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Siegfried (Sig) Guggenmoos, P. Ag. CPC
President, Ecological Solutions Inc., Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture B.Sc.(Agr.)
Accreditations:
Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.); Certified Professional Consultant (CPC)
Organizations:
Alberta Institute of Agrologists, International Society of Arboriculture, Utility Arborist Association, Industrial Vegetation Management Association of Alberta.
Work History:
Supervising Forester, Sr. Consulting Forester, TransAlta Utilities, Sherwood Park, Alberta
Assistant Operation Manager, Vegetation Control Service Limited, Dundas, Ontario
Research Assistant, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Chemistry Technician, Canada Agriculture, Health of Animals Branch, Guelph, Ontario
Bacteriology Technician, Canada Agriculture, Health of Animals Branch, Guelph, Ontario
Research Assistant, Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario, Vineland Station, Ontario
Mr. Guggenmoos was a chief architect of the TransAlta Utilities Distribution Line Clearance program, which reduced tree related outages 80%; saved 48 million dollars over two maintenance cycles; had a 98% customer satisfaction rating; and, showed a 21% increase in contractor crew productivity. He was responsible for the herbicide program, associated research and communication. In addition, he brought a financial focus to the program, developing processes for financial comparisons of alternatives to repetitive tree pruning and was intimately involved in the design and assessment of contracting methods.
As president of Ecological Solutions Inc. (Ecosync) Mr. Guggenmoos provides consulting services in vegetation management and biotic greenhouse gas mitigation strategies including biomass-derived energy.
Publications and Presentations:
Author of numerous abstracts and publications; numerous presentations to public, industry and professional associations including international conferences. List of publications available upon request.
Articles
11.16.09
Managing Tree-caused Electric Service Interruptions
Topic: Grid Operations Article Viewed 2721 Times;
Comment on this article Throughout their one hundred year history, utilities have been challenged by tree-conductor conflicts. On transmission systems tree-conductor contacts can have devastating results as demonstrated by the fact that trees were involved in the last three major cascading outage events in North America.
4.26.04
Managing Trees to Improve the Bottom Line
Topic: Grid Operations Article Viewed 4177 Times;
Comment on this article As regulators increasingly scrutinize reliability of electric service, storm response and mandate reliability targets, trees emerge as a major risk to utilities. Understanding the drivers of tree liability opens the door to managing tree risk and simultaneously minimizing tree-related outages and maintenance costs.
