EPRI Journal articles from March 1998

EPRI Journal archives from March 1998

A need for public-private cooperation.(Editorial)
March 1, 1998... The U.S. electric power industry is going through its most fundamental restructuring in a century, a restructuring marked by increasing competition at all levels of the electricity enterprise. Over the next decade, changes in the industry are...

EPRI center aims for more efficient semiconductor manufacturing. (Electronic Power Research Institute)
March 1, 1998... Reducing energy costs for semiconductor manufacturing is a key goal of one of the first projects of the EPRI Center for Electronics Manufacturing. Established last fall with SEMATECH - the nonprofit semiconductor research consortium - the new...

EPRI responds to TRI reporting requirement. (Electronic Power Research Institute; Toxics Release Inventory)
March 1, 1998... EPRI is developing a comprehensive technical resource guide to help electric power companies accurately estimate and report their discharges of toxic chemicals. This project is part of a major EPRI effort to help the industry respond to new...

Robot under development for removing manhole covers.
March 1, 1998... Smoke, fires, and explosions in manholes are problems that utilities with extensive underground electrical systems periodically face. In order for fire-extinguishing or other measures to be implemented in such a situation, the manhole cover must...

Emerging markets for distributed resources. (includes related article on Electric Power Research Institute's information, technologies and analytical tools for developing and implementing distributed resources)(Cover Story)
March 1, 1998... The topography of the U.S. electricity supply system could be about to change in a big way. Much as computer technology has evolved from centralized, mainframe systems to distributed networks of various computing platforms, the traditional...

The future of metering.
March 1, 1998... It is the nature of revolutions to make the familiar strange, and few customer interfaces are as familiar as the electric meter. Virtually unchanged for decades, the conventional watt-hour meter is a common sight in both rural and urban settings,...

Environmental management with ISO 14000. (International Standards Organization)
March 1, 1998... As generating facilities go, the Michigan City station - owned by Northern Indiana Public Service Company - is not unique: it consists of a 500-MW coal-fired plant and three small gas boilers. What makes it interesting is its location - or, more...

Aerosol duct sealing goes commercial after successful field tests.
March 1, 1998... Leaks in residential air ducts cost U.S. homeowners some $5 billion a year and can result in the loss of nearly a quarter of the energy used to heat and cool homes. Time-consuming conventional leak repair which requires testing the ductwork,...