Editor’s note: I met Aaron Staley in Atlanta at IEEE’s Power Systems Expo. It was the luck of the industry editor, as I had an upcoming item post-it-noted on my wall that said: need to find public power engineer to interview, a.s.a.p.
After a few minutes of talking with Aaron, I knew I could tear up that little hot pink post-it note.
Staley works as manager of transmission planning and reliability at Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC). We talked in March about his work at OUC, what’s on the utility’s plate, and one very naughty cow.
UAE: Walk us through a typical day for you at the Orlando Utilities Commission. What sort of everyday problems do you tackle as manager of transmission planning and reliability? Aaron Staley: Usually a day in the office starts with a review of my e-mail, the outage request system and our group’s task list. After looking at those items—and locating a second cup of coffee—our group meets briefly to review what projects we are working on and what the plan for completion is. Then, we dive into the day.
We are always working on one or more transmission system studies to support OUC, the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC), a line outage request, or a transmission service request. In addition to that, we are often reviewing a study done by another utility, changes in NERC or FERC rules, and fielding questions from our design engineering or system operation groups.
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