Electric Energy T&D Magazine March/April 2017

4 - Power Points | DistribuTECH or Bust!

By Terry Wildman, Editor-in-Chief

Well another year has come and gone and with it the annual DistribuTECH Conference and Exposition.
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9 - The Grid Transformation Forum | Powering the Future with Distributed Energy Resources

By Dr. Ali Ipakchi

We are speaking with Dr. Ali Ipakchi, Sr. Vice President Smart Grid & Green Power for OATI
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11 - Green Ovations | Get Active: A New Approach to Energy Management

By Bill Brewer

When it comes to energy and sustainability management, the pressure on organizations has reached a tipping point.
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14 - From Research to Action | EPRI's Telecommunications Initiative: Fiber Optics for the Future

By Tim Godfrey and Christine Hertzog

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recognizes that today's power grids and advanced grid initiatives need reliable, resilient, flexible, and secure telecom networks.
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16 - The Internet of Things Starts with the Grid of Things - Part 3

By Peter DiSalvo

When Electric Energy T&D approached us and said they were passing the baton to me, a software developer, for Part 3 of The Internet of Things Starts with the Grid of Things, I abruptly said, "don't you mean you are passing the toast"?
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18 - Renovating T&D Systems - A First Step Towards Implementing a Modern Grid

By Kay Stefferud

Distribution and Transmissions systems are evolving to accommodate increasing amounts of renewable distributed generation (DG) while also dealing with more intense storms, cyber security threats, evolving markets and aging infrastructure.
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20 - LoT's Role in Embracing the Future of the Grid

By Stewart Ramsay

There are a great many people in the market that suggest that the electric transmission and distribution network has outlived its usefulness and that as a country we should no longer be investing in the grid.
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23 - Preparing for the Cost of IoT Deployments

By Bob Akins

By many estimates, there is expected to be 35 billion IoT devices by 2020. So here's a good question; how much are these deployments going to cost?
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26 - A Vision of the Customer-Centric Grid

By Bradley Williams

Electric utilities recognize the need for new distribution network technologies to accommodate sustainable growth and customers' growing interest in grid-connected, customer-owned technologies such as solar rooftops and home/building energy management systems, and smart devices such as appliances.
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28 - The Internet of Things: Will Utilities Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way?

By Ryan Gerbrandt

Throughout the smart grid era, utilities have evolved their approach to communications, achieving in AMI networks some of the first scalable and business case driven IoT deployments. Is the industry ready to lead in the increasingly interconnected IoT era?
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30 - The Bigger Picture | It Must be Working - the LEDs are Blinking!

By Dr. Tim Shaw

In my line of work I get the occasional opportunity to come in and examine the results of plant cyber security implementation programs within various organizations.
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32 - Security Sessions | Is Your C-Suite Prepared for the Cyber Future?

By Justin Lowe and Sean Duffy

With cyber threats to the electric utility landscape increasing, what is the role of the utility C-suite in ensuring preparedness and what steps can be taken to enhance effectiveness?
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35 - Guest Editorial 1 | Orange Button^SM is Making Solar (even more) Affordable

By Aaron Smallwood

In 2016, the U.S. passed 1 million solar installations, and that number is estimated to pass 2 million by the end of this year.
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37 - Guest Editorial 2 | Teaming to Mitigate Risk - The Utility Executive and Board Imperative

By Donald Racey and Ellen Smith

Recent examples of lower probability, high-consequence events affecting the electric utility industry are reshaping the way utility executives and board members must look at risk and the associated costs of mitigating risk.
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