Issues Concerning the Power Industry Workforce of the Future

Author

Brattini, Sam

Author_Institution

KEMA Inc.

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

622

Lastpage

622

Abstract

The electric power industry has undergone major changes in the last decade and has been driven by forces that include market pressure, new technologies, and governmental regulations. Because of the restructuring of the industry, the utilities have drifted from operating as engineering centric companies to operating as market centric organizations. This movement has had a significant impact on the electric utility workforce. Utilities look to their employees as their most important asset and the key to achieving their business goals. These are some of the professional staff issues confronting electric utilities that will be discussed during the presentation in the panel presentation entitled "Power Industry Workforce for the Future" at the 2006 IEEE/PES PSCE in Atlanta, Georgia

Keywords

electricity supply industry deregulation; organisational aspects; personnel; professional aspects; Atlanta; Georgia; IEEE/PES PSCE; Power Industry Workforce for the Future; employees; governmental regulations; market centric organizations; market pressure; power industry workforce; professional staff issues; technology changes; utility restructuring; Aging; Biographies; Knowledge management; Organizing; Power engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power industry; Project management; Resource management; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2006. PSCE '06. 2006 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0177-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0178-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2006.296391

Filename

4075830