Sep 17, 2019 | AMI deployments, Electric utilities, Gas utilities
If you can say one thing about the United Kingdom’s smart metering program, it’s this: There’s no shortage of commitment. In fact, that seems to be a key difference between regulators in the U.K. and many of their counterparts in the U.S. Last November, Utility Dive...
Jul 29, 2019 | Electric utilities, Substation infrastructure protection
Over decades, utilities have made huge investments in time-division multiplexing (TDM) infrastructures that use circuit switching to communicate with protective relaying and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that protect substations and the...
Jul 8, 2019 | Electric utilities, Grid monitoring
As the summer peak approaches in early August, utilities need to make sure they are ready to handle the increased load. Peak electricity demand refers to the time period when the most power is consumed throughout the entire electricity network system. It is...
Jun 27, 2019 | Electric utilities, Water utilities
t Podcasts have recently come to the fore because, well, people like listening to stories. And summertime is a good time to catch up on listening to podcasts and learning from stories about and for utilities. If you like podcasts, or just want to check some out, there...
Jun 10, 2019 | AMI deployments, Electric utilities
We didn’t transition away from film-based photography because we ran out of film, says author Tony Seba, well-regarded thought leader on market disruption. We switched over to digital photography because it had a more compelling business case. That’s exactly what’s...
May 14, 2019 | Distribution Automation, Electric utilities, Fault detection and location, Leak detection, Water utilities
Last month, astronomers made big headlines when they announced they had successfully imaged a black hole for the first time ever. This is more than just a really cool picture, it has some very important scientific ramifications. Black holes were first suggested by...
