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From Transmission & Distribution World | A
Penton Media Publication | November 18, 2009
Vol. 8, No. 46
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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.
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Table Of Contents
 China, U.S. Announce Energy
Cooperation Plans
FERC Clears Reliability Penalty
Orders
LCRA TSC Files Application with PUC
to Build New 345-kV Ttransmission Line
Hydro-Quebec to Strengthen Power
Grid in the Montreal Area
Reliant Energy and the City of
Houston Launch Electric Vehicle Pilot Project
Allegheny Power Invests Nearly $60
Million in Maryland for Reliability Improvement Projects
CL&P Investments Generate Thousands of
Jobs Statewide, Says New Report
Pennsylvania PUC Judge
Recommends Approval of Susquehanna-Roseland Project
American Transmission Co. Studies Show
Need for $2.5 Billion in Investment
North Sea Wind Power Comes
Ashore
OG&E Takes Automation
Mainstream
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
Gene Kim's Practical Steps to Achieve
and Maintain NERC Compliance
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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
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News Flash
China,
U.S. Announce Energy Cooperation Plans
Yesterday President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announced a
far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the
United States and China on clean energy.
FERC
Clears Reliability Penalty Orders
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has cleared 564 enforcement
cases submitted in an omnibus filing by the North American Electric
Reliability Corp., the Commission-approved reliability organization.
LCRA
TSC Files Application with PUC to Build New 345-kV Ttransmission
Line
LCRA Transmission Services Corp. last month filed with the Public
Utility Commission of Texas an application to build a new 345-kV
transmission line in Gillespie, Llano, San Saba, Burnet, and Lampasas
counties in Texas.
Hydro-Quebec
to Strengthen Power Grid in the Montreal Area
ABB has won an order worth US$75 million from Hydro-Québec for
static VAr compensators - equipment which enables quick responses to
electrical disturbances in the grid and contributes to restoring its
stability.
Reliant
Energy and the City of Houston Launch Electric Vehicle Pilot
Project
The City of Houston and Reliant Energy have launched a program to
bring plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to the streets of Houston to
demonstrate the important role that electric cars can play in the
city’s clean energy future.
Allegheny
Power Invests Nearly $60 Million in Maryland for Reliability Improvement
Projects
Allegheny Power is completing nearly $60 million in infrastructure
improvements and new construction in Maryland over the past two years.
CL&P
Investments Generate Thousands of Jobs Statewide, Says New
Report
According to a new study by Eastern Connecticut State University
economists, The Connecticut Light & Power Co. makes annual investments
that generate thousands of jobs statewide.
Pennsylvania
PUC Judge Recommends Approval of Susquehanna-Roseland Project
A Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission administrative law judge
today recommended approval of the proposed Susquehanna-Roseland power
line in Pennsylvania.
American
Transmission Co. Studies Show Need for $2.5 Billion in
Investment
American Transmission Co. has completed its annual electric
transmission system assessment and has identified $2.5 billion in
necessary improvements over the next 10 years.
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In-Depth
North
Sea Wind Power Comes Ashore
T&D World
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to the mainland grid...
OG&E
Takes Automation Mainstream
T&D World
With operations training and continuous testing, utility gains
widespread acceptance of distribution automation...
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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.
Jan. 10-13: National Utility Contractors Association’s Utility
Construction Expo ’10, Orlando, Florida, U.S., (703) 358-9300; www.nuca.com
Feb. 3-7: 2010 ABC National Convention, San Diego, California,
U.S., (703) 812-2000; www.abc.org
Feb. 9-11: Smart Grid & Distribution Reliability Conference,
Columbus, OH; www.exacterinc.com/conference.html
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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.
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...
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