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$100 million Lodi power upgrade wise investment, officials say

Jun 18 - Record (Stockton, CA) - Lodi officials are prepping for a $100 million energy project that would upgrade the city's power system, and eventually save the city money it's charged by state energy regulators to connect its lower-grade system to the electric grid. More...

PPL: Changes will prevent repeat of Olyphant electricity mistakes

Jun 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Rebekah Brown The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. - PPL officials said changes have been made to prevent glitches like the one that undercharged Olyphant by $360,000 over a year and a half. More...

ComEd Seeks Public Input on Proposed Transmission Line in Ogle, DeKalb, Kane and DuPage Counties

CHICAGO, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire - ComEd today announced it will host three open houses in July to seek input from the public regarding the utility's proposed Grand Prairie Gateway Project, a new 345,000 volt (345kV) electric transmission line to be constructed between ComEd's existing substations near the communities of Byron and Wayne. More...
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West Penn Power Continues Vegetation Management Work to Enhance System Reliability

GREENSBURG, Pa., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire - West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), continues to conduct vegetation management work across its 24-county service area in Pennsylvania as part of its ongoing efforts to help enhance system reliability. More...

NRG Energy Readies Disaster Relief Vehicle for Nationwide Service

HOUSTON, Jun 18, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - As hurricane season begins, the employees of NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) are preparing to help affected coastal areas by championing a new concept called "Power2Serve" - anchored by a 42-foot disaster relief vehicle and 26-foot trailer combination designed to deliver immediate power, emergency shelter, access to news and information and Wi-Fi internet connectivity to those in need. More...

Proposed JCP&L Oceanview Transmission Project Will Enhance Reliability and Meet Increased Customer Demand

MORRISTOWN, N.J., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) will hold open houses June 24 and June 25 for its proposed $44.5 million Oceanview Reinforcement Project, which will build a new 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in Monmouth County to add redundancy to the system and meet the growing demand for electricity. More...
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An Analysis of Field Failure Protection of Ungrounded Synchronous Generators

By Archana Venugopal
On: June 14, 2013
The generator is the single most capital intensive and significant equipment in the power system and hence its protection becomes very critical both to the faulted generator as well as the power system fed by more...

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 grid. There are five reasons that digital device repair is more...

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 goes out in the stadium. Your system failure may not more...

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 been the foundation of the industrial expansion and prosperity of more...

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 conjunction with other IT systems like WAMS, CIS etc. is more...
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The Promise of Smart Grid - Improving Operations Today for a More Profitable Future

 Wednesday Jun 19, 2013 - 1:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

This webcast features perspectives from operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) as well as the general industry outlook, to provide attendees insight into the challenges utilities are facing today as well as a holistic view into smart grid strategies to more...

Power On: Utilizing Smart Meters to Improve Outage Management at DTE Energy

 Wednesday Jun 26, 2013 - 1:00 PM Eastern - VIrtual Event

This webcast will feature Patricia Armbruster, Principal Process Management Facilitator in Distribution Operations at DTE Energy, who will share her experience and insights into improving outage response with smart grid technology. more...
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 Tuesday Jul 2, 2013 - Friday Jul 5, 2013 - Brussels

Managing the Migration to IP/Ethernet to Facilitate the Smart Grid 2-5 July 2013 – Le Plaza Brussels, Belgium 2-Day Conference: Wednesday 3rd & Thursday 4th July 2013 Pre-Conference Fundamentals of IP/Ethernet Workshop: Tuesday 2nd July 2013 Post-Conference Security Seminar: Friday more...
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