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From Transmission & Distribution World | A
Penton Media Publication | July 1, 2009
Vol. 8, No. 26
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The SEL-3031 Serial Radio Transceiver combines three
serial channels simultaneously for SCADA, engineering, maintenance, or
telemetry, using one point-to-point radio link. It reliably performs in
harsh environmental and electrical conditions via the license-free, 900
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Table Of Contents
 DOE Approves 16 State Energy
Spending Plans as Part of Stimulus Push
NIST Releases Report on Smart Grid
Development
New Substations to Strengthen
Northern Indian Region's Transmission Grid
AREVA Set to Sell its
Transmission and Distribution Unit
ITC: House Climate Bill Lacks
Necessary Transmission Reforms
Oncor to Apply for More Than $300
Million in Smart Grid Stimulus Funds
New Poll Finds Strong Public
Support for PSE&G's Transmission Line Upgrade
Penelec Equipment Damaged by
Gunfire
Hourly Load Study of 800,000 Utility
Customers Shows Utility Returns from Smart Grid Vary Widely
American Transmission Co. and Northeast
Utilities Win 2009 Edison Award
Land Stewardship
Megawatts of Solar
Calendar of Events
Job Opportunities
Automate NERC Cyber Security
Compliance
Registration for Circuit Breaker
Training Conference Still Open
Follow Technology Editor Vito Longo on
Twitter
RMEL Website is a Comprehensive Tool
for Energy Industry
Smart Metering for Water
Utilities
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News Flash
DOE
Approves 16 State Energy Spending Plans as Part of Stimulus Push
National Association of State Energy Officials
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved 16 State Energy Program
spending plans authorized as part of the federal economic stimulus
package signed into law in February.
NIST
Releases Report on Smart Grid Development
NIST
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and
Technology in June released for public review a report that identifies
issues and proposes priorities for developing technical standards and an
architecture for a U.S. Smart Grid.
New
Substations to Strengthen Northern Indian Region's Transmission
Grid
ABB
India's Power Transmission Corp. of Uttarakhand Ltd has ordered
three substations to strengthen the northern Indian region's
transmission grid and help deliver clean hydropower to communities in
the area.
AREVA Set
to Sell its Transmission and Distribution Unit
AREVA T&D
The AREVA group’s Supervisory Board met yesterday under the
chairmanship of Jean-Cyril Spinetta and finalized the steps to be taken
to finance the group’s long-term development plan.
ITC:
House Climate Bill Lacks Necessary Transmission Reforms
ITC Holdings Corp.
ITC Holdings Corp. has raised concerns about the lack of needed
comprehensive electricity transmission policy reforms included in the
American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) passed by the U.S. House
of Representatives.
Oncor
to Apply for More Than $300 Million in Smart Grid Stimulus Funds
Business Wire
Oncor has notified the U.S. Department of Energy of its intent to
apply for approximately $317 million in stimulus funds to advance one of
the nation’s broadest and most advanced smart grid initiatives.
New
Poll Finds Strong Public Support for PSE&G's Transmission Line
Upgrade
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
A recent poll finds that the majority of people in Morris and Sussex
counties in New Jersey favors PSE&G's plan to upgrade the
Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line to ensure reliability of the
electric grid.
Penelec
Equipment Damaged by Gunfire
Firstenergy Corp.
Three vandalism incidents -- each involving electrical equipment
damaged with gunshots -- caused more than 5,500 Pennsylvania Electric
Co. (Penelec) customers in the Clearfield area to experience power
interruptions late Friday into Saturday.
Hourly
Load Study of 800,000 Utility Customers Shows Utility Returns from Smart
Grid Vary Widely
Jackson Associates
Jackson Associates has announced results from the first
utility-detailed nationwide study of smart grid savings.
American
Transmission Co. and Northeast Utilities Win 2009 Edison Award
Edison Electric Institute
Northeast Utilities and American Transmission Co. have been named
winners of the Edison Award by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) for
the extraordinary achievements both companies have made this past year.
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In-Depth
Land
Stewardship
T&D World
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Megawatts
of Solar
T&D World
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addition of photovoltaic to the distribution grid...
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Conferences and Conventions
Calendar of
Events
T&D World's complete 2009 event calendar can be found at: 2009 Calendar of Industry
Events.
July 15-18:
National Society of Professional Engineers Annual Conference and Expo,
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.,
(703) 684-2800,
www.nspe.org
Sept. 12-15:
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Convention
Exposition,
Seattle, Washington, U.S.,
(301) 215-4507,
www.necaconvention.org
Sept. 13:
Rocky Mountain Electrical League (RMEL) Fall Convention,
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.,
(303) 695-0089,
www.rmel.org
September 13-15:
RMEL Fall Convention,
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.,
303-865-5544,
www.rmel.org
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Careers in T&D
Job
Opportunities
To post your job opening in Energizing and on the T&D
World website or magazine, call 484-478-0154 or e-mail: susan.schaefer@penton.com.
Visit Jobzone
to view additional career opportunities.
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Electrical
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Position provides technical support in the Bulk System
Planning activities for the Corporation by performing bulk planning
studies, generation interconnection studies and supporting more senior
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New York
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contractor seeks an Electrical Estimator with 20 years minimum
experience in heavy electrical installations, substations,
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Registration
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responsible for operating, maintaining, or managing
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RMEL Website is a Comprehensive Tool
for Energy Industry
The RMEL website is a
comprehensive tool for any company or individual involved in the
electric energy industry. As an organization, RMEL provides education
and networking opportunities addressing a variety of vital issues.
Conferences, workshops and roundtables are held on generation,
transmission, distribution, safety, management, customer service topics
and Events are held for operations, engineering, management, and senior
management.
Smart
Metering for Water Utilities
Should water utilities replace current consumption meters with
“smart metering” systems that provide more information to both
utilities and customers? This question is being hotly debated in
today’s electric utility industry but currently appears to be of less
interest in the water industry. As drought and population growth are
sharpening the focus on water issues, experts are increasingly looking
at smart metering as a possible contribution to long-term supply.
http://tdworld.com/special/whitepaper/oracle-smart-metering-0904
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