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PUG Innovators Conference
Join me at https://pufinnovators.com/ on October 10-12 in Washington DC and engage with a great innovation panel of: -Bill Johnson, GM KCK BPU-Peter Muhoro, Chief Strategy, Technology and Innovation Officer at Rappahannock EMC-Carlos Nouel, VP of Transformation at...
The 50% Underground by 2040 panel at TD Live in Sacramento
The 50% Underground by 2040 panel at TD Live in Sacramento had standing room only for PG&E, Exelon Transmission, and Anaheim Public Utilities. What did we learn? PG&E has 27% underground distribution and 1% underground transmission. When PG&E completes...
PUG Innovators Conference
Join me at https://pufinnovators.com/ on October 10-12 in Washington DC and engage with a great innovation panel of: -Bill Johnson, GM KCK BPU-Peter Muhoro, Chief Strategy, Technology and Innovation Officer at Rappahannock EMC-Carlos Nouel, VP of Transformation at...
The 50% Underground by 2040 panel at TD Live in Sacramento
The 50% Underground by 2040 panel at TD Live in Sacramento had standing room only for PG&E, Exelon Transmission, and Anaheim Public Utilities. What did we learn? PG&E has 27% underground distribution and 1% underground transmission. When PG&E completes...
Rebuilding Lahaina
The devastating August 8th fires in Lahaina changed lives forever. It was a tragedy that deeply saddened the watching world—the loss of lives, and loss of way of life unique to the beautiful setting that Lahaina and the Island of Maui provided. Although Lahaina and...
Needed: Better and faster methods of designing and building underground lines
Here's an article of interest: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pge-pacific-gas-wildfires-power-lines-earnings/689272/ Photo by Matthis Volquardsen on Pexels.com Many challenges ahead for PG&E. How fast can they satisfy their critics? Burying lines is taking more...
Whitepaper: Solving for FERC 881
Introduction We heard them loud and clear! Senior utility leadership at Distributech 2023 and IEEE GridEdge 2023 told us they want and expect innovation! Innovation that is “simple” and “synergistic”. Solutions to operational challenges that are easy to implement,...
Storm Creates Outage in Kansas City
The largest storm damage (outage) in the history of company! Tens of thousands of customers out for multiple days, nuke plant curtailed due to downed transmission, and businesses closed. (My dental office still closed 3 days after storm!). What is the true cost of...
Consumers Energy wants to bury power lines
Here's an article in The Detroit News about undergrounding. “It is important to remember burying our lines might be the right solution for some areas but not others,” said Chris Laird, the company’s vice president of electric operations, in a statement. “… By using a...
Underground Resiliency for FERC 2222
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 2222 requires the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into the transmission and distribution (T&D) system and will use the principles of transactive energy to move towards net-zero energy and carbon-free generation portfolios.
Kentucky Utilities and Undergrounding
According to this article, a Kentucky Utilities spokesman said “very few utilities are converting older, overhead lines to underground lines across the country.” Where has he been? Kentucky Utilities….the utilities below are happy to share lessons learned and best...
Undersea Cables
A great new idea! Undersea cables linking islands to mainland generation has been done around the world. Could Puerto Rico be next?
Austin Takes Action
“By having our power lines underground, we are hardening our infrastructure. We are creating a more resilient city and we are preparing our community,” said [Austin Council Member] Fuentes.
Transformer Supply Crisis
This article about transformer lead times doesn’t offer much help, but here’s an idea that might work.
World-Changing Ideas for “Decarbonizing the Grid”
Energy is the foundation of our economy and is at the forefront of everything we do. This whitepaper explores ideas for carbon neutral or carbon free sources of renewable energy.
IEEE PES GRID EDGE TECHNOLOGIES Event
Grid Edge is coming! Be sure to attend. We have three great panels.
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Electric T&D
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of a computer or machine to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, and decision-making. There are different types of AI, ranging from simple rule-based systems...
Plane on a Wire
A plane crashed into power lines in Maryland.
50% Underground by 2040
We set goals for renewables, net zero energy and carbon free energy. These resource related goals will require a 21st Century distribution grid that is reliable, resilient and still affordable. Will it be our grandfather’s distribution grid? No. The electric...
Humans on the Moon?
What will engineers of the future build on the moon? 3D printed concrete structures and landing sites made with moon aggregate and the water NASA hopes to discover in the south https://lnkd.in/gwzdRX9t Solar energy with some version of hydrogen storage or small...
Defining Resiliency
Our industry needs to provide simple, understandable definitions for commonly used terms such as smart grid, smart cities, distributed energy resources, and microgrids. The simple, understandable definition of resiliency is: The ability to withstand a High Impact, Low...
IEEE PES Grid
At the IEEE PES Grid, I will have three panels on World Changing Ideas for Positive Economic Development, Customer Engagement and Strategic Undergrounding, and Wildfire & Risk Mitigation.
Distributech Event
Come to Distributech next February and attend our panel “Driving Cost Out of Underground Programs.”
Entergy
Entergy is asking regulators to spend $15B over the next 10 years to harden an overhead system from the late 1900’s. But, in 2022 and after massive hurricanes in 2005 and 2021 wiped out much of the T&D serving New Orleans, why would Entergy propose more of the...