FERC Offers Preliminary Assessment of NERC's Reliability Standards
The Federal Energy Reliability Commission (FERC) issued a preliminary assessment in May 2006 of the North American Electric Reliability Council's (NERC's)...
A Demand Solution for One-Way Automated Meter Reading
THE VAST MAJORITY OF ELECTRICITY AMR SYSTEMS DEPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES TO DATE USE ONE-WAY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. This technology allows utilities...
Partial Discharge Detects Cable Flaws
The reliability of a distribution network, coupled with the need to improve the management of these networks, is a problem utilities around the world...
Smart Data, Smart Decisions
PPL Electric Utilities completed the full-scale deployment of its automated meter reading system in September 2004. The utility's goals were to...
A Smart Solution to Energy Theft
When you leave, don't forget to turn off the lights and turn on the electric meter. What? Oh yeah, that special switch near the electrical panel. OK....
Meralco Moves Closer to Installing an AMR System
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the largest utility in the Philippines serving 4.3 million customers, will deploy Itron's MV-90 xi software system...
Advanced Metering Infrastructure System Exceeds Salt River Project's Savings Projections
THE SALT RIVER PROJECT (SRP) AGRICULTURAL AND IMPROVEMENT POWER DISTRICT in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., is currently deploying 10,000 REX meters per month...
AMDS Connect Architecture Speeds Installation of Meters at APC
Advanced Metering Data Systems (www.amdswireless.com) completed the delivery of 50,000 AMDS Connect-enabled Sensus iCon electricity meters for Alabama...
Targeting Reliability Improvements
Strategies and programs for improving the reliability of our transmission and distribution networks should be targeted for maximum benefit. Outage databases...
Setting a Baseline for Power Quality Improvement
WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, utilities have to face the risk that permissible quality-of-supply standards...
On Track with Customer Care
IT'S A TYPICAL MORNING IN THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CUSTOMER CARE CENTER in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., where the sounds of 175 call center associates handling...
The Smart Utility
IT ALL STARTED WITH A SIMPLE PING TO READ A METER. During a routine review of outage causes, PECO (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) personnel noticed...
LITTLE THINGS LEAD TO A SIZEABLE BLACKOUT
ON APRIL 15, 2003, AT 11:40 A.M., A BLACKOUT OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS that covered most of Brazos County, including the Bryan/College Station area....
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY AND OUTAGES
AFTER SAFETY, ELECTRIC RELIABILITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY for line clearance contractors and right-of-way vegetation managers. Responsible...
Iraqis Receive Improved Electrical Service
A NEW $4.9 MILLION ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION has increased power reliability for approximately 20,000 Iraqis in the southwestern portion of Babil. The substation,...
PSE Bill-Assistance Program Helps Ease Rising Energy Costs
For thousands of Puget Sound Energy (PSE; Bellevue, Washington, U.S.) natural gas and electric customers, significant help is available to cut their bills....
UTILITY COMPANIES WITH VISION FOR THE FUTURE
MANY OF TODAY'S UTILITIES continue to build their business cases for advanced metering systems based solely on automated meter reading (AMR). For large...
This Is Our Fight
WHEN KATRINA BORE DOWN ON NEW ORLEANS, we could not possibly have been prepared. We had no way of coming to grips emotionally with the damage the hurricane...
REWARD/PENALTY STRUCTURE PROPOSED
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES ARE INCREASINGLY CONSIDERING PERFORMANCE-BASED REGULATION (PBR) to provide incentives for distribution utilities to gain economic...
Nashville Electric Service Gets an Extreme Online Makeover
Studies show that a typical transaction over the telephone or in person could cost a utility several dollars. That same transaction via the web costs...
Causes, Concerns and Remediation of Stray Voltages on Distribution Systems
Nuisance shocking the unpleasant sensation that a person or animal can experience when they inadvertently get between an electrically energized point...
United States: Hurricane Katrina Hits Gulf Coast, Leaving Power Outages
On the morning of Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast states with a remarkable fury, leaving about one million homes and businesses in...
Progress Energy to Install 2.7 Million Itron Solid-State, AMR-Equipped Meters
Itron Inc. (Spokane, Washington, U.S.) announced a new contract with Progress Energy (Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.) to replace 2.7 million traditional...
City of Seattle Selects AMR Technology
The city of Seattle, Washington, engaged Plexus Research Inc. (Boxborough, Massachusetts, U.S.) to help the city select meter-reading technology and develop...
The Northeast Blackout and Where We Are Two Years Later
The overwhelming majority of tree-caused outages go unnoticed except by those who lose power. However, on rare occasions, a tree-caused outage turns into...
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