Use of the arc reflection method combined with a high capacitance surge generator and state-of-the-art pinpointing devices for underground cable fault locating will find faults in less time and with ...

In 1953, a five-year herbicide research project was initiated that has managed to maintain its relevance for more than five decades. Several partners embarked on this journey, including Pennsylvania ...

Electric power companies increasingly are the targets of sophisticated attacks. These assaults include not just advanced cyber security threats, but physical attacks as well. At the same time, the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

While many utilities struggle with the question of whether or not to build a Smart Grid, for the Electric Power Board (EPB) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, it was never an issue. The big question for ...

In basic terms, a geographic information system (GIS) for energy services or utility companies brings together, manages and makes use of two broad groupings of information – landbase and facilities ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the advent of CAD, work order management, and purchasing technology in recent decades, substation engineering underwent a transformation. Design, purchasing, and construction management ...

This article is the first in a series of articles that will help to bring light to the maintenance practices presently applied to power circuit breakers. A list of the most popular tests used; with ...