Smart Grid System Selection
Currently, utilities, facing many pressures, are expected to change more rapidly than in previous years. Societal pressures to reduce emissions and increase the use...
Deploying Distribution Management Systems
In the spring of 2008, two Duke Energy executives asked me to
investigate the necessary requirements to deploy a distribution
management system (DMS). At the time,...
Waves of Utility Investments
Since inception, the term “Smart Grid” has gained multiple evolving definitions. In retrospect, the industry can identify waves of investment that have shaped the...
Smart Grid Software & Apps
Utilities worldwide are adopting innovative technology to embrace the potential of the Smart Grid while conquering a myriad of new challenges posed by it,...
Energy Storage & Carbon Emissions
Over the last several years, towns, cities, and states across the United States have developed policies and invested in efforts aimed at to reducing...
Power Imperative: Managing Distributed Renewables
A diverse array of factors has driven the uptake of distributed generation among utility customers and these trends are likely to continue, requiring utilities...
Changing the Utility Business Model
Currently, the power industry is experiencing profound changes that pose a number of uncertainties for electric utilities. Now, utility executives must consider new business...
Clean Energy Technology
Canadian government showcases environmentally friendly Smart Grid projects
BY PHILL FELTHAM, Editor-in-Chief
In recent years, the Federal Government of Canada has collaborated with electric utilities and...
Integrated Energy Forecasting
Improving T&D planning and operations
BY TAO HONG, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Running the most complicated man-made object in the world, utilities are keeping...
The Power Industry’s Vision Statement
Strategies to move the electricity sector into the future
BY CANADIAN ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION
As electric utilities consider options for the future of electricity, they need to...
Power Industry Moves Forward
Electric utilities embrace Smart Grid technologies
BY PHILL FELTHAM, Editor-in-Chief
Electricity Today Magazine
Compared to other industries, the power sector has been called conservative and slow-paced...
Stimulating Electric Utility Innovation
Calling utilities and regulators to move forward with new ideas
A significant regulatory barrier stands in the way of innovation in Canada’s gas and electric...
