Quarterly Issue 3
Issue 3 - November -0001

Power Points | Reaping the Benefits of Resilience

By Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

Whether responding to a relentless pandemic, reacting to or recovering from natural disasters or preparing for the next phase of grid modernization, professionals representing all aspects of the electric energy space continue to demonstrate their commitment to stabilizing and securing the electric grid.
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The Grid Transformation Forum | Smart Grids That Make Every Kilowatt and Kilobyte Count
The First Step to a More Sustainable Utility

By Pete Londa, Tantalus Systems

For the Grid Transformation Forum, we are pleased to feature Pete Londa, CEO of Tantalus Systems, who explains why, if they are going to become truly sustainable, utilities must be ready to address the collision of the 'electrification of everything' and the 'decarbonization of everything.'
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Green Ovations | For Utilities, Enabling Energy As-A-Service Depends on Two Key Building Blocks

By Raik Kulinna, SAP

As those in the business of providing electricity well know, a combination of market and regulatory pressures, environmental concerns, geopolitical disruptions, consumer preferences and technological advances is fast changing how and where electricity is generated, used and stored.
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The Advent of Smart Grids, Cutting-Edge Technologies, Equipment and Controls to Help Improve Resiliency

By Robert Denda, Gridspertise

Searing summer heat, severe drought conditions and an above-normal hurricane season, coupled with a surge in electric demand higher than pre-pandemic levels, electric capacity shortfalls and aging plant infrastructure, will further expose the need for grid modernization to improve resiliency.
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Smart Utility Network Enables Resilient Tornado Recovery
Kentucky Co-op Restored Power to 30,000 Members

By Dan Bennett, Xylem

Nothing could have prepared Western Kentucky for the powerful tornado that tore through communities in December 2021. While the damage was immense and difficult to measure, West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative knew the community needed their power restored and got to work. Within an hour of when the hurricane touched down, West Kentucky's staff assembled to begin assessing damage to the distribution system.
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Your Equipment Is Not Getting Any Younger

By Kelvin Severin, PE, aeSolutions

Many processing facilities in the United States were built decades ago and have never been upgraded. Maintaining aging equipment can be a challenge as parts for the old equipment are often no longer available or very expensive.
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IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition: A Huge Success

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

This year's IEEE PES T&D was hosted by Entergy, and Michelle Bourg was the organizing chair. Bourg, her team at Entergy and the entire T&D Organizing Committee did an outstanding job organizing the event, from logistics, to the student program, to technical tours, along with a technical program that was second-to-none.
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BGE's Connected Annapolis Achieves First-Ever ENERGY STAR SHEMS Certification

By Sam duPont, BGE, Julia Shavit, Smartmark Communications

The EPA and ENERGY STAR stakeholders saw an opportunity to mitigate growing consumption and bring a focus on energy savings opportunities to the smart home market through development of ENERGY STAR certification criteria. The strategy was to leverage the powerful ENERGY STAR brand and partnership to guide smart home systems toward readily achievable energy savings in the near term while working toward the future of a smart home ecosystem capable of acting as a single touchpoint for consumers and utilities to manage energy consumption.
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Guest Editorial | The Truth, the Pole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Using Mobile Technologies and Location Intelligence to Drive Operational Efficiencies

By Brandon Raso, Locana

I'm staring at a pole, but what I'm really looking at is a data problem that every utility struggles with. Can the utility trust the information in their operational systems when it says that this pole is here? Can the organization trust the data when it says the neighboring pole is 90 feet away? Can it trust that those underground wires are where they are supposed to be? Which data should it trust when two systems say two different things? Which information is the truth.
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Guest Editorial | We Need an Energy Transformation
Here's What It Will Take To Make the Change

By Michael Sachse, Dandelion Energy

Today, the world derives 80% of its energy supply from fossil fuels, while just 3% comes from renewable sources. Many of our most important technologies, from vehicles to home heating and cooling solutions rely on fossil fuels. However, according to a March 2022 survey by the Pew Research Center, the majority of Americans believe the U.S. should “prioritize the development of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar and take steps toward the country becoming carbon neutral by the year 2050.”
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Security Sessions | More EV's Are Hitting the Road. Is the Power Grid Ready for Them?

By Robert Nawy, IPKeys Cyber Partners

While there are significant perks to driving an EV, there are also risks that come along with these perks that need to be addressed. Infrastructure around the mobility electrification of America needs a proper cyber security plan.
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Powherful Forces | Hamideh Bitaraf

By Hamideh Bitaraf, Hitachi Energy and Elisabeth Monaghan, Editor in Chief

Meet Hamideh Bataref, senior advisor Grid Edge Solutions, for Hitachi Energy. Bitaraf provides advisory services to customers interested in grid edge solutions including renewables and energy storage systems.
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