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 ...

Many electric distribution organizations are presently evaluating their approach to integrating three key operational systems – SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), OMS (Outage Management ...

Twenty-first century electric power utilities are faced with complex operational issues and challenges with respect to physical security of critical assets, particularly substations. These can include ...

Electrical power transmission networks are protected and controlled by medium and high-voltage circuit breakers. Breakers are meant to make and break the flow of electrical currents in transmission ...

The amount of power that an overhead transmission line can transfer is affected by the conductor’s ability to radiate thermal energy. This is determined by the conductor’s surface “darkness,” called ...

According to physicist Albert Einstein "if you cannot explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." When it comes to visualizing new transmission power facilities to support vital capacity ...

Common development wisdom characterizes portions of the U.S. transmission system as antique and the generation interconnection study and queue process, especially for renewable power as, at best, ...

A Medium Voltage (MV) Subcycle Static Transfer Switch is a solid state unit which is capable of switching large amounts of power, for example up to 40 MVA at 38kV, in less than 1/4 of a 60 Hz cycle or ...

In August of 2007, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) released its ‘Modern Grid Benefits’ report for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability ...

There is a shortage of high-voltage transmission lines in the United States, and demand is expected to grow at least 20 percent in the next decade. Yet selection of transmission line routes is a ...

Problems associated with poor installations of advanced meters have done tremendous damage to public perceptions about the utility industry. To those familiar with the challenges associated with ...

There is an increased focus on transmission and distribution investments to address aging and distressed infrastructure. Previously voluntary reliability programs under the North American Electric ...