Electric utilities recognize the need for new distribution network technologies to accommodate sustainable growth and customers’ growing interest in grid-connected, customer-owned technologies such as ...

Although the reliability of power to Industry is high, momentary power interruptions and voltage sags still occur. These may be caused naturally, by lightning strikes , snow storms and over grown ...

The current financial climate presents utility managers with a key challenge: the delivery of levels of service to customers at the most efficient balance of cost and risk. Increasingly, utilities are ...

Partial discharge testing of in-situ power cable accessories is an emerging technology. Many diagnostic systems are being developed, both off-line and on-line that are providing much data. These data ...

Danger is a fact of life for a traditional meter reader. Between looking out for threatening dogs and other animals, avoiding slips, trips and falls, dealing with customers who may not be exactly ...

Iberdrola Renewables provides wind energy globally, with their U.S. headquarters located in Portland, Oregon. Their operation is staffed 24/7/365 to manage their huge network of wind farms. It is ...

What is Dynamic Line Rating? Traditional operational limits of a transmission line are established through “static” transmission line rating methodologies. The common practice for transmission line ...

Problems associated with poor installations of advanced meters have done tremendous damage to public perceptions about the utility industry. To those familiar with the challenges associated with ...

Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) is an investor-owned utility serving over 159,000 customers in 163 communities—the largest in the state. The company also has a long tradition of innovative rates ...

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The use of Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) as a method for determining the types of pending or occurring faults within power transformers has been in practice for many years. It has been proven that the ...

The interruption of electric power circuits has always been an essential function, especially in cases of overloads or short circuits when immediate interruption of the current flow becomes necessary ...