We are in the midst of a green revolution. At least, we might be if we can identify, attract and integrate enough workers to satisfy the surging demand for renewable energy products. The Washington ...

Integrating components for substation automation at a handful of substations can be achieved with custom fit solutions for each integration effort. Automation of dozens of substations, on the other ...

Change is a constant state in the world today. Utilities are facing changes on a scale they have not faced since the 1900s. New technologies, merger and acquisition activities and government ...

Loading capability of power transformers is limited mainly by winding temperature. As part of acceptance tests on new units, the temperature rise test is intended to demonstrate that, at full load and ...

An Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system is comprised of a large volume of assets which include meters, modules, network communications infrastructure, and ...

“Energy efficiency” is the latest buzz phrase since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) was signed in August. Both short- and long-term projections indicate the era of "cheap energy" is gone in ...

As a consumer driven nation, retailers have long offered incentive based programs to impact behavior, and customers have been happy to comply. The most commonly recognizable scenario in our recent ...

Many people assume the Smart Grid is a revolutionary change to the operation of the electric grid. In reality, it is an incremental step in the long evolution of adding automation to the electric grid ...

Constellation signs its largest-ever power purchase agreement with Microsoft, a deal that will restore TMI Unit 1 to service and keep it online fo. . .

A system can only ever be as ‘smart’ as its design. Achieving a ‘smart grid,’ therefore, depends on system designers having access to tools capable of assessing system reliability under an evolving ...

Even though there is plenty of variation in our grid reliability improvement efforts, the latest project designs for transmission and substation improvements can be split into two main categories: ...

Many U.S. utilities have completed, or are nearing completion of, their Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Meter Data Management System (MDMS) rollouts. With these implementations completing, ...