Table of ContentsFeaturesNEW YEAR’S T&D RESOLUTIONSTo celebrate 2008, Utility Automation & Engineering T&D invited experts from all over the country to predict the future.
DistribuTECH/TransTECH 2008: Building the Smart GridAs marketing buzz terms go, “smart grid” and “intelligent grid” are pretty good ones.
AMI & the smart grid - Utilities at a Crossroads: Invest Now or Pay LaterRecent challenges to energy supply, highlighted by events such as the 2003 Northeast blackout, the California energy crisis, Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, have exposed the vulnerabilities of the nation’s aging utility infrastructure.
Using the Common Information Model for Enterprise IntegrationMost large electric utilities have had at least one project “try out” the industry-standard Common Information Model (CIM).
Getting Equipped: No Single Bullet Wounded the World Transformer MarketThe power industry buzzes with talk of transformer prices. Sometimes, the issue gets laid at the feet of the metals industry; sometimes not.
DepartmentsFrom the EditorThe Ice Storm ComethAt about 4 o’clock the morning of Dec. 10, I woke up to what my sleep-addled mind could only guess was an alien invasion on the order of what Spielberg portrayed in his War of the World’s remake.
NewsEchelon Smart MeterApproved in CanadaThe Networked Energy Services (NES) smart meter from Echelon has received certification from Measurement Canada.
New ProductsNEW PRODUCTSOpen Systems International’s (OSI)’s “monarch lite” software platform is configured and packaged not only for small SCADA applications, but also as a flexible and open substation automation platform.
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