Interval data meters provide wholesale and distribution utilities information that can help them operate their systems economically in today’s increasingly competitive electric markets. The Lower ...

Problems associated with poor installations of advanced meters have done tremendous damage to public perceptions about the utility industry. To those familiar with the challenges associated with ...

In today’s changing utility environment, one thing remains constant - electric utilities are continually looking for better ways to increase transmission capacity to satisfy the ever-growing demand ...

Our electricity system has greatly evolved and now represents an essential contributor to our society’s well-being. Power Generationand Transmission & Distribution Operators aim to deliver dependable ...

Many electric distribution organizations are presently evaluating their approach to integrating three key operational systems – SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), OMS (Outage Management ...

Electrical power transmission networks are protected and controlled by medium and high-voltage circuit breakers. Breakers are meant to make and break the flow of electrical currents in transmission ...

As a longtime utility ‘insider,' I know first-hand the trials and tribulations of deploying and managing a smart grid. Now, with the added perspective of being a technology provider to the industry, I ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ethernet and the IP protocol bring tremendous advantages to power utilities – and in particular substations – through international standardization. This keeps the cost of equipment low, ensures ...

As power transformers at generation facilities near end-of-life cycles, a number of potentially dangerous events can come into play – in addition to untimely power outages and costly repairs. Because ...

Aging infrastructure is a well-recognized challenge across our nation’s energy system with investor-owned utilities spending a record of $19.5 billion in electric transmission infrastructure last year ...