July 1, 2010
Global Viewpoint
The Next Generation is Now
An e-mail came in from Josh Dillier inviting me to be the luncheon speaker for Oncor's New Engineer Development Program. The offer was quite enticing...
Features
Protecting Your Smart Grid
Cyber security is of the utmost importance to a sustainable modern grid. The smart grid involves the automation of several manual processes and procedures....
PECO Reaps Rewards of Diagnostic Maintenance
Imagine that instead of changing a car's oil every 3000 miles, drops of the oil could be tested to determine when it needed to be changed. This might...
Ethiopia and Djibouti Strengthen Ties
The common goal of the governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti is to improve access to electricity for their respective populations. Their target indicators...
OMS Enters a New Age
Although power outages are a hectic and stressful part of any utility operation, Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. (MTEMC) is now better equipped...
Is That Tree Too Close?
No one at Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) remembers a prior situation where so many employees were mobilized to inspect and document the condition...
Phase-Shifting Technology Increases Import Capacity
The northern Italian 380-kV transmission system is interconnected to neighbouring countries by eight 380-kV circuits, eight 220-kV circuits and one 132-kV...
CIGRÉ Opens 2010 Exhibition August 22 - 27, 2010
Paris will once again host CIGR's General Session, the 43rd to be held since its foundation in France in 1921. This International Conference on Large...
Business Developments
Texas Commission Rule Requires Utilities to File Storm-Hardening Plans
The Texas Public Utility Commission has approved a new rule requiring electric utilities to file storm-hardening plans to reduce outages and limit infrastructure...
Prysmian Secures BorWin2 Project
Prysmian has been awarded a project worth well in excess of 200 million euros by the German transmission system operator transpower a subsidiary of the...
FERC Approves New Cost-Sharing Method for Expanding SPP's Transmission Grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a new method of sharing costs for new electric transmission in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) region,...
T&D World and Black & Veatch Release Smart Grid Survey Results
Transmission & Distribution World and Black & Veatch have released the results of a global survey to measure how electric utilities are progressing with...
Itron to Provide Head-End and Meter Data Management System to Iberdrola
Itron Inc. has been selected by Iberdrola, Spain's premier energy group and one of the world's largest electricity utilities, for the first phase of its...
Landis+Gyr Enabling Finnish City's Switch to Multi-Energy Smart Metering
Landis+Gyr, a provider of integrated energy management solutions, will deliver a smart metering solution for electricity, gas and district heat metering...
Technology Updates
New York Power Authority Completes Four-Year Upgrade of Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Project
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) marked the completion of a nearly four-year overhaul of its Blenheim-Gilboa (B-G) Pumped Storage Power Project in...
Australian Power Company Implements Oracle System
Western Power, an electricity network corporation owned by the Western Australian government, implemented Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing as...
Joint Venture to Build Wind in the Sea
RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke Mnchen (Munich City Utilities) and Siemens have entered into a joint venture to build the offshore wind farm Gwynt y Mr (Welsh...
Quarterly Report
GIS 2.0: Much More Than Technology
Today's electric utilities are already well versed in geographic information systems (GIS) architecture and implementation. As they are challenged with...
Characters with Character
A Multi-Talented Engineer
Marie Berninger loves the various facets of her job. A mechanical engineer in Con Edison's Third Generation Systems of the Future department, she is currently...
Products and Services
PRODUCTS & Services
3-MW Wind Turbine Alstom announces the market introduction of its 3MW ECO 110 wind turbine, specifically designed to ensure the highest energy production...
We Need to Move and Fast
Our electric delivery industry is facing a crisis. We have seen the slumping economy result in lost customers, lower revenues and more costly collections....
Electric Utility Operations
Mel Washburn
Born in Fort Morgan, Colorado, and has eight siblings. Married to Betty for 19 years and has two sons, five daughters and 16 grandchildren with one on...
Changing the Face of the Las Vegas Strip
In the 1950s, Las Vegas Boulevard was a two-lane road with a handful of new hotel casinos. Years later, this glittering neon-lined 4.1-mile thoroughfare...
Parting SHOT
Members of NorthWestern Energy's 500-kV barehand crew honor U.S. soldiers abroad, all the fighting forces and lineman across the country. From left to...
