Dominion Energy: Asset Inspection, From An Office Chair

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Uploaded: 2024-08-07

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# Inspection

# Maintenance

# Utilities

speakers

T.F. Butler

Manager, Unmanned Systems Group @ Dominion Energy

TF Butler is the Manager of the Unmanned Systems Group at Dominion Energy. With over 30 years in law enforcement, and extensive background in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), Tom leads Dominion Energy’s UAS fleet and spearheads programs across 13 states that provides energy to about 4.5 million customer accounts. He is highly knowledgeable in FAA compliance, UAS/UAV regulations, and specializes in developing UAS use across the utility industry, which includes physical security.

Dominion Energy's Mission: To provide the reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day.

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Corey Hitchcock

Utility Solutions Specialist @ Skydio

Corey joined Skydio as a utility solutions specialist in early 2023. Prior to Skydio, Corey led UAS Program Development and Operations with Southern Co. Aerial Services. Corey developed methods for operating drones across the nuclear, gas, and power verticals, notably flying one of the first UAS inspections on an operating nuclear reactor. At Skydio, he is developing dock based drone use cases for autonomous inspections as well as focused routine, event based, and security inspections for substations. These dock based inspections are focused on reducing the duration and frequency of outages, allowing for predictive based maintenance plans to be implemented.

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Christina Park

Sr. Director of Energy Strategy @ Skydio

Park recently joined Skydio as the Sr. Director of Energy Strategy after 15+ years at the New York Power Authority. Her experience in the utility industry spanned Engineering from design to commissioning through multiple Life Extension and Modernization programs in Power Generation before a shift to Strategic Operations and Asset Management. As Sr. Director of Asset Intelligence Solutions, she led the comprehensive effort to operationalize technology across the enterprise. By standing up the Reliability Centered Maintenance program and identifying the gaps for Technical Enablement to bring solutions to scale, her department tested and incorporated robotics, sensors, and data analytics to connect problems to solutions. Park graduated from MIT with her BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering.

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SUMMARY

With Skydio Dock and Remote Ops, Dominion Energy is able to inspect any asset at any time, from a computer anywhere in the world — and it’s changing their operations.

Aging infrastructure, limited resources, natural disasters, and budget constraints complicate asset inspection. With Skydio's dock-based drone technology, Dominion Energy has found an easier way to understand the condition of assets. They remotely launch a self-flying drone from a computer, get near-instant visibility, and make informed decisions in minutes — without leaving their desks.

Watch our live demo + Q&A session to see a real-time remote substation inspection, and hear T.F. Butler, Dominion Energy’s Unmanned Systems Group Manager, explain how and why his program relies on remote asset inspection:

✅ Near Real-Time Data. Anytime. Anywhere. ✅ Reduce O&M expense: Conduct routine or event-based inspections from a computer, make informed decisions in minutes. ✅ Better Resource Allocation: No more unnecessary truck rolls — allocate crews more effectively. ✅ Increase Worker Safety: Keep your workers out of harm's way — send intelligent, self-flying drones.

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