The Marine Energy All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) today (Oct 22) held its first full group meeting of the new Parliament ...

Many people assume the Smart Grid is a revolutionary change to the operation of the electric grid. In reality, it is an incremental step in the long evolution of adding automation to the electric grid ...

In a rapidly evolving utility landscape, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has emerged as an attractive solution for organizations seeking to enhance connectivity and transform their ...

Ever wondered how much electric energy the world consumes or how much energy is lost on its way from power plants to end user customers? Have you wondered how much energy could be saved or greenhouse ...

To improve emergency response operations, utilities across the United States and Canada are increasingly adopting the Incident Command System (ICS). Given what appears to be the increasing severity of ...

An Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system is comprised of a large volume of assets which include meters, modules, network communications infrastructure, and may also include remote ...

“Energy efficiency” is the latest buzz phrase since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) was signed in August. Both short- and long-term projections indicate the era of "cheap energy" is gone in ...

Loading capability of power transformers is limited mainly by winding temperature. As part of acceptance tests on new units, the temperature rise test is intended to demonstrate that, at full load and ...

Moisture content of solid insulation is a concern for power transformers as it causes several detrimental effects on the insulation’s integrity. Moisture content assessment is often derived from an ...

Integrating components for substation automation at a handful of substations can be achieved with custom fit solutions for each integration effort. Automation of dozens of substations, on the other ...

Even though there is plenty of variation in our grid reliability improvement efforts, the latest project designs for transmission and substation improvements can be split into two main categories: ...