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Sage Grouse May Delay Wood River Power Lines

A future transmission line project south of the Wood River Valley has become the next to face potential delays due to its location on priority sage grouse habitat. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Winter Park buries power lines in project that may last 17 years

The Winter Park of 2029 will look different from today's city in at least one big way: Most of the city won't have power poles or overhead electrical lines. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Utilities to spend millions on grid

The two largest electric companies in West Virginia say millions of dollars of upgrades approved by the region's grid operator will maintain reliable electric power supplies in the wake of recently announced power plant retirements. more...
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FishHawk area targeted for high-voltage lines

Some FishHawk Ranch residents are scrambling to divert a proposed high voltage power line corridor away from their homes. more...
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Council gives nod to opt-out option for 'smart meters'

The Ashland City Council has approved an opt-out option for residents who don't want radio frequency wave-emitting utility meters at their homes -- and they won't be charged hefty fees for their decision. more...
Filed under: Metering

 

ARTICLES

Prospects to Trade Electric Power Across the Asia-Pacific Region

By Harry Valentine -
A variety of perspectives on the failure of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant as a result of a tidal wave, have been published over that more...
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Navigating the Smart Grid Middle Mile

By Eedo Lifshitz - Maturing communications technology is playing an integral role in the advancement of today's smart grid infrastructure and enabling utilities and municipalities to generate and distribute more...
Filed under: Communications & Security

Smart Metering: Getting the Consumer Onside

By Jim Hayward -
In this article, Jim Hayward and David Wing, of Baringa Partners, share their thoughts on what suppliers must learn from consumer psychology (and history) to more...
Filed under: Metering

MDM in Cloud Computing

By Ashish Gupta -
Cloud computing has brought in radical change in the way IT infrastructure (compute, storage and network) can be provisioned on demand from a shared pool more...
Filed under: Metering

There's an App for Achieving a Smarter Grid Today

By James Mustarde -
The water-cooler discussion these days is about how media over hyped Hurricane Irene. However, I'd venture a guess that the millions of consumers who lost more...
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ENERGY BLOGS

Offshore energy sources and climate challenge – Part 1 – Destruction Factor and Availability Factor

Blogger Photo By Chavdar Azarov -   In regard of accelerating climate change and anomalies the offshore power industry may have to re-estimate its performance and more...

Reliable, Resilient and Secure - Does your Smart Grid Communication Infra deliver on it's promise?

Blogger Photo By Devendra Vishwakarma - Everybody in Power Systems and Utilities community will agree to the fact that Reliable, Resilient and Secure Communications infrastructure is more...

Break Through in IT and Control Systems can lead to Plug and Play Smart Grid Systems

By Alok Misra - Recent Advances in ITand Control Systems can very early lead to Plug and Play Smart Grid systems. However the lacking more...

Use Smart Meter Data and Surveys to Increase Relevance for Energy Consumers

Blogger Photo By Bryan Truex -   Utility consumers are definitely not alike; spanning the spectrum of age, orientation, needs and preferences. With utilities rolling out more...

How Not to do a reform Programme - Test Case India

By Alok Misra - Electricity reforms and technlogy development in Utilities especially in India have been long due.Those utilities who have had an interacrtion more...

What Basic Competance is Required for Smart Grid and why this is the restraining factor

By Alok Misra - One of the most basic competance required for building the smart grid is the ability to integrate meter readings/ simulation more...
 

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Customer Analytics Issues, Trends, & Drivers

Wednesday May 30, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Learn how utilities are realizing the full potential from new customer data in this free Executive Insights webcast, which will include lessons from utilities in the field, as well as an overview of results from the Utility Analytics Institute's Annual more...

 Filed under: Metering

Securing AMI at BC Hydro: The Benefits of a Multi-Layered Security Architecture

 Thursday May 31, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Cyber security is one of the top concerns for utilities that are implementing a smart grid network solution. Consumer privacy and data integrity are critical. The good news is that industry leaders have established proven processes and procedures to mitigate more...

 Filed under: Metering

Grid-Scale Energy Storage

 Monday Jun 25, 2012 - Tuesday Jun 26, 2012 - London

SMi's Grid-Scale Energy Storage conference 25-26 June 2012, London provides distilled international perspectives on this exciting field. Our line-up of international experts features a hands-on, case study-driven approach from those at the sharp end of maintaining and sustaining energy provision more...

 Filed under: Grid Operations
 


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