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Designing Energy Services for Commercial and Industrial Customers

Over the past year, technology advances and high energy prices have stimulated interest in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Discussions are wide-ranging. Some focus globally: Australian and Canadian “smart metering”, new European Union requirements, the results of time-of-use pilots that arose in the wake of California’s deregulation debacle.

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York Region Finishes Tasks Faster

We all know that data integration improves productivity and York Region is living proof. Using AutoCAD® Map 3D, York saved time and money by relying on its AutoCAD-trained staff to quickly implement a new system that incorporates both CAD and GIS.

Save Time with CAD and GIS Integration

Read how the Public Works Department of the City of Tacoma (Tacoma), Washington, uses its geospatial data to do everything from issuing building permits and managing waste water to maintaining streetlights

Rock Creek Substation  

Windtricity Ventures Inc. and White Creek LLC have submitted generation interconnection requests to interconnect up to 150 MW of power from the Goodnoe Hills wind project and up to 200 MW of power from the White Creek wind project into the Federal Columbia River Transmission System...

LIPA/Neptune Activate New Cable Bringing Lower-Cost Energy Directly to Long Island from New Jersey for the First Time 

The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and Neptune Regional Transmission System, LLC today announced that the Neptune electric transmission cable between New Jersey and Long Island has completed testing and has ...

AEP and Allegheny 765-kV Transmission Project Approved by PJM 

American Electric Power's 765-kV joint transmission line proposal with Allegheny Energy Inc. was approved by PJM Interconnection (PJM)....

Otter Tail Power Co. Begins Construction for Transmission Line Upgrade 

Otter Tail Power Co. has begun work to upgrade the Appleton-Canby transmission line to operate at 115 kV. In March the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the company's application for the 42-mile project...

Substation Upgrade Will Improve Voltage Support and Reliability 

Glendale, California Distribution System Upgrade 

Siemens is Constructing a 800-kV DC Link in China from Yunnan to Guangzhou 

PSE&G Endorses New Transmission Lines To Improve Long-term Electric Reliability in New Jersey 

Public Service Electric and Gas Company has endorsed construction of several new 500-kV transmission lines that will significantly improve the long-term reliability of the electric system that serves New Jersey customers...

FPL Energy Files Application to Build New Electric Transmission in Texas 

Lone Star Transmission, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Energy, LLC, filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to establish a new regulated utility business unit to construct...

PSE&G to Replace 1,300 Vehicles with Hybrids to Help Curb Carbon Emissions in New Jersey  

Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) unveiled plans to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 81,000 tons by replacing 1,300 vehicles with hybrids and making changes in other areas of its corporate fleet....

PacifiCorp to Construct Transmission Lines through West 

PacifiCorp announced plans to build more than 1,200 miles of new 500-kV transmission lines originating in Wyoming and connecting into Utah, Idaho, Oregon and the desert southwest...

Russian Transmission Investment Progress Report 

The North-West Transmission Grids, branch of OAO "UES FGC", brought on line a new 330-kV Novgorodskaya substation in the city of Veliky Novgorod, as reported in a progress report on the investment program by the RAO UES companies for May 2007. ...

Texas Variable Frequency Transformer Installation Dedicated 

A new state-of-the-art Variable Frequency Transformer (VFT), a key component in a 138-kV electric interconnection between Laredo and Mexico was dedicated May 18, at the Laredo VFT substation. Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams made keynote remarks at the formal dedication. ...

Glendale Water & Power to Repair Transmission Line and Towers to Improve Reliability of Electrical System 

Glendale Water & Power (GWP), Glendale, CA, has started repairs of a transmission line damaged during a severe lightning storm in 2005. Scheduled to be completed by November, the project to restore the transmission lin...

Idaho Power and PacifiCorp Anticipate Need for Major Transmission Development  

Idaho Power announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with PacifiCorp under which the companies would pursue possible development of new high voltage transmission lines from Wyoming across southern Idaho. ...

PECO Reliability Enhancement Projects in Delaware County Should Benefit More Than 35,000 Local Customers 

PECO will spend more than $17.2 million in service reliability projects this year that will benefit roughly 35,000 Delaware County customers. Across southeastern Pennsylvania, PECO will invest more than $254 million in system upgrades and capital improvements....

Westar Energy Receives Permission to Build New Transmission Line 

Westar Energy, Inc. has received approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission to build a new 345 kV high-capacity transmission line from northwest of Wichita, KS, near its Gordon Evans Energy Center...

ComEd Submits Petition for Phase III of Northwest Reliability Project to Illinois Commerce Commission  

Following a comprehensive 15-month study, ComEd submitted a petition for approval of Phase III of the Northwest Reliability Project to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). ...

CL&P Prepares for Summer Peak Load with T&D Maintenance and Inspection Projects 

The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) is in the final stages of a $30 million program to upgrade and strengthen its infrastructure across the state as the summer season – the time of greatest electricity consumption – approaches...

NPPD Energizes Final Transmission Line Segment 

Nebraska Public Power District, Columbus, Neb, placed into service the last of 37 transmission line segments damaged, or destroyed, by the late December ice storm. This accomplishment comes six weeks ahead of the original reconstruction schedule. ...

Hydro One Installing 170 New Poles in Coleraine Road Widening Project 

Hydro One, Ontario, Canada, staff from its Orangeville work center have begun a major $3.5 million project installing 170 new poles and 30 km of line to accommodate widening of Coleraine Road in Bolton. The project is a joint effort with the Town of Caledon to widen the thoroughfare between Mayfield Road to King Street...

Southern California Edison Auld-Moraga No. 2 Subtransmission Line Project Underway 

Southern California Edison’s Auld-Moraga No. 2 Project will be 8.7 miles of new 115-kV line connecting the existing Auld Substation in Murrieta, CA with the existing Moraga Substation in Temecula, CA...

Dominion Virginia Power Files Application to Build Transmission Lines In Southeastern Virginia 

Dominion Virginia Power has applied to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for permission to build two transmission lines — a 500 kV line and an associated 230 kV line — in southeastern Virginia to meet the increasing demand for electricity in Hampton Roads....

Con Edison Details $1.4 Billion in Electric Delivery Investments 

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) has invested $1.4 billion in its electric delivery infrastructure preparing for this summer, and has established several new emergency response and communications programs....

NSTAR Energizes Major Underground Transmission Line 

NSTAR has officially flipped the switch on its massive underground transmission project, easing congestion in the regional power grid and adding much-needed capacity to the existing system...

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Hurricane Ike Coverage

Hurricane Ike Coverage
On September 12th, Hurricane Ike tore through the Gulf Coast, wreaking havoc on lives and property. Transmission & Distribution World’s Rick Bush is headed to the region to provide a first-hand account of the damage including an insider view of utility emergency-response efforts. His reports and subsequent feature coverage will highlight how utilities, contractors and suppliers work as a team to restore power as quickly as possible.
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At the Briefing Room you will be able to stay up-to-date on the latest technology announcements where we will provide daily postings from our industry sources.

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ACSS and HS285 Extend Grid Capacity

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There are capacity bottleneck situations, where new overhead transmission line construction is not a practical reality. In some of these situations overhead lines are in place and they are not able to provide the transfer capacity needed.

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Transmission & Distribution World presents Superconductor Cable Systems, A Part of the Increasing Bulk Power Transfer Series.

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Evolution of Next Generation Wireless Communications in Power Delivery

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Evolution of Next Generation Wireless Communications in Power Delivery - seeing wireless communications solutions emerge to enable more efficient operations.

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