Educational Partnerships Benefit Your Utility and the Community: SMUD, A Case Study

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Educational Partnerships Benefit Your Utility and
the Community SMUD, A Case Study

• CEWD Meeting
• Diana Parker
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• July 2009

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Sacramento Municipal Utility District

• Electricity Provider
• Transmission, Distribution, Generation
• Energy Services/Programs
• Renewables Programs

• 600,000 customers
• 900 square miles
• 2100 FTEs

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Drivers

• Policy and Legislation
• Environmental Stewardship
• Engaging the Community
• Workforce Development Pipeline
• Economic Development

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Education and SMUD

• Energy Technology Center
• Corporate Learning
• Education Partnerships
• Influencing and supporting curriculum
• Sponsoring science/math competitions
• Student career exploration

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Energy Technology Center

• Target audiences
• Working professionals
• Commercial customers
• Residential customers
• Teachers

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Energy Technology Center

• Certified Green Building Professional
• Building Operators Certification
• Designing with Light
• HVAC Controls
• Process Heating Assessment

• Exploring Hydrogen (HS College)
• GEMS Algebraic Reasoning (5-8)
• Solar Schoolhouse Workshop for Solar Model Home
  Design (6-12)
• GEMS Electric Circuits (4-8)

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Corporate Learning

• Leadership
• Supervision
• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Customer Service
• Business Skills

• Safety
• Business Technology
• Basic Electricity

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Regional Structure

• Partnership for Prosperity
• LEED (Linking Education Economic Development)
• Metro Chamber
• Convergence

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Education PartnershipsK - 12

• Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering
• GEMS
• Solar Car Races
• Solar Grant
• Living Wise

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Education PartnershipsPost Secondary

• Energy Sustainability
• Solar Installation Technician
• Wind Technician
• Electronics Technology
• Advanced Transportation Technology
• Green Building Certification
• Green Building Operators Certification
• Energy Management System Operations
• EMBA

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Student Career Exploration

• Mentorships
• Internships
• Student Professional Societies

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Student Career ExplorationMentorships

• IISME Teacher Fellowships
• ACE Mentor Program
• MESA

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Student Career ExplorationInternships

• High School
• College
• Graduate School

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Careergps.com

• SMSA Workforce Forecast
• Careergps.com Tool

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Questions?

• Diana Parker
• Coordinator, Education Relations
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• dparker_at_smud.org
• 916-732-6540