This document summarizes a webinar on building tomorrow's power grid. It discusses challenges faced by NB Power in transitioning to a smarter grid, including downsizing, attrition of engineers, and shifting culture towards innovation. NB Power partnered with Siemens to create a Center of Competence in New Brunswick and hire up to 40 experts over 1.5 years. The partnership aims to develop new technologies while training local talent. It has already hired 10 local and 16 international experts. The webinar also discusses a smart grid workforce center that provides multi-level training to utilities and other industries.

2. Who Will Build Tomorrow’s Grid?
Smart Grid & The Expertise Challenge
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4. About Today’s Panel
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Jesse Jenkins is an MIT Energy Initiative Energy Fellow and the Community Manager at
The Energy Collective, as well as the former Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the
Breakthrough Institute.
Michel Losier is Program Director of PowerShift Atlantic; a Natural Resources Canada,
Clean Energy Fund, project, and the Director of Customer Engagement for Reduce and Shift
Demand at New Brunswick Power Corporation. Michel and his team has been working on
collaborative and innovative solutions to better integrate renewables such as wind in the
Maritimes.
Tim Gibson is Vice President of the Smart Grid Division at Siemens Canada, responsible
for the daily management, direction and leadership of Siemens’ Smart Grid activities in
Canada, including its business units; Smart Grid Services, Energy Automation, and Rail
Electrification. He brings together his IT outsourcing experience, knowledge of T&D Service,
and background in the utility industry to the position.
Bruce Hamilton is founding Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Development
and previously served as Head of Energy Modeling, Databanks and Capacity Building at the
International Atomic Energy Agency. Today, Bruce serves as founder and president of Adica
LLC, a Chicago-based global energy software and consulting firm, committed to empowering
individuals, companies and nations in pursuit of sustainable development.

5. Who will Build Tomorrow’s Power Grid?
Transformation at NB Power
Michel Losier
Program Director of PowerShift Atlantic and Director of Customer
Engagement
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6. NB Power and Atlantic Canada
(Peak – 3100 MW)
(Peak - 2000MW)
(Peak - 200MW)
Wind
Generation
NB – 294 MW
Wind Generation
NB – 294 MW
NS – 324 MW
PEI – 164 MW
Total - 800 MW
Canada – 6568 MW
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7. Transformation at NB Power
Going beyond the Meter
Generation following Load to Load following Generation
Commodity to Energy Services Provider
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8. Current Challenges & Opportunities:
Downsizing and Continuous Improvement
A need for Telecom and IT/Controls expertise
Attrition of Utility engineers/technicians
Shifting the culture towards innovation
Going beyond the Meter
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9. Dual Operating Systems
Running the Traditional Business
and
Innovating for the future
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10. R&D within the Utility
Shifting the culture towards innovation
Blend local expertise to future solutions
Finding the right expertise/partner
Start with the Customer
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11. A Customer Project (with Technology)
A new partnership with new
solutions “Building Trust””
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12. NB Power and Siemens
Center of Competency - R&D team in New Brunswick
Up to 40 new technology jobs
A 10 Year Partnership
A dynamic team – NB Power and Siemens
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13. Who Will Build Tomorrow’s Grid?
The Expertise Challenge
Tim Gibson
VP Smart Grid – Siemens Canada Ltd.
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14. Who is NB Power?
 NB Power is:
− A ‘crown corporation’ – a government regulated utility
for the province of New Brunswick, in Canada
− A fully integrated electrical utility who controls
generation, transmission, distribution, and even home
devices (e.g. electrical heating, water heaters)
NB Power
NB Power Facts and Figures
• CAD $ 1.65B in annual revenue
• 6,829 km of transmission lines
• 15,946,000 MWh of electricity generated
annually
• Exporter of electricity to 15 jurisdictions
including the Northeastern USA
• 380,000 customers
• 20,030 km of distribution lines
• 13 centralized generating stations (Nuclear,
Coal, Oil, Diesel, and Hydro) with net capacity of
3,142 MW
• 30% of generation from renewables
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15. The NB Power / Siemens Partnership - At A Glance
 Creation Smart Grid Centre of
Competence (CoC) that will
serve NB Power and the rest of
North America based in New
Brunswick
 Job growth up to 25 hires to
design and engineer the NB
Power’s 10 year Smart Grid
Program
Centre of Competence
 Demand Response
Management System (DRMS)
application development moved
to New Brunswick
 Approx 15-20 hires
R&D – DRMS
 Siemens to provide up to CAD
$2.5M in support over 5 years
to local universities in the area
of Smart Grid
 Support includes in-kind
contribution, local training, co-
op student placements, etc.
University Research
 Comprehensive end-to-end Smart Grid implementation for NB Power
 Open a new office with ~40 Smart Grid experts in Fredericton, New Brunswick
 Ramp up staff over 1.5 years
 Implementation of various technologies and processes including Siemens’ Intelligent Load Management
(ILM) solution
 VPP + Demand response
 Highly technical and specialized
Summary

