Substations
Battery Monitor Pinpoints Failing Cells
By offering a convenient and reliable way of monitoring the voltage of individual cells during storage battery discharge testing, the BVM battery monitor from Megger allows failing cells to be readily located....
Arc Flash Protection Features Upgrades
The ABB Low Voltage Products division has released TVOC-2, a new generation of its Arc Guard System that has been protecting electrical equipment from dangerous electrical arc flashes for more than 35 years....
CL&P Explores Sustainable Solutions
Sustainability is defined as a set of environmental, economic and social conditions in which all of society has the capacity and opportunity to maintain...
PECO Invests More Than $60 Million in New Philadelphia Substation
PECO has invested more than $60 million in the newly-constructed Peltz substation to improve electric service reliability and meet the growing energy needs of customers in portions of Center City and University City in Philadelphia....
Pepco to Make Reliability Upgrades at Buzzard Point Substation
The Potomac Electric Power Co. has filed with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia a formal notice of its intent to make major reliability improvements to the Buzzard Point Substation....
Dynamic Voltage Control Delivers Every Day
In early 2006, KCP&L executives looked for ways to reduce system peak demand. The distribution automation engineering group proposed a voltage reduction...
NSTAR to Launch Advanced Energy Storage Pilot Project
A123 Systems is launching a pilot project with NSTAR to study and showcase the performance and reliability benefits of implementing A123’s Grid Storage Battery (GBS) within a suburban electric grid....
Primary Current Injection Test Set is Portable
While capable of delivering 900 A continuously and 5,000 A for short periods, the new Ingvar primary current injection test set from Megger is readily portable, making it suitable for on-site use, even in applications such as underground substations where access would be difficult or impossible for larger test sets. ...
Dielectric Analyzer Tests Liquid or Solid Insulating Materials
The Tettex 2830/2831 is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating materials....
Georgia Transmission Issues First Reward for Information Leading to Copper Theft Conviction
Georgia Transmission Corporation recently paid its first US$3,000 reward to citizens whose report led to the conviction of copper thieves in Soperton, Georgia. ...
Energy Boost for Ausgrid’s Crows Nest Substation
Work is set to begin on the electrical fit out of the new Crows Nest zone substation, with two 50-ton transformers arriving on site this month....
Progress Energy Tackles the Third Harmonic
Harmonic voltage and currents on the distribution system have been largely an industrial issue caused by large motors with variable-speed drives. However,...
Ausgrid Reveals Landmark CBD Building with Substation and Commercial Tower
As part of the Sydney CityGrid project, Ausgrid reveals plans for a new landmark building in the central business district (CBD) of Sydney, Australia,...
City of Weatherford Uses SMART Solution to Track Substation Performance
Weatherford, a western suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., is a family centric community with a tradition of planning for the future. To deliver clean,...
Landmark Sydney, Australia Building with Substation and Commercial Tower
A new landmark building in the Sydney CBD will house a major electrical substation with an integrated commercial tower development, after architects Fitzpatrick and Partners won a competition to design the building....
Ausgrid Powers up New Substation
Crews have powered up the first part of the new Top Ryde zone substation which is now supplying electricity to more than 3,500 homes and businesses in the Northern suburbs region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
SDG&E Prepares for Future Seismic Events
A small earthquake rumbled through San Diego on Easter Sunday one-and-a-half years ago, crumbling roadways and inflicting damage to San Diego Gas & Electric's...
PECO Selects WiMAX Solution for Philadelphia Project
RuggedCom Inc. announces its involvement in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., implementation project in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent. PECO selected...
India Steel Company Orders $71 Million in Substations
Steel Authority of India Limited has ordered a US$71 million substation package for its Bhilai Steel Plant, located in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh....
Relays Become Problem Solvers
Over the past several years, there has been much discussion about the potential applications of synchrophasor technology, but there has not been as much...
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