Overhead Transmission

IEEE PES T&D Show Blog: Half the Weight, Twice the Accuracy

April 18, 2018

Contributing Editor Gene Wolf shares his insights from the 2018 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Expo

I ran into my friend Keith Lindsey today. He has a lot of new tech toys on display. One was just introduced today, the GEN2 Post Insulator. It is half the weight of the Lindsey Polysil-based device. Keith said it was such an improvement over the previous model.

We had a great time talking about these new innovations available today.

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About the Author

Gene Wolf

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.