Tight on Space? Consider GIS 

Apr 1, 2002, By Earlynne F. Oshiro, Lisa Y. M. Ikeda and Debbie F. A. Isler, Hawaiian Electric Co.

To supply new loads in the business center of Honolulu, the Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) was confronted with several problems. The space available for...

Electric Energy Chooses Mincom's Software Solution 

Mar 1, 2002

Electric Energy Inc. (EEI, Joppa, Illinois, U.S.) has signed an agreement with global technology solutions provider Mincom Inc. (Englewood, Colorado,...

CEM Selects Intergraph for GIS-OMS Project 

Mar 1, 2002

CEM (Companhia de Electricidade de Macau, Macau, Southeast Asia) has purchased G/Electric, Intergraph Utilities' (Hong Kong) next-generation utility GIS...

Duke Power Awards Mobile GIS Project to MapFrame 

Mar 1, 2002

Duke Power (Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) has selected MapFrame Corp.'s (Dallas, Texas, U.S.) FieldSmart View as the mobile-mapping solution for its...

Mobile Mapping Pays Dividends 

Feb 1, 2002, By Earl Hazan, Contributing Editor

For users of geographic information systems (GIS), several global positioning system (GPS) satellites promise advances in technology that will be useful...

Distribution Automation Provides Remote Surveillance And Control for the Urban Area of Yancheng 

Feb 1, 2002

In 1996, Yancheng Power Bureau (YPB), supported by the Nanjing Southeast University and Beijing Creative Distribution Automation Co., launched a long-term...

U.K.'s United Utilities Chooses Autodesk for GIS Utility Solutions 

Feb 1, 2002

Autodesk Inc. (San Rafael, California, U.S.) has signed a US$3.8 million contract with United Utilities of the United Kingdom for the development of a...

Pinnacle West Subsidiary Selects iMedeon Solution 

Feb 1, 2002

The Arizona Public Service (APS) subsidiary of Pinnacle West (Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) has selected iMedeon's (Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S.) iM:Work wireless...

Electric Utility Migrates Facility Data with ArcFM 8.1 and ArcGIS 

Feb 1, 2002

Idaho Power Co. (Boise, Idaho, U.S.) serves a territory of 22,000 sq miles (56,980 sq km) with nearly 5000 miles (8046 km) of transmission lines and 20,000...

ALSTOM T&D Wins GIS Contract From Enelpower 

Feb 1, 2002

ALSTOM Transmission & Distribution (T&D) has won a 24 million Euro contract to provide two 220-kV gas-insulated switchgear substations to Enelpower (Milan,...

IT in Lieu of the Work Force 

Jan 1, 2002, By Rick Bush, Editor in Chief

I information technology (IT) initiatives ultimately reduce the number of jobs in a utility. I realize that making this statement is not politically correct,...

AM/FM/GIS Moves to the Web 

Oct 1, 2001, By Robert R. Johnston, White River Valley Electric Cooperative

In Branson, Missouri, U.S., the saying the show must go on is more than just a clich, it's a fact of life. Live stage shows are I the economic lifeblood...

Utility Overhauls Its Communications Backbone 

Oct 1, 2001, By David Van Winkle, Georgia Transmission Corp., Keith Porterfield, Georgia System Operations Corp.,

In today's environment, a utility must have a reliable supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor and control its transmission...

Information Technology Usage Trends: Implications For T&D Managers 

Feb 1, 1998, By Chuck Newton, Newton-Evans Research Co.

The electric utility industry in North America spends more than US$5 billion annually for information technology (IT), in addition to the amounts spent...

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