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Emergency Power for Data Centers

Why not all static UPS systems are created equal BY KARLA E. BERT, P.E., Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. In our cloud-based digital world, data must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week—no matter the state of the electrical grid. Computer downtime not only affects...

Renewable Energy Connections

North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy for Climate Fraud

A small town in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against Duke Energy, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, alleging that the company has been deceptive in its efforts to downplay the environmental impact of its operations. The lawsuit, filed by the town of Smithfield, claims...

Grid Communications

Smart Grid: Shaping the Future of Energy

The shift from traditional electrical grids to smart grids marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of energy distribution and management. Smart grids leverage cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced automation to transform how...

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Hardening the Power Grid

How to improve reliability by hardening the power grid BY BO ZENG, WEI YUAN & LONG ZHAO, University of South Florida North America relies heavily on its interconnected power grid. Throughout its history, the grid has provided years of reliable electricity to 300 million people to power home...

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Critical Infrastructure Communications

Using technology to improve response and recovery BY TOM BERGER, Mutualink The electric utility industry has an outstanding performance record of providing reliable power to public agencies, private enterprises, and the general public for over 100 years. However, when outages occur due to...
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Smart Grid

No Time For Worker Mistakes

Protection and control: Reducing human error for a more reliable power system

BY DAVID COSTELLO, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Great time and effort are spent designing reliability into a utility power system. It is difficult to imagine any facet of modern society that does not depend upon the safe, reliable, and economical supply of electric power.

Reliability entities, standards organizations, utility and industrial engineers debate using the same versus different manufacturers’ relays for redundant tasks,...

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Electricity Today T&D Magazine - T&D Automation Jan&Feb 2019 Issue

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Automatic Meter Reading - Handbook, Vol. 1

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Electricity Today T&D Magazine - SCADA for the Smart Grid Sept&Oct 2019 Special Edition