New Transmission Interconnection Procedures Needed for Independent Transmission Facilities
By Ann Warren - Transmission facilities in the United States that distribute electrical power have traditionally been built by vertically integrated utility companies to transmit power from their own more...Filed under: Grid Operations
YouTube, iPhone Apps, Kindle and the Utility Franchise
By Mark Gabriel - The explosion in consumer technologies and options, coupled with the utility industry's expansion into the smart grid, advanced meters and communications will do what all more...Filed under: Communications & Security
Tangled Network: Transmission or Meter Investments
By Kate Rowland - It's as old a debate as the chicken and the egg, and as complicated as the Gordian knot. Should utilities tackle transmission or customers first more...Filed under: Grid Operations
Aging Workers Won't Leave Utilities in the Dark
By Joe Kovacs - The utility industry is getting older. By some estimates, nearly half of today's workforce will be eligible for retirement in the next decade. Years of more...Filed under: Grid Operations
Smart Meter + Slot Machine Security
By Mike Breslin - When Tommy Carmichael -- the world's greatest slot machine cheat -- wanted to illegally coax coins out of Las Vegas slot machines, his first step more...Filed under: Metering





