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While power outages are not uncommon in the U.S., widespread blackouts that last more than a couple of hours are pretty rare. However, this summer marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most significant blackouts in North American history. The incident didn't just affect the U.S., but also major parts of Canada. The blackout occurred on Aug. 14, 2003. The History Channel reports it began at 4:10 p.m. EDT, when 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes. Fifty million people were affected, including residents of New York City, Cleveland, and Detroit, as well as Toronto and Ottawa, Canada, among others. Although power companies were able to resume some service in as little as two hours, power remained off in other places for more than a day. The outage stopped trains and elevators, and disrupted everything from cellular telephone service to operations at hospitals and traffic at airports. “It was close to quitting time in the afternoon, and given the warm weather in the middle of the summer and thunderstorm season, our system was holding up well. I was looking forward to actually leaving on time for a change,” Paul Toscarelli, senior director of Electric Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Operations for the Palisades Division with Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G), New Jersey's largest utility, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. Toscarelli was an engineer assigned to one of PSE&G's regional distribution divisions at the time and was in the distribution dispatch office when the incident occurred. He recalled the event quite vividly. “We were coming up around the second anniversary of 9/11, as I recollect, and just about everyone's gut feel—instinctive feel—was this was another kind of terrorist attack,” Toscarelli said. “Looking back at it, it was very strange to recollect how relieved we were to find out it was just a widespread system outage of epic proportions.” Of the 750,000 PSE&G customers that lost power that day, nearly three-quarters were back online within five hours and virtually all had service by noon the next day. PSE&G said diversification and design protections helped to contain the outage, and the company was safely able to reenergize the system circuit by circuit. “The industry learned a lot about the electric system vulnerabilities,” said Toscarelli. Based on studies of the incident, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) enhanced its standards in an effort to prevent future blackouts. Since the 2003 blackout, PSE&G has spent billions of dollars to further enhance the reliability and resiliency of its T&D systems with the aim of mitigating future outages. In fact, the company's planned capital expenditures this year are the largest in the utility's history—more than $3.5 billion. Among the projects PSE&G expects to complete in 2023 is a Newark Switch Rebuild Project. The Newark Switching Station is the heart of the company's Newark T&D network. The $350 million project will modernize aging infrastructure that was put into service in 1957. Another example is the $550 million Roseland-Pleasant Valley Project, which was completed in May and was one of PSE&G's largest transmission projects to date. The 51-mile undertaking replaced transmission facilities that were, on average, about 90 years old. “Infrastructure continually ages. It's our job as the stewards of our system to monitor the usage of our equipment, inspect it, maintain it, and replace it where it's deemed necessary, in a timely manner, and continuously repeat that process,” said Toscarelli. “We have an asset management model that involves risk assessment and risk scoring, and it lets us stay in the forefront of this.”

It seems like industry insiders have been lamenting the aging power workforce for decades. Yet, there is still a large percentage of workers in the current workforce that are retirement eligible—some studies suggest the percentage is as high as 40%. Meanwhile, the energy transition has created a large number of new jobs building and operating solar and wind farms, enhancing infrastructure, and developing and deploying energy efficiency programs. What that means is there are a lot of open positions to be filled throughout the power industry. “Right now, we have active close to 500 postings for positions,” Sheila Rostiac, senior vice president for Human Resources, Chief Human Resources Officer, and Chief Diversity Officer with Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG), said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. “Those jobs run the continuum of opportunities at our company from skilled craftworkers, laborers, customer service representatives, engineers, project managers, and certainly IT [information technology] and cyber experts,” she said. PSEG is a diversified energy company headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. Established in 1903, the company's principal operating subsidiaries are: Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), PSEG Power, and PSEG Long Island. PSE&G is New Jersey's largest provider of electric and natural gas service—serving 2.3 million electric customers and 1.9 million gas customers. PSEG Power is an energy supply company that integrates the operations of its nuclear generating assets with its fuel supply functions. PSEG Long Island operates the electric transmission and distribution system of the Long Island Power Authority, which includes about 1.1 million customers. PSEG has approximately 12,500 employees. The jobs PSEG has available are open for a number of reasons. “I had a turnover rate on retirements of about 3% last year, and so backfilling those skilled workers is part of our opening and our routine operation,” said Rostiac. “At the same time, on the growth standpoint, you know the industry is going through an incredible transformation, and we—PSEG—are doing significant capital work across the state, upgrading our gas systems, upgrading and fostering resilience in our electric systems, and managing opportunities with our nuclear business. So, some of those jobs are providing new opportunities in growth of our business,” she said. Rostiac suggested interest in job openings has been good. “Our brand is well-known and our reputation as a great place to work really does afford us strong interest,” she said. However, there's stiff competition for well-qualified candidates. “We are competing with hosts of other companies, both in the state and really across the nation, for some of those top skills that everybody is looking for—particularly in the technology areas of IT and cyber,” she said. PSEG has won a few awards to back up Rostiac's claim that the company provides a great working environment. Earlier this year, PSEG was named one of America's “Most JUST Companies,” an annual analysis from nonprofit JUST Capital ranking companies on issues that supposedly matter most to Americans when it comes to corporate leadership. PSEG ranked fourth overall out of 39 national utilities evaluated in the survey. PSEG ranked as the second-highest utility in employee work-life balance. And among all industries evaluated by JUST, PSEG ranked in the top 100 for workforce advancement. “It is an incredibly exciting time to come to work in the energy industry,” said Rostiac. “The range of career opportunities with life-changing wages and the ability to grow and be part of an industry that is essential, empowering the lives of the communities and businesses around, it's certainly a high-calling purpose and I hope that future generations see themselves as wanting to be a part of that.”

