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Questions linger over need for new power line
Feb 3 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Chris Hubbuch La Crosse Tribune, Wis. - The Wisconsin Public Service Commission continues to question the need for a proposed high-voltage power line between Alma and Holmen, but the utilities behind the project say demand is there for more energy -- and the project creates a backup that doesn't rely on oil-burning generators on French Island. More...
Oklahoma in line for about $382 million in transmission projects
Feb 04 - The Daily Oklahoman - Construction could begin later this year on more than $300 million in new power lines to bolster Oklahoma's electrical grid. More...
Plymouth fights power-line plan
Feb 5 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Meersman Star Tribune, Minneapolis - With a new, higher-voltage power line planned for his Plymouth neighborhood, Manny Day says the smaller existing line is enough to give him goosebumps. More...
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PPL to move ahead with Bucks power line project
Feb 2 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sam Kennedy The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. - PPL Electric Utilities said it will start building a controversial high-voltage transmission line even though Springfield Township in upper Bucks County is asking the state Supreme Court to block the project. More...
North American Utility Selects ViryaNet Mobile Workforce Management Solution
ViryaNet - ViryaNet Limited (OTCQB: VRYAF), a leading provider of software solutions that optimize the planning, execution, and monitoring of service processes for mobile workforces, announced today that a North American utility has selected ViryaNet's mobile workforce management solution. more...
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Is Your Infrastructure Ready for Smart Metering? - Part 5 (The Final Chapter)

Blogger Photo By Jay Cappy - By Jay Cappy, Verizon Business PS Utility Practice Lead – IT Advisory Services   This is fifth and final installment more...

Cyberthreats Recognized by FBI

Blogger Photo By Ernie Hayden - On January 31st FBI Director Robert Mueller and National Intelligence Director James Clapper noted in a US Senate hearing that more...

Is Your Infrastructure Ready for Smart Metering? – Part 4

Blogger Photo By Jay Cappy - By Jay Cappy, Verizon Business PS Utility Practice Lead – IT Advisory Services   This is part four of the more...

SMART GRID: EEFECTIVE REACTIVE POWER CONTROLLER

Blogger Photo By Shehu Khaleel - Utilities today devote considerable attention to managing voltage levels and reactive power (VAR) throughout the power transmission and distribution systems. more...

The Utility MACT: It's Now a Fact

Blogger Photo By Peter Spinney - As stated in my recent CSAPR post, the New Year has been a tumultuous period for power generators, with respect more...
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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 power, as well as the utility companies who worked tirelessly more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Hurricane Irene, Nikola Tesla, and Improving Outage Management

By Tim Taylor
On Sunday August 28, the center of the hurricane/tropic storm named Irene went about 30 miles west of Shoreham, NY, located on the Long Island Sound. Being on the east side of the storm, Shoreham more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Three Big Band-Aids

By Gay Gordon-Byrne
These three terms are deeply deceptive marketing terms intended to hide the very real problems of electronic equipment in the field. The fact is that electronics break a lot. If they didn't break, networks wouldn't more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Turning On The Lights For Customer Service Appointments

By Jennifer Friedman
When the power goes out, the last thing an energy provider wants to do is keep their customers in the dark. But many utilities are still far behind the times when it comes to mobile more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Technical and Commercial Losses -- this is Gold for the Electrical Industry

By Joao Gomes
The Smart Grid will provide tools and information essential to the solution or at least reducing these losses to an acceptable level, if there is acceptable level for this. Today this division between Technical and more...
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