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Substation Automation T&D

Smart Substations and Their Role in the Evolving Smart Grid

The power industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by grid modernization, renewable integration, and increasing demands for resilience and efficiency. At the heart of this evolution lies the smart substation—a next-generation facility equipped with advanced sensors, digital...

Distribution Automation

Wireless Networks and Substation Automation

Fitting wireless networks into substation automation applications BY ADAM GUGLIELMO, ABB Tropos Wireless Communication Systems As with all Smart Grid applications, two-way communication is foundational to substation automation. To enable monitoring and control, substation computers, as well as...

Energy Storage & Grid Integration

Renewable Energy Job Creation Is a Better Bet Than Coal

When it comes to renewable energy job creation, the Trump administration would do well to take a fresh look at clean energy rather than focusing only on fossil fuels. The solar power sector employed twice as many workers in 2016 than power generation from coal, gas and oil combined, according to a...

Utility Automation & Monitoring T&D

BIG DATA ADVANTAGES

Currently, modern electric utilities are facing an avalanche of new data. Each new system deployed presents a tremendous amount of information that can provide great value to the utility. Unfortunately, the tools available to work with this information are often rudimentary and create difficulties...

Smart Metering T&D

Texas PUC Shelves $1B Grid Credit Mechanism

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has unanimously decided to shelve the proposed $1 billion Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) for power generators, concluding that it would not deliver the anticipated grid reliability benefits. The PCM was conceived as a means to incentivize power...

Asset Management & Maintenance

FirstEnergy Explores Alternatives to PJM Capacity Market

In a strategic move aimed at enhancing its power supply reliability, FirstEnergy is actively exploring alternatives to the PJM capacity market. This development reflects the company’s proactive approach to addressing challenges within the existing market structure and ensuring a more robust...
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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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T&D Automation and AMR/AMI Systems Handbook Vol. 2