May/June 2015
Issue 3 - June 2015

PowerPoints | Tipping Your Cap-and-Trade

By Terry Wildman, Editor-in-Chief

Many of you have likely heard the phrase ‘May you live in interesting times.' It has long been thought to be an Ancient Chinese curse meaning ‘May you experience much disorder and trouble in your life.'
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The Grid Transformation Forum | Display Technologies and Their Impact on the Control Room

By Charles Davis

As we continue to modernize our transmission grid, the control room, whether in a utility, RTO or ISO, grows more and more crucial. We've asked Charles Davis, Director of Engineering at Mitsubishi Electric's US Visual and Imaging Systems Division, to share his views on the display technologies impacting the control room today and in the future.
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Green Ovations | Unlocking the grid edge: Open Standards are closer than you think

By Stuart McCafferty

If you're like me, you look at statistics about the growth of generation resources like solar installations and microgrids and can't help but think about the need to push intelligence farther out on the grid.
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From Research to Action | Advancing the Integrated Grid: Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS)

By Dr. Gerald R. Gray, Dr. John Simmins, and Brian Seal

Battery storage, solar and wind generation, as well as other distributed energy resources (DER) promise clean energy as well as grid stability benefits.
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How to Make Sound Equipment Decisions
Key Considerations for New and Used Truck Purchasing

By Margaret Ann Walker

Deciding whether to buy a new or used bucket truck comes down to two things: what you need and what you can pay.
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How Utilities Leverage Data Analytics to Improve Efficiency and Enhance Operations

By Brian Crow PE

For most electric utilities, outage management is a top priority and concern. Take, for example, an electric utility located in the middle of the United States' infamous ‘Tornado Alley.'
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Turning Grid Integration On its Head: Renewables are part of the solution

By Fliss Jones

DNV GL's global industry survey reveals a worrying split between the renewables sector and system operators, threatening the future deployment of clean energy.
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Transmission and Substation Asset Engineering: Evolution of Reliability Improvement Projects

By Neal Rich

For many years, electric utility design personnel and engineering project managers have been working to get the most out of aging transmission and substation assets while making sure grid reliability improvement efforts pass two typical tests: are they prudent, and are they cost effective?
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Pioneering Innovation While Keeping the Lights On

By Michele Morgan

Ours is an era of unstructured information. The data we seek to manage, analyze and interpret value from is available to us on a scale previously unfathomable – creating both opportunities and challenges for CIOs in every industry.
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The Bigger Picture | System Testing for Outage Management and Distribution Management Systems - Critical Success Factors

By Don Hallgren and Ross Shaich

Outage Management and Distribution Management Systems are mission critical applications and they must be available, responsive, accurate, and reliable at all times.
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Security Sessions | Municipal Utility Takes Action to Offset Steep Price Increases in New England

By Dean Musser PE

Municipal electric utilities in New England face significant energy cost increases in the coming years due to the retirement of older generation plants and the impact that shifts in the sourcing of generation will have on transmission patterns.
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Guest Editorial | Asset Investment Planning and Management: A Best Practice of ISO 55000

By Boudewijn Neijens

In a world of aging assets and limited financial and human resources, companies often struggle to decide which asset-related capital projects should get the most attention.
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