All sorts of things can happen to cause power outages – trees can contact aerial utility lines, vehicles sometimes strike poles, birds and squirrels can make the wrong move and trip electrical ...

Hendrix Wire & Cable has announced a green solution for overhead distribution circuits with its Spacer Cable Systems. Hendrix Spacer Cable Systems can help reduce the amount of vegetation that must be ...

When distributed generation causes net reverse power flow on a distribution feeder, several voltage-related issues can occur. According to studies published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...

Present day Distribution Automation (DA) goes beyond reducing manual procedures. DA makes distribution systems more controllable and flexible based on accurate data for decision-making applications.

There is much talk about IP infrastructures for broadcasting at the moment. Typically, the talk centers on live production and interoperability between systems. This is, of course, extremely important ...

Utilities are successfully integrating solar power at high penetrations both at the transmission and distribution levels. Photo courtesy: Shutterstock As the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry continues ...

More than 150 miles of electrical power lines damaged by the Palisades and Eaton fires in Malibu and Altadena are slated to be replaced with underground lines, Southern California Edison announced ...