Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries A Call to Action (2013) / Chapter Skim
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4 The Electic Grid TODAY'S ELECTRIC GRID "The U.S. electrical grid is the largest interconnected machine on Earth: 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 5.5 million miles of local distribution lines, linking thousands of generating plants to factories, homes and businesses" (Weeks, 2010)
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THE ELECTRIC GRID 177 Generating Substation Unit Transformer Transmission Network Distribution Network Industrial Load Residential Load Commercial Load FIGURE 4.1 Structure of the electric power system.
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178 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
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THE ELECTRIC GRID 179 8,300 miles of transmission lines. The renewable resource projects equate to the addition or upgrade of 11,400 miles of transmission lines and an influx of $39.5 billion.
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180 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES Conventional power plants have been energized by fossil fuels, by hydro power, or by nuclear power.
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THE ELECTRIC GRID 181 TABLE 4.1 Federal Funds for Some Recent Smart Grid Projects (Millions of Dollars)
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182 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES • Minnesota and Wisconsin, 125 miles of TL and several substations, creat ing 1,650 jobs; • Oregon, 210 miles of TL, creating 450 jobs; • New Mexico and Arizona, 460 miles of TL, creating 3,480 jobs; • Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 145 miles of TL, creating 2,000 jobs; and • Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada, 700 miles of TL, creating 2,000 jobs.
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THE ELECTRIC GRID 183 TABLE 4.2 Center for Energy Workforce Development 2011 Survey: Poten tial Employee Losses Through 2020. 2010-2015 2015-2020 Job Category Potential Estimated Potential Estimated Attrition & Number of Retirements Number of Retirements Replacements (%)
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184 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES be partly because of a drop in students enrolled in electrical engineering degree programs and partly because median salaries for power engineers are the lowest among major electrical engineering fields.
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THE ELECTRIC GRID 185 TABLE 4.3 Smart Grid Jobs Created and Transitioned. Jobs Category Jobs in Deployment Period Jobs in Steady-State Period (2009-2012)
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186 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES It is clear that the cybersecurity aspects of grid modernization efforts will require the employment of individuals with very specialized skills not customar ily associated with the electric power industry workforce -- IT specialists expert in the security of network systems, engineers capable of integrating new mixes of hardware and software systems, and managers with up-to-date technical knowl edge not derivable from past experience and capable of instilling an appreciation and respect for the new standards that will have to be followed meticulously.
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THE ELECTRIC GRID 187 4.9 An estimated 81,600 jobs could be created during Smart Grid deploy ment and 27,200 jobs following deployment. Emerging Workforce Camera-Ready-June2015.indd 187 7/13/2015 4:05:24 PM
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