Note:

The pre-registration is currently closed. If you would like to attend this event, please come to the NWPPA registration desk at the hotel, and our onsite coordinator will be happy to help you.

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed for engineers, reliability engineers and managers who have the responsibility to maintain or improve system reliability.

Related Event:

Case Studies of Ethics in Design and Operations, July 18, 2018

Course Overview:

Power cost and service reliability are keys to customer satisfaction. For reliability assessment, it is important to benchmark your system nationally and locally to determine goals for improvements. This course will present methods for benchmarking systems. In addition, methods of analyzing outage data beyond traditional dashboard summaries will be presented to help identify trends and actionable solutions. Trends in system protection and best practices will be presented that challenge historical methods and can improve reliability statics and customer satisfaction.

Course Objectives:

• Determine goals for reliability improvements.
• Analyze outage data to identify actionable solutions.
• Identify new trends in overcurrent protection.
• Identity best practices in reliability improvement.

Course Instructor:

Kevin Mara, Hi-Line Engineering

Course Schedule:

Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the class will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunch, as well as morning and afternoon breaks, will be provided.

Course Location & Hotel Information:

The Centennial (formerly Hotel RL at the Park – Spokane)
303 W. North River Drive
Spokane, WA  99201
800-733-5466 

Room Rate: $102 Standard One Bed 

Please book your room as soon as possible, but no later than Sunday, June 17, 2018, to secure this rate. Mention that you are with Northwest Public Power Association when booking your reservation.

Note: The Hotel RL is undergoing a transition to The Centennial. If you have any difficulty making your hotel reservation as they undergo this transition, please contact Janet Denman directly for assistance at 360-816-1443, or janet@nwppa.org.

Course Fees:

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations are accepted, with full refund, if request is made at least 30 days prior to the course. Within 30 days, fees are as follows: 15-29 days, $100; 1-14 days or "no show," 100 percent of registration fee. When possible, please send a substitute instead of canceling. NWPPA does not charge a fee for substitutions.

Continuing Hours:

This course qualifies for 6 continuing hours. Certificates are issued upon full completion of the course.