, Electric Strategic Business Management & Continuous Improvement, and Electric Grid Interconnection. He holds an Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He and his family live in Concord, CA, where he and his wife Gloria are enjoying raising their almost 2-year-old daughter, Haley – who wants to be an airplane when she grows up.