BCTC to Invest Billions in Network
British Columbia Transmission Corp. (BCTC; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) has filed its third annual capital plan with the B.C. Utilities Commission...
TXU Electric Delivery Builds Partnership Future
TXU electric delivery is significantly restructuring its traditional business model. The company has been working tirelessly to find ways to create value,...
Vegas to Host a Winning TECHADVANTAGE 2007
The bright lights of Las Vegas, and even brighter ideas offered at TECHADVANTAGE 2007, are sure to be a hit with utility industry professionals. Electric...
Welcome to the Era of the Digital Utility
Today’s utility must be a digital one. ...
A Service Industry
The customer knows best. It's a Cliché, but this marketing axiom applies to the utility industry whether you're a lineworker, design engineer, customer...
Generation Xers Require A New Kind of Training
Dominion Virginia Power's Lineman Training Program trains more than 70 linemen each year. Some students in the training classes are brand new to the field,...
Life on the Wild Side
Sometimes seemingly random events deliver an opportunity greater than any that could be imagined. Here is one such opportunity that arrived in a most...
Russian Power Company Breaks Off into Separate Companies
The board of directors of RAO UES of Russia, the largest power holding in Russia, has approved a two-phase reorganization of the company. As a result...
Siemens Invests in Training for North American Power Industry
Seeing the need for greater industry commitment in the retention and development of top-notch technical talent to operate the complex power grids of North...
BPA Sets Aside US$1 Million for Renewable Energy
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA; Portland, Oregon, U.S.) intends to spend around US$1 million in 2007 to address how to generate electricity...
A Truly Global Marketplace Emerges
Those of us who wish to take up the gauntlet to fight globalization are too late to the battle. That war has already been lost. We now live in a global...
FPL Group and Constellation Energy Call Off Billion Dollar Merger
After much speculation and months of being caught up in a political battle over rising electricity rates in Maryland, FPL Group (Juno Beach, Florida,...
Oracle Purchases SPL WorldGroup
Business software giant Oracle has acquired SPL WorldGroup (San Francisco, California, U.S.), which will serve as a keystone to launch a global unit focused...
DOE Adds Second Comment Period on National Transmission Corridors
As a result of broad public interest in the National Electric Transmission Congestion Study released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Aug. 8,...
Boston Selects Two Wi-Fi Hot Spots
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., has begun work on its first demonstration program for the city's wireless initiative. Mayor Thomas Menino said that a 1-sq-mile...
Utilities Streamline Business Processes and Improve Customer Service
Public Service Company of New Mexico and Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP) have selected ESRI as their enterprise geographic information system (GIS) software...
ABB to Strengthen Mexico's Power Supply
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) has won contracts worth $50 million for two projects to strengthen Mexico's power supply. The contracts awarded by Comisin Federal...
Holding down costs
Worldwide, developing countries have come to the conclusion that electricity is essential for the growth of their industry and commerce. At the same time,...
Human Error Identified as Reason for European Blackout
After an in-house investiagion, German utility E.ON AG said on Nov. 14 that the European-wide blackout that occurred on Nov. 4 was a result of human error,...
As the Economy Goes
A utility's economic well-being is directly tied to the economy of the region it serves. A downturn of the local economy pretty much guarantees falling...
Cooper Power Adds Automation Capability with Purchase of Cannon Technologies
Looking to develop an automation business unit, Cooper Power Systems (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.) explored various companies, and ultimately found Cannon...
New Mexico Adds Wind Power
The eastern plains of New Mexico have abundant winds for the generation of electricity. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has identified more...
Let's leverage speed
Electric cooperatives could and should have a distinct advantage due to their smaller size and reduced layers of bureaucracy, compared to investor-owned...
Drought Causes Power Shortages in Kenya
A prolonged drought in Kenya has been causing severe power shortages across the nation. To alleviate the shortages, the country's state-owned utility,...
National Grid Names Partners
National Grid, which owns and operates T&D networks in the United Kingdom and United States, has selected preferred partners for new five-year contracts...
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