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U.S. concerned about power grid attack

U.S. officials are apparently concerned the group Anonymous may launch a cyberattack against the country's electrical grid, The Wall Street Journal reported. more...
Filed under: Communications & Security

Coming soon: No more estimates for Columbia Gas meter readings

Most local Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania customers know how to read their bills. more...
Filed under: Metering

ABB releases the GridShield recloser

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced the release of the 38kV GridShield, a three-phase vacuum recloser with single phase tripping capabilities. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

PPL Electric Utilities Plans $664 million in 2012 Improvements to Electric Delivery System

PPL Electric Utilities plans $664 million in capital improvements to its electric delivery system that serves central and eastern Pennsylvania in 2012. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

ColumbiaGrid Board Approves Transmission Expansion Plan

The ColumbiaGrid board approved and adopted its 2012 Biennial Transmission Expansion Plan Update on February 15, 2012. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

 

ARTICLES

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...
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 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 more...
Filed under: Grid Operations
 
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ENERGY BLOGS

FERC's Order 1000 as a Potential Example of Over-Regulated America

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - As a short, simple (but not simplistic), and highly important complement to the blog post Is Power Industry Regulation Helping more...

Utility Industry Predictions 2012: Keeping the lights on during uncertain times

Blogger Photo By Chris Lewis -   By Warren Causey The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”, seems to be working overtime as the more...

Are You REALLY Prepared for Your Outage?

Blogger Photo By Peter Hessler - How many of you think that you’ll “just know” if you’ll be ready or not when the unit comes off more...

Building teams for Smart metering and smart grids

By Alok Misra - It is indeed challenge to build such teams and that too from people who are relatively fresh from Engineering colleges.But more...

Will Germany be the First Country to Adopt the EWPC-AF?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - After reading the press release of Germany’s Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur, I think that Germany will be the first country more...

Can We take the sting out of Smart Grid and Smart Metering deployment?

By Alok Misra - THe answer is yes we can.We in India qre very close to doing it.Deskilling the jobs and standardisation is the more...
 

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Grid Analytics Issues, Trends, & Drivers

 Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

With the realization of the smart grid, the utility industry has experienced fundamental change over the last decade. Entirely new areas of expertise, value, challenge, and opportunity have emerged. Right at the heart of these opportunities and challenges is how more...

 Filed under: Metering

Managing the Data Explosion: The Reality Behind MDM Implementation

 Thursday Mar 1, 2012 - 12:00 AM Eastern - Virtual Event

Many utilities are planning to implement a meter data management system to leverage their investment in advanced metering infrastructure, creating operational benefits and customer benefits out of Big Data. more...

 Filed under: Metering

Energy Utilities as Underappreciated Socially Responsible Investments

 Tuesday Mar 6, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

When one thinks of socially responsible investing (SRI), utilities are not typically top-of-mind. Utilities are rarely considered as candidates for the large and rapidly growing number of SRI funds-funds which are projected to reach as much as $9 trillion in more...

 Filed under: Metering

Grid ComForum West 2012

 Wednesday Mar 7, 2012 - Friday Mar 9, 2012 - San Diego, CA

Hosted by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), GCF West will provide a unique conference for electric power utilities, vendors, and suppliers involved in Smart Grid technology deployment. Participating utilities include American Electric Power, APS, BC Hydro, Central Vermont Power, more...

 Filed under: Grid Operations
 


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