Distribution faults damage equipment, reliability, and bottom lines. In fact, your current fault-management strategy may cause more damage than you realize by multiplying the force applied to the system when testing the line for faults after an event.

S&C’s IntelliRupter fault Interrupter dramatically reduces the amount of force used during fault testing and significantly lessens momentary outages for customers on the main feeder—improving reliability and reducing costs for you and your customers.

The occupiers have seized the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants, fired at and exposed to air strikes thermal plants, and destroyed electric transmission lines, gas pipelines, fuel storage depots and other energy infrastructure.

In response to “shields up” notice from U.S. federal government, at least four companies are offering free cybersecurity services to US utilities.

Their acquired and savvy business acumen has allowed them to climb corporate and political ladders to get close enough to break concrete ceilings.

These 4 megatrends are setting the stage for the next decade of rapid evolution across the energy ecosystem.

The microgrid provides a foundation for meeting today’s energy demands and helps the utility prepare for future needs for the region including transportation, the increasingly renewable backbone of the electric grid, and the interfaces that are needed between them.

PG&E and Ford will test the F-150 Lightning and its two-way charging capabilities to see how it could provide backup power for customers’ homes in PG&E’s service area.

The completion of the field tests demonstrated the functions of grid-forming technologies and their roles in enabling the energy transition and in advancing a low-carbon economy.

Chris Kinney, a resident of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, has seen his electricity disconnected eight times in nearly three years for falling behind on his energy bills to Cleco Power.

National Grid and Siemens Energy said they are teaming up to upgrade a substation using fluorinated gas free “Blue circuit breakers” with clean air insulation and vacuum switching technology.