Corey Proctor of ITC Midwest

On August 10th the largest single storm event in the history of ITC Midwest affected the transmission system.  At the height of the storm over 145 individual circuits where out of service.  Over 500k electric customers were without power stretching from Des Moines to Clinton, IA.  The storms 40 mile wide path cut right through the heart of ITC Midwest’s transmission system.  The entire employee pool for the company went to work within hours of the storm and eight days later energized the last distribution substation with power.  The presentation will cover the effects and recovery from the storm and how the engineering team designs and builds resilience into the transmission system to serve our customers.

Biography:

Corey Proctor, Manager Transmission Design started his career in 1999 after graduating with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.  Over his career he has worked in Substation Design, System Protection, and Transmission Design Engineering for ITC Holdings.  Corey is currently responsible for the transmission design organization that supports engineering design for ITC Midwest, METC, ITCT, and ITC Great Plains for ITC Holdings Corporation a Fortis Company.

John Boston of Alliant Energy

The derecho on August 10 brought devastation few have ever seen before. More than a quarter of a million of Alliant Energy’s customers didn’t have power. In some communities, a near-complete rebuild of the electric system was necessary to restore power to all homes and businesses. John Boston, Director of Engineering at Alliant Energy, will discuss how Alliant Energy worked as quickly and safely as possible to rebuild the electric system and restore power to customers.

The presentation will also cover how Alliant Energy managed resources effectively, utilized advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data to validate outage information and the logistics of dispersing the massive amounts of materials needed to restore power.

Biography:

John Boston is the Director of Engineering at Alliant Energy. In his role he directs and guides the activities of the electric, gas and generation engineering teams to achieve the objectives of the Operations business unit. This includes ensuring that operational performance expectations and the evolving needs of customers are met. John and his team utilize new technologies and innovative ideas to achieve the company’s vision.  John joined Alliant Energy in 1994 and has held his current role since 2018. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State and an MBA from the University of Iowa.