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    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
    Photo by Ameren Illinois.
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    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.
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    Substations

    Point-to-Point Digital Secondary System Design for a Transmission Substation: Part 2

    Oct. 23, 2023
    Duke Energy is evaluating the use of a point to point digital secondary system to reduce the amount of copper utilized in traditional substation protection designs.
    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.
    (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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    Substations

    BGE's Open-Circuit Detection Protects Substations

    July 27, 2023
    BGE reviews several alternatives for a battery open-circuit monitoring device to protect from a dc supply single point of failure.

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    Utility workers install a new pole in a forested area of the PGE service territory.
    Wildfire

    Portland General Electric Deploys AI, Advanced Tech to Reduce Wildfire Risk

    April 11, 2023
    The Pacific Northwest utility is advancing its wildfire mitigation plan by hardening the grid and enhancing situational awareness with detection systems.
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    Wildfire sweeps the mountainside, crossing metal transmission towers.
    Wildfire

    How To Select Pole Material With Wildfires In Mind

    April 6, 2023
    Xcel Energy, SDG&E and the Snohomish County PUD share insights on fire hardening and their wildfire protection plans.
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    An overhead line worker for Dominion. As part of its undergrounding program, Dominion studied which of its overhead lines were the most outage prone.
    Intelligent Undergrounding

    Dominion Undergrounds 1800 Miles and Counting

    March 2, 2023
    Dominion Energy replaces its most outage-prone overhead electric distribution lines with cost-effective underground lines.
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    Test and Measurement

    Low-Voltage Bushing Box and Low-Voltage Bushing Leaks Root Cause Analysis

    Jan. 18, 2023
    Bushing failures are the major causes of transformer failures. These leads can lead to costly consequences: oil spills, explosions, fires and the significant cost to replacing...