Clamping Down on Inefficiencies Vise Top Insulators and New Construction Standards Improve Reliability and Durability for Electrical Utility Company ...

Increasingly, utilities are deploying intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and other smart apparatus in substations and along distribution feeders as well as equipping field workers with laptop, tabl ...

Collecting Billing Data at the Meter Innovative metering technology that meets tomorrow’s business requirements today ...

Electric and magnetic fields are important factors to be considered when designing transmission lines. They occur in nature and have become much more prevalent in our everyday lives through man-made ...

“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 ...

With meter data analytics, utilities are recognizing the true value of their Smart Grid investment: Data. The business world today is undergoing a swirl of change. However, amid all the uncertainty, ...

Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP), Tucson, Arizona, is the principal subsidiary of UniSource Energy (publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol UNS).. . .

Denmark takes renewable energy seriously. According to the Danish Energy Agency, renewable energy sources accounted for 40.7 percent of domestic energy produced in the country in 2011. The country has ...

Walking the tight rope between profitability, public image and customer relations can be tricky, especially when the entire energy industry is watching utility movements closely.. . .

There are approximately 4500 circuit miles of 69kv to 345kv underground transmission cables in service in the United States, most of which are High-Pressure Fluid-Filled (HPFF) cables.. . .

Robotic technologies are an innovative way to assist utilities in their asset management programs. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is developing robots that will inspect transmission line ...

As a longtime utility ‘insider,' I know first-hand the trials and tribulations of deploying and managing a smart grid. Now, with the added perspective of being a technology provider to the industry,. ...