September/October 2013
Issue 5 - September 2013

PowerPoints: Bound for Glory?

By Terry Wildman, Editor-in-Chief

I'm neither a physicist or a mathematician. I do possess, however, an insatiable curiosity. Ideas surrounding energy in all its forms are a constant source of discovery and fulfilment to me.
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The Grid Transformation Forum: Envisioning the 21st Century Grid
Getting the Jump on Blackouts

By Rich Dewey, Senior VP and CIO, NYISO

We are speaking with Richard Dewey, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO).
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Green Ovations: Innovations in Green Technologies
Green Data Walls | Sustainability and Scalability in the Control Room

By James Chan, Vice President, Marketing

Whether you're designing a new network operation center or upgrading an existing control room, it's important to evaluate technology based on environmental impact, and maximize capital expenditures while minimizing cost-of-ownership.
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Next Generation Instrument Transformers

By Don Parker, P.E. and Trey Beasley, P.E., MBA

To meet regulatory, business and customer satisfaction demands, utilities are seeking more effective technologies to reduce peak loads to improve reliability and to effectively make the right operating and maintenance investments.
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The Value of AMI
It's so much more than billing

By Joseph O. Wambaugh, Senior Vice President

Billions have been invested, and will continue to be invested, in the implementation of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) at electric, gas and water utilities.
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Clamping Down on Inefficiencies
Vise Top Insulators and New Construction Standards Improve Reliability and Durability for Electrical Utility Company

By Tom Wilson

You hear about it every day: the grid is evolving further and faster with each passing service hour.
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Leveraging Low-Cost Cellular to Connect Grid Assets in Texas Hill Country

By Joby Wieser, CTEC and Bryan Seal, Itron

Central Texas Electric Cooperative (CTEC) owns and operates electric distribution services in 11 counties in central Texas, around the cities of Fredericksburg, Mason, and Llano.
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Ontario's Feed-in Tariff Program and The LDCs that connect them
The Bigger Picture

By Bernadette Corpuz and John Vellone, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

On June 12, 2013, Ontario's Minister of Energy issued a directive to the Ontario Power Authority (“OPA”) pursuant to the Electricity Act, 1998 to amend the Feed-in-Tariff (“FIT”) program.
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The Russians are Coming! (and so are their friends)
SECURITY SESSIONS

By William T. (Tim) Shaw, PhD, CISSP / CIEH / CPT

Have you heard the one about the Chinese hackers that attacked the honeypot that was designed to look like a municipal water utility control system and got caught in the act?
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Guest Editorial: BYOD* and Mobile Data Security in a Regulated Industry

By Hormazd Romer, Senior Director of Product Marketing

Companies in the energy industry have a wide range of regulatory laws that they must comply with, from critical infrastructure issues to how raw materials are bid upon in the public sector.
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September/October 2013 Issue 5 - September 2013

September/October 2013
Issue 5 - September 2013