Credit to Author: Customer Voices| Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:28:59 +0000
Austin Energy, the eighth largest community-owned utility in the U.S., serves more than a million residents in and around the capital city of Texas. The utility’s mission is to convert… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Simon Mouat| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:26:50 +0000
Electric utilities provide vital continuous and critical electricity supply to billions of people across the globe. But some areas face extreme weather: floods, high winds, storms, fires, hurricanes or heat waves. These conditions create exceptional challenges for power supply continuity and can result in widespread damage… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Julio Cesar Martins| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:56:57 +0000
Until recently, electric utilities were heavily dependent on customers for notifications of an outage. Now, using smart grid solutions and self-healing capabilities, utilities can remotely monitor power equipment to: quickly… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Frederic Abbal| Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:47:57 +0000
There’s no question that business models for today’s electric utilities are shifting. Their traditional role as electricity suppliers is being challenged with stagnating or declining electricity sales in some regions…. Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Mark Feasel| Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:00:43 +0000
Electric utilities’ number one objective is to ensure an uninterrupted power supply for its millions of customers – even during extreme weather events or other emergencies. Recent developments in microgrids are empowering utilities to reshape the grid for… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: John Langley-Davis| Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:47:43 +0000
Under recently announced European Union mandates, electrical Distribution System Operators (DSOs) are tasked with improving the efficiency of their electrical distribution networks by 1.5 percent each year. In addition, they… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: John Boville| Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:12:47 +0000
MODICON – Celebrating 50 years of Helping our Customers Maximize Operational Profitability, Safely The year was 1968 and in Flint Michigan a large US automotive manufacturer had commissioned a small… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Scott Koehler| Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:15:36 +0000
Electric utilities worldwide share a key objective: to provide secure, efficient, and sustainable energy. This is more important than ever as their customers’ energy needs grow in tandem with the… Read more »
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