Transmission & Distribution: Page 211


  • JCP&L Accepts All BPU Directives for Morristown Network

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities had ordered a reliability report from a special master.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 13, 2012
  • Smart Grid Show And Tell: Seven Projects That Say 'Look At Me'

    Smart grid development and innovation have begun to take a step up.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2012
  • Utility maintenance trucks drive past downed power lines on their way to make repairs August 15, 2004 in Punta Gorda, Florida. Explore the Trendline
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    Grid Resiliency

    Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.

    By Utility Dive staff
  • Japan’s Tepco to Install 17 Million Smart Meters

    The company is responding to a government directive aimed at managing demand.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2012
  • Improving Power Supply for Residents in Sydney’s Lower North Shore

    Ausgrid will underground lines for reliabilityy and boost power to the area around Lane Cove.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
  • Reliability, Congestion Relief Focus of Proposed Nebraska Transmission Line

    A 260-mile, 345-kV line is now a possibility after a Southern Power Pool decision.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
  • Sending Smart Grid Love to Five Utilities

    A Valentine's Day offering to utilities, which often get more grief than love.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
  • Minnesota Power Proposes New Transmission Line

    The line would reach from Winnipeg to the Mesabi Iron Range and eventually into Duluth.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
  • A Day in the Life of the Grid With Jon Wellinghoff, FERC Chairman

    The FERC chairman unveiled a new presentation about the grid and its important factors.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
  • Landis+Gyr Announces Next-Generation Gridstream

    Landis+Gyr has launched its Series V next-generation Gridstream smart grid technology.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Siemens Smart Grid Strategy: Feeding the World's Appetite for Integration

    Siemens wants to be the leading smart grid integrator.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Smart Grid Benefits – It's Not Always About Money

    The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative is using the information to shape its actions.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Sprint Anounces Agreements with Automation Providers

    Itron, Inc; Lanner Electronics, Inc.; Power Insight and Silver Spring Networks will offer Sprint wireless network connectivity

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Calico Energy and Aclara Announce Alliance

    They say they will offer an integrated set of advanced load control, analytics and demand-response solutions.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Smart Grid Show-and-Tell: 7 Projects That Say 'Look at Me'

    A look some innovative smart-grid innovations utilities are using right now.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • Full Disclosure From 2012 DistribuTECH's Keynote Security Panel

    Security expert Andy Bochman hits the highlights of wide-ranging security panel discussions.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • Ambient Smart Grid Platform Helps With Outages

    The software firm said it has integrated communications with distribution and outage management programs.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • Is the Smart Grid Industry Stalling or Accelerating?

    Mixed signals are coming in about the vitality of the smart-grid market.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • NH utility fighting forced divestiture

    Public Service says that it usually delivers power it generates at below-market prices and customers can choose their source anyway.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012
  • Real-Life Grid Security Bungles (and 5 Steps To Banish Them)

    Security veteran Ernie Hayden has scary stories about lax security found during utility site visits.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 1, 2012
  • On the Hot Seat: IEEE's Dr. Avnaesh Jayantilal

    By Eli Dickinson • Feb. 1, 2012
  • 'Plug and Play' Comes to Smart-Grid Testing

    DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is building a series of interconnected laboratories for researchers to test new technologies on simulated and real power systems before plugging them into the electric grid.

    By Sean Griffey • Jan. 31, 2012
  • SAIC provides smart grid as a service to four Alaska villages

    SAIC was awared a contract by Intelligent Energy to supply a smart grid infrastructure to four Alaskan villages.  

    By Sean Griffey • Jan. 31, 2012
  • Transmission and distribution infrastructure revenues to double by 2020

    Revenues from transmission and distribution infrastructure investments are expected to more than double over the next several years – from $7.27 million in 2010 to $15.53 million in 2020, according to a new analysis from Global Data.

    Jan. 27, 2012
  • New Northeast natural gas pipeline capacity comes on-line

    Four new interstate natural gas pipelines that began commercial service in last 2011 have added over 1.5 billion cubic feet of capacity per day in the Northeast.  

    Jan. 27, 2012
  • PECO Invests More Than $60 Million in New Philadelphia Substation

    PECO has invested more than $60 million in the newly-constructed Peltz substation to improve electric service reliability and meet the growing energy needs of customers in portions of Center City and University City in Philadelphia.

    Jan. 27, 2012