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    Point-to-Point Digital Secondary System Design for a Transmission Substation: Part 2

    Oct. 23, 2023
    Duke Energy is evaluating the use of a point to point digital secondary system to reduce the amount of copper utilized in traditional substation protection designs.
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    The Role of Distribution Automation in the Energy Transition

    April 21, 2023
    A concerted effort is needed from utilities, state policymakers, and public utility commissions and manufacturers to drive the investment and deployment of DA technologies.
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    How To Select Pole Material With Wildfires In Mind

    April 6, 2023
    Xcel Energy, SDG&E and the Snohomish County PUD share insights on fire hardening and their wildfire protection plans.
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    Low-Voltage Bushing Box and Low-Voltage Bushing Leaks Root Cause Analysis

    Jan. 18, 2023
    Bushing failures are the major causes of transformer failures. These leads can lead to costly consequences: oil spills, explosions, fires and the significant cost to replacing...
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    Horizontal Directional Drilling: When the Engineer Hands You A Bore Plan

    July 8, 2022
    A multi-part series on what a job superintendent needs to know about the escalating use of horizontal directional drilling for undergrounding transmission and distribution lines...

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    Fire Protection in Substation Transformers

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    Oil-filled transformers pose the greatest fire risk in any substation.
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