Craig Preuss

Craig Preuss Engineering Manager Utility Automation - Black & Veatch

Craig Preuss is the Engineering Manager for Utility Automation at Black & Veatch Corporation. He performs many different tasks since he works in substation integration and automation. He is a professional engineer in the states of Illinois and Washington. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN. He earned his master’s degree in power systems from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has authored several papers, presentations, and articles on topics dealing with substation integration and automation. He is a member of the IEEE and is the new working group chair for IEEE C37 .1, was involved in the writing of IEEE 1615 , and is also involved in other IEEE working groups. He is a member of the ISA (Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society). He is involved in the UCA International Users Group as part of Black & Veatch’s corporate membership.

Mon, May 07
01:45 PM - 03:15 PM	HOT TOPIC: Two Projects for the Future Utility – Substation Communications and Fiber Room: 17A Join the KEMA team that carried out one project and is working on the other, along with major sponsors, to discuss how utilities are working to upgrade their substations and communications networks, but at a pace consistent with available resources and budgets. This session also will look at the technologies being considered; how legacy networks are integrated with new systems; and how fiber networks will increasingly be used to meet a wide variety of internal challenges as well as serve as a revenue opportunity.