What is the role of faith in treatment and prevention of addiction? Bishop Jethro James give advice for all religions. Bishop Jethro C. James, Jr. Bishop Jethro C. James, Jr., Senior Pastor of Paradise Baptist Church, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, the eldest of seven children to the late Jethro Sr. and Mary James.  Most of his childhood years were spent in Powhatan, Virginia where he attended the public-school system before returning to Paterson, NJ with his family.   He continued his education in Paterson, graduating from John F. Kennedy High School and furthered his education at Bergen Community College and Rutgers University earning a certificate in Labor Studies.  He attended the Lamb's School of Ministry in Brooklyn, New York and Christian Bible Institute of New Jersey where he received a Doctor of Divinity Degree. Gifted to serve the church community as mentor and advisor to pastors and congregations, alike he was consecrated to the office of Bishop on April 17, 2010.  He was affirmed as a Bishop in the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International on April 23, 2014, under the leadership of Bishop Paul S. Morton, International Presiding Bishop. He currently serves the Fellowship as the New Jersey State Director of Social Action under the leadership of Bishop Rudy V. Carlton, Regional Bishop Kenneth L. Robinson, Presiding Bishop Joseph W. Walker, III and Founder, Bishop Paul S. Morton. Bishop James is President of the Newark/North Jersey Committee of Clergy.    He is also a member of several civic and fraternal organizations and is very active within the community.  He serves as a chaplain for New Jersey State Police Departments and has been appointed by the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey to serve a member of the Attorney Legal Ethics Committee.  In addition, he serves as chairperson of the Human Services Advisory Council of Essex County, chairperson of appropriations committee of FEMA, Community Advisor to the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, along with a host of other affiliations.  He is certified by the State of New Jersey as a Social Worker.  An eloquent informed speaker Bishop James is often sought to address political and civic organizations nationwide. Bishop James served as a member or the Law & Justice Transition Team for Governor Phil Murphy and a Senior Advisor for NJ R.A.M.P. (Responsible Approached To Marijuana Policy). In June 2006, after thirty-eight years of dedicated service, Bishop James retired from Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) in Newark.   Prior to his retirement, Bishop James was an Urban Development Executive, responsible for the urban centers from Paterson to Camden. Bishop James is married Dr. Kim Yancey James.  They are the proud parents of a son, Terrill, a daughter, Danielle and chosen daughter, Tanisha.  They are also the grandparents of a 2 granddaughters, Taylor Jewel and Sofia-Jo  and 2 grandsons; Isaiah Nathaniel and Micah Elisha.

What you'll learn: The widening scope of IT Service Management Does ITSM need their own Service Management Officer? ITSM buy-in and the why behind it Meet: Carlis Ragland - Assistant VP Configuration Manager at Valley Bank - has over 25 years of IT experience, and 10 years of IT Information Library (ITIL) experience using IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms such as ServiceNow. He was formally the Configuration Management Leader for Becton Dickinson, ITSM Solution architect for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), and ITSM System Integrator/Service Manager and Architect for CompuCom Inc. on the Public Service Electric & Gas (PSEG) of New Jersey account for over 10 years. In addition, he is a retired Air Force Reserve Officer with 33 years of military experience. Carlis holds a Master of Science Degree in Information Technology with a Business Intelligence specialization from Kaplan University. He is an Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University teaching Data Communications and Computer Networking courses. His hands-on and leadership experience with configuration management databases, data integration, automation, process, and workflow management have shrunk timelines, matured processes, provided financial transparency to reduced cost, and reduced the number of unplanned IT outages. If you have any questions for Carlis, please feel free to reach out via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlisragland/ I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.

