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Dominion's New Online Map Makes it Easier to Track Power …
WEBSep 23, 2015 — Dominion Virginia Power has introduced a new online interactive outage map that provides more streamlined, detailed information to enable customers to quickly report and accurately track power outages and restoration. "Next to energy, the most important thing we can provide to customers is information," said Becky Merritt, vice president of Customer Service.
DOE Announces Plans to Fund up to $400 Million for Clean Energy ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for up to $400 million to spur innovative, community-focused clean energy solutions in rural and remote areas across the U.S., as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda.
Trends Report: Power Companies Facing Labor Shortage and Skills …
WEBFeb 7, 2019 — Power companies are facing a difficult task balancing the need to address talent shortages with adapting to the changing skills needs resulting from digitalization, according to the third annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI). The world’s largest energy recruitment and employment trends report was recently released by Airswift, the global ...
FERC Order 1000: Five Things You Need to Know - T&D World
WEBApr 13, 2017 — Here are five FERC 1000 factoids and points to hold onto: 1. FERC 1000 was needed: Seventy percent of electric transmission lines in the US are over 25 years These lines were primarily intended to connect state load centers to major state generation. Usually the generation-transmission network was …
Overhead or Underground Transmission? That is (Still) the Question
WEBFeb 24, 2022 — Robert G. Olsen, Jon T. Leman. For years, the electric utility industry has been questioning whether to use overhead or underground systems for transmission of power using high-voltage transmission lines. Issues driving this discussion range from aesthetics to audible noise and electromagnetic field exposure, to …
PUC Appoints Texas Energy Reliability Council Members
WEBOct 19, 2021 — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) is placing eight appointees to the newly formed Texas Energy Reliability Council (TERC), created by Senate Bill 3 in the 87th regular session of the Texas Legislature. TERC exists to “ensure that the energy and electric industries in this state meet high priority human needs and address critical ...
Asplundh - T&D World
WEBJan 22, 2024 — For 96 years, Asplundh has provided safe and cost-effective vegetation management and infrastructure design, construction, and support solutions to investor- and cooperatively owned utilities, departments of transportation, and other municipal and government agencies.
Utilities Assess Benefits and Challenges of Decentralizing the …
WEBSep 1, 2021 — Decentralization, decarbonization, and digitalization are the three primary driving forces in the paradigm shift to the new energy economy. Decentralization, in particular, is a result of ongoing exponential growth in smart customer devices that are being integrated into the grid, as well as increased emphasis on …
Take a Look Inside a Lineman’s Bucket Truck | T&D World
WEBSep 5, 2013 — Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section.She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade.She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters.