Meeting demand for electricity is just one of the issues facing utilities today. Utilities are pushing to transform as momentum continues toward Smart Grid… The Smart Grid is an industry ...

The Power of Zinc and Weathering Steel Extends Steel’s Service Life The quality and inherent value of steel distribution poles is often enhanced by the process of hot-dip galvanizing, or the use of ...

Batteries are among the least expensive pieces of equipment in a substation, and they are the heart that keeps the protection and control system running. Despite this, they are often not maintained ...

The business case for AMI deployment has often been made palatable to the regulators on the basis of widespread business benefits for the utility and the ratepayer. While present deployments have ...

Understanding diagnostic testing of HV Circuit Breakers is essential. When diagnostic tests are performed on HV Circuit Breakers, valuable information can be extracted. From a technical maintenance ...

In spite of all the rhetoric about “getting the lead out”, most larger North American urban centers are still maintaining some form of medium voltage underground network power distribution system ...

I sat restlessly at the kitchen table taking the last gulp from my third cup of coffee wondering if I had made the right decision: The decision to put myself into the race for Deputy Mayor [of ...