Geokosmos Completes 3-D Mapping Project in Andalusia 

Nov 1, 2006

Geokosmos, a Moscow-based air survey company, has completed a 3-D mapping project using up-to-date digital technologies in Andalusia, an autonomous region...

Blackout: Shocked Into Action 

Nov 1, 2006, by Floyd Galvan, Entergy

The blackout on August 14, 2003, was the largest in US history. It started with a line going out in Ohio. It affected eight U.S. states and one Canadian...

Forced to Backfeed 

Nov 1, 2006, by Janica Lukas, Tim de Grauw and Shane Duryea, Western Power

At 12:40 P.M. on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, Western Power was faced with an unplanned outage at its Clarence Street (CL) Substation located in an inner suburb...

Energy Central 

Nov 1, 2006, by Shari Y. Ishikawa, Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.

In March 2006, Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc went live with its new US $23 million dispatch center and energy management system (EMS). The project involved...

Working Seamlessly 

Oct 1, 2006, by Chris Shirai, HECO

We've all heard the statement, if you don't know where you are headed any road will do. This applies to all projects and especially to investments in...

Telvent Upgrades Technology Infrastructure for Venezuela's Main Electricity Company 

Oct 1, 2006

Telvent (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) has signed a contract with Venezuela's main electricity company, Compaa Annima de Administracin y Fomento Elctrico...

Austin Energy Takes Laptops to the Field  

Oct 1, 2006, by Mark Coffey, Austin Energy

Austin Energy is a community-owned electric utility and a department of the City of Austin, Texas, serving 366,161 customer accounts out of a population...

From Paper to Pixels 

Oct 1, 2006, by Kristi Wise, Burns & McDonnell

Technology has impacted everything we do every day. One of the more overlooked impacts of technology in the T&D industry is how transmission lines are...

AMR Improves Outage Management 

Sep 1, 2006, by David Glenwright and Glenn Pritchard, Exelon Energy Delivery, and Ivo Steklac, Enspiria Solutions

Outage management is typically not one of the first considerations in a utility's selection of automated meter reading (AMR) technology. The primary drivers...

On the Road to Intelligent Distribution 

Sep 1, 2006, by Robert Daugherty and Shawn Ervin, Duke Energy; Robert Uluski, EnerNex Corp.; and John McDonald, KEMA Inc.

Duke Energy-Carolinas has embarked on a major initiative to improve the visibility and control of its distribution system. Known as the Remote Operation...

APS Moves Away From Old-Fashioned Wall Maps 

Aug 1, 2006, by Rufus Coleman, Arizona Public Service

The workload for Arizona Public Service (APS; Phoenix, Arizona) field technicians doing phase identification has escalated in conjunction with an initiative...

Central Florida Utility Implements ArcFM 

Jul 1, 2006

Reedy Creek Improvement District is implementing ArcFM as the solution for facilities management of their electric network. Reedy Creek encompasses 25,000...

Bench Test First 

Jul 1, 2006, by Joseph White, Grant County Public Utility District

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) was originally deployed at Grant County Public Utility District (GCPUD; Ephrata, Washington, U.S.) in...

SCADA from Scratch in Just 17 Months 

Jun 1, 2006, by Tony Rusin, Lakeview Light & Power, and John J. Kumm, System Protection Services

From May 2004 to September 2005, a Washington utility built a complete SCADA system. In addition, Lakeview Light & Power (LL Lakewood, Washington, U.S.)...

Point-and-Click Data Warehouse 

May 1, 2006, by Mary Adams, Georgia Power Co.

Delivering Geographic Information System Data to all levels of users can be a challenge for any utility. Not only is the data diverse, but the users'...

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