This series of webinars are a free offering by WEI to keep our members engaged, updated and connected in the energy industry. The various webinars will be a collaboration with energy and/or service company providers which will be offered on a wide range of timely and relevant topics that provide value to our members.
This webinar is being offered free of charge.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
T&D Electric Line Inspection using Ultrasonic/Infrared/Optical Technology
During this webinar you will learn about a new technology that combines ultrasound, infrared, and optical technology in one tool. Our presenter is Bob Gaw, a retired Senior Project Manager who worked in the Asset Management Group for Evergy, a utility company that serves 1.7 million customers in Kansas and Missouri. He has a long and successful career of 38 years in the utility industry where he faced 15 different re-organizations and utilized new technologies and concepts to solve old problems.
As a leader of the Worst Performing Circuit program at Evergy (formerly Kansas City Power & Light), Mr. Gaw applied his passion for customer satisfaction to address and solve reliability issues on more than 989 circuits over the last 12 years. He used sound technology solutions to achieve a remarkable 42% reduction of in the System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) and System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) indices as compared to their original baseline measurements. The INSPECO X1 Line Inspection Tool proved effective at finding hidden problems such as cracked insulators, broken conductor strands, loose connections, and deteriorated insulation on circuits that trip frequently.