From Paper to Pixels
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...
On the Road to Intelligent Distribution
Duke Energy-Carolinas has embarked on a major initiative to improve the visibility and control of its distribution system. Known as the Remote Operation...
AMR Improves Outage Management
Outage management is typically not one of the first considerations in a utility's selection of automated meter reading (AMR) technology. The primary drivers...
APS Moves Away From Old-Fashioned Wall Maps
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
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
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
From May 2004 to September 2005, a Washington utility built a complete SCADA system. In addition, Lakeview Light & Power (LL Lakewood, Washington, U.S.)...
Seamless Integration
Klickitat Public Utility District(KPUD)is using the Fusion GIS software as its automated mapping and facilities management geographic information system...
Point-and-Click Data Warehouse
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'...
Estonia Goes Digital with GIS-Based Data
In 1998, Eesti Energia, which owned the existing five electricity distribution companies in Estonia, was restructured and reorganized. The Estonian...
Connectivity Updates Boost Performance
Pacificorp has always been diligent in gathering up-to-date information on its distribution infrastructure. However, updates to its computer-aided distribution...
Scottish Power Selects DA System
ScottishPower (SP) EnergyNetworks, the service provider to ScottishPower, a utility covering 35,200 km2 (21,872 miles2) and serving 5.2 million customers...
Truckee Donner PUD Embraces Automation
THE WINTER OF 2003-2004: A MAJOR STORM RAGES across the Lake Tahoe area for nine days, dumping 15 ft (4.6 m) of snow on the higher elevations and 12 ft...
Tri-State G&T Selects Intelligent Field Device for SCADA System FAT and Operator Training
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. (Westminster, Colorado, U.S.) will use the David Splawn and Associates (Cupertino, California,...
Distribution SCADA Shrink-Wrapped
THE DAKOTA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION (DEA) KNEW IT WAS TIME TO UPDATE ITS SCADA SYSTEM and that it needed a different approach to make sure the new system...
Software Improves Lightning-Strike Response Time
The COGNET Group (Livonia, Michigan, U.S.; www.cognetgis.com), an IT and GIS consulting firm, has developed a new customized application for the International...
GIS BOOSTS T&D PLANNING FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
THE ASSET MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING ORGANIZATION OF PACIFICORP has adopted geographic information systems (GIS)-based spatial-load forecasting...
BRAZIL UPGRADES SYSTEM FOR FAULT MANAGEMENT
CURRENTLY, AES ELETROPAULO, which serves the city of So Paulo, Brazil, experiences approximately 30,000 events or faults per month on its distribution...
Inspection Investment Pays Dividends
The most valuable asset for many utilities is the distribution system. It is also one of the most difficult assets to manage because of the geographic...
EPE Selects ArcFM Solution for GIS and Graphical Design
El Paso Electric Co. (EPE; El Paso, Texas, U.S.) has selected Miner & Miner's ArcFM Solution together with ESRI's ArcGIS core technology to provide a...
BGE Uses Private Wireless System to Enhance Asset Management and Control Costs
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy, has signed a contract to use Motorola Inc.'s voice...
City of Anaheim PUD Employs ArcFM and SAGE-FEI
The city of Anaheim Public Utilities Department (PUD; Anaheim, California, U.S.) is in production with Miner & Miner's (M Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.)...
Clark County Energizes Las Vegas Community with Power Measurement
To help manage energy usage across its many facilities, Clark County, Nevada, is employing advanced enterprise energy management technology from Power...
PG&E Negotiates Contract for ESCO's TWACS System
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (San Francisco, California, U.S.) selected Distribution Control Systems Inc.'s (DCSI's) TWACS system as the single solution...
Xcel Energy Goes Live with SPL WorldGroup's OMS
Xcel Energy, the fourth-largest combination electric and natural gas energy company in the United States, is now live with SPL WorldGroup Inc.'s SPL Outage...
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