Utility Automation & Engineering T&D articles

Recent articles from Utility Automation & Engineering T&D

Creating a new customer experience.(From the Editor)
June 1, 2009... I just attended CS Week Conference 33 in Washington, D.C., where I heard a lot about connecting and communicating with customers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For the most part, utilities communicate little with their customers, and vice versa. Customers are interested in their utilities...

To the editor.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2009... FROM: H. Lee Smith TO: Kathleen Davis SENT: Tuesday, May 12. 12:38 p.m. SUBJECT: May issue article: DNP3 vs. IEC 61850 Kathleen, I was very disappointed by your article; many of us in both protocol camps have been fighting to change this misconception of a battle. I, as...

Part II: will industry focus on new power vision?(NOTES)
June 1, 2009... An Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) report released in March touts a "holistic" approach to power. Given that almost every item and entity in the power industry is categorized, separated, compartmentalized and labeled, the "Vision for a Holistic Power Supply and Delivery Chain"...

Q1 T&D Market Index continues to fall.(NOTES)
June 1, 2009... Reflecting continued economic distress, Denali Intelligence's T&D Market Index decreased 5.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009 (see Figure 1). Leading the downward pull were underlying commodities, including a 26 percent decrease in crude oil and continued sharp decreases across all base...

Report available.(EYE ON EUROPE)
June 1, 2009... REPORT AVAILABLE: The Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE) released its 2008 compliance oversight report, including audits. Member transmission system operators were evaluated on compliance with UCTE standards. On the Net: www.ucte.org [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]