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PPL investing $1B in power line upgrades

May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa. - Pocono-area residents should see more PPL trucks, crews and contractors working in the area. more...
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Pse&G Seeks Expansion

May 20 - Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. - A plan by the state's largest power company to upgrade a major portion of New Jersey's power grid would reduce storm-induced blackouts by 39 percent and save customers from hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, according to the utility. more...
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Con Edison CEO Kevin Burke: Success of $1B Storm Protection Investments Requires Joining With Others

NEW YORK, NY, May 20, 2013 -- Marketwired - Con Edison Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke told shareholders today that while the company plans to invest $1 billion over the next four years for storm protection measures, a key factor is working with others so customers can receive power quicker after disasters. more...
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Protestors highlight opposition to Memphis utility smart grid

May 17 - "Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)" - A small group protested at Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division headquarters on Thursday, assailing the "smart grid" technology that the utility plans to adopt. more...
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Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership discusses power grid peril

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Matt Steiner The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - An enormous blackout is not hard to imagine. After all, in February of 2009 , about 50 million people from New York to Detroit were without power for about eight hours. more...
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Duke Energy is prepared for hurricane season

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire - As the start of the 2013 hurricane season approaches, Duke Energy employees are prepared for any severe weather that might threaten Florida this year. more...
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Articles 

Improving consumer sentiment for smart meters

By Arijit Mandal
On: May 15, 2013
Smart meters, once believed to be readily acceptable to regulators, utilities, and consumers, are no longer the same due to growing skepticism about smart meters more...
Filed under: Metering

Trouble Looming on Digital Device Repair

By Gay Gordon-Byrne
On: April 29, 2013
Electric Utilities are accustomed to managing their own equipment repairs. This is going to be increasingly challenging as more and more "digital" devices enter the more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Who Turned Out the Lights?

By Alan Ross
On: April 29, 2013
In the middle of the biggest game of the year with millions of fans watching and billions of dollars on the line, the power suddenly more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

The Coming Crisis in Electricity Generation

By Davis Swan
On: April 15, 2013
For more than 100 years electricity generation and distribution systems have evolved to become one of the most reliable services imaginable - one which has more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Smart Electrical Network Models for utilities using Electrical rule based GIS

By Thrinadh Dwibhashyam
On: April 8, 2013
Today, electrical utilities face the conflicting objectives of increasing reliability and reducing costs which forces utilities to concentrate on information driven planning activities. GIS in more...
Filed under: Grid Operations
 

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Electricity loss and theft: Who pays?

By Elisa Wood Lisa Cohn -   By Elisa Wood May 13, 2013   We fret about turning off the lights to save pennies on energy. Meanwhile, more...
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A Veteran Returns - 20 years of Windpower in Antarctica

By Mike Jacobs -   A veteran returns The U.S. Air Force picks a tried and true veteran wind turbine for the most remote more...
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Cyber politics – implications for critical infrastructure

By Raj Samani - Although specific cyber security requirements already exist for certain critical infrastructure providers, changes—and possible penalties for non-compliance--are emerging for energy more...
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Why underground transmission should be a high priority

By Roger Faulkner - I think I screwed up on the description...that was supposed to be my first blog post!   I have invented more...
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A Primer on Unobservable Attacks and Defense

By Kate Davis - I'm often asked: How can you defend systems against cyber attacks you can't see? This is a good question with more...
 

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Distribution Automation & Grid Modernization Business Case Summit 2013

 Tuesday May 21, 2013 - Wednesday May 22, 2013 - Charlotte

Distribution Automation, System Hardening & Distributed Generation: Cost Benefit Analysis & Data Analytics To Deliver Reliability & Resiliency more...

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