Thursday, June 17th, 2021 | 2PM ET/11AM PT
Keeping customers energized while simultaneously improving grid resiliency is a growing challenge. The North American grid has served for over 100 years. Equipment installed by great grandparents have lived its useful life and are due for upgrades. The challenge is to complete upgrade programs, both at Distribution and Transmission systems, without affecting the customers. In a race to modernize and harden the grid, utilities often make the difficult decision between keeping the customers energized and upgrading the grid.
The audience of this webinar will better understand the benefits of utilizing this innovative approach, including highlights from a recent project that achieved the following results:
- 61 Million Customer Minutes of Interruption (CMI) mitigated
- Expediting grid resiliency initiatives by up to 12 months
- Eliminating 15 mobilizations/demobilizations efforts
Speakers:
Apoorva Mohan, Senior Manager, Major Projects, Hydro One Networks Inc.
Apoorva Mohan is the Senior Manager of Major Projects in the Transmission and Stations line of business at Hydro One Networks Inc. His team is responsible for working along with internal Hydro One resources, EPC contractors and Customers to execute complex development, sustainment and refurbishment projects of the transmission and distribution grid in Hamilton Niagara and South West region of Ontario.
Apoorva is a Strategic Operational leader with a proven record of identifying growth opportunities, continuous improvement and delivering results. In his 13 years with Hydro One, Apoorva has held various roles that range from a new graduate as Field Protection and Controls Engineer to Grid Operations Field Manager and now Manager, Major Projects. Apoorva holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree from University of New Brunswick.
Wajid Ali, Account Manager, Transmission & Distribution, Eastern Canada, Aggreko Canada Inc.
Wajid Ali is a Professional Electrical Engineer, holds a master’s degree in Power system Engineering, and presently working on completing his master’s degree in Business.
With over 15 years of experience in various roles, He is currently working with Aggreko as Account Manager serving T&D utilities in Eastern Canada. In his role he’s partnering with T&D utilities to make them more Reliable, Capital productive and help them expedite grid Resiliency.
