Electric Energy T&D Magazine January/February 2017

4 - Power Points | We're Only Human

By Terry Wildman, Editor-in-Chief

History shows the first evidence linking climate change to human activities was carefully documented in 1897 by Swedish physical chemist Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927).
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10 - The Grid Transformation Forum | Market Transformation Past and Future

By Peter Weigand, Greg Lander, Ross Malme, and John Brown

We are in discussion with Skipping Stone's leadership team, celebrating its 20th year in business. CEO Peter Weigand, President Greg Lander and Partners Ross Malme and John Brown highlight major market changes that have transformed markets and where they envision future transformative market shifts.
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15 - Green Ovations | Driving the Grid Forward: Best Practices for Utilities to Prepare for the Electric Vehicle Boom

By Colin Gibbs

With international goals to limit global warming levels to 2°C or less over the next several decades, the electric vehicle market has the wind at its back.
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17 - From Research to Action | Laying the Foundation for Smart Inverters

By Dr. Guohui Yuan and Dr. Aminul Huque

Advanced inverters are a critical enabler of high solar photovoltaic (PV) penetrations because of their smart functionalities and ability to maintain a balanced grid.
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19 - The Internet of Things Starts with the Grid of Things - Part 2

By Zac Canders

Unbeknownst to me, in the Sept./Oct. 2016 issue of Electric Energy T&D Magazine, Ryan Zaczynski, DataCapable's Data Science & Analytics Director, gave away a big secret.
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22 - Advantages of Hybrid Wireless Field Communication Networks for Smart Grids

By Bert Williams

To reap the reliability, efficiency, security and customer satisfaction benefits of building a smarter grid, electric utilities are deploying smart meters, intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and other digital apparatus along distribution feeders and in substations.
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25 - Building a Foundation to Move Your Utility Grid Modernization Strategy Forward

By Jennifer Ahearn

Grid Modernization encompasses a vast variety of different functionalities, capabilities and technologies, which can seem overwhelmingly complex for a utility embarking on a Grid Modernization journey.
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27 - The Bigger Picture | Key Elements in a Modern Transmission Vegetation Management Program

By Will Fellers

Vegetation failure is one of the leading causes of service outages, according to data from utilities and other organizations that track utility infrastructure.
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30 - Security Sessions | Models, Patrols, and Pads

By Doug Houseman and Sean Morash

In the future, all of the analytics, automated restoration, transactive energy and other changes to operations will rely on one key foundation: the underlying grid model and its accuracy.
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34 - Guest Editorial 1 | The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same! Reflection on Field Mobility in Utilities over the past 20 years

By Mary Brittain-White

Socrates in the 5^th Century BC commented that children had lost respect for their elders and were generally playing up, a great example of how the passage of time changes very little.
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36 - Guest Editorial 2 | Transformer Risk and Reliability: Well-planned PM Programs Can Double Transformer Life

By Alan M. Ross

Transformers are the heart of an electrical system. As such, any discussion on reliability must start with the transformer.
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Electric Energy T&D Magazine January/February 2017

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