|
 |
|
From Transmission & Distribution World | A
Penton Media Publication | November 4, 2009
Vol. 8, No. 44
|
 |
 |
SEL-351 Protection System Simplifies Automation and Control With
IEC 61850
The industry standard SEL-351 Protection
System just got better. The new SEL-351 has everything you expect,
including IEC 61850 protocols. Apply IEC 61850 to integrate substation
automation and control systems. For more information about all the
protection, communication, and control you need for your distribution
system, visit www.selinc.com/11e.
|
Table Of Contents
 Transmission, Renewables Integration Top
List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook
J.D. Power Releases UK Customer
Satisfaction Study
NV Energy and WAPA Sign MOU. to
Study Nevada to California/Southwest Transmission Projects
Nation's Chains Recognize Outstanding
Electric Company Customer Service
Smart Meter Installations to Reach 250
Million Worldwide by 2015, Says Pike Research
Allegheny Power Invests Over $150
Million in West Virginia for Reliability Improvement Projects
EER Expects 8+ GW by Year-End 2009
in U.S. Wind Market
EMC Linemen in Georgia Climb to the
Top in International Competition
Nine Federal Agencies Enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding
Electric Cooperatives Receive Over
$215 Million for Smart Grid Investments
Big Cats in the Mountains
Technology Advances Vegetation
Management
Calendar of Events
Job
Opportunities
Building a Smarter Grid: Managing
Assets to Improve Utility Decision Making
Crisis Management: How to Beat the
Odds And Come Out a Hero
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
|
Space-Time Insight’s geospatial situational awareness
and remediation composite applications automatically integrate and
correlate functionality and data from all the systems you already use,
delivering: comprehensive, context-, location-, and condition-based
visual analytics on 3D satellite images for fast, informed decisions;
links that launch remediation from the same screen; automated compliance
reporting; and full-context historical replay. www.spacetimeinsight.com
|
News Flash
Transmission,
Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric
Reliability Outlook
Key issues such as transmission siting, cyber security, integration
of renewables, climate policy, and the smart grid will require changes
to policy, planning, and operations over the next 10 years, announced
the North American Electric Reliability Corp. in its 2009 Long-Term
Reliability Assessment.
J.D.
Power Releases UK Customer Satisfaction Study
With customer-reported electricity and gas rates reaching
historically high levels in the UK, proactive communication to customers
about price changes and managing their energy costs is particularly
important to overall customer satisfaction with utility suppliers,
according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 UK Electricity and Gas
Supplier Customer Satisfaction Study.
NV
Energy and WAPA Sign MOU. to Study Nevada to California/Southwest
Transmission Projects
NV Energy, Inc. and the Western Area Power Administration have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the potential
development of 500-kV transmission lines and associated facilities to
access renewable energy resources and deliver those resources to
electricity users in Nevada, California, Arizona and other markets in
the Southwest United States.
Nation's
Chains Recognize Outstanding Electric Company Customer Service
The nation’s leading chain and multi-site businesses have named
the winners of Edison Electric Institute’s 2009 National Key Accounts
Customer Service Awards program.
Smart
Meter Installations to Reach 250 Million Worldwide by 2015, Says Pike
Research
According to a new report from Pike Research, more than 250 million
smart meters will be installed worldwide by 2015, representing a
penetration rate of 18% of all electrical meters by that time, up from
46 million in 2008.
Allegheny
Power Invests Over $150 Million in West Virginia for Reliability
Improvement Projects
Allegheny Power has completed $156 million in infrastructure
improvements and new construction in West Virginia over the past two
years.
EER
Expects 8+ GW by Year-End 2009 in U.S. Wind Market
The U.S. wind energy market could reach 8 GW installed in 2009,
(including project spill-over from 2008 and new wind build), despite
initial fears of a major drop in megawatts resulting from the financial
crisis.
EMC
Linemen in Georgia Climb to the Top in International Competition
Electric cooperatives in Georgia ranked among the top 10 in the
nation during the 26th Annual International Lineman's Rodeo held Oct. 17
in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
Nine
Federal Agencies Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding
Nine federal departments and agencies have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) to make it faster and simpler to build transmission
lines on Federal lands.
Electric
Cooperatives Receive Over $215 Million for Smart Grid
Investments
President Obama this week announced $3.4 billion in grant awards to
utilities seeking to invest in the deployment of smart grid
infrastructure. Of this total, $215,558,896 will go to more than 50
electric cooperatives and public power districts in 14 states.
