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| | | | | BROUGHT TO YOU BY – S&C Electric S&C's TripSaver II Cutout-Mounted Recloser can dramatically improve your lateral protection strategy and the way your utility responds to 80% of faults. When a fault occurs, this advanced solution eliminates momentary outages for customers on the main feeder by only blinking the affected laterals—saving money for the utility and its customers while improving reliability for all. Discover how much you could save by including TripSaver II reclosers on your distribution system. | | Learn more at sandc.com |
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| | | | | A new report explores MISO’s long-range transmission planning process and the methodologies used to evaluate transmission benefits. It offers recommendations on areas that can be improved and replicated by other planning entities and FERC. | | Read more |
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| | | What if you could predict the damage a hurricane will cause to the grid before the hurricane even hits? That’s the question that scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) set out to answer. | | Read more |
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| | | Semiconductors are a critical part of almost every modern electronic device, and the vast majority of semiconductors are made in Taiwan. Increasing concerns over the reliance on Taiwan for semiconductors – especially given the tenuous relationship between Taiwan and China – led the U.S. Congress to pass the CHIPS and Science act in late July 2022. | | Read more |
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| | | DER aggregator Voltus said it is partnering with Chesapeake Energy Corporation — a company that explores, acquires and then sells oil and gas — to enroll 10 MW of DER in the Southwest Power Pool Operating Reserves market. | | Read more |
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| | | Enefit Connect OÜ, Elektrilevi OÜ and software developer envelio GmbH, are collaborating on a full grid automation project in Estonia. | | Read more |
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| | | Winter weather in March impacted wind in Texas and showed that inverter-based resources other than solar can be at risk. | | Read more |
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UPCOMING EVENTS | 2023 Powered by Diversity Award and Luncheon DISTRIBUTECH International®, in partnership with S&C Electric Company, is pleased to announce the first-ever Powered by Diversity Award for utilities around the world that best demonstrate achievement in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion within the workplace. Submit your applications by August 15, 2022, to be considered. The winner will be announced during the Powered by Diversity Luncheon on February 8, 2023. READ MORE |
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| | | The focus of the Grid Deployment Office is improving electricity delivery and reliability and modernizing the electrical grid and critical electricity-generating facilities. | | Read more |
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| | | A 500 kW community solar system has been completed on the roofs of Extra Space Storage in Neptune, New Jersey, the first of a 10 project portfolio. | | Read more |
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