Tracking Down Power-Quality Problems 

Sep 1, 2006, by Scott Jackson, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC

If there is one thing constant about distribution systems, it is that they are always changing. Customers acquire more electric equipment. New accounts...

New Zealand Examines Blackout 

Aug 1, 2006

After the major power outage that occurred in Auckland, New Zealand, in June 2006, Transpower, the owner and operator of the national grid, is striving...

FERC Offers Preliminary Assessment of NERC's Reliability Standards 

Jun 1, 2006

The Federal Energy Reliability Commission (FERC) issued a preliminary assessment in May 2006 of the North American Electric Reliability Council's (NERC's)...

Partial Discharge Detects Cable Flaws 

May 1, 2006, by Fred Steennis and Peter van der Wielen, KEMA

The reliability of a distribution network, coupled with the need to improve the management of these networks, is a problem utilities around the world...

Setting a Baseline for Power Quality Improvement 

Jan 1, 2006, by Nazineh Eassa and Dr. Ahmed Abouelseoud, Alexandria Electricity Distribution Co.

WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, utilities have to face the risk that permissible quality-of-supply standards...

Causes, Concerns and Remediation of Stray Voltages on Distribution Systems 

Sep 1, 2005, By Doug Dorr, EPRI Solutions, and Ashok Sundaram, EPRI

Nuisance shocking the unpleasant sensation that a person or animal can experience when they inadvertently get between an electrically energized point...