POWER
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Smart Grid
NYISO Opens Smart Control Center
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this April replaced its 44-year-old primary power control center with a state-of-the-art facility in Rensselaer County that is outfitted with digital monitoring
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Cybersecurity
Just Hop on the Bus, Gus: 13 Ways to Hack a Power Plant
Forty years ago, musical genius Paul Simon outlined “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” In New Orleans in early April at the ELECTRIC POWER Conference, Mike Firstenberg of Waterfall Security Solutions laid out
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Renewables
The Dynamic Challenge of Integrating Variable Resources
The share of non-hydro renewables in total U.S. power generation shot up to 6.5% in 2013 from 2.4% in 2003, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The past five years alone have been
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O&M
New Enclosure Solution Enables Remote Monitoring of Battery Backup Systems
With 4.4 million customers and nearly 46 GW of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Co. has doubled the size of its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system in the past three years and
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HR
Veterans Bring Needed Skills to the Utility Industry
We all know someone who either is, or was, in the military. In fact, many utility industry professionals were once in the military themselves. Personnel learn many valuable lessons in the armed forces
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O&M
Robust Bearings Tested for Brazil’s Belo Monte Hydro Project
Brazil’s Belo Monte hydropower project includes a complex of dams, numerous dikes, and a series of canals supplying two different power stations with water. With a rated capacity of 11,233 MW, it will be the
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Legal & Regulatory
Lessons in Resiliency and Risk
Climate change is changing the odds of extreme weather events, Entergy’s Rod West told the audience at the opening keynote session of ELECTRIC POWER 2014. West, who serves as Entergy’s executive vice
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Coal
FERC Takes First Steps in Harmonizing Gas and Electricity Markets
After two years of work, about a dozen conferences and meetings, and multiple rounds of comments, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Mar. 20 that it was ready to begin the process of
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O&M
Site-Specific Factors Are Critical for Compliance with Final 316(b) Existing Facilities Rule
On May 16, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to release its long-delayed final 316(b) rule for existing facilities. The rule—which was supposed to have been issued Apr. 17 after
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Cybersecurity
Introduction to NERC CIP Version 5
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) standards Version 5 represents the first major change in requirements and approach since its predecessor, Urgent