November/December 2015
Issue 6 - November -0001

PowerPoints | No Right Answers

By Terry Wildman, Editor-in-Chief

In the last issue I mentioned that Canada was in the middle of an election at the federal level. I'm happy to tell you that Canadians from coast to coast to coast turned out to vote in large numbers.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | The Changing Landscape of AM in T&D

By Boudewijn Neijens

The landscape of asset management in T&D is changing rapidly. After decades of relative stability, the need to incorporate smart metering and smart grids to accommodate renewables and distributed generation is putting increasing pressure on asset managers.
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Green Ovations | SMUD's Do-No-Harm Approach to Vegetation Management earns Environmental Praise

By Steve Hallmark

Sacramento has long been called the City of Trees. In the 900-square mile area we serve, SMUD's vegetation management team performs vegetation inspection and planning, and oversees the maintenance of more than 200,000 trees.
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From Research to Action | An Opening Glimpse of EPRI's Open Enabling Platform

By Karen George

The electricity grid has become increasingly dependent upon information and communication technologies.
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RecX: Prototype spare transformer sets the stage for substation resiliency

By Craig L. Stiegemeier

Rapid Recovery Transformer advancements – as well as new assessment, monitoring, hardening and rapid repair capabilities – can help utilities boost grid reliability and minimize exposure to potential attacks and outages.
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Drones
What are they? What do they do? What are the good for? What is controversial about them?

By John Kullmann

Thinking specifically of emergency response operations, where do drones fit in – both now and in the future?
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Hydro at 10,000 Feet: Modernizing the Renewable Infrastructure

By Bruce Cotie

Aging infrastructure is a well-recognized challenge across our nation's energy system with investor-owned utilities spending a record of $19.5 billion in electric transmission infrastructure last year.
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The Bigger Picture | SGIP's OpenFMB™ spreads power-system insight to grid-edge devices

By John Gillerman

Did you happen to see the New York Times story about TXU Energy's free-nights-and-weekends rate plan?
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Security Sessions | It's time to take a serious look at substation cybersecurity

By Eric Deschenes

Cybersecurity is well understood by information technology (IT) professionals. Many IT security experts have years of experience in securing their computers and networks from hackers and other threats.
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Guest Editorial | Understanding Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) Techniques and Interpretations

By Jeff Golarz

The use of Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) as a method for determining the types of pending or occurring faults within power transformers has been in practice for many years.
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