EPRI Journal articles from November 1996

EPRI Journal archives from November 1996

Enhancing power grid reliability.(Cover Story)
November 1, 1996... On August 10, 1996, a transmission line near the Columbia River in Oregon sagged into a tree and shorted out. While not a common occurrence, the loss of the line was not seen as a cause for concern, since other lines in the area automatically...

Tighter security for electronic information.
November 1, 1996... Throughout the world of business, data and information are increasingly the raw materials used to create value, which in turn generates revenues and puts profits on the bottom line of a company's balance sheet. The electric utility industry is no...

Technology and transformation of the electricity industry.(Panel Discussion)
November 1, 1996... How does technology lead to change in industry, and what role will it have in a deregulated utility environment? EPRI's Advisory Council and Board of Directors met to debate the issue at the Institute's annual Summer Seminar, held August 5 and 6....

Comanagement of combustion by-products.
November 1, 1996... The electric utility industry generates more than 80 million tons of fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas de-sulfurization (FGD) sludge each year from the combustion of fossil fuels. Collectively, these are referred to as high-volume...