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    Texas Digs Out: One Year After the Deadly Outage
    A substation technician inspects a voltage regulator control.
    Safety

    Infusing Technology into Apprenticeship Training

    Feb. 15, 2022
    MidAmerican Energy rolled out a digital curriculum to supplement the training program for its substation workforce.
    Photo by United Energy
    Recent wildfires in the Australian bush have resulted in billions of dollars in damage.
    Wildfire

    Three Strategies for Mitigating Wildfire Risk

    Feb. 9, 2022
    A collaborative effort is required to mitigate the growing danger of more frequent wildfires from climate change.
    Photo courtesy of the authors
    This important corridor could be designated “secure and functional” and have at least one underground circuit to the microgrid.
    Grid Innovations

    Reimagined Microgrids

    Feb. 7, 2022
    With high-impact, low-frequency events on the rise, utilities need to develop a strategic resiliency program including strategic hardening, microgrids and undergrounding.
    Dominion Energy project team explains the horizontal directional drilling process to community members before providing a tour of the drill site. Photo courtesy of Donnie Smith, GeoEngineers.
    New Michels Direct Pipe We 1 8 2022
    Intelligent Undergrounding

    A Flexible Approach to Trenchless Construction

    Feb. 1, 2022
    Weighing several underground installation options, Dominion Virginia finds the right fit for a subterranean operation through difficult terrain.
    Photo by Michel Bussieres Dreamstime
    Hydro-Quebec's Chomedey Station Laval. Hydro-Quebec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States.
    Test and Measurement

    Hydro-Quebec Develops MV Test Tools for Underground Distribution Accessories

    Feb. 1, 2022
    Hydro-Quebec addresses maintenance challenges of underground cables with new program.

    More content from February 2022

    Photo by Joy Prescott, Dreamstime
    A small fishing boat heads for the cannery in Wrangell, Alaska. Wrangell Island is part of the Alexander Archipelago that hugs the North American continent near the border between Alaska and the U.S. and British Columbia, Canada.
    Transmission Reliability

    Island to Island: An Alaskan High-Voltage Submarine Cable Failure

    Jan. 31, 2022
    A utility serving several isolated Alaskan communities works to repair a severed power lifeline to the mainland.
    Photo by Getty Images
    Round Rock north of Austin, Texas after a foot of snow fell during Winter Storm Uri. During the storm, many people were out of power for four days, with freezing temperatures persisting for six days.
    Disaster Response

    Texas’ Big Freeze: The 2021 Power Crisis and the Lessons Learned One Year Later

    Jan. 25, 2022
    What has changed in the Lone Star State since the lethal Winter Storm Uri struck? Are recent improvements enough to keep the grid humming through a similar disaster?
    Tracey Le Beau Headshot Hi Res
    Overhead Transmission

    The Future of Grid Infrastructure Development, Drought and Other Energy Currents

    Jan. 21, 2022
    As we stand at the precipice of a new year, there are a troika of challenging issues facing WAPA and the West: weather, markets, and infrastructure investments.
    Journeyman Lineman Rick Soto says during storm restorations, it feels great to help others in need.
    Electric Utility Operations

    Spotlight on the Line Trade: Rick Soto, E-J Electric

    Jan. 21, 2022
    Journeyman Lineman Rick Soto says during storm restorations, it feels great to help others in need.
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    Distributed Energy Resources

    Virtual Power Plants: Some Assembly Required

    Jan. 21, 2022
    There has been a major shift in the power grid’s opinion of aggregated BTM-DERs.
    Seth Morabito, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
    1972 Hewlett-Packard scientific pocket calculator: HP-35.
    Smart Utility

    Technology And The Human Factor

    Jan. 21, 2022
    With all the attention focused on our infrastructure, Dynamic Line Rating technology appears to be an ideal solution for increasing the nation’s transmission capacity with little...
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    Wildfire

    Wildfires Remain Hot Topic in 2022

    Jan. 19, 2022
    Utilities and the solution providers with which they partner are creating and applying technologies and processes that are making great strides in wildfire prevention and management...
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    Overhead Transmission

    A Teachable Moment Regarding Transmission Development

    Jan. 14, 2022
    Are utilities forgetting some key aspect of successful project development, or has the world changed, or both?