Meeting demand for electricity is just one of the issues facing utilities today. Utilities are pushing to transform as momentum continues toward Smart Grid… The Smart Grid is an industry ...
When a utility is faced with a natural disaster, tools such as an outage management system and distribution management system are traditionally leveraged to get service back up as quickly as possible.
Substation expansions can become extremely complicated when space is limited. That’s when use of high voltage underground cable comes into its own as a viable option. What makes the option even more ...
This article discusses why voltage as well as frequency load shedding may be necessary to prevent major system blackouts. It is the first of two articles on the important subjects of power system ...
It's a beautiful day in your service area, and your distribution operations control center has few to no outages for operations to deal with; everything at your utility is status quo. Tomorrow, ...
The electric power industry of the future will be far more information-intensive than it is today. The business model will change from the sale of energy at relatively static prices to the management ...
Ever wondered how much electric energy the world consumes or how much energy is lost on its way from power plants to end user customers? Have you wondered how much energy could be saved or greenhouse ...
Walking the tight rope between profitability, public image and customer relations can be tricky, especially when the entire energy industry financial community, and following the Great Northeast ...
Threat of deregulation, increased energy costs, and substantial growth in the rural communities are forcing Electric Cooperatives to become more efficient and effective in their daily operations. One ...
If you’ve just done a double take, you’ve probably realized I am not Terry Wildman. My name is Elisabeth Monaghan, and I am the new editor in chief for EE T&D. During the transition, I did not get to ...
System performance is an important aspect of the power utility business and is determined by how efficiently and effectively information is used and assimilated. Often power system decisions are made ...
Customer satisfaction continues to be a key priority for the electric power industry and two key drivers for customer satisfaction are reliability and affordability. Many emerging technologies, ...