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Annual Conference & Trade Show
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2021 Conference Agenda
Real Estate and Right-of-Way Section

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Presiding Karen Adams, Duke Energy - Chair

Time

Topic and Speaker

10:30

A Message from our Session Sponsor - Lewis Tree

10:30 – 10:35

Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions
Karen Adams, Manager, Land Services – Duke Energy

10:35 – 10:55

Safety Topic
Gideon Fry, RTR Energy Partners

10:55 – 11:40

Point Click Solution
Ian van Halem, Sr. Right of Way Specialist – PPL Corporation
Nickie Van Pelt, Sr. Right of Way Specialist – Alabama Power
PPL and CLS worked together to better integrate their systems to increase efficiencies, reduce review time, go paperless, and streamline how we captured landowner data. This ultimately took information and documents from PPL systems, such as FileNet, and tied them to CLS’s system, CLSLiNK©.

11:40 – 12:30

Wetland Mitigation
Brandon Stutts – Dominion Energy

12:30 – 2:00

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 – 2:30

Siting Transmission Lines
Tom Dorer, Sr. Engineer in Transmission Line Services – Alabama Power

2:30 – 3:30

Streamlining the Distribution ROW Process
Joe George and Jim Boykin, Right of Way Supervisors - PPL Electric Utilities

3:30 – 4:00

Drones
Jason McDade, Alabama Power
The utilization of UAS (drones) technology in the management of the right of way asset, and beyond.

4:00

Closing Comments and Adjourn

Friday, July 2, 2021 

Presiding

Jenna Davis, Duke Energy - Incoming Chair 

10:00 - 10:02

A Message from our Session Sponsor – Beta Engineering

10:02 – 10:05

Call to Order and Opening Remarks
Jenna Davis, Supervisor – Duke Energy

10:05 – 10:35

TBD

10:35 – 11:55

Focused Roundtable DiscussionClosed Session (Utility members only)

Facilitated by Karen Adams, Duke Energy

  • Encroachment mitigation – do’s and don’ts
  • Danger/hazard tree rights in agreements
  • Storm roles/ response - what are your roles
  • Leasing fee owned property
  • Contact notes – how are they captured
  • Contract labor vs In house (Employees)
  • Legal Support – In house vs outside counsel
  • Distribution documentation research (document location, housing)
  • Shore line management
  • Robotic process automation, Maximo
  • Geo-referencing – especially distribution R/W

11:55 – 12:00

Closing Comments and Adjourn

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