Cooper's Answer To Trees

I found one of the coolest displays. Cooper has a tree growing into a distribution line. I tried to get a video of this with all the sparks and flashing, but it just didn't work. Go over there and see for yourself. They told me they would be doing ...

Gene Wolf Blog

May 8, 2012

They told me they would be doing this every 15 minutes all day long. I love the way they know the power out and then smart grid technology takes over and restores the most customers.

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Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.