Innovations
Drew McGuire is program manager for distribution systems research at EPRI.
Brian Green is a technical leader in the underground asset area of EPRI’s distribution group.
Each year, the Electric Power Research Institute recognizes leaders and innovators who have applied EPRI research to produce significant results. This year's Technology Transfer Awards were given to one or more individuals or teams at fifty-three utilities and energy companies. Including international companies like Ontario Power Generation, Comisión Federal de Electricidad and Tokyo Electric Power. And including public power and cooperatives within the U.S. - in addition to investor-owned utilities - like Dairyland Power Cooperative, Nebraska Public Power District and Tri-State Generation and Transmission.
Teams at six utilities received Technology Transfer Awards this year for applying EPRI research on the mitigation of underground structure events. Josephine Aromando, Stanley Lewis, Colleen Murach and Mark Riddle of Con Edison. Najwa Abouhassan, Abdalla Sadoon and Mark Wrobel of DTE Energy. Mark Danna, Bob Dollar and Jerry Ivery at Duke Energy. William Ritchie and Michael Sweeney of Eversource Energy. Randy Royval and Lisseth Villareal of Pacific Gas & Electric. And James Dorsten and Lee Welch of Southern Company.
This innovation will blow your mind, preventing manhole covers from — literally — blowing up. PUF talks here with EPRI's Drew McGuire and Brian Green about the research that led to the innovation and applications across the country.
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