Many U.S. utilities have completed, or are nearing completion of, their Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Meter Data Management System (MDMS) rollouts. With these implementations completing, ...

Many utilities are rolling out Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and are committing millions and collectively billions of dollars to do so. The challenge for utilities is not whether to roll out ...

The impact of the Enron bankruptcy has been both predictable and at the same time somewhat surprising for the marketplace. Short-term energy and commodity prices have seemingly been unaffected by the ...

Few if any hospitals have a better power system than the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida, thanks to its recently renovated power plant. Completed at a cost of $47 million, it ...

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

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 ...

Many dielectric and mechanical failures in large power transformers are preceded by mechanical changes in the winding structure. These changes, or displacements in the winding structure, may be the ...

The electric power industry is in the midst of fundamental change. Traditionally a highly regulated and monopolistic industry with structured utilities, it is evolving rapidly into a marketplace ...

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 ...

An Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system is comprised of a large volume of assets which include meters, modules, network communications infrastructure, and may also include remote ...

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 ...

Meeting demand for electricity is just one of the issues facing utilities today. Utilities are pushing to transform as momentum continues toward Smart Grid… The Smart Grid is an industry ...