Quarterly Issues 1 + 2
Issue 1 - April 2022

Power Points | Two Years Later

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

With the passage of the 2021 Infrastructure and Jobs Act, more than $65 billion will go towards enhancing grid reliability and resilience, building and upgrading transmission lines, improving grid flexibility with demand response, distributed energy resources and boosting cybersecurity. It also will fund new programs to support the development and deployment of clean energy technologies to accelerate our transition from greenhouse gas emissions to a zero-emission economy.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | Preparing T&D Assets for the Energy Transition

By Andrew Phillips, Ph.D., EPRI

Last year, the Biden Administration announced new targets for the United States' greenhouse gas emissions goals by 2030. The announcement acknowledged that meeting these goals would require investment and innovation in America's aging utility infrastructure.
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Green Ovations | How Advanced Conductors Are Supporting Grid Decarbonization and Saving Money

By Dave Bryant, CTC

While a number of utilities have begun using various Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET) to marginally increase transmission line capacity, such as dynamic line rating systems and load flow controllers, the use of advanced conductors is helping many utilities substantially increase the capacity of their existing corridors without the need to replace or rebuild existing structures.
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IEEE T&D Is Back and In-Person

By Wayne Bishop, Jr., IEEE PES, Quanta Technologies

From April 25-28 this year's IEEE T&D will be held in New Orleans and hosted by local utility Entergy. With approximately 10,000 people expected to attend, more than 650 exhibiting companies and several new activities and additions to the program, this promises to be an outstanding event.
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Why Intelligence Based Detections in ICS Fail

By Ron Fabela, Synsaber

Threat intelligence plays an integral role in cybersecurity, but industrial control system (ICS) environments offer unique challenges. Let's dig into the basics of intelligence-based detections for ICS – noting the benefits, but also where intel misses the mark.
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Ease of Use Key to Replacing Aging Substation RTUs
SW Electric Utility successfully navigates challenges of replacing legacy RTUs

By Conrad Oakey, NovaTech

The increasingly critical role of the substation RTU, notably in bulk and transmission substations, underscores the importance of ease of use, high performance, interoperability and scalability. The experience of a major U.S. utility in upgrading their legacy RTUs is described in this article.
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Under the Weather: Resilience Efforts Amplify Value of Data Modeling
Using data-driven modeling for grid-hardening efforts

By Arron Lewis, Black & Veatch

Weather disruptions to the grid are nothing new – anything from a windblown tree branch to a raging wildfire can disrupt operation of overhead lines, causing power loss – but the recent barrage of events has highlighted the urgent need to make large-scale updates to the power grid.
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Guest Editorial | Real-Time and Renewable: The Future of the Energy Market and How to Prepare

By Uday Baral, Hitachi Energy

In the U.S., the recently passed Infrastructure Bill provides some of the largest funding the transportation and energy sectors have ever received – primarily toward the goal of increasing electrification and renewables. On the wave of this national investment, we're seeing some of the biggest and most radical changes to the U.S. energy market.
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Guest Editorial | America's Power Grid Is at Risk. We Have the Tools to Fix It – But We Need the Will

By Desmond Wheatley, Beam Global

Despite mounting blackouts and brownouts across the country as aging infrastructure fails to keep pace with growing demand, there has been little innovation to shore up our energy supply. Revolutionary technology and tools can help diversify and protect American power. We must marshal the resources, bolstered by the will of the public and private sectors to boost our energy resiliency and transform how this country runs.
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Guest Editorial | Infrastructure Management: Managing Projects, Streamlining Installations and Raising Customer Satisfaction With Virtual Inspections

By Anthony Perera, Inspected

A global energy crisis is happening. And the United States is no exception to the strained power lines and grids that severely affect the safety and comfort of your current customers and potential prospects. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported in November 2021 that U.S. electricity customers experienced more than eight hours of power interruption, on average, in 2020.
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The Bigger Picture | The Role of Codes and Standards in Electrifying the Transportation Sector

By Umer Khan and Brent Hartman, CSA Group

A significant portion of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is attributed to the transportation sector. As the impact of climate change becomes apparent, governments are racing to reduce their carbon footprint by enacting policies and regulations to decarbonize the transportation sector through electrification.
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Security Sessions | Defending Canada's Electricity Sector Against Cyber Security Threats

By David Masson, Darktrace

According to a recent bulletin on cyber security guidance for the electricity sector from the Canadian Centre or Cyber Security (CCCS), most of the attacks on Canadian electricity have been ransomware or fraud. And while an overt state-sponsored attack on Canada's electricity seems unlikely, Canada has already seen activity from nation-state actors.
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Powherful Forces | Meet Didem Cataloglu, CEO of Montreal-based DIREXYON Technologies

By Didem Cataloglu and Elisabeth Monaghan

Didem Cataloglu's journey in the technology sector began as she studied computer science in college. Her aptitude for writing efficient code ignited a passion for solving real world problems through modeling and technology.
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