April 1, 2008
Global Viewpoint
Follow the Same Playbook
We have been Through an Ugly Period in Our Industry that Fomented Unheralded Competition, pitting utilities against regulators, pitting one utility against...
Features
Phasors Monitor Grid Conditions
August will Mark the Five-Year Anniversary of the Largest Blackout in U.S. History. Looking back, how much has changed? Is our grid more secure or resilient...
Modulized Distribution Comes to Sweden
Customer Demands and Expectations for Quality and Security Improvements of electricity supplies have accelerated in recent years, increasing faster than...
Demand Response Delivers Positive Results
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. has had a Long and Successful History Running Demand-Side Management Programs. In particular, BGE's direct load-control program...
Cable Rejuvenation Buys Insurance
Anderson Island is a Small Island in South Puget Sound about 2 Miles from the Coast near the town of Lacey, Washington, U.S. The island is served by 2.3...
GIS Provides Foundation for IT Upgrade in China
Changzhou City has been in Existence in China for More Than 2500 Years. The city is situated on the Grand Canal, an important transportation and trade...
Inspection Cameras Focus on Reliability
San Diego Gas Electric has been Using Infrared Cameras on its T&D Lines for Years. When the program was implemented, the infrared work was done with a...
2008 IEEE PES T&D Conference & ExpositionbCHICAGO
The Windy City is Hosting the IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference and Exposition April 21-24 at McCormick Place. The March 2008 issue of Transmission...
Business Developments
IEEE Names Distribution Automation Award for Doug Staszesky
The IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) announces the Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award. The award is being sponsored by S&C Electric...
Letters to the Editor
I just read your editorial [A Helluva Engineer, February 2008] on Doug and it made me teary-eyed. I had exchanged e-mails with Doug in the last month...
Demand-Response Program Averts Rolling Blackout
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) implemented the second stage of its emergency grid procedures following a sudden drop in the system...
PG&E Selects Aclara RF Electric Devices for SmartMeter Program
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG San Francisco, California, U.S.) has selected the STAR Network system from Aclara RF Systems Inc. (formerly Hexagram),...
Technology Updates
Solid-Dielectric ACR Installation Improves Distribution Network Reliability
With the increase in demand for high-reliability power supply to Fiji Electricity Authority's (FEA) customer base, FEA purchased an initial 20 OSM Recloser...
Lake Country Power Deploys Automated Metering Infrastructure
Lake Country Power of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S., has successfully deployed a full two-way automated metering infrastructure (AMI) to its entire service...
CSU Hits Metering Project Milestone
Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU; Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.), a community-owned utility serving customers in Colorado Springs and the surrounding...
Powersystem UK Orders S&C DSTATCOM
S&C has received an order from Powersystem UK, in Bristol, for a PureWave DSTATCOM Distributed Static Compensator for the initial phase of the 48-MW Aikengall...
CTEEP Chooses 3M ACCR for Line Upgrade in Sao Paulo
One of Brazil's largest electric utilities, Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista (CTEEP), will install the 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite...
Quarterly Report
Integration of Variable Generation
As Part of Our Continual Assessment of Bulk Power System Reliability as the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), we've identified a...
Characters with Character
Always Up for a Challenge
The Freedom to Choose a Career is a Privilege Many Students Today Take for Granted. To Dr. Virendra N. Rikh, pursuing an electrical engineering degree...
Straight Talk
Hardening Utility Lines?
The 2005 Hurricane Season was Possibly the Most Active Atlantic Hurricane Season on Record, with a total of 28 storms, 15 hurricanes and 7 major hurricanes....
Electric Utility Operations
Stacy MacFadden
Born in 1968 in Fayetteville, North Carolina Married for three years to his wife, Lynnette, and has three children: Chase, Trenton and Noni. Enjoys riding...
Protect Linemen from Arc-Flash Hazards
Linemen who work in both overhead and underground installations are at risk for arc-flash hazards. While arc flashes are a rare occurrence, when they...
Trimming Challenges of Remote Vegetation
Utility linemen often work outside in inclement weather conditions and at a considerable height above the ground. At times, they also face another challenge:...
Ergonomics Advances Work Safety in the Field
Today's linemen often start off in the field as strong, healthy workers. Over time, due to the repetitive nature of the job, their bodies wear out and...
PRODUCTS & Services
Stray-Voltage Warning System The Electrified Cover Safeguard is a non-site, real-time stray-voltage warning system that warns utility workers of a potential...
The Digital Customer
Power Brokers Impact Pricing
Consumers are Looking for Ways to Save Money on Their Electric Bills. They want electricity cheap, reliable and without a lot of difficulty. They are...
It's So Much More Than a Smart Meter
Electricity Provides Unique Challenges in that it cannot be Stored in Bulk. Instead, it is consumed as soon as it is produced. This means that as demand...
Power by the Hour
We Use Many Names and Acronyms to Describe the Simple-Yet-Powerful Tool Called Demand-Side Management. It is not uncommon to find demand management, demand-side...
