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Hurricane Helene: A Catalyst for Climate Change Dialogue in the Presidential Campaign

As Hurricane Helene churned through the Atlantic in September, its formidable presence served as a stark reminder of the intensifying effects of climate change. This hurricane, along with others in a tumultuous storm season, has thrust climate change back into the spotlight of the presidential campaign, prompting candidates to address a pressing issue that resonates deeply with voters.

The Impact of Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene formed as part of an active Atlantic hurricane season, characterized...

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Scientists Fear Loss of Climate Data Under Trump

In the wake of the tumultuous political climate during Donald Trump's presidency, scientists across the United States have expressed deep concern about the potential loss of crucial climate data. These fears emerged from a broader apprehension that, in the midst of political upheaval, the progress...
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Clean Energy Stakeholders Push to Preserve IRA Tax Credits

As the U.S. energy landscape shifts towards cleaner, renewable sources, stakeholders in the solar, storage, and broader clean energy sectors are intensifying their lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., aiming to secure the future of critical tax incentives introduced under the Inflation Reduction...

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Texas PUC Shelves $1B Grid Credit Mechanism

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has unanimously decided to shelve the proposed $1 billion Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) for power generators, concluding that it would not deliver the anticipated grid reliability benefits. The PCM was conceived as a means to incentivize power...

Electrical Substations

Substation Automation

Substation Automation Standard

Reducing engineering costs using IEC 61850

BY ADAM GAUCI, Schneider Electric

As substation automation is moving towards software environments based on the International Electrotechnical Commission’s substation automation standard, IEC 61850: “Power Utility Automation”, the engineering process is becoming more complex. Consequently, a greater portion of the capital expenditure (CAPEX) budget is used to develop new—or upgrade existing—substations, especially in interoperable, multi-vendor environments. This can be attributed to the increasingly complex automation schemes which are now possible, and the learning curve associated with having to learn a multitude of different configuration tools currently required during the engineering process of a substation automation system.

One problem today is that many vendors of substation systems have tried to adapt proprietary methodologies into their native tools for configuring IEC 61850 communications within a substation. This leads to incompatibilities between devices and configuration tools from different vendors. It also increases the potential for incorporating...

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Substation Protection

Safe Grounding in Substations

How to guard utility personnel from shock hazards BY JEFF JOWETT, Megger In the power industry, safety is just as important a function as performance. Safety considerations, parameters, and methods of implementation are an integral part of any electrical system. A most important element is the...
Breakers & Relays

Partial Discharge & Circuit Breaker Asset Management

Detecting and avoiding preventable failures BY JAY GARNETT, Doble Engineering Company While metal clad switchgear can be very reliable, sometimes operating for over 50 years, throughout the aging process, this group of electrical disconnect switches, fuses and circuit breakers can experience...

Cybersecurity in Substation and Grid Communications

As power systems become increasingly digitized and connected, the importance of cybersecurity in substation and grid communications has grown exponentially. With the integration of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), SCADA systems, and remote monitoring, modern substations are now part of a...