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Penstock Symposium:
Learning from International Best Practices, Incidents and Failures

CEATI International’s Dam Safety Interest Group (DSIG) and Hydraulic Plant Life Interest Group (HPLIG) are hosting an industry symposium entitled “Penstock Symposium: Learning from International Best Practices, Incidents and Failures” to take place on March 14th, 2012 in Santa Monica, CA.

Building on the success of the 2009 and 2011 case studies workshops on international dam incidents and failures, and on operational reliability of flow control equipment, CEATI International’s spring 2012 hydro industry event will focus on engineering and maintenance strategies to prevent Penstock incidents and failures as well as industry best practices.

CEATI encourages your organization to actively participate as this will be an excellent forum for both knowledge transfer and networking for hydropower industry representatives at all levels.

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The Grounding and Lightning Workshop brings together grounding and lightning experts, providing an excellent opportunity for networking with consultants, manufacturers and representatives from leading electric utilities.

This workshop is a forum for the exchange of information related to grounding and lightning concerns, with a focus on technical presentations, training and the exchange of ideas and experiences for the benefit of the industry.

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CEATI International is encouraging electric utilities to download and review the “Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployment Guidelines” developed for British Columbia. CEATI will be collecting comments over the next six months and revising the document into a national set of guidelines.

To learn more, please visit the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure homepage.