Grid threats increase daily - from foreign foes, terrorists, criminals and hackers. Utilities are tasked with guarding against a rising tide of potentially disruptive intrusions into their power grid and electronic networks. What will it take to keep the power system secure - who will orchestrate the effort, what will it cost and who pays? more...

Smart grid and smart meter technologies are delivering mountains of new data on operations, customer energy-use patters, and more - leaving utilities with the new challenge of coordinating and orchestrating this information to deliver value. Add in the component of communicating with field workers - during a complex, demanding situation like a power outage - and the depth and dimensions of this challenge become even clearer. more...

Home to Colorado State University, The City of Fort Collins has embarked on a smart grid journey with the help of a grant from the Department of Energy. During this webinar, Dennis Sumner, Senior Electrical Engineer, SGIG Project Manager, City of Fort Collins Utilities, will share what drivers helped Fort Collins chart out their smart grid road map, what exactly is included in their road map, customer concerns with their AMI project, and lessons learned. more...

Utilities have invested billions of dollars in smart grid. Now, they must transform their businesses to create new products and services that deliver returns on those investments. Fast-moving utilities that develop internal expertise to act, and capitalize, on smart grid-provided intelligence will realize profound growth. more...

The presentation will highlight case studies that the GE team has worked with various utilities with special attention to the lessons learned and best practices gained through the collaborative rapid prototype processes. more...

In this free on-demand webinar, Siemens Energy transformer expert Andrew Lawless will discuss the impacts of geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) and the impacts on power transformers. This session will cover naturally-occurring GMDs and the definition of their threat, as well as geomagnetically induced current (GIC) impacts on power transformers and electric power systems, and GIC network mitigation measures. more...

The era of massive subsidies may be waning, but the federal government is putting its mighty resources behind a new vision for America's energy future. Yet tight federal budgets will restrict how money is deployed. more...

It has been expected for years that 2013 will be the start of a transmission project boom that will usher in new transmission strategies, company types and technologies. What can we expect from the large transmission players next year? How will regulation and policy influence transmission? And what threats to progress are looming that could derail the expected boom? more...

LADWP identified a huge opportunity when it studied its engineering data management practice. With more than 100 years of records stored in numerous different systems across the enterprise, finding accurate information to start new project designs was extremely time consuming, challenging, and often unsuccessful. more...

New renewables generation is currently one of the most significant drivers of new transmission because most of the renewables production is often sited in remote areas not near existing transmission or the markets that will be served by the new generation. more...

The Eastern Interconnection is undergoing unprecedented change and the pace of that change will increase over the next few years. With more than 300 active transmission projects totaling more than 26,000 miles, the Eastern Interconnection is a hotbed of activity. more...