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March 4, 2013
Energy Changes at a Turtle's Pace

To those people who have been in the industry for 12 years, it may seem that little has changed. However, for me, it seems more has changed than you may realize.

Insights, Back-up power, Nuclear, Coal Power Plants, Business, Wind, Solar, Reliability, Utility Generation, Customer Generation, Energy Delivery, Smart Grid
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February 25, 2013
State Governments and Electric Utilities Provided More Effective Emergency Responsiveness During Hurricane Sandy than Did Local and Federal Governments

Overall, state governments and electric utilities provided more effective responsiveness and handling of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy emergency than did local and federal governments, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 Hurricane Sandy Responsiveness Study.

News, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Policy
Article
April 16, 2012
Energy Assurance Plans Help Keep the Lights On

Cities are developing energy assurance plans to prepare for situations in which power is unavailable for several days.

Spotlight, Reliability, Energy Delivery, End Use
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Article
October 28, 2010
NASA Developing Solar Shield to Protect Power Grid from Space Weather

NASA Science News has announced that it is working on a new and experimental forecasting system for the North American power grid, called Solar Shield.

News, Reliability, Energy Delivery
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October 15, 2010
The Rising Tide of Outages

Power outages and power quality disturbances cost the U.S. economy over $80 billion annually as the aging power grid is becoming increasingly stressed. The answer, according to a Connected Planet feature, is a self-healing smart grid, but what is it and what are the costs?
 

Spotlight, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Smart Grid
Article
October 12, 2010
Rules Don't Prevent Blackouts

The executive director of the North American Transmission Forum contends that the power industry needs to recognize that rules for reliability are limited in what they can accomplish.

Spotlight, Federal, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Policy
Article
July 29, 2010
Climate Change Initiatives May Affect Power Reliability, says NERC Report

Climate change initiatives will require substantial changes to the bulk power system, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation announced in its Reliability Impacts of Climate Change Initiatives (RICCI) Report.

News, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Environmental Impact
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June 21, 2010
Power Quality and Wind

When it comes to the practicality of renewable energy used by utilities, wind provides a viable amount of load that can integrated into the transmission grid. But how do utilities deal with wind power and its effect on power quality issues of the grid?

In The Know, Connecting to Grid, Electric Distribution, Reliability, Energy Delivery
Article
February 19, 2010
Survey of U.S. Electric Utilities Reflects Impact of Weak Economy, Regulatory Uncertainty

 Black & Veatch has released the results of its fourth annual survey of U.S. electric power industry leaders, which showed reliability of the electric grid, regulatory issues and long-term investment as overall top concerns.

News, Nuclear, Reliability, Utility Generation, Energy Delivery
Article
February 1, 2010
Oncor Relies on BPL

Broadband-over-power-line with fiber backbone is central to the future of the Dallas-area smart grid. (go to article in T&D World)

Communications systems, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Smart Grid