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
Dow Inside is a new initiative from Dow Wire & Cable
that benefits utilities, municipalities and electrical co-ops by working
together with select cable manufacturers to provide power cables made
with Dow materials under the highest standards to provide an assurance
of longevity and reliability at the lowest lifetime system cost. Click Here
|
In-Depth
Big
Cats in the Mountains
T&D World
Amazing transmission line construction and reconstruction challenges
are conquered with skill, good judgment, imagination and teamwork...
Technology
Advances Vegetation Management
T&D World
Software solutions significantly advance Progress Energy's
transmission right-of-way management processes...
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
The TESLA 4000 Multi-timeframe Power System Recorder
exceeds NERC disturbance monitoring and reporting requirements. It
combines an advanced phasor measurement unit (PMU), continuous
disturbance recording (CDR) and IEC 61850 station bus protocol, with
powerful and intuitive analysis software. The ERLPhase family of
multi-function relays and recorders provide smart solutions to your
protection, monitoring and control needs. www.erlphase.com
|
Conferences and Conventions
Calendar of
Events
T&D World's complete 2009 event calendar can be found at: 2009 Calendar of Industry
Events.
Nov. 8-12:
Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures Conference,
Ft. Worth, Texas, U.S.,
(800) 548-2723,
www.asce.org/conferences
Nov. 15-17:
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Annual Conference,
Seattle, Washington, U.S.,
(212) 248-5000,
www.iesna.org
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
Sabre Tubular Structures, the steel pole division of Sabre Industries,
Inc., designs and manufactures tubular steel poles used in power
transmission & distribution, substations, and communication
applications. Located in Alvarado, Texas, our state of the art facility
includes nearly 200,000 square feet of production space situated on
approximately 150 acres. www.sabretubularstructures.com/
|
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.
Managing
Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO
This position resides in
the energy construction, operations and maintenance department of
Colorado Springs Utilities...
Transmission
Engineer
Houston, TX
Dashiell is currently seeking a
Transmission Engineer for our Houston, TX office....
Principal
Transmission Engineer
Everett, WA
Snohomish PUD is
seeking an Engineer to plan, organize and coordinate technical aspects
of District transmission and distribution projects consistent with the
District's mission, goals, and values...
Sr.
Manager-Substation, Metering, Telecommunications Svs
Everett,
WA
Directs the design, construction, and maintenance of
substations, metering, apparatus, and telecommunication services...
Distribution
Engineer
Wallingford, CT
The Town of Wallingford
Electric Division is seeking a highly technical individual to work in
the design and development of overhead and underground power
distribution lines...
Principal
Senior System Engineer
Warrendale, PA
As the Principal
System Studies Engineer you will independently lead and perform power
systems engineering studies and analysis in specific areas of
electromagnetic transient phenomena...
Sr. System
Studies Engineer
Warrendale, PA
As the Senior System
Studies Engineer you will perform and lead power systems engineering
studies and analysis...
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
SCADA, Synchrophasor, IEC-61850: ReLab Software’s
complete Smart Grid Solution and Substation Automation. Product
Features: Rich Functionality; Highest Reliability; Easy to Use; Low
Cost-of-Ownership; Fast Return-on-Investment. Designed for rapid project
development and implementation, IEDs are configured in less than 10
minutes with no user training required, just load and go. Smart Grid and
Substation Automation solutions for any size enterprise. Visit our
website, www.relabsoft.com, to
get more information and download a demo version TODAY!
|
Sponsored Content
Building
a Smarter Grid: Managing Assets to Improve Utility Decision
Making
This podcast, hosted by Greg Scheu, ABB Head of Power Products in
North America, looks at managing the overall assets of the T&D
operation, and examines the information required to operate/maintain
those assets...
Crisis
Management: How to Beat the Odds And Come Out a Hero
A crisis does not have to be a catastrophe. Threats abound:
hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, lightning strikes, extreme temperature,
intense wind, floods, ice, local activism, terrorism...
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
Reliability, quality and capacity. These critical issues drive
today's power delivery market. If your system needs a boost to meet new
demands and expectations, turn to the nation's leading T&D design firm,
POWER Engineers. From system enhancements to new designs, we'll
give you the power to perform. www.powereng.com
|
About this Newsletter
To get this newsletter in a different format (Text or HTML),
or to change your e-mail address, please visit your profile
page to change your delivery preferences.
For questions concerning delivery of this newsletter, please contact our
Customer Service Department at:
Customer Service Department
Transmission Distribution World
A Penton Media publication
US Toll Free: 866-505-7173
International: 847-763-9504
Email:tdworld@pbinews.com
Penton Media | 249 W. 17th Street | New York, NY 10011
Copyright 2007, Penton Media. All rights reserved. This article is
protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property
laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated,
transmitted,
displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium
without the prior written permission of Penton Media.
|
|
|
|
|
|
