January 1, 2012
DIGITAL EDITION
January 2012 International Issue
Global Viewpoint
Zoning Out
I love to travel, but when you start looking like your passport photo, it's time to go home. There are other signals that you have been on the road way...
Features
CL&P Explores Sustainable Solutions
Sustainability is defined as a set of environmental, economic and social conditions in which all of society has the capacity and opportunity to maintain...
Dynamic Voltage Control Delivers Every Day
In early 2006, KCP&L executives looked for ways to reduce system peak demand. The distribution automation engineering group proposed a voltage reduction...
Underground Makeover
In Japan, electric utilities have installed underground cables on transmission systems up to 500 kV to supply electric power to urban areas. Construction...
Sharpening the Tools of Asset Management
A skilled woodcutter before becoming the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was renowned for his preoccupation with productivity and...
Revealing Foundation Design Approaches
The design of foundations for transmission line structures provides many challenges. A transmission line is a complex system of interacting components:...
UK Deploys Battery Storage
Energy storage is becoming increasingly important as electricity networks evolve into smarter systems that integrate power generated from intermittent...
Business Developments
DOJ Clears the Way for Exelon-Constellation Merger
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared the way for the merger of Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy. The DOJ's Antitrust Division filed court...
REE Contracts Nexans for New High-Voltage Submarine Power Link Between Mallorca and Ibiza
Red Elctrica de Espaa (REE), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, has awarded Nexans a turnkey contract...
North American Electric Transmission Investments Could Top $160 Billion Between 2012 and 2020
From 2012 through 2020, ITC Holdings plans more than US$24.1 billion in transmission investments, including more than 8,686 miles (13,978 km) of new and...
Mortenson-enXco Partnership to Build 19th Wind Project
San Diego, California, U.S.-based developer enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, recently selected renewable energy contractor Mortenson Construction...
Southern Cross Transmission Project Receives FERC Approvals
Pattern Energy Group's Southern Cross transmission project has obtained two key regulatory orders from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)....
New China Technical Service Centre To Be First of Many
EA Technology, the UK-headquartered electricity asset management specialist, has opened the first of a series of international technical service centers...
Leesburg Launches Grid Modernization
The city of Leesburg, Florida, U.S, is modernizing its electric grid with advanced technologies designed to increase energy efficiency, improve power...
Smart Grid
ABB Opens Smart Grid Center of Excellence
ABB's Smart Grid Center of Excellence facility, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., is now operational and open for business. This state-of-the-art...
RuggedCom Chosen for China PV Plant
Nari-Relays Electric Co. Ltd. has selected RuggedCom to provide a communications network for the implementation of the 200-MW Golmud photovoltaic (PV)...
Telvent Enters Australian Smart Grid Market with Infrastructure Implementation
United Energy (UE) and Multinet Gas (MG) have contracted Telvent to replace their current supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system with...
Technology Updates
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Selects Demand-Response Solution for Deployment Across Service Territory
Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OGE) has selected an end-to-end demand-response (DR) solution to expand its pioneering, smart grid-based peak-reduction programs...
Analytical Tool Closes Transmission Congestion Blind Spot in U.S. Power Markets
Ventyx announces the availability of EV Transmission, a new analytical tool that provides mission-critical data to help traders and analysts quickly analyze...
Follow @Uncle_Vito on Twitter
T&D World's technology editor is on Twitter. Let Vito Longo provide you with tweets and links about utility news, upcoming T&D World feature articles,...
OSI to Supply Mountain Parks Electric with SCADA/DMS System
Colorado's Mountain Parks Electric Inc. (MPEI) has awarded Open Systems International Inc. (OSI) a contract to provide a new supervisory control and data...
Fenno-Skan 2 Cable Link Ready for Use
Fenno-Skan 2, the high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) electricity transmission connection between Finland and Sweden, is now is full operation. Fenno-Skan...
Quarterly Report
Education Empowers Cable Engineers
Veteran engineers are leaving the utility industry in waves, taking with them their experience with cables and the underground transmission and distribution...
Characters with Character
Community Crusader
Some students may be content to master the three R's reading, writing and arithmetic but Lloyd Ricks Jr. prefers to focus on three C's: college, computers...
Products and Services
Electric Vehicle Readiness Guide
With plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) becoming more common on the road today, the Edison Electric Institute has produced a guidebook to help electric...
Formed Wire Catalog
Hubbell Power Systems has released the 57-page Anderson/Fargo catalog, which gives a complete overview and ordering information for the many deadends...
SF6 Analyzer
EMT Americas, leaders in SF6 handling and analysis, announce the launch of a multi-parameter infrared SF6 analyzer. The asserolyz-IR brings interference-free...
Self-Propelled Stump Cutter
JP Carlton introduces a new model to its comprehensive stump cutter line, the SP4012TRX. The SP4012TRX couples a hydraulic-controlled self-propelled grinder...
Hammer Drill
Metabo Corp. introduces the SBE751 -inch hammer drill. This versatile new tool can be used on a variety of construction materials, such as concrete, metal,...
Enterprise Historian Solution
GE Intelligent Platforms announces the availability of its latest software product, Proficy Historian 4.5. This Enterprise Historian solution collects,...
Oil and Solid Dielectric Analyzer
The Tettex 2830/2831 is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating materials. It incorporates a fast and highly advanced procedure...
Energy Meters
Continental Control Systems announced that with its new WattNode BACnet meter (MS/TP), the company now offers cost-effective energy and power metering...
Splice Replacement Tool
BURNDY has expanded the dependable UNISPLICE line and created the Replacement UNISPLICE to simplify the permanent replacement of existing tension automatic...
High-Definition Cameras
American Dynamics, part of Tyco Security Products, introduces its new Illustra 600 Series of high-definition (HD) IP cameras. The Illustra 600 series...
Sag and Tension Calculation Software
A new version of Southwire's SAG10 software for calculating sag and tension in overhead conductors is now available with featured enhancements: In ACSR/AW...
Ethernet Modules for RTU Product Line
Semaphore, a CSE Global company, has released new Ethernet communications options for the Kingfisher Plus+ RTU product line. Communication option T3 is...
Straight Talk
Put Foundations to the Test
The science of soil mechanics and foundation engineering is relatively new. It began in the 1930s with the work performed and published by Karl Terzaghi....
Electric Utility Operations
Tim Yuskin
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Married to Robin for 21 years and has two children, Broc and Emily. Enjoys competing in triathlons, doing home improvement...
Seven Strategies for Improving the Safety Record of Your Crew
Greg, a lineman from Chicago, wanted something different for his family, so he moved from the Windy City to a small rural town in northwest Missouri....
New York Technicians Test for Contact Voltage
All electric utilities in New York state test their underground and overhead electric distribution systems for contact voltage. These utilities perform...
TVA Crews Replace Original Wood Poles
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has gone to great lengths to keep the power on in the small communities of Sherwood and Anderson, Tennessee. With just...
PRODUCTS & Services
Lineman Boot Hall's Safety Equipment Corp. introduces a new pull-on boot. This 12-inch waterproof, insulated, steel-toe Wellington Lineman Boot features...
Parting SHOT
Connecticut Light & Power crews make repairs following Tropical Storm Irene, which hit the Northeast in late August. Working with crews from 24 states...
