Quarterly Issue 2
Issue 2 - November -0001

Power Points | Powering Progress: Collaboration Is Driving Grid Modernization

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

When it comes to grid modernization, utilities that have partnered with technology companies have a better chance of succeeding. It is that partnership between utilities and industry partners that drives innovation.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | Innovation Through Collaboration: Establishing a Model for Utilities to Manage PCB Waste

By Charles Johnson and Christopher Johnson, Amidyne Solutions, Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

For our Q2 Grid Transformation Forum, it is our pleasure to introduce Charles Johnson and Christopher Johnson with Ontario-based Amidyne Solutions. Here, we share a case study about Amidyne's innovative approach that is changing the way utilities manage PCB testing and tranformer inspections.
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Green Ovations | Modernizing the Grid: How Digitalization and Automation Are Transforming Utilities

By Luigi Montana, envelio Inc.

We are in an era of load growth – data centers, manufacturing and electrification are driving electricity demand. On the other side of the equation, DERs and storage are also entering the system. All these resources share one need – to be interconnected to the grid.
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Energizing the Next Era of Power: How to Advance the U.S. Power Grid

By Maria Lamorey, PPG and Nelson Squires, Wesco

America's power grid is stable today, but a surge in demand is on the horizon. As innovations in AI, cloud computing and advanced technologies accelerate, energy capacity will increase, pushing the grid to new limits. Preparing for this shift is critical to meet the future demands of our connected, data-driven world.
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Smarter Resilience Planning for Municipal and Cooperative Utilities

By Cyril Brunner, Vermont Electric Cooperative and Mishal Thadani, Rhizome

From ice storms in Vermont and hurricanes in Louisiana to wildfires in California and snowstorms in Texas, the effects of climate change are playing out regionally in distinct and increasingly disruptive ways. Grid operators are no longer asking if extreme weather will hit – they're asking when, where and how bad.
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Keeping the UK's Most Ambitious Energy Project Afloat: How Resistors Ensure Reliability in Tidal Projects

By Mike Torbitt, Cressall

This article explores how resistors can help stabilise the grid and extend the component lifespan to ensure the long-term success of tidal projects.
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How Energy Manufacturers Can Offset Market Shifts With Smarter Incentives

By Nichole Gunn, Extu

If there's one thing you can count on in renewable energy, it's change. Regulations shift, subsidies come and go and customer demand can flip on a dime. Losing key federal and state incentives has forced solar manufacturers to rethink how they connect with contractors, dealers and distributors.
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Guest Editorial | Bridging the Gap: How Smart City Tech Creates Powerful Utility-Municipal Partnerships

By Dan Evans, Itron

Not long ago, it wasn't uncommon for a city's water department to dig up a street only to find that the electric utility had done the same thing just weeks earlier, with neither party aware of the other's plans.
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Guest Editorial | Microsecond Data on Ami 2.0 Meters Allows Utilities and Customers to Work Together in a Complex Grid Landscape

By Mike Phillips, Sense

We can no longer afford to operate under the status quo user-and-supplier framework that's existed for so long. It's vital and urgent that we rethink the relationship between utilities, their customers and the grid they share. It must become a more flexible, responsive and efficient system.
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Guest Editorial | Turning Data Into Decisions: AI's Role in Next-Gen Utility Asset Management

By Kristy McDermott, Sharper Shape

Utilities face significant challenges with aging infrastructure, extreme weather, rising operational costs and increased demands for reliability. AI offers a promising solution, but it's time to move beyond theoretical discussions, the “what ifs,” to embrace the practical benefits, the “what now?”
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Guest Editorial | Utilities Can Unlock the Full Potential of Battery Storage With Analytics

By Lennart Hinrichs, TWAICE

Battery energy storage systems are a critical part of the modern grid. Energy storage is ideal for the integration of new resources necessary to meet rising power demands, enabling intermittent renewables to meet a utility's power needs when there is no sun or wind, while keeping the grid stable at times of high generation.
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The Bigger Picture | Key Trends Reshaping the Energy Landscape: Introducing the OpenADR Alliance and OpenADR Standard

By Rolf Bienert, OpenADR

For anyone unfamiliar with OpenADR, the concept was conceived during the 2000/2001 energy crisis in California. California's energy needs exceeded the available resources on several occasions during this period. At the time, the only fast and reliable response available to grid operators was to completely shut down parts of cities and counties for periods of time.
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Powherful Forces | Forging the Future at the Edge: Sasha Wang, Durabook

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

This issue's Powherful Forces profile is of Sasha Wang, who talks about her role as CEO of Durabook Americas, what innovative technology she thinks will have the greatest impact on the industry over the next few years and what she and her team have done to ensure their customers can understand and embrace this technology.
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