October 1, 2009
Global Viewpoint
Let's Do Business Right
WE'VE HAD QUITE A RIDE THE PAST FEW DECADES WITH HIGHER HIGHS, LOWER LOWS and plenty of nauseating twists and turns in this roller coaster of an energy...
Features
Oncor Focuses on End-to-End Information Flows
Integrated distribution management system aims to boost electric reliability....
CenterPoint Energy Responds to Ike
ON SEPT. 13, 2008, HURRICANE IKE MADE LANDFALL ON THE TEXAS COAST, near the city of Galveston. Ike was a Category 2 hurricane in terms of its 110-mph...
On-Line Monitoring Averts Imminent Bushing Failure
ITC HOLDINGS CORP. INVESTS IN ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS as a means to improve electric reliability, reduce grid congestion...
Kuwait Outsources Cable Maintenance
RESPONSIBLE FOR KUWAIT'S POWER NETWORK, THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER used to be able to manage and fulfill, by way of its own resources, the...
Technology Advances Vegetation Management
TREES AND THEIR LIMBS MAKING CONTACT WITH HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION CONDUCTORS have been a contributing factor in several major power system disturbances...
Big Cats in the Mountains
IN SEPTEMBER 1993, H. BRIAN WHITE STOOD ON KILDALA PASS, NEAR KITIMAT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, looking south. On that glorious blue-sky day, he could...
Business Developments
Experts Look to Improve Western North America's Grid
A team of power industry experts recently submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy to perform system-wide transmission analysis and planning...
Siemens to Expand Power Supply Network in Dubai
As part of further expansion of Dubai’s power supply network Siemens Energy has secured an order worth approximately EUR90 million from the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to supply a turnkey substation for the 400 kV/132 kV voltage levels....
Coalition Seeks Consumer Demand-Response Participation
A coalition of companies serving the electric industry, collectively known as the Demand Response Supporters, filed a protest with the Federal Energy...
NV Energy Selects ABB Network Manager DMS
ABB (www.abb.com) has received an order from NV Energy (Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.) for its industry-leading ABB Network Manager DMS (distribution management...
Positive Energy Smart Grid Benefits OG&E and Customers
Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.) turned to Greenbox Technology (www.getgreenbox.com) in 2008 for an interactive, online home...
JEA Awards $15 Million Contract to DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations
JEA (Jackonsville, Florida, U.S.), the nation's eighth largest public power electric utility, has awarded a multi-year contract valued up to $15 million...
Technology Updates
Redding Electric Utility to Reduce Peak Demand Using Ice Energy's Energy-Storage Solution
Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has entered into an agreement to provide Redding Electric Utility (REU; Redding, California, U.S.) with its Ice Bear distributed...
Hendrix Wire & Cable Completes Clark Energy Stanton Project
Hendrix Wire & Cable (www.hendrix-wc.com), a provider of high-quality overhead and underground power distribution products, announces the completion of...
Austin Energy Uses Siemens Switches in Smart Grid Project
Austin Energy is using Siemens’ Bridges Electric Vector group-operated motorized intelligent switches for loop switching with complete switch-sensing, control and communications in its Smart Grid pilot project. ...
Elster, Augusta Systems Partner to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability and Management
Augusta Systems (www.augustasystems.com), a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, has joined...
Quarterly Report
Europe Strives for Energy Efficiency
THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS SET AMBITIOUS GOALS REGARDING BOTH ITS ENERGY AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, which will require a very strong contribution from...
Characters with Character
Life Lessons
AS FRENCH ESSAYIST JOSEPH JOUBERT WROTE, TO TEACH IS TO LEARN TWICE. Anthony DiGioia Jr. is a living example of these words. Not only has the 74-year-old...
Products & Services
PRODUCTS & Services
Earth Ground Testers The Fluke 1623 and 1625 earth ground testers can measure earth ground loop resistances using only clamps called stakeless testing...
Straight Talk
Taking Green to the Grid
THE REGULATORS ARE COMING, AND THEY ARE GOING TO FORCE CHANGES IN OUR INDUSTRY. In the United States, more than 30 states now have renewable portfolio...
Electric Utility Operations
Jack Brown
Born in Memphis, Tennessee. Married for 16 years to his wife, Sonya; father of daughters Brennan and Carley. His coworkers would describe him as a wisecrack,...
Lineman Invents Pole Framing Jack to Boost Efficiency of Field Crews
When linemen are framing poles, they often rely on a digger derrick truck to get the job done. Oftentimes, however, they wind up having to flag traffic...
PSE&G Line Crews Adopt Ergonomic Tools
At Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE Newark, New Jersey), ergonomic tools are changing the way overhead and underground technicians are installing and...
Southern Company trains employees for confined-space rescues
Linemen often have to crawl down inside underground vaults and stay safe in confined spaces. In addition, they climb poles and structures and must find...
Parting SHOT
Duke Energy distribution line technicians David Morgan and Tre Denton transfer a double-circuit 12-kV and 24-kV pole. The work is being done in conjunction...
Line Crews Ramp Up for the Lineman's Rodeo
Soon linemen will pack up their tools, load their trucks and make a road trip to Kansas City for the International Lineman's Rodeo. For the last 26 years,...
