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Overhead Transmission
Wind Energy Impacts Eastern Interconnection
With the Current Push to Dramatically Increase the Amount of Renewable Energy Resources especially wind-generated electricity two questions must be asked:...
New Transmission Lines to Transmit Renewable Power from Wind Farms to Texas
LCRA Transmission Services Corp. (LCRA TSC) received a signed written order March 30 from the Public Utility Commission (PUC) for transmission projects that are part of the commission’s Competitive Renewable Energy Zones project. ...
Southwest Power Pool Approves EHV Transmission Projects
The Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Regional State Committee and Board of Directors/Members Committee approved a long-awaited group of extra high voltage economic transmission expansion upgrade projects totaling over $700 million, to be funded by the application ...
ITC: Senate Transmission Bill Will Help Modernize Grid
ITC Holdings Corp. has praised U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) for completing action on legislation that would take needed steps to modernize America's aging energy infrastructure. ...
Utilities Go Green to Produce Clean Energy
One of the main challenges facing the utility industry today is the demand for clean, green electricity, says Nick Schwandt, journeyman lineman for Ameren....
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Underground Transmission & Distribution
Optical-Fibre Sensors Detect Cable Faults
Current Monitoring is a Vital Technology for the Protection, Control and Supervisory facilities in power utilities. Traditionally, current measurement...
Korea to Install New 22.9 kV Superconductor Power Cable System
LS Cable Ltd. has ordered 80,000 meters (50 miles) of 344 superconductors, AMSC’s brand of second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire....
Alberta to Study New Technologies for Electricity Transmission
Underground transmission of high-voltage power lines is one option for consideration under a new study of electricity system technologies to be commissioned by Alberta Energy...
FPL Relocates Cable Circuits
More than 40 Years Ago, 138-kV and 69-kV Pipe-Type Cables were Installed from Miami to Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S. The cables were initially...
A Bridge Between Two Continents
The interconnection between Spain and Morocco, across the Straight of Gibralter, represents an outstanding example of cooperation between neighboring...
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Overhead Distribution
A Lineman Shares His Words of Wisdom
After spending 37 years in the electric industry, I wanted to share my experiences with those linemen who are still working to keep the lights on. In...
Tightening Up Torque Specs
Florida Power & Light (FP&L) recently completed a study of proper torque specifications for connections on its transmission and distribution system. Pitting,...
Linemen Improve Ladder Safety with Safe-T-Climb Device
All too often, heavy extension ladders slip and linemen crash to the ground. To prevent accidents and damage to customers' property, utilities are using...
Aussie Widget Measures Wood Pole Strength
Accurate MPT field test enables Georgia Power to safely extend life of pole fleet....
Eskom Extends Low-Voltage Network
Opportunities Exist in Developing Countries for Innovative Technologies to be applied on networks that supply electricity to large rural communities....
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Business
AREVA Set to Sell its Transmission and Distribution Unit
The AREVA group’s Supervisory Board met today under the chairmanship of Jean-Cyril Spinetta and finalized the steps to be taken to finance the group’s long-term development plan. ...
Unemployment Rate for Electrical Engineers Soars to New Record
The unemployment rate for U.S. electrical and electronics engineers (EEs) hit a new record in the second quarter, while the rate for all engineers increased for a second straight quarter, according to data released last week by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). ...
High-Voltage Underground Cable Testing at LADWP
In May 2004, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) completed installation of its second 230-kV transmission line, setting several underground...
DOE Approves 16 State Energy Spending Plans as Part of Stimulus Push
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved 16 State Energy Program spending plans authorized as part of the federal economic stimulus package signed into law in February. ...
EER: Wind Industry's 2009 Downturn to Give Way to 2010 Surge
Beyond near-term market uncertainty created by the financial crisis, the longer-term prospects for the U.S. wind industry remain strong, according to a new study from Emerging Energy Research, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based advisory firm. ...
Substations
Right Size Your Transformer
When comparing the kilovolt-amp demand loading on southern company substations with the actual connected transformer nameplate kVA, it was apparent that,...
Duke Energy Tests Solar Panels and New Smart Grid Technology in Charlotte
An array of 213 solar panels will soon provide electricity to homes served by Duke Energy's McAlpine Creek substation in south Charlotte - all part of an effort to implement new smart grid technology. ...
Megawatts of Solar
Southern California Edison is Leading California's Charge to meet the nation's most ambitious renewable portfolio standard (RPS) targets: 20% by 2010...
Wood Chips to Energy
The History of the Vacuum Cleaner Goes Back to the 1860s. The device has grown from being a home appliance to one that is used extensively in commercial...
Smart Grid/Automation
IEEE Launches Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Project P2030
The IEEE has announced a smart grid initiative for the power engineering, communications and information technology industries with the project approval of the IEEE 2030 Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System (EPS) and End-Use Applications and Loads (P2030). ...
NIST Releases Report on Smart Grid Development
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology in June released for public review a report that identifies issues and proposes priorities for developing technical standards and an architecture for a U.S. Smart Grid...
Embracing Change: A Move to Mobile GIS
For More than 50 Years, Linemen Navigated their Service Territories by Memory, armed with a handful of paper maps. This was the default or legacy way...
Fire and Ice
The Room Was Being Illuminated Via Clear Polymer Rods with circular light-reflecting etchings that caught the sun's rays being ported down from parabolic...
Smart Grid Standards
The Concept Behind the Smart Grid is to Optimize the Delivery of Electricity. Adding sensors, controls and intelligence allows us to pack as much energy...
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Customer Service
It's So Much More Than a Smart Meter
Electricity Provides Unique Challenges in that it cannot be Stored in Bulk. Instead, it is consumed as soon as it is produced. This means that as demand...
PECO Takes Aim at Secondary Cable Failures
Philadelphia, Like Many Other Older Cities, has Benefited from Waves of Urban Renewal. Small commercial buildings and single-family residences have been...
A Smart Solution to Energy Theft
When you leave, don't forget to turn off the lights and turn on the electric meter. What? Oh yeah, that special switch near the electrical panel. OK....
American Transmission Co. and Northeast Utilities Win 2009 Edison Award
Northeast Utilities and American Transmission Co. have been named winners of the Edison Award by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) for the extraordinary achievements both companies have made this past year. ...
The Reliability Triangle
We Energies, like many utilities, has been actively tracking and bench-marking distribution reliability statistics for years, using the standard indices...
