United States: NewPower Issues Grim Outlook to U.S. Regulators
In a recent report of its financial outlook to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), NewPower Holdings (Purchase, New York) reported it had...
The Business Case: Dj Vu All Over Again?
If my memory serves me correctly and after 34 years as an information technology (IT) professional, some memories are fuzzier than others are the business...
Historical Trending Uncovers Potential Relay Problems
The prime objective for protection engineers is to achieve system reliability by maintaining the physical integrity of installed equipment. In this respect,...
LG&E Energy Signs Systems Integration and Consulting Contract with SchlumbergerSema
LG&E Energy (Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) has signed an information technology (IT) systems integration and consulting agreement with SchlumbergerSema....
Powerlink Uplinks
The commencement of the National Electricity Market in southern and eastern Australia in late 1998 introduced a new competitive business environment to...
Redefining Transmission
In my March editorial, I discussed how public utility commissions craft reliability-based rates. I mentioned that several utilities are now rewarded if...
United States: CDR Systems Acquires Product Line from Cooper
CDR Systems Corp. has acquired the Western Power Products fiberglass enclosures product line from Cooper Power Systems. CDR, through its existing product...
United States: Three Utilities Withdraw Applications to GridSouth RTO
Duke Energy, CP&L and South Carolina Electric & Gas remain committed to the GridSouth RTO (regional transmission organization), but because of regulatory...
AEW Issues Contract to Power Measurement
AEW ENERGIE AG (AEW, Switzerland) has selected Power Measurement and its Swiss distributor Herren Electronics to supply ION intelligent metering and control...
Europe: Unions Reject EdF Plan as French Privatization Pressure Builds
European Commission President Romano Prodi has threatened serious consequences for France if it fails to open its energy markets to competition during...
Itron Completes Acquisition of LineSoft
Itron (Spokane, Washington, U.S.), a technology provider and source of knowledge to the energy and water industries for collecting, analyzing and applying...
LODESTAR Opens London Subsidiary
LODESTAR Corp. (Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.) took a major step in its global expansion with the opening of its first international subsidiary, LODESTAR...
China: China to Deregulate Electricity Distribution
China's government has given the green light to a plan to deregulate the country's electricity-distribution monopoly. The plan would separate transmission...
Racing into Indianapolis
Indianapolis has proven to be a great show town for us in the past, so we are again wheeling the T&D World Expo into town. Yes, I know, the Indianapolis...
United States: Four Utility Industry Leaders Announce InterLock Partnership
InterLock Utility Solutions (St. Paul, Minnesota) unveiled a completely integrated operations automation solution for the utility industry last month...
Reinforcing the T&D Infrastructure
The electric-utility industry, the engine that drives the economies of countries around the world, has been the beneficiary of unending innovations in...
SAIDI and SAIFI, Meet Your New Owner
Like other electric utilities in the mid-1990s, Northeast Utilities (NU, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.) recognized that the significant changes occurring...
United States: Companies Agree to Terms Regarding Midlands Electricity
Aquila Inc. (formerly UtiliCorp United, Kansas City, Missouri) entered an agreement March 15 with FirstEnergy Corp. (Akron, Ohio) to acquire 79.9% interest...
United States: S.D. Myers Acquires Ohio Transformer
S.D. Myers (Tallmadge, Ohio) acquired Ohio Transformer from Grand Eagle (Richfield, Ohio), which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2001. Included...
Entergy Achieves Significant Savings
In 1997, Entergy Corp. (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.) embarked on a concerted effort to overhaul its vegetation management program. The aim was to improve...
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