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Five Uses for Reliability Data

Despite the fact that electricity is such a critical commodity for every aspect of our lives, its importance is often overlooked. From school children watching…
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Estimating Transmission Costs

Estimating Transmission Costs for New Generation Technologies

Often when project developers talk about the cost of a new power plant, wind farm, or solar installation, they’re referring to the capital cost of…
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Improving Grid Cyber Security

Addressing the impacts and the drawbacks BY ELIZAVETA MALASHENKO, CHRIS VILLARREAL, & J. DAVID ERICKSON, California Public Utilities Commission With grid modernization or “Smart Grid”…
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Virtual Power Plants (Vpp) And Smart Grids: Integrating Renewable Energy For A Sustainable Future

The rapid shift toward renewable energy resources (RERs) has placed significant demands on traditional power systems. To address these challenges, modern energy infrastructure is evolving…
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Interoperable Grid

A Grid With Multiple Applications

Examining the foundational elements in architecture decision BY TOM WILSON, Itron In recent years, the utility industry has seen a diverse set of use cases…
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Mobile Workforce Management

Taking the next step in field communications BY JIM MENTON, ClickSoftware Electricity remains the same as it always has, but the entire context around providing…
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The Art of Communications Technology

North America’s critical infrastructure grabs headlines in two ways. First, if catastrophe occurs (a switch opens or a transformer blows) or power grid equipment fails,…
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Changing Utility Business Models And Electricity Investment In Europe

The traditional utility business model of selling electricity from large-scale thermal power plants and expanding grids to meet rising demand historically has supported strong balance…
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RTU and HMI Redundancy in Electrical Substations

RTU and HMI Redundancy in Electrical Substations

As the substation RTU takes on more applications, such as Human-Machine-Interface (HMI), alarm annunciation, math…
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Microgrids: Moving Away From Central Power

Microgrids: Moving Away From Central Power

Asset management evolves as microgrids play various roles BY MASSOUD AMIN, Institute of Electrical and…
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Moving Smart Grid to the Field

Moving Smart Grid to the Field

Ben Franklin famously said, “If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail”. This saying…
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Renewable Realities

Renewable Realities

Heavy incentives for small-scale distributed generation are floating around parts of Canada—and are growing globally.…
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Key Utility Conferences to Watch in 2025

Key Utility Conferences to Watch in 2025

As the utility sector continues to evolve amidst technological advancements and regulatory changes, industry conferences…
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