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Storm Outage Restoration Congress comes to Georgia

Cairo Vanegas, the superintendent Of Electric T&D for Fort Pierce Utilities Authority will speaking at the Storm Outage Restoration Congress on December 11th and 12th in Atlanta, Georgia on "Examining Methods For Reducing Damage To Overhead Infrastructure Through Armless Construction And Other...

Making the World More Sustainable

Smart grid is an idea of upgradation of the traditional electric grid infrastructure. The efficiency of the existing electrical grid can be automated by integrating with innovative technical equipment such as: high-tech forecasting system, digital sensors, advanced two-way communication...

Addressing the Big Data and Analytics Talent Gap

The Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) is pleased to have supported the development of a paper from Ryerson University, Closing Canada’s Big Data Talent Gap. The paper includes the results of the first in-depth examination of the size and nature of Canada’s Big Data and analytics...

Shedding Light on North America's Power System

What is next for the century-old electricity grid? BY MALCOLM METCALFE, ENBALA Power Networks Today’s power system is undergoing a paradigm shift that is changing many fundamental design principles that have been in use for nearly 100 years. The existing grid has been carefully planned and...

PJM Urges FERC to Dismiss Complaint Over Soaring Capacity Auction Costs

In a recent development, the PJM Interconnection, along with independent power producers and clean energy trade groups, has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to dismiss a complaint filed by ratepayer advocates concerning PJM's last capacity auction. The complaint, which seeks to...

Utilities Await New Physical Security Standard

U.S. regulator takes next step in approving physical security standard BY PHILL FELTHAM, Editor-in-Chief Electricity Today Magazine Recently, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a proposal to approve the physical security reliability standard (CIP-014-1), submitted by the...

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