Overhead Transmission
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Approves ATC’s Pleasant Prairie-Zion Energy Center Transmission Line Project
American Transmission Co. on has received unanimous approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to build an approximately 5.8-mile, 345-kV electric transmission line called the Pleasant Prairie-Zion Energy Center Transmission Line Project....
U.S., Iraq Reaffirm Commitment to Energy Cooperation
The governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq reaffirmed their commitment to joint cooperation in the areas of oil production and export, natural gas, electricity, and critical energy infrastructure protection during the inaugural meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) on Energy on April 23, 2012....
American Transmission Co. Proposes New Transmission Project Serving Michigan, Wisconsin
American Transmission Co. is announcing a transmission line and substation project to improve electric system reliability in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ...
Bluebonnet Linemen Battle Texas Wildfire
For more than two weeks last September, 1,350 men and women came together to battle the flames that burned more than 34,000 acres of Bastrop County in...
ATC Builds Transmission Line in Wisconsin
A new 7.7-mile (12-km) transmission line between the Canal Substation in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., and the Dunn Road Substation in the Town of Sevastopol...
HVDC Reaches Critical Mass
Over the past 10 years, the editors at Transmission & Distribution World have found that coverage of technical issues sometimes requires a critical mass...
A World of Knowledge
Part of the fun of being a consulting engineer is never knowing what adventure the next phone call will bring. The past year has brought me a variety...
HVDC: A Revolution Ahead
The power engineering industry is facing tremendous challenges worldwide. Countries such as China, Brazil and India have experienced a massive demand...
War of the Currents: An Update
Sometimes technological advancement is not about a new discovery, it is about steady progress, hard work and improvement of existing technologies. Although...
Renovating the Grid For the 21st Century
So many old ideas are becoming new again. This is a phenomenon that takes place over and over again as technology advances and matures. Think about renewable...
Connecting the Dots
Today's electrical grid is a complex system so heavily loaded and congested it can be pushed into instability by unrelated events. The infamous 2003 Northeast...
The Evolution of HVDC Transmission
Commercial HVDC was pioneered in the 1950s, starting with the 20-MW Gotland submarine-land project, based on mercury arc valves designed by Dr. Uno Lamm...
California ISO Board Green Lights Grid Upgrades
The California Independent System Operator Corporation Board of Governors unanimously approved the 2011/2012 Transmission Plan, which indentified 30 transmission projects as needed to maintain grid reliability....
Non-Profit NEAC Releases Transmission Routing Study for Nevada
The Nevada Energy Assistance Corp. just finalized a report identifying several transmission corridors that could carry our state’s renewable energy to load centers around the West. ...
First New Tower Completed on Beauly–Denny Replacement Electricity Line, Scotland
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, working on behalf of Scottish Hydro Electric Limited, has completed the first new tower on the replacement Beauly – Denny electricity line in Scotland....
FPL Strengthens the Electric Grid Against Major Storms
Florida Power & Light Co. plans to invest more than $200 million in 2012 to strengthen the electric grid against major storms and keep service reliability high, the company said in an annual filing with the Florida Public Service Commission....
PJM Federal Filings Seek Transmission Planning Reform
PJM Interconnection today filed with the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) two measures that emerged from its stakeholder process designed to reform the generation interconnection process and include public policy requirements in regional transmission planning....
SPP Board Approves Over $1.7 Billion of Transmission Expansion Projects
In keeping with its 2010 strategic plan to build a robust transmission system and develop efficient energy markets, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) board...
CMP Transmission Project Marks Milestone
Central Maine Power Co. marked a key milestone in its Maine Power Reliability Program (MPRP) when crews set the project's 1,000th transmission structure....
What is the Condition of Your Insulator?
An essential requirement for ensuring worker safety when performing live work with transmission composite insulators (also called polymer or nonceramic...
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