Happy New Year! And welcome back to Columbia Energy Exchange, a weekly podcast from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. The year 2020 promises to be an important one for energy and environmental issues in the U.S., with significant debates in Congress over policy options and a national election in which climate change may be a decisive issue for many voters. In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Bill Loveless is joined by Ralph Izzo, a well-known leader in the U.S. utility sector and in the public-policy arena. Ralph is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Public Service Enterprise Group, a diversified energy company in New Jersey that includes Public Service Electric and Gas Company, the largest investor-owned utility in the state. He joined the utility in 1992 and has since held several executive positions within PSEG’s family of companies.   You will often find him testifying before Congress or speaking before groups on some of the most pressing energy and environmental issues of the day. But what you may not know is Ralph’s career began in science as a researcher at a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory after earning his Ph.D. in applied physics at Columbia University. It’s a professional foundation that’s influenced his business approach for decades. At Columbia, he also received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in mechanical engineering, and later went to Rutgers Graduate School of Management for his master of business administration degree. Host Bill Loveless sat down with Ralph during one of his recent visits to Washington to talk about his increasing concerns over climate change and what he sees as a disparate approach to the crisis when it comes to national and state policies. While he notes that much is being done to reduce emissions in the U.S., including in the electric-power sector, he worries that the advances are likely to fall short of what’s needed to keep temperatures from rising more than 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius.

Host Marty Rosenberg talks with Ralph Izzo, the President and CEO and Chairman of PSEG. The discussion is centered around how sustainability is driving change at one of the largest utilities in the United States. Mr. Izzo explains his approach to sustainability from an environmental perspective and a corporate perspective. Mr. Izzo is a well-known leader within the utility industry, as well as the public policy arena. He is frequently asked to testify before Congress and speak to organizations on matters pertaining to national energy policy.Mr. Izzo has been chairman and chief executive officer of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) since April 2007. He has been the company’s president and chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors of PSEG since October 2006. Previously, Mr. Izzo was president and chief operating officer of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G).

Greg Kiraly is an accomplished senior executive with more than three decades experience in the utility sector in energy transmission, distribution and general operations. He has served in various executive leadership roles across four of the largest investor-owned utilities in the U.S and Canada: Hydro One, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), and Public Service Electric and Gas Company. Greg holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a M.B.A. from Seton Hall.

