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Puerto Rico Power Restoration Effort a Focus of EEI Convention

June 6, 2018 admin edison electric institute, EEI, hurricane maria, ibew, mutual assistance workers, news, power restoration, Puerto Rico, Safety, T&D, utility workers union of america, workforce

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an industry association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, made a point during its annual convention of recognizing the mutual assistance workers who labored tirelessly to restore power to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Nearly 200 personnel, who had worked on the ground in Puerto Rico, gathered on stage […]

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ERCOT: Summer Rotating Outages in Texas Still a Possibility

April 30, 2018 admin blackouts, Business, capacity, ercot, Markets, news, outages, plant retirements, puc, reliability must run, reserve margins, rotating outages, RTC, T&D, texas

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on April 30 updated its summer 2018 planning reserve margin to 11% based on resource updates, but it warned that the regional grid serving most of Texas could still suffer rotating outages under extreme conditions. In its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) report for the upcoming […]

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Decade-Old Power Grid Problem Solved by Smart Grid Technology

January 11, 2018 admin inter-area oscillations, montana tech, news, power systems, sandia, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, tie lines, transmission

A control system that smooths out inter-area oscillations—a problem affecting power systems connected by relatively weak tie lines—has been successfully demonstrated by researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Montana Tech University. The system that uses smart grid technology could allow utilities to push more power through transmission lines, possibly nixing the need for new transmission […]

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Blazing a Trail Toward the Energy Grid of the Future

December 18, 2017 admin advanced grid innovation lab for energy, Business, connected plant, gil quiniones, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, integrated smart operations center, New York, news, nypa, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

A leading-edge operations center opens in New York The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has taken a huge step forward in increasing the efficiency of its operations with the opening of its new Integrated Smart Operations Center (iSOC), which harnesses the capabilities of state-of-the-art digitization technologies. The center, located in White Plains, N.Y., was officially […]

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Siemens Rolls Out MVDC Transmission System to Bolster Distributed Generation

October 4, 2017 admin Distributed Generation, distribution network, grid operator, hvdc, International, mvdc, news, power flows, T&D, Technology, transmission

Siemens has launched a new direct-current (DC) transmission system for alternating current (AC) grids of between 30 kV and 150 kV. The medium-voltage system that can bridge distances of up to 125 miles is designed to help grid entities handle ever-growing volumes of power fed into the distribution system from distributed and renewable power. The […]

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Canadians Are Increasingly Nervous About Their Next Paycheque

May 19, 2017 admin Canada, income, money, news, paycheque, Poverty, study, T&D, volatility

Young people are even more likely to experience income volatility.

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D.C. Circuit Again Upholds FERC Order No. 1000

April 20, 2017 admin D.C. Circuit, ferc, ISO New England, New England, news, Order 1000, T&D, transmission

A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit on April 18 unanimously upheld Order No. 1000, denying multiple challenges by New England power firms and state regulators to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) controversial mandate that requires utilities to remove certain “right of first refusal” provisions from existing tariffs and agreements. The decision in Emera […]

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Duck Hunting at the California Independent System Operator

February 28, 2017 admin caiso, duck curve, Markets, Smart Grid, T&D

California’s excess of solar power challenges the statewide independent system operator’s ability to balance its system without curtailing low-carbon supplies and ramping up natural gas generation. It’s

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Don’t Just Connect Your Plant—You Need to Model It, Experts Say

February 15, 2017 admin analytics, Business, connected plant, Instrumentation & Controls, modeling, news, Plant Design, predictive, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Remote and online monitoring of plant performance parameters is an important step toward a fully connected plant, but alone it’s not enough to exploit the real value in the Industrial Internet of Things, speakers at POWER’s inaugural Connected Plant Conference on February 15 in Dallas said. Randy Bickford, president and CTO of software firm Expert […]

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