Quotable Quotes by New York Power Authority CEO Gil Quiniones

Excerpted from March’s Public Utilities Fortnightly, “How NYPA Ensures Asset Management Best Practices Really are the Best,” by New York Power Authority CEO Gil Quiniones:
 

Utilities had traditionally based maintenance decisions on recommendations made by equipment manufacturers and our own experience using the equipment. [Reliability-Centered Maintenance] introduces a new level of precision into maintenance decisions. Now, staff evaluate the context under which a piece of equipment is operating, such as whether an asset had to be used more than usual to help meet elevated power demand, or whether similarly situated equipment experienced breakdowns.

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