The Earth Day Episode - A CEO’s Virtual Mentor Episode 21 Climate Change as the Foremost Challenge of Our Generation with Dr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO of PSEG Happy Earth Day Weekend.  Monday, April 22nd is Earth Day.  In celebration and recognition, we welcome you to our special Earth Day 2019 episode.  I am joined by Dr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) in Newark, New Jersey.  This Episode 21 covers a number of topics relevant to our Mother Earth including the subject of climate change which Dr. Izzo considers to be the foremost challenge of our generation.  Our sweeping climate-oriented discussion ranges from the utility industry’s role in combatting climate change, PSEG’s actions and service orientation, cognitive biases in political decisioning, the insurance industry’s role, and nuclear energy’s opportunities in the war on climate change, among other items.    Newark, New Jersey-based PSEG has a $30 billion market capitalization as a public utility holding company that provides regulated electric and gas service through its subsidiaries, as well as investing in solar generation projects and energy efficiency programs.  Dr. Ralph Izzo has served as President and CEO since 2007.  His educational foundation is in mechanical engineering and physics. He holds a PhD in Applied Physics from Columbia University.   We express our special thanks to the clients of Lyceum Leadership Consulting that enable us to bring you this podcast.  Thanks for listening.  We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Informative and Helpful Links: ​Illustration of the omission bias through the trolley problem - 1 min 37 sec Program Guide Earth Day Episode Climate Change as the Foremost Challenge of Our Generation with Dr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO of PSEG  0:00      Introduction to Episode 21 and Dr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO of PSEG 2:33     Introduction of Climate Change as the foremost challenge of our generation 7:08     A board of directors’ role and interaction with society beyond the boundaries of the corporation 10:44    Break 1 11:06    A utility company’s natural position of responsibility and influence in society.  13:16    PSEG’s actionable steps for society: Step 1 - Energy efficiency and reference to Lyceum’s Earth Day 2018 Episode 15 on Energy Efficiency 15:17    PSEG’s actionable steps for society: Step 2 – Clean energy production and supply 15:52    PSEG’s actionable steps for society: Step 3 – Reliability of energy supply 16:39    Break 2 16:54    What’s in a name?  “Public Service” Enterprise Group 21:10    The human affinity to socialize and associate with reference to Lyceum’s Episode 18 on Associations and Alexis de Tocqueville   22:55    Break 3 23:14    Cognitive Bias in group decisions on climate change and the role of policy 29:24    Break 4 29:42    The role of nuclear energy in combatting climate change 29:54    What is working against the expansion of nuclear energy in the US? 34:04    The insurance industry’s role in combatting climate change. Reference to Lyceum’s article: Risk & Reward: The Insurance Sector on the Climate Frontlines 35:54    Concluding statements - optimism in the face of climate change.  Biographies of Guests   Dr. Ralph Izzo Ralph Izzo was elected chairman and chief executive officer of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) in April 2007. He was named the company’s president and chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors of PSEG in October 2006. Previously, Dr. Izzo was president and chief operating officer of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G). Since joining PSE&G in 1992, Dr. Izzo was elected to several executive positions within PSEG’s family of companies, including PSE&G senior vice president – utility operations; PSE&G vice president – appliance service; PSEG vice president - corporate planning; and PSE&G vice president - electric ventures.  In these capacities, he broadened his experience in the areas of general management, strategic planning and finance. Dr. Izzo is a well-known leader within the utility industry, as well as the public policy arena.  He is frequently asked to testify before Congress and speak to organizations on matters pertaining to national energy policy. Dr. Izzo’s career began as a research scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, performing numerical simulations of fusion energy experiments.  He has published or presented more than 35 papers on magnetohydrodynamic modeling. Dr. Izzo received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in mechanical engineering and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in applied physics from Columbia University.  He also received a Master of Business Administration degree, with a concentration in finance, from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management. He is listed in numerous editions of Who’s Who and has been the recipient of national fellowships and awards.  Dr. Izzo has received honorary degrees from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (Doctor of Science), Thomas Edison State University (Doctor of Humane Letters), Bloomfield College (Doctor of Humane Letters), Rutgers University (Doctor of Humane Letters) and Raritan Valley Community College (Associate of Science). Dr. Izzo is the chair of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI).  In addition, he is on the board of directors for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL) and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He also is on the advisory board for the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peddie School and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment Advisory Council, as well as a member of the Visiting Committee for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion.  Dr. Izzo is a former member of the Columbia University School of Engineering Board of Visitors.  In addition, he is a former chair of the Rutgers University Board of Governors and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.    Your host Thomas B. Linquist is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lyceum Leadership Consulting and Lyceum Leadership Productions. 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December 13, 2017 Cloudy with high temperatures barely above freezing and lows in the mid-20s. Brrr! MURPHY NOMINATES INDIAN-AMERICAN SIKH FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Gov.-elect Phil Murphy is nominating Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal for state attorney general, Nicholas Pugliese reports for The Record. If the state Senate confirms the nomination, Murphy said at a news conference Tuesday, Grewal would be the first South Asian attorney general in New Jersey and the first Sikh attorney general in the country. “The American dream is alive and well in New Jersey,” Grewal said at the news conference in Trenton. Murphy is also expected to nominate Assemblywoman Elizabeth Muoio, a Democrat from Mercer County, as state treasurer today, Brent Marcus and Samantha Marcus report for NJ.com. BON JOVI TO BE INDUCTED INTO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME In an honor that many music fans say is long overdue, Bon Jovi has been voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone reports. The rock band with roots in New Jersey has sold more than 130 million records and its last four new albums have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Keyboardist David Bryan quipped, “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame carrier pigeon dropped by my house and delivered the note.” HACKERS HIT PSE&G PARTNER THAT STORES CUSTOMER DATA As many as 2.5 million customers of Public Service Electric & Gas may be affected by a potential data breach, the state’s largest utility announced late Tuesday. PSE&G said it had been notified by PayPal that there had been unauthorized access to the TIO Networks system that stores customer information for the utility, Tom Johnson writes for NJ Spotlight. Customers who believe they may be affected or have questions should visit www.tio.com or call 1-800-436-7734 for more information. IMMIGRATION ARRESTS AND DEPORTATIONS RISE SHARPLY In a five-day sweep across North Jersey, immigration officers arrested 101 foreign-born residents, a majority of whom have criminal records, federal authorities announced. The arrests were in line with increased immigration enforcement across the country in the Trump administration, Monsy Alvarado writes for The Record. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s operations unit based in Newark says its officers arrested 3,189 people in fiscal year 2017, a 34.7 percent increase over the previous year. NORTH ARLINGTON NAMED BEST PLACE IN U.S. TO RAISE A FAMILY Step aside, California and Massachusetts. Money magazine has named North Arlington the best place in the United States to raise a family. The magazine says the Bergen County borough delivers “a small-town feel” along with “the perks of a big city.” It also cited a 95 percent graduation rate and the availability of professional sports and big-name concerts at MetLife Stadium in nearby East Rutherford.