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The Rise of the First National Green Bank in the U.S.

The recent launch of the Coalition for Green Capital's (CGC) first national green bank marks a significant milestone in the United States' climate strategy. This development, announced in a Utility Dive article, underscores a pivotal shift towards streamlined, scalable financing for green...

Substation Automation T&D

How Distributed Generation is Changing Grid Design

Distributed generation resources takes a giant step forward BY KEN GEISLER, Siemens For the majority of its existence, the electrical grid has been powered with large, remote “centralized” generation. Centralized power plants often need to reach substations serving load centers that...

Asset Management & Maintenance

Aging Infrastructure and Grid Modernization

Asset and risk management for electric utilities BY SIRI VARADAN, UISOL, & SERGE VANASSE, Clevest Aging transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure is a critical issue for electric utilities, resulting in the need for utilities to make decisions regarding the replacement, repair,...

Energy Storage & Grid Integration

Massachusetts Legislation Aims to Accelerate Shift from Natural Gas

Massachusetts is taking bold steps to address its energy future with new legislation aimed at accelerating the state's transition away from natural gas. The proposed bill, introduced by state lawmakers, focuses on reducing reliance on fossil fuels and enhancing the state's renewable energy goals....

Utility Automation & Monitoring T&D

Distribution Grid Monitoring Technologies

How to improve situational awareness of grid operations BY MARK FEDERLE, QinetiQ North America The adoption of Smart Grid technology in recent years has accelerated the modernization of the electric utility grid. This is a positive development given that the grid infrastructure in North America is,...

Distribution Automation

FERC Complaint Targets Duke, PJM Transmission Planning

A coalition of large energy consumers and ratepayer advocates has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging the agency to prohibit transmission owners from independently planning "local" transmission projects exceeding 100 kilovolts (kV). The coalition argues...
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T&D Automation

The Demand Response Revolution

For decades, utilities have been deploying demand response to achieve a variety of load shaping objectives, most notably peak reduction in response to grid conditions. Since their inception in the 1990s, independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) have also been dispatching demand response along with supply-side resources to help maintain the reliability of bulk power systems.

The largest share of demand response has traditionally been emergency interruptible load programs, wherein large...

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

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Electricity Today T&D Magazine - Smart Grid Summer 2018 Issue

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T&D Automation and AMR/AMI Systems Handbook Vol. 2