Quarterly Issue 3
Issue 3 - November -0001

Power Points | Empowering Utility Workers

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

This issue of EET&D offers insight into a variety of challenges that have become commonplace in our industry – partly because of the pandemic, and partly because ours is an industry of constant change where electric power providers must always be ready to respond in the event of power outages or any other time the electric grid is disrupted.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | Improving the Electric Grid Through Collaboration

By Andrew Phillips, NERC and Mark Lauby, EPRI

Recently, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced a collaboration to “enable improved resiliency and reliability of the North American electric grid.” For the Q3 Grid Transformation Forum, we asked Andrew Philips, vice president of EPRI's Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure sector and Mark Lauby, senior vice president and chief engineer with NERC, to talk about the agreement and how they see the collaboration unfolding.
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Green Ovations | Automated Thermal Monitoring for Wind Turbines

By Richard Harada, Systems with Intelligence

The number of wind farm installations has been growing steadily for the past several years, with more and more countries pledging green generation and having goals to reach zero C0₂ emissions status. In 2020, there was more than 93 GW of new wind generation capacity installed, representing a growth of 53% over the previous year.
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Our ‘Green' Future Depends on Grid Reliability

By Brian Levite, S&C Electric

The electric grid is entering an era of transition: power generation technology is getting greener and more distributed, energy loads are denser in some areas and are more reliant on high-quality power, and customer expectations for more reliable power are rising. These changes are placing a lot of pressure on the grid and utilities all at one time.
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Weather the Storm With the Right Data: Two Utilities Share Strategic Storm Response

By Mike McGann, Sensus

It's a warm September day in Fayetteville, N.C. Residents scurry around checking for batteries, flashlights and bottled water. Those living within a mile of the region's main river, the Cape Fear, are urged to evacuate. Business owners prepare their property for flooding and wind damage. None are certain of exactly what damage the storm will bring, but most are content to over-prepare.
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Quantum Computing: Game-Changing, Disruptive and Necessary
Technology poised to revolutionize decision making in complex systems

By Amin Khodaei, University of Denver, IEEE PES

Safety, leisure, work and now more than ever, education, heavily depend on a power grid that can reliably supply and deliver electricity to customers while supporting other critical lifeline systems. The power grid, however, is becoming increasingly complex to the point that traditional grid control and decision-making built on classical computing methods may fail to address its emerging needs.
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For Fast Recovery, Plan For the Worst: Emergency Checklist for Data Center Managers

By Kate Fulkert, Vertiv Company

It's impossible to anticipate every threat that could jeopardize a data center, but organizations can and should plan for emergencies. A robust business continuity and disaster recovery plan eliminates one common cause of data center downtime: human error. A well-curated checklist reduces the risk of mistakes and oversights in the heat of the moment and ensures an organization is prepared for any eventuality.
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Guest Editorial | Connected Home Technology Levels the Playing Field in Energy Management

By Juliet Shavit, SmartMark Communications

There have been a number of smart home pilots in the United States that explore different technologies and use cases. A common theme among them is the impact of these devices on energy efficiency. For utilities, this is the obvious bottom line. This benchmark has safely steered energy efficiency investments for decades and continues to be the key driver for utility smart technology programs.
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Guest Editorial | Mobilizing the Modern Workforce
How Utilities Can Empower Their Workers Through Technology

By Joe Boyle, Truce Software

The transmission and distribution of electricity grows more complex with each passing year, but the effects of COVID-19 proved especially challenging. Within weeks of the start of the pandemic, as many workers shifted to remote working and others simply sheltered in their homes, average home electrical use in the U.S. increased more than 22% over the previous year's levels, driven by a 35% increase in mid-day demand.
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Guest Editorial | Your New Light Switch Might Be the Best Gift You Give Your Neighbor

By David O'Reilly, Schneider Electric

For some, smart technology can be distracting and even stressful to use. The introduction of new technology to the market often comes with a learning curve. But for others, smart technology can make their lives easier, by offering ease, simplicity and streamlined processes.
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The Bigger Picture | From the Big Short to the Big Freeze: Undifferentiated Data Woes

By Siddhartha Sachdeva, Innowatts

The blackouts that rocked Texas earlier this year are the result of unexpectedly cold temperatures. While a lot of scrutiny was placed on the generation outage, on a deeper level, just like the mortgage crisis of 2007-2010, this is the result of using undifferentiated data to guide decision-making.
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Security Sessions | OT Remote Operations Introduce New Risks to Today's Utilities
How to Secure Critical Systems for a Hybrid Workforce

By Bill Moore, Xona

The recent pandemic radically reoriented public utilities as they empowered remote and hybrid teams to maintain operational continuity in any environment. Moving forward, it's clear that hybrid teams composed of remote and on-site employees will become more common among utilities.
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Powherful Forces | Nooshin Behoryan, Paxon Energy & Infrastructure

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

We launched Powherful Forces to shed light on the fact that even though the electric power industry is dominated by men, there are plenty of female executives who have the education, intelligence and professional experience necessary to participate in propelling our industry forward. Nooshin Behroyan is no exception.
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