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July 29, 2010
Climate Change Initiatives May Affect Power Reliability, says NERC Report

Climate change initiatives will require substantial changes to the bulk power system, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation announced in its Reliability Impacts of Climate Change Initiatives (RICCI) Report.

News, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Environmental Impact
Article
June 21, 2010
Power Quality and Wind

When it comes to the practicality of renewable energy used by utilities, wind provides a viable amount of load that can integrated into the transmission grid. But how do utilities deal with wind power and its effect on power quality issues of the grid?

In The Know, Connecting to Grid, Electric Distribution, Reliability, Energy Delivery
Article
February 19, 2010
Survey of U.S. Electric Utilities Reflects Impact of Weak Economy, Regulatory Uncertainty

 Black & Veatch has released the results of its fourth annual survey of U.S. electric power industry leaders, which showed reliability of the electric grid, regulatory issues and long-term investment as overall top concerns.

News, Nuclear, Reliability, Utility Generation, Energy Delivery
Article
February 1, 2010
Oncor Relies on BPL

Broadband-over-power-line with fiber backbone is central to the future of the Dallas-area smart grid. (go to article in T&D World)

Communications systems, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Smart Grid
Article
February 1, 2010
GIS Integration Enhances Utility Storm Response

Progress Energy improves network visualization and decision-making processes with a next-generation geographic information system. (go to article in T&D World)

Reliability, Energy Delivery
Article
February 1, 2010
TVA Pioneers the Future of Monitoring

Integrated monitoring and analysis of disturbances lead to faster response times and reduced customer-outage durations. (go to article in T&D World)

Reliability, Energy Delivery
Article
January 1, 2010
Swiss Utility Focuses on Life-Cycle Costs

Substation renovation project demonstration takes into account both purchase and operational costs. (go to article in T&D World)

Reliability, Energy Delivery
Article
January 1, 2010
Reliability Improves as Technology Advances

Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative uses SCADA and AMI data to proactively reduce SAIDI by 30% over 10 years. (go to article in T&D World)

Distribution Automation, Reliability, Energy Delivery