Utility Products Articles, February 2010

Feature Story

UtilityProducts Conference & Expo Preview

This March 23-25, 2010 PennWell will feature its second utility industry trade show and conference?Utility Products Conference & Exposition (UPCE).

Reader's Choice Awards

How AMI Enables the Smart Grid

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart Grid Task Force brought together some of the leading thought and research groups in the Smart Grid arena in early 2008.

Finding the Right Clamp Meter: Smart Tool, Smart Buy

When you are responsible for installations, maintenance, repairs, and overhauls of "everything utility," your toolbox can fill up pretty quickly with all the tools and test equipment needed to constantly change gears from job to job.

Developing Tools with the Lineman in Mind

This past January marked the 20th anniversary since Huskie Tools first introduced the first battery-operated crimping tool, and as Larry Kotars, national sales manager, remembers, the company sold less than 10 in 1989.

Testing High Voltage Breakers

We test HV Breakers to make sure they are still operating up to par so that when they are needed to "protect," a power plant or substation for example... they will operate according to specifications.

Changing the Future of Pole Setting

By now everyone has accepted the fact that times are tough and that we need to save money whenever possible.

Smart Grid Made Easy with Clip-on Technology

One of the biggest challenges in "smartening" the grid lies in the required automation of all the distribution substations that were built with electromechanical type protective relay schemes.

Understanding Insulation Resistance Testing

A regular program of testing insulation resistance is strongly recommended to prevent electrical shocks, assure safety of personnel and to reduce or eliminate down time.