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Central Hudson Provides Mutual Aid Crews to Assist in Power Restoration in Southeastern New York
Central Hudson - March 15, 2010 - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, in cooperation with the New York Mutual Aid Group, is providing 20 electric line crews and support personnel, approximately 50 employees in total, to assist Orange and Rockland utility crews in restoring power in the aftermath of a severe wind and rainstorm that struck the region over the weekend. More...
American Transmission Co. Completes Work on Cost-Saving Power Line
PEWAUKEE, Wis., Mar 15, 2010 -- BUSINESS WIRE - American Transmission Co. has put into service a new, 35-mile high-voltage electric transmission line in south central Wisconsin that provides local electric utilities with improved access to the regional energy market to buy and sell electricity when it is economic to do so. More...
OG&E Seeks Approval to Begin Systemwide Installation of Smart Technology
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - OG&E today filed an application with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission seeking approval to install smart meters and related technology across the company's Oklahoma service area. More...
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New power line to go up
Mar 13 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tricia Pursell The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. - PPL officials say a new $11.5 million, 11- to 12-mile long power line, will improve service for customers in a portion of Northumberland, Snyder and Juniata counties, which has been experiencing a high number of power outages. More...
BRIEF: Cielo Vista residents suffer power outage
Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Daniel Borunda El Paso Times, Texas - EL PASO -- More than 5,000 customers lost power Wednesday night in the Cielo Vista area and other parts of the East Side. More...
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Bipartisan Group of 29 Governors Urges Action on Wind Energy

By Tom Gray - The bipartisan Governors' Wind Energy Coalition today urged Congress to enact a renewable electricity standard (RES) and other policies so more...

Green technology helping Grow the Economy are Not Linked to Fact

By Michael Edwards - [External Link] it has been reported that for every green job created in Spain they have lost two jobs. The fact more...

Is the Smart Grid that is Being Pushed a Costly Mistake?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - The main argument is that, by inaction, each State Government should be responsible to their constituencies for a very costly more...

Unleashing Design Thinking in the Power Industry by Reframing

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Design Thinking demand side radical disruptive innovations to the power industry at the "fuzzy front end" are facilitated with a more...

Another Institutional Memory Warning: Do today's power grids have little centralized control?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Smart Grid Command & Control: The Death of the Giant Brain in the Sky, an article written by Jesse Berst more...
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Smart Grid Webinar: WAN Communications for Distribution Networking

 Mar 17, 2010 - 1:00 PM EST - Internet

This webinar discusses the role of the distribution grid within the context of a broader Smart Grid communications network. more...

Reshaping the Customer Relationship through Smart Grid

 Mar 18, 2010 - 12:00 ET - Your City

Join distinguished industry leaders and Marty Rosenberg, editor-in-chief of EnergyBiz magazine, to discuss how smart grid is causing utilities and their customers to fundamentally rethink how they do business. more...

Securing Applications across a Multi-Tier Smart Grid Network

 Mar 30, 2010 - Internet

This webinar discusses how an integrated multi-tier communications network can be partitioned into virtual network domains to ensure end-to-end security and QoS for Smart Grid applications. more...

Take the Next Step with Mobility in the Field

 Mar 30, 2010 - 2:00 P.M. PST - Your City

Join industry experts from Ventyx, Panasonic and Sybase on Tuesday March 30th at 2:00pm EDT for a one hour webcast on how you can take the next step in mobile workforce management. The webcast will provide a comprehensive mobile strategy more...
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KEMA's 21st Executive Forum

 Mar 30, 2010 - Mar 31, 2010 - Irving, TX - USA

As the leading event in the US retail energy industry, KEMA's Executive Forum will gather senior executives, regulators, energy buyers, investors and other stakeholders from across North America to discuss the key business and policy issues facing retail energy markets.

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US Wind Energy Operations and Maintenance Summit

 Apr 20, 2010 - Apr 21, 2010 - Dallas, TX - USA

Operating and Maintaining wind farms costs big money and can make a big dent in your bottom line. But that cost can be significantly reduced by adopting outstanding O&M strategies that will reduce downtime and improve the performance of your more...
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Essentials of Energy Risk Management

 Apr 13, 2010 - Apr 14, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

The volatility of energy prices has highlighted the need for energy professionals in all areas to develop a functional proficiency in the management of energy risks. This program imparts a practical understanding of the array of tools and concepts that more...
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Smart Grid 2.0

By Jack Ellis
Back in 2005, a couple of engineers used the term "Smart Grid" to describe their vision of an advanced power system. Particularly in the aftermath of the 2003 Northeast Blackout, Smart Grid quickly became a more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

How Essential is the Smart Grid?

By Shehu Khaleel
Utility companies generate, transmit and distribute energy to consumers. This can be done more efficiently, cost-effectively and remain sustainable by designing an electric system that integrates smart devices, critical data and two-way communication between the more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Inducing Private Investment for Grids

By Jeff Dalebroux
There has been much discussion about the need for increased transmission capability and the so-called smart grid. The need has been framed in terms of repair of deteriorating infrastructure, energy independence and security, and economic more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Smart Forecasting for a Smarter Grid

By Michael Price
Most successful smart metering programs focus on business process management to maximize benefits (e.g., operational improvements) enabled by an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Improved data visibility, frequency, and quality enabled by AMI technologies, can enhance more...
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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 generating facilities to their customers. Since the utility companies built more...
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