16. Types of Roles in Partnership
Program Manager
Technical
Consultants
Home Control
Engineers
Process
Consultants
Project Managers
Commercial Project
Manager
System Architects
Integration experts
Management
Consultants
Industrial Controls
Engineers
Software Architects
Application
Developers
Others
Program Manager
Technical
Consultants
Home Control
Engineers
Project Managers
Commercial Project
Manager
Management
Consultants
Industrial Controls
Engineers
System Architects
Integration experts
Software Architects
Application
Developers
Program Manager
Technical
Consultants
Home Control
Engineers
Project Managers
Commercial Project
Manager
Management
Consultants
Industrial Controls
Engineers
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17. Staffing Approach…Join Global Experts with Local Talent
 Smart Grid
expertise with
experience
 Staff from other
areas of
Canada +
Europe
• Proven local
talent to fill non-
domain specific
roles
 Funding of long
term projects to
ensure that
talent pipeline
grows
 Ensure that
partnership is
staffed during
the peaks and
valleys and is
sustainable for
the long term
Augment technical specialists with local 3rd party companies
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18. Results So Far…
 3 Experts from
outside province
within Canada
 4 Experts
international
 Technical,
consulting,
other
• 10 local experts
in centre of
competence
• 16 local hires for
R&D
 2 Smart Grid
projects
identified with
UNB and
funding
applications
underway
 Almost 40 staff
hired in 1.5
years
4 team members from local 3rd party companies
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19. Key Success Factors
Bridging the
talent gap
to realize
NB Power’s
Smart Grid
vision
NB Power‘s Vision and commitment to a long-term partnership
Siemens Smart Grid Compass – end-to-end road map
Siemens International reach and experience
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20. Smart Grid
Workforce Education Center at
Illinois Institute of Technology
Bruce Hamilton
President, Adica LLC
Director, Smart Grid University
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Smart Grid Workforce Education Center at IIT
• Illinois Institute of Technology led a $13M effort funded by U.S.
DOE to establish a Smart Grid Workforce Education Center
• The Center uses IIT’s smart grid infrastructure to engage
utilities, corporations, K-12 students and educators, and
community colleges to meet global challenges
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22. Targeted Industries
• Utility companies
• Renewable energy companies
• IT and telecom professionals
• Service providers and manufacturers to
support in-home energy efficiency automation
• Industrial and commercial properties
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23. Assessment of Training Needs

24. Smart Grid Workforce Skill Requirements
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25. • The Center will adopt a multi-leveled approach
to provide smart grid training for employment in
various industries.
• Three levels of training will be provided:
– fundamental training
– applied training
– advanced training
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Multi-leveled Approach to Provide Smart Grid Training

26. • Undergraduate coursework in smart grid
• Graduate certificate program in smart grid
• Online smart grid coursework
• Continuing education short courses
• Custom education curriculum for labor,
corporate and utility workers
• Workshops, webinars and annual conferences
on applications of smart grid
• Train the trainers
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Role of University Partners

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