November/December 2017
Issue 6 - November 2017

Power Points | An Inspirational Year in Infrastructure

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor-in-Chief

In October, I had the opportunity to attend the Bentley System's Year in Infrastructure Conference 2017.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | The Digital Utility: Preparing Today's Utilities for Tomorrow

By Bart Thielbar

While the utility industry has long been a traditional bricks and mortar business, today disruptive digital technologies are driving utilities to go beyond simply providing energy.
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Green Ovations | Smart Homes: What You Haven't Thought Of

By Erik Drost

Homeowners are beginning to expect their homes to be connected and are turning to builders and electricians to add intelligence.
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From Research to Action | Innovation in Electrification: Energy Management Circuit Breakers

By Tom Reddoch and John Halliwell

As part of a collaborative R&D project with utilities, EPRI and Eaton are testing Eaton's new circuit breaker, which is designed to improve utility service reliability through monitoring and control of consumer loads – and to provide customers information on their electricity use patterns.
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Distributed Battery Energy Storage: Intro to Battery DR and How Baselining Techniques Can Fail
Part 1 of a two-part series taking a closer look at existing efforts to solve Battery DR Challenges and areas where more attention is needed.

By Sean Morash

In a recent pilot project, utilizing commercial and industrial customers' stationary energy storage battery resources, the performance of large capacity battery storage systems, as they responded to demand response signals from a utility, was measured, analyzed and verified.
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Replacing Aging Transformers with Customized, Drop-in Units

By Alan Ober

As power transformers at generation facilities near end-of-life cycles, a number of potentially dangerous events can come into play – in addition to untimely power outages and costly repairs.
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On Load Tap Changer Condition Assessment Using Dynamic Recording and Measurement (DRM)

By Raka Levi

Managing On Load Tap Changer (OLTC) fleet depends on the assessment of their condition. In addition to the insulation condition, dynamic performance characteristic is the most important factor defining suitability for operation.
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Guest Editorial | 21^st Century Smart Asset Lifecycle and Performance Management: Making use of the data

By Brian Bradford

Tremendous transformational capabilities have been wrought in the electric utility industry thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) and the introduction of distributed energy resources at the edge of the distribution grid.
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Security Sessions | What Cyber Security Experts Need to Know

By CyberLock, Inc.

The repercussions from 9/11 and continued terrorist threats have put increased pressure on water utilities to secure their physical assets and electronically track anyone that accesses their facilities.
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