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Recent research has unveiled a surprising consequence of climate change: silver, a metal traditionally associated with jewelry and electronics, is now being buried beneath the…
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Ground Tester Section Criteria
Ground Tester Section Criteria is important to decide. The electrical grounding component of an electrical facility can be easily overlooked. It doesn’t appear to have…
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Fort Collins Municipality Case Study
A proposal for equipping broadband services to the Fort Collins, CO, municipality was approved by residents and a $120 million bond is now providing Fort…
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Global Warming's Heat Threatens Youth
Global warming is not only a distant concern for the future but a pressing reality today, especially for the younger generations. As climate change intensifies,…
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Retailers Adapt Strategies to Changing Weather and Climate
As climate change increasingly impacts weather patterns across the globe, retailers are adjusting their strategies to respond to more frequent and extreme weather events. From…
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NOAA Grants Boost Citizen Science for Marine Conservation
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has announced a new round of grants aimed at enhancing marine conservation efforts through citizen science. This…
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Climate Change and Political Responses
As the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, discussions around climate change continue to shape the political landscape. Recent events have brought to light the complex…
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Canada Urged to Boost Climate Adaptation Spending
As climate change continues to impact communities across the globe, a growing body of research suggests that Canada should shift its focus from primarily fighting…
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From Protection to Prediction: How AI Is Changing Substation Maintenance and Operations
For decades, substation protection and substation maintenance were treated as separate disciplines. Protection relays existed…
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Substation Cybersecurity in the Digital Era: NERC CIP, IEC 62443, and Protecting the IEC 61850 Network
Every benefit that digital substations and IEC 61850 networking bring to T&D operations comes with…
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Substations in a DER-Heavy Grid: DERMS, FLISR, and Grid-Enhancing Technologies
The substation was originally designed to manage power flowing in one direction, from generation through…
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Digital Substations and the IEC 61850 Standard: The Architecture Behind Today’s Smart Grid
For most of the history of the electric power industry, substations were built around copper.…
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The Mentoring Gap: How the Loss of Informal Knowledge Is Affecting Safety
For much of the trade’s history, the most important safety lessons in line work were…
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Grounding Assumptions: Where Line Crews Still Get Hurt Despite “Doing It Right”
Why Grounding Remains a Source of Serious Injury
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Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Crossarms 5th Percentile Design Strength Value Development
Introduction
In 2007, the National Electric Safety Code (NESC) standards committee adopted composite poles, crossarms, and braces into the code. This action was significant in…
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Aging Cable Infrastructure
The 2014 Annual Energy Outlook Report compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that total electricity demand will grow by 29 percent (0.9…
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How Modern Conductors are Improving Grid Reliability and Much More
Reflections:
Nearly twenty years ago when I got into the energy business, reliability was a second-tier design objective for most transmission engineers. Safety factors had…
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Intelligent Underground Distribution
Unearthing the potential in Smart Grid technologies BY DOUG HOUSEMAN, IEEE Senior Member, EnerNex Corporation After Hurricane Sandy, resiliency became a key factor in the…
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Fiber-Reinforced Composite Cross Arms for Transmission Structures
Fiber-reinforced polymers versus traditional cross arms materials
BY JANOS TOTH & GRANT LOCKHART, FRP Transmission Innovations Inc.
Recently, utilities have started using newer options such…
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