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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.

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Annunciator Panel Easily Implements Alarming

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has released the new, versatile SEL-2523 Annunciator Panel. The new annunciator panel provides an easy and economical means of annunciation in both existing and new applications. Apply the SEL-2523 for many industrial, utility, and commercial uses.

The flexibility of the communications and alarm configuration in this product allows it to be applied with little or no hard-wiring. SEL-2523 Annunciator Panel features include:

  • Flexible Communications: Provides up to four EIA-232 ports or three EIA-232 ports and one EIA-485 port with Modbus RTU, DNP3, MIRRORED BITS, and SEL protocols. All protocols support multiple sessions and simultaneous use. Communications data can aid in triggering and monitoring alarm points.
  • Programmable Logic: Reduce wiring requirements by implementing complex alarms in logic rather than through hard-wiring. Or, eliminate wiring completely and use incoming communications points to control alarms.
  • Sequential Events Recorder: Easily install and analyze operations with timestamped records of the last 1,024 operations of 96 different internal and external events. Select the points needed for an application, and name them according to existing conventions. .
  • Rugged and Reliable Operation: Meets stringent EMC, environmental, and mechanical type tests. Built SEL tough, the SEL-2523 and its hardened internal power supply have a temperature rating of –40° to +85°C and will endure harsh environments trouble free . ACSELERATOR QuickSet® SEL-5030 Software. An interactive remote HMI feature also allows for fast installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
  • PC Software and HMI: Offers a simple and intuitive user interface for device settings with included

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

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