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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

Hyundai Heavy Industries Successfully Develops Commercial Grade Superconducting Fault Current Limiter  

American Superconductor Corporation announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (Hyundai) has achieved world record performance levels for fault current limiters (FCL), which it developed utilizing AMSC’s 344S superconductor...

Offshore Wind Parks in the UK Connected to the Power Supply Network 

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) is connecting the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind parks, located in the north east of England, to the British power supply network. With 27 wind turbines each, the two wind parks have a combined generating capacity of 180 MW. The wind parks, which are ...

Helicopter Work Speeds Nebraska Line Reconstruction  

The Nebraska Public Power District is pleased to report its transmission crews and hired contractors have reconstructed nearly 60 percent of NPPD’s transmission system in central Nebraska damaged by the New Year’s ice storm...

American Superconductor and Siemens Achieve Commercial-Grade Performance Levels for Superconductor Fault Current Limiter  

American Superconductor Corporation and Siemens AG announced commercial-grade performance levels for a medium voltage superconductor surge protection device known as a fault current limiter (FCL). The device was based on Siemens’ proprietary ...

Siemens Connects Wind Farm on Fehmarn to the German Network  

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD), Erlangen, Germany, has connected the “Fehmarn Mitte” wind farm to the 110-kV high-voltage system on the Schleswig-Holstein mainland of Northern Germany following modernization and upgrading of the farm’s capacity...

P.S.D., Inc. to Provide 138-kV Substation for the City of Vineland, New Jersey 

P.S.D., Inc. dba Power Systems Development (PSD) announced today that The City of Vineland, New Jersey has awarded them a $4 million contract to engineer, procure and construct (EPC) a new 138 kV to 13.2 kV substation to serve ...

Construction Resumes on the Topock-Davis-Lake Mead Transmission Line 

Construction of the Western Area Power Administration (Western) 80-mile Topock-Davis-Lake Mead line that parallels the Colorado River along Arizona’s western border with California and extends ...

ABB to Upgrade Control and Valve Cooling System for HVDC Station in New Mexico  

ABB has been selected by the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) to upgrade the control and the valve cooling systems of their existing ABB HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) system delivered over 20 years ago. ...

Work Moves Ahead on New Transmission Line in Nebraska 

While utilities in central Nebraska work to repair their storm-ravaged power lines, Omaha Public Power District's Board of Directors yesterday took another step to strengthen its electrical transmission ...

Asplundh Sends 349 Tree Crews in Response to Midwest Ice Storm 

In response to a devastating ice storm that struck parts of Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma, Asplundh Tree Expert Co. dispatched 349 tree trimming crews comprised of over 1,000 individuals to aid in the restoration ...

Construction Begins on Super High-Voltage Power Lines 

Construction has began on the world's first 800-kV direct current transmission lines in Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Chuxiong, southwest China's Yunnan Province...

Fort Mojave Tribal Utility to Install 3M’s High-Capacity ACCR Conductor  

Aha Macav Power Services, a utility owned and operated by the Fort Mojave Tribe in the southwest, will become the first Native American utility to deploy 3M aluminum conductor composite ...

Estlink Submarine Becomes Operational  

On January 2, 2007, ABB handed over the Estlink submarine cable to the Baltic and Finnish power companies. Electricity trade via the Estlink submarine cable commenced on Thursday, January 4. ...

AES Announces Plans to Expand Electricity Service in Cameroon  

The AES Corp. announced that its subsidiary, AES SONEL, plans to expand its electricity network in Cameroon, more than doubling the number of people it currently serves over the next 15 years and extending its network to previously unserved parts of the country. The improvements ...

Chelyabinsk Region Government, RAO UES Sign Agreement to Improve Reliability of Power Supply in the Chelyabinsk Region 

The Chelyabinsk Region Government and RAO "UES of Russia", with the participation of Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative to the Urals Federal District, have signed an Agreement on Cooperation in implementing capital investment projects to build and refurbish the electric power facilities ...

AREVA to Modernize Moscow’s Power Grid 

AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution Division (T&D) has won a large-scale contract in Russia, worth several tens of millions of euros, to modernize Moscow’s electricity network...

Wisconsin Commission Approves 138-kV Line in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan 

After many months of public input and regulatory review, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin gave its final approval to a power line project proposed by American Transmission Co. ...

Qatar to Expand Power System with 25 New Siemens GIS Substations 

As part of the further expansion of the power supply system in Qatar, Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) has been awarded an order worth over 700 million euros by Qatar General Electricity ...

Inauguration Celebrates First Power Link Between Baltic States and Finland  

The Estlink submarine cable, built in record time, connects the Harku 330 kV converter station outside Tallinn and the Espoo 440 kV converter station near Helsinki, linking, for the first time in history, the electricity markets of the Baltic States and the Nordic countries...

Hydro-Quebec Orders ABB HVDC Converter Station to Connect Quebec and Ontario Transmission Grids 

ABB has received a $200 million CAD ($175 MUSD) order from Hydro-Québec to strengthen the electrical transmission grid between Quebec and Ontario. ABB will deliver a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station that will add 1,250 MW of transmission capacity ...

Project Update on Juan de Fuca Cable Project 

Sea Breeze Power Corp., on behalf of its affiliate, Sea Breeze Victoria Converter Corporation (“Sea Breeze-VCC”), announces that key permitting milestones for the Juan de Fuca (JDF) Cable Project, a 550 MW High Voltage ...

Siemens to Replace Air-insulated Switching Station in the Moscow City Center with GIS Technology without Interrupting Operation  

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) is replacing a 40-year old high-voltage outdoor switching station (500/220/110 kV) in the Moscow city center with modern, space-saving gas-insulated switchgear (GIS). The order has a value of about €53 million. The customer...

Start-up of Estlink Submarine Cable Might Be Delayed  

Problems in tests being conducted in the converter station in Finland might delay the start-up of the Estlink submarine cable. Tests in Espoo substations have been temporarily discontinued. Starting from the middle ...

AEP and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. to Form Joint Venture Company to Build Transmission in Texas 

American Electric Power (AEP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. (MidAmerican) to form a joint venture company to build and own new electric transmission assets ...

Connecticut Transmission Infrastructure  

Quanta Services, Inc. has secured a contract with Northeast Utilities (NU) for transmission infrastructure services spanning some 45 miles in Connecticut. The contract is part of the Middletown-to-Norwalk project and encompasses ...

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

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