Electric Energy T&D Magazine September/October 2014

4 - PowerPoints: Emissions Uncontrolled

By Terry Wildman, Editor-in-Chief

Not long ago I asked my close friend, a tenured professor at one of the most respected centres of learning in North America, what he and his fellow academics felt about Canada as a country and how Americans might feel about Canada becoming the 51st State.
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14 - The Grid Transformation Forum: The Inevitability of Renewable Integration

By Hugo van Nispen, Executive Vice President of Global Energy Advisory Services, DNV GL

We are in discussion with Hugo van Nispen, DNV GL's Executive Vice President of Global Energy Advisory Services. DNV GL, the largest independent global energy consultancy, works actively to help utilities, grid operators, and governmental and regulatory organizations to transition to a safer, smarter, greener energy future.
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17 - Green Ovations: Smart Cities Address an Urgent Need
As urbanization grows, sustainable practices become crucial

By Gilles Betis, chair, IEEE Smart Cities Initiative

One intriguing aspect of human nature is the knowledge that we can shape our own future. Yet failure to do so leaves us at the mercy of external forces and unintended consequences.
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20 - From Research to Action: Beyond the Substation Switch
Effectively Managing Field Networks and Devices

By Galen Rasche, Senior Program Manager, Power Delivery And Utilization Sector, EPRI

The reliable and efficient delivery of electric power increasingly depends on information technology (IT) and communication infrastructures.
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22 - Utility Security: Understanding NERC CIP 014 Requirements and Their Impact

By Rick Shumard and Steve Schneider

In the U.S. energy market, the ownership breakdown is a mix of regulated investor-owned utilities, municipal electric utilities, rural electric cooperatives, federal power marketing agencies and independent power producers.
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27 - Limitations of Power-Flow Modeling for Voltage Control on the Modern

By Jeremy Wilson

Historically, traditional voltage regulation techniques based on power-flow modeling have been sufficient for distribution system control: delivery of a nominal service voltage with a range of +/- 5% (e.g. 114V-126V) to an unengaged electric energy consumer with one-way power flow.
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30 - Crew-Care/Logistics during a Large Restoration Incident

By John Kullmann

A major storm has hit the area. Thousands, maybe even tens of thousands, are without electricity.
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34 - The Bigger Picture: What I learned from a bucket truck
Disaster preparedness best practices from those who know

By Jason Tower

For the contactors, utilities, and cooperatives who use them, the platform of a bucket truck is likely to be associated with helping customers.
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37 - Security Sessions: You say potato and I say potato-but I didn't actually mean it!

By William T. (Tim) Shaw, PhD, CISSP / CIEH / CPT

Way back in 2003, not long after the country had gotten back on its feet after the horrible impacts of the terrorist events of 9/11, the NERC board of Trustees issued Urgent Action Standard 1200 addressing cyber security.
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39 - Guest Editorial 1: Data Analytics: Finding the Hidden Value behind Your Utility's Data

By Brian Crow

It's safe to say that outage management is a top priority and concern for electric utilities.
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41 - Guest Editorial 2: Firming up the grid, and supporting it with renewables

By Patrick Frigge

The deployment of advanced distributed power technology is critical to the establishment of more flexible and dependable decentralized energy power supplies around the globe.
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Electric Energy T&D Magazine September/October Supplement 2014

2 - Stormy Weather: Intelligent Undergrounding Supports System Reliability and Resiliency

By Damien Polansky and Brent Richardson

‘Be Prepared' certainly has grown beyond the purview of the Boy Scout motto. Being prepared is at the heart of the ability to anticipate unexpected events, know what you intend to do to survive or mitigate risk from that event, and how quickly you can bounce back. In a word, resiliency.
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6 - Mitigating Damage from Extreme Weather

By Dan Zapotok

Since the August 2003 blackout in the Northeast, electrical grid reliability has been under heavy scrutiny. Circumstances leading up to that massive power outage – as well as other modern-day blackouts in the United States – have been thoroughly examined.
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11 - Manitoba Hydro puts Advanced Line Sensor Technology to a real-world test during January blizzard

By Graham Eason

Manitoba Hydro first started testing line sensors in 2006. We suspected that a number of stations on our distribution system were reaching capacity and might need upgrades, but we didn't have consistent, quality data to support our planning decisions.
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14 - Transformer Down! Dealing with Emergency Replacement of Transformers to Keep Production On-Line
Knowing about transformer construction provides the first line of defense. Rapid access to plug-and-play replacements can save hundreds of thousands of dollars per day

By David Rizzo

How much can you afford to lose? For any CEO or manager in charge of a plant that purchases electricity in bulk, that question must be faced when considering the replacement of a power transformer.
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Electric Energy T&D Magazine September/October 2014

Electric Energy T&D Magazine September/October Supplement 2014

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