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IEEE PES T&D Show Blog: Crates and Piles

April 17, 2018

Contributing Editor Gene Wolf shares his observations from the 2018 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Expo

Every thing you see around you has been shipped ahead of time to get it to the floor. Then the crates have to be unloaded.

At that point the real work starts. Each element is identified, sorted, and assembled. Some of the set up started last week. Some of it today.

The floor is organized chaos, some panic when the box is opened and a critical part is missing. But the show must go on. Attendees never see this part.

The folks at Hubbell have so many empty crates piled up. I'm amazed at the coordinated effort needed to set up the Hubbell booth.

Some folks are unloading crates. Others are assembling. Others are clearing out the trash. It's organized, and I can't wait to see the results tomorrow.

Then after it's all said and done, they sealed the floor to keep people like me out.

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About the Author

Gene Wolf

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.