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    (Left) Enclosure for FCCP device. BGE started piloting this solution in August 2022 at a substation with only one dc supply. (Right) A newly installed Multitel box. The FCCP device has a clamp-on current transformer (CT) that can be installed on one wire of the battery dc supply charger cable. Photos courtesy of Baltimore Gas & Electric.
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    Photo courtesy of Con Edison.
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    Creative Underground Transmission Construction in Queens

    Nov. 17, 2023
    Consolidated Edison considers options for building new underground transmission lines that will carry increasing amounts of renewable energy to customer in New York City.
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    Point-to-Point Digital Secondary System Design for a Transmission Substation: Part 2

    Oct. 23, 2023
    Duke Energy is evaluating the use of a point to point digital secondary system to reduce the amount of copper utilized in traditional substation protection designs.
    Courtesy of SMECO
    Pole base setting with line energized.
    Overhead Transmission

    Keeping It Close: A Composite Solution Redefines Compact Design and Construction

    Sept. 22, 2023
    Creating new standard construction practices to meet critical customer needs.
    Photo courtesy of Eolian, L.P.
    Aerial photographs of Eolian, L.P.’s Madero & Ignacio battery energy storage facility, a 200 MW/2.5+ hour duration storage system in Texas. Eolian is the developer of PGE’s Seaside battery energy storage system, one of the large-scale storage projects recently procured by PGE.
    Distributed Energy Resources

    Portland General Electric Bolsters Reliability with Battery Energy Storage Systems

    July 28, 2023
    Portland General Electric uses battery energy storage systems in its portfolio to balance clean energy with reliability and affordability for customers.
    Photo by SDG&E.
    SDG&E sought approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones for multiple use cases, including assessments. It was one of the first utilities to receive approval in 2014.
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    SDG&E Expands Drone Program to Detect Damage

    April 12, 2023
    The utility takes the use of drones for preventive assessments further by automatically detecting damaged assets from drone-captured images.

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    Pole storage yard in Dickinson, North Dakota, was added to provide easier access to supplies when poles are needed suddenly following storm damage or accidents.
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    Minnesota Resilience

    Nov. 8, 2022
    The cooperative conducts lessons learned from storms and other self-assessments to develop and refine its resilience strategies.
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    Evergy Stabilizes Damaged Tower

    Sept. 30, 2022
    Drone data capture and 3-D photogrammetry modeling were used to stabilize a damaged tower until a new structure could be installed.
    Figure 1: Hastings, Michigan HDD contractor, Dig-It Inc utility crew installing distribution line in Southwest Michigan.
    Intelligent Undergrounding

    Horizontal Directional Drilling: When the Engineer Hands You A Bore Plan

    July 8, 2022
    A multi-part series on what a job superintendent needs to know about the escalating use of horizontal directional drilling for undergrounding transmission and distribution lines...
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    A key element of this effort was the installation of a 500-kV, 1440-MVAR series capacitor bank, deployed in Warroad, Minnesota and provided by Hitachi Energy.
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    Get the Most Out of New, Existing Transmission Infrastructure

    July 5, 2022
    Minnesota Power builds one of the world’s largest series capacitor banks to improve the overall capacity and efficiency of transmission infrastructure.