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Smart Transformers

Maximizing continuous and reliable power output, extending the life of a power transformer, and reducing maintenance costs are just a few of the benefits motivating electric utilities to move toward buying a “smart transformer”, electrical equipment integrated with Smart Grid-enabling software...

Crew Scheduling and Dispatch

How mobile solutions improve restoration efforts BY JIM MENTON, ClickSoftware Electric utilities are modernizing the power grid to meet the demands of an increasingly digital society. In the same way, mobile solutions are helping service personnel (line crews, contractors, and supervisors)...

Cybersecurity & Privacy

The End of the Road for Transmission Incentives

In a significant shift, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has decided to abandon its transmission incentives policy, particularly the construction work in progress (CWIP) incentives. This decision marks a pivotal change in how transmission projects are financed and regulated,...

Smart Metering

Demand Response

Smart Transformers: Enhancing Grid Efficiency and Reliability

The evolving demands of modern power grids necessitate the adoption of advanced technologies that can provide enhanced efficiency, reliability, and flexibility. Smart transformers are at the forefront of this technological revolution, offering a range of capabilities that significantly improve the...

Customer Billing

FERC Rejects PJM Transmission Planning Change

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected a proposal from PJM Interconnection, one of the United States' largest regional transmission organizations, to alter its transmission planning protocol. The decision represents a significant victory for state regulators who had expressed...

Demand Response

The Demand Response Revolution

For decades, utilities have been deploying demand response to achieve a variety of load shaping objectives, most notably peak reduction in response to grid conditions. Since their inception in the 1990s, independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) have also...

Home Automation

Automation

Smart Grid, Smart Metering, T&D Automation

Smart Meters & Transactive Energy

Smart meters and transactive energy: Examining the benefits and addressing the concerns

BY JOHN CASKEY, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

Smart meters are beneficial to consumers and utilities. What makes this meter “smart” is its two-way communication system and ability to monitor electrical load, pricing, and a variety of other data.

Using a smart meter, a utility can remotely take meter readings, eliminating the need to send a meter reader to the home. For the...

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Electricity Today T&D Magazine

Smart Grid

Smart Transformers

Crew Scheduling and Dispatch

The End of the Road for Transmission Incentives

Smart Metering

Smart Transformers: Enhancing Grid Efficiency and Reliability

FERC Rejects PJM Transmission Planning Change

The Demand Response Revolution

Automation

Smart Meters & Transactive Energy

T&D Automation Articles

Future of Utility Communications

Cloud Computing for Electric Utilities

Substation Focused on Environmental Design

A Primer on the Codes and Standards Governing Battery Safety and Compliance

Latest Power Outage Statistics and Causes Tracker

FirstEnergy Explores Alternatives to PJM Capacity Market

T&D Buyer’s Guide Companies

Smart Grid Shared Media

Automatic Meter Reading - Handbook, Vol. 1

Automation of T&D Systems Handbook

T&D Automation and AMR/AMI Systems Handbook Vol. 2

CIP Compliance Yields Security Complacency

Data Insecurities

Siemens’ White Paper Outlines Design for Mini-Grids to Energize Puerto Rico

Circuit Breaker Time and Motion Testing

DOE Grants $2.2B for Transmission and Storage Projects

Leakers, What a Mess!

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