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DOE Prioritizes Baseload Generation

In a strategic move to tackle the growing electricity demand and bolster energy security, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), under Secretary Chris Wright, has announced plans to focus on expanding baseload and dispatchable power generation. This shift in priorities, outlined on January 5, 2025, highlights a commitment to ensuring a stable, affordable energy system while addressing challenges posed by both the expanding energy load and evolving policy landscapes.

One of the key points emphasized...

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Canada's Carbon Pricing: A Political Battleground

In recent years, Canada’s carbon pricing policy has been one of the most contentious issues in the country’s political landscape. Introduced by the federal government as a central pillar in its strategy to combat climate change, the carbon pricing scheme aims to reduce greenhouse gas...

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Smart Meters for Outage Management

Reviewing the benefits and addressing the obstacles

BY RON CLANTON & MARK HOLLIDAY, KPMG LLP

The outage management process has undergone remarkable changes over the last several decades. The need to respond to power outages when they occur has been around since the first lines were run from utility to customer. The outage management system (OMS) applications of today are far different from systems used just a decade ago. Higher customer demand for reliability and quick resolution of outages continually presses utilities to enhance and refine their OMS applications.

So where did this start? Initially, prior to computer systems, calls from customers were received by the utility and were written by hand on “tickets”. Additional information provided by the customer also helped identify trouble spots, for example, the sound of a “big bang” would help to better identify where the outage was located. These tickets were manually sorted according...

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Alternative Vehicle Options: Upfitted Vans for Utilities

Utility workers and linemen work in one of the most mobile industries in the country. Think about it: utility workers are always moving from one project to the next as efficiently as possible. Since utility workers rely so heavily on their work vehicles, it is critical that they drive a vehicle...

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Detecting Faults in Underground Networks

Enhancing protection using directional faulted circuit indicators BY CHRISTOPHER EVANICH, Thomas & Betts Underground electrical networks provide reliable service to end users, but create problems for utility personnel in locating faults. Electric utilities who utilize an underground network...

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