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    Photo courtesy of Entergy Mississippi
    Photo by Heimdall Power.
    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
    (Left) Enclosure for FCCP device. BGE started piloting this solution in August 2022 at a substation with only one dc supply. (Right) A newly installed Multitel box. The FCCP device has a clamp-on current transformer (CT) that can be installed on one wire of the battery dc supply charger cable. Photos courtesy of Baltimore Gas & Electric.
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    Photo by Portland General Electric.
    Utility workers install a new pole in a forested area of the PGE service territory.

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    Vegetation Management

    LUMA Energy's Work Plan For Puerto Rico

    March 25, 2024
    The utility aims to boost reliability and resiliency by focusing on vegetation management, automation and substation modernization.
    Photo by Ameren Illinois.
    Distributed Energy Resources

    Consider A Customer DER Interconnection Process

    March 5, 2024
    Policy changes in Illinois have spurred a surge in Ameren Illinois’ distributed energy resource interconnections, prompting the need for a process.
    Photo courtesy of Con Edison.
    Overhead Transmission

    Creative Underground Transmission Construction in Queens

    Nov. 17, 2023
    Consolidated Edison considers options for building new underground transmission lines that will carry increasing amounts of renewable energy to customer in New York City.
    Courtesy of SMECO
    Pole base setting with line energized.
    Overhead Transmission

    Keeping It Close: A Composite Solution Redefines Compact Design and Construction

    Sept. 22, 2023
    Creating new standard construction practices to meet critical customer needs.
    Photo courtesy of Eolian, L.P.
    Aerial photographs of Eolian, L.P.’s Madero & Ignacio battery energy storage facility, a 200 MW/2.5+ hour duration storage system in Texas. Eolian is the developer of PGE’s Seaside battery energy storage system, one of the large-scale storage projects recently procured by PGE.
    Distributed Energy Resources

    Portland General Electric Bolsters Reliability with Battery Energy Storage Systems

    July 28, 2023
    Portland General Electric uses battery energy storage systems in its portfolio to balance clean energy with reliability and affordability for customers.

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    Photo by Dominion Energy.
    An overhead line worker for Dominion. As part of its undergrounding program, Dominion studied which of its overhead lines were the most outage prone.
    Photo by Great River Energy.
    Pole storage yard in Dickinson, North Dakota, was added to provide easier access to supplies when poles are needed suddenly following storm damage or accidents.
    Photo by Evergy.
    Construction matting and safety cranes.
    Photo by Minnesota Power
    A key element of this effort was the installation of a 500-kV, 1440-MVAR series capacitor bank, deployed in Warroad, Minnesota and provided by Hitachi Energy.
    Photo by Cleco
    Steel poles for the 230kV line from Terrebonne Substation near Houma, La. to Bayou Vista Substation in Bayou Vista, La.
    Transmission Reliability

    Protecting Against Hurricanes in South-Central Louisiana

    April 27, 2022
    In three phases, Cleco Power installs US$ 312 million in equipment that can withstand hurricane-force winds up to 130 mph.
    Courtesy of SRP
    A larger Revolution drone can be fitted with manipulator arms and carry equipment. SRP is experimenting with using it to move objects around underwater.
    Overhead Transmission

    Arizona’s SRP Solves Variety of Tasks with In-House Drone Pilots

    Jan. 7, 2022
    How a fleet of drones help improve power reliability in Arizona and streamline numerous utility operations.
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    Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is the largest electric utility in South Korea.
    Overhead Transmission

    Korea's KEPCO Commercializes Superconducting Transmission Solution

    Sept. 14, 2021
    The utility uses a 23-kV high-temperature superconducting cable to interconnect the secondary bus bars of two 154-kV substations
    As this rendering shows, a mixed-use development was built above and on each side of substation facility.
    Substations

    Milwaukee Substation Blends in with Mixed-Use Development Downtown

    Sept. 14, 2021
    WEC Energy Group’s innovative urban substation project improves electric reliability in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.