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    Covered for Resiliency
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    Overhead Transmission

    Overcoming Construction Challenges: How Innovative Engineering Powered the 180-Mile Badger Coulee Transmission Project

    Jan. 8, 2025
    The Badger Coulee transmission project overcame many unique challenges along its 180-mile length.
    Courtesy of Ameren
    Steel H-frame structure install prior to testing,
    Overhead Transmission

    Optimizing Steel H-Frame Foundations: Ameren’s Innovative Approach to Pole Embedment Depths

    Jan. 6, 2025
    Full-scale direct embed steel pole load testing proves outside-of-the-box thinking.
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    Smart Utility

    Telecommunications: The Backbone for Grid Modernization

    Dec. 19, 2024
    Here we are in 2024, and smart grid had turned into grid modernization. And with grid modernization comes more complicated communications needs for utilities.
    Erin Rowe
    Three big challenges discussed at the conference included the challenges associated with clean hydrogen, the promise of transportation electrification, and finally the unprecedented growth in electric power demand.
    Electric Utility Operations

    AI, Complexity, and Cross-Industry Collaborations: Key Trends at T&D World Conference

    Dec. 17, 2024
    The electric utility industry is at the forefront of infrastructure related optimization efforts when it comes to addressing the complexities, cross-industry issues, and regulatory...
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    Overhead Transmission

    Connecting Renewable Energy with Giga-Strength Steel: A Utility’s Path Forward

    Dec. 4, 2024
    By partnering with the North American Lineman Training Center (NALTC), utilities can leverage this technology to enhance grid reliability and efficiency.

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    Electric Utility Operations

    Wi-Fi 7 and the Digital Era: How Emerging Tech is Shaping the Future of Work and Connectivity

    Dec. 4, 2024
    It's a good time to be working with emerging digital technologies. For those who have come to terms with the digital era, it’s best to stay on the high-side of the learning curve...
    Photo by E.ON.
    While covered conductors were developed to protect power continuity for customers during Nordic storms, it also can be used for other applications. For example, it is being used in Australia to cut wildfire risk.
    Overhead Transmission

    Covered Conductor: E.ON’s Cost Per Mile

    Nov. 27, 2024
    The Swedish utility has used lightweight covered conductor, or tree wire, for decades and has developed a budget outline to guide its investment.
    Photo courtesy of Orlando Utilities Commission and Ubicquia.
    OUC crews installing UbiGrid DTM+.
    Test and Measurement

    Smart Monitoring Brings Power Quality Clarity

    Nov. 26, 2024
    Orlando Utilities Commission uses real-time monitoring to pinpoint why a large manufacturing plant was suddenly experiencing outages.
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    HVDC

    Power Electronics Are Making the Transmission System Flexible

    Nov. 21, 2024
    Integrated solutions are required for our interconnected power grid.