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  • The Next Step in Outdoor Instrument Transformer Technology

    Hoan Le, Consulting Engineer, ABB Inc.

    05.05.08 - Instrument transformers are designed to transform voltage or current from the high values in the transmission and distribution systems to the low values that can be utilized by low voltage devices.

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  • Principal Characteristics of the Modern Grid

    Steven Pullins, President, Horizon Energy Group

    04.21.08 - In the Modern Grid, consumers will be an integral part of the electric system. They will help balance supply and demand and ensure reliability by modifying the way they use and purchase electricity. These modifications will come as a result of consumers having choices that will motivate different purchasing patterns and behaviors.

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  • Utilities Full Speed Ahead on IUE/SG: The Question is What to do First

    Warren Causey, Vice President, Sierra Energy Group

    04.07.08 - The next 10 to 15 years will see major changes - perhaps even classified as upheavals by future historians - in the distribution of electricity to businesses and households throughout the United States. The exact nature of these changes and their long-term effect upon the economic well-being and security of the country are difficult to predict.

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  • The Many Faces of Demand

    Jeff Tolnar, Chief Technology Officer, BPL Global

    03.24.08 - We have all heard of the supply-demand imbalance of energy, where supply growth is slow and demand continues to grow at ever-increasing rates. It is true that there is still a margin between generation and energy usage; however, taken at a granular level, the issue is pronounced.

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Can the Power Industry Eliminate its Price Controls to the End Customer?

05/13/2008 at 10:05 AM   |   Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Electricity Without Price Controls Blog
The dead-end of regulator’s capacity for price controls shows up once again, while modeling the Smart Grid business case. Under today’s EP ...[read more]

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What Can We Do?

05/12/2008 at 03:58 PM   |   James Warner - Who Invented AC Electricity? Blog
What can we do? As in the movie Field of Dreams a baseball field was built: “If you build it they will come” could pertain to a dream I ha ...[read more]

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Underground Power Lines: A better solution

05/08/2008 at 12:20 PM   |   Thomas Casten - http://www.energyblogs.com/undergroundwires Blog
Commission To 'Demand' Underground Power Lines - County commissioners are drawing a line in the sand over power lines. The board voted unanimously Tue ...[read more]

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