Many people assume the Smart Grid is a revolutionary change to the operation of the electric grid. In reality, it is an incremental step in the long evolution of adding automation to the electric grid ...

Remote monitoring of substation equipment is used to take advantage of present information technology to reduce operating costs while loading that equipment closer to nameplate ratings and deferring e ...

Conducting a thorough examination of architectural impacts, signal attributes, business and regional challenges, as well as other factors impacting wireless utility communications, will help utilities ...

To improve emergency response operations, utilities across the United States and Canada are increasingly adopting the Incident Command System (ICS).. . .

Successfully implementing Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) capabilities and related Meter Data Management Systems (MDMS) is even more challenging than a typical utility project.. . .

Electric distribution companies can achieve huge savings in the new frontier of energy-efficiency improvement by maximizing energy delivery efficiency and optimizing peak demand. VVO will help achieve ...

“Energy efficiency” is the latest buzz phrase since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) was signed in August. Both short- and long-term projections indicate the era of "cheap energy" is gone in ...

For decades, asset decommissioning has been relegated to afterthought status in many industries, including utilities. Instead, businesses have focused their attention on bringing new projects online a ...

Annually, 75 to 80 workers die from fatal injuries in the electric utility industry. A large number of these deaths are due to electrical contact.. . .

Case Study: Using Zones and Conduits to Secure a Distributed Electronic Security Perimeter (ESP) By Eric Byres A large utility had an agreement with several industrial customers to buy and sell power.

The independent study, conducted by E Source, surveyed over 2,700 customers across small, midsize, and large businesses.E Source, a utilities-focused consulting ...

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) gave the okay to Tampa Electric Company (TECO) customers wanting a non-communicating meter instead of the company's new Automated Meter Infrastructure (. . ...