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FERC-NERC Staff Report on September 2011 Blackout Calls for Improved Planning
Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and North American Electric Reliability Corp. yesterday said the September 2011 blackout that left 2.7 million customers in Southern California, Arizona and Baja California without power stemmed from operating in an unsecured state due to inadequate planning and a lack of observability and awareness of system operating conditions on the day of the event....
Iraq to Refurbish Distribution System
The Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq has awarded a contract for a state-of-the-art power distribution management system. ...
EPRI Tests Confirm Viability of Using Drones to Assess Storm Damage on Distribution Systems
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has completed tests determining that unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, can be used effectively to assess storm damage on utility distribution systems. ...
Safety is Doing the Right Thing
Many utility leaders have adopted the slogan: Safety is the right thing to do. I believed firmly in this slogan until a serious incident made me reconsider...
Linemen Specialize in Live-Line Work
About 14 years ago, it was rare for most electric utility companies to work on energized lines. Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL), however, hired KT...
ASTM Supports Aerial Device Safety
Linemen who maintain transmission and distribution lines and towers often work in a fiberglass bucket or boom that stretches from 45 ft to 150 ft in the...
PEVs Move into the Fast Lane
Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have arrived, and electric utilities soon will be able to reap the benefits. The Chevy Volt and the Nissan LEAF first...
Con Edison Crews Aid Harlem Trench Rescue with Vactor Truck
Two Con Edison employees helped to save a construction worker who was buried alive in a trench cave-in on Feb. 24. ...
Xcel Energy Completes Reliability Upgrades in New Mexico
Xcel Energy has completed $1.6 million in upgrades to boost reliability in Portales, New Mexico, after record cold weather in the early months of 2011 stressed sections of the city’s distribution system....
Consumers Energy Restores Power After Winter Storm
Abouty 11,000 Consumers Energy electric customers are without service due to the winter storm that began on Friday afternoon. ...
Linemen Rebuild Joplin After Twister's Destruction
An EF5 tornado tore through a major portion of the city of Joplin, Missouri, last May, leveling homes, mangling power lines and snapping utility poles....
Wyoming Utility Hardens Distribution System
When looking for a place to land, birds often settle on power lines and poles. As a result, they can come in contact with power lines, leading to accidental...
Dominion Virginia Power Working to Restore Service to Customers Affected By Winter Storm
Dominion Virginia Power crews have restored power to more than 30,000 of the 40,000 customers affected by the weekend snowstorm....
Ameren Linemen Do the Electric Slide
When utilities relocate poles for road-expansion projects, the linemen often replace all the poles and hardware. During a recent project in St. Louis,...
Consumer Interest in Plug-in Electric Vehicles Declines to 40%
However, as public awareness of electric vehicles continues to build with the increase in model launch activity, a new survey from Pike Research finds that consumer interest in purchasing PEVs has gradually declined over the past two years....
UK Deploys Battery Storage
Energy storage is becoming increasingly important as electricity networks evolve into smarter systems that integrate power generated from intermittent...
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...
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....
BPU Report Calls for New Jersey Utilities to Improve Storm Response Plans
the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has released a preliminary report on major storm event planning and emergency response by the four regulated Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs)....
California Commission Investigates Prolonged Outages in Edison Territory
The California Public Utilities Commission is conducting an investigation into prolonged power outages in the service area of Southern California Edison following a recent windstorm....
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