November 1, 2009
Global Viewpoint
Comparison Shopping
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Features
OG&E Takes Automation Mainstream
With operations training and continuous testing, utility gains widespread acceptance of distribution automation....
North Sea Wind Power Comes Ashore
Located 125 km off the German coast, a 400-MW wind park is connected to the mainland grid....
Smart Grid in Motion
As applications evolve, a utility is faced with the challenge of keeping the data flowing and the processes ongoing....
Weathering the Storms
Precise weather information enables utilities to orchestrate staff and crew response to major events....
Underground Cables Get a New Lease on Life
Salt River Project treats underground residential distribution cable by injecting silicone fluid to extend life and enhance reliability....
Atom-Smashing Substation Automation
The world's largest particle accelerator complex has appropriately complex power needs, supplied by two countries....
Linemen Thrive in Their Element
The 2009 International Lineman's Rodeo celebrates all that is good in a lineman's work....
Business Developments
AREVA T&D Contributes to U.S. Smart Grid Research by Providing IEDs
AREVA T&D (www.areva-td.com) announces that it will supply intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) to important smart grid research by the Electric Power...
International Utilities Certify SEL Advanced Metering System
Mexico's Comisin Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) recently certified the SEL-734 and SEL-734P advanced metering...
Hyosung's Wind Power Generator Wins International Certification
Power & Industrial Systems PG has become the first Korean company to acquire international certification for its 2-MW-class wind power generation system...
Siemens and Landis+Gyr to cooperate on smart metering common standards for interoperability in smart grids
Siemens (www.siemens.com/energy) and Landis+Gyr have entered into a partnership to elaborate common standards. The standards will not only establish interoperability...
Prysmian EHV Power Cable Manufacturing Facility Now Operating in North America
Attendees at the grand opening ceremony held on Oct. 22, 2009, at the Prysmian extra high-voltage (EHV) cable manufacturing facility had much to hear,...
Technology Updates
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative Chooses Matrox Extio F1400 Solutions to Monitor Power Grid
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative (NIPCO; Le Mars, Iowa, U.S.) is a rural electric cooperative supplying power to western Iowa. To control the 850 miles...
Canada's First Operational Solar Energy Park Goes Live
Joint-venture partners SunEdison Canada (www.sunedison.com) and SkyPower Corp. (www.skypower.com) announce the activation of Canada's first ground-mount...
SED Opens New Wind Market in New Hampshire
Sustainable Energy Developments (SED; Ontario, New York, U.S.) has completed the installation of the first community-scale wind project in New Hampshire....
HVPT: A New Approach to Power Delivery
In the late 1990s, a major North American utility decided to carry out a review of distribution and substation design and planning to identify areas where...
Texas Utility Chooses Control4 for Smart Grid Deployment
Control4 (www.control4.com) has been selected as the home area network provider for Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative (Bastrop, Texas, U.S.). Bluebonnet...
Quarterly Report
Preparing for Industry Changes
THE ELECTRIC METER IS UNDERGOING CHANGE AT A FASTER AND INCREASINGLY ACCELERATED PACE. No longer the sleepy noncritical utility function, metering is...
Characters with Character
All That He Can Be
THOSE WHO KNOW RICK SCHULZ MIGHT CONSIDER HIM AN OVERACHIEVER. Not only did the project engineer for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL; Pullman,...
Products and Services
Products & Services
Russelectric custom SCADA software for power control systems provides interactive monitoring, real-time and historical trending, comprehensive reporting,...
Products & Services
Backfill Kits Poly-Set polyurethane backfill systems help line crews to set structures faster, easier and more efficiently. The company offers straightening...
Straight Talk
Utility-Scale Energy Storage Migrates Towards the Grid Edge
ELECTRIC UTILITIES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY INTERESTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BENEFITS of energy storage systems. This has been influenced by advances...
Electric Utility Operations
Duke Energy Implements Fall Protection System
After years of climbing free-hand, line specialists at Duke Energy (Charlotte, North Carolina) are learning how to scale wood poles all over again. As...
Focus on Substation Predictive Maintenance Maintenance
Nearly every substation worker or lineman has answered a service call in the middle of the night. But as unwelcome as those calls are for utility employees,...
AmerenUE Substation Worker Awareness Team Focuses on Safety
AmerenUE's substation workers are not only using the latest tools and technology for their preventive maintenance program, they are also working to find...
PartingSHOT
A Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative team based in Cuero, Texas, works on a project to upgrade a two-phase #4 aluminum conductor steel reinforced (ACSR)...
Linemen Test Out Tools and Technology at Expo
Proudly wearing their team jackets, linemen browsed the aisles at the 2009 International Lineman's Rodeo Expo looking for labor-saving technology. Close...
Don Leiching Connecticut Light & Power
Born in Kingston, New York. Inspired by his wife of 24 years, Nanci, and his four children. Described by his coworkers as the smoothest lineman God ever...
Prevent Chain Saw Mishaps in the Field
It often comes as a surprise to some that working with a chain saw is one of the most dangerous activities a worker can perform, especially if the worker...
