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 …
Con Edison Invests $2.3 Billion On Infrastructure Projects Across …
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Con Edison has invested $2.3 billion on infrastructure projects across New York City and Westchester County for a reliable service during summers and to help improve the region’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables.. The projects include the installation of new substation equipment, 28 underground and 69 overhead transformers …
Underground Cable Design Principles to Strengthen the Critical ...
WEBMay 1, 2020 · This article discusses eight categories of underground power cable components and/or design principles to harden the grid, therefore improving natural disaster resilience. 1. Water-blocking Components. Water contains oxidizing agents, which trigger the corrosion of metallic shields and conductors. As a result, a “triple-water protection ...
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The Age of Grid Resilience Design Begins Now - T&D World
WEBOct. 27, 2023. The power grid must be designed to withstand and recover from a wide range of extreme weather events — at an affordable cost. Andrija Sadikovic, Shanshan Ma. Resilience is finally taking a front stage in the electric power industry. Society recognizes the need to significantly increase investments in resilience as the electric ...
Overhead Cable Design Principles to Enhance Critical Electrical Grids
WEBJul 1, 2020 · Overhead power grids can be reinforced, and electrical systems can be extended beyond the 40-year design life by optimizing cable constructions using superior conductor alloys, robust dielectric materials, or optional cable components. Dr. Yuhsin Hawig, Vice President, Applications Engineering, Southwire Company. Related To: …
Transformative Times: Update on the U.S. Transformer Supply Chain
WEBJul 12, 2022 · According to the Energy Department ’ s Office of Electricity, over 90 percent of the electricity consumed in the U.S. passes through a large power transformer. Before a pandemic sent shudders through global supply chains, the U.S. was 82% reliant upon imports to meet its need for large transformers, according to a 2020 study by the …
What is Horizontal Drilling, and Why is it Important? - T&D World
WEBMay 26, 2022 · Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a relatively new telecommunications and utility installation technology. It allows for greater precision and flexibility in the placement. In addition, it eliminates the necessity of costly digging and the need for large crews, road closures, and other complications associated with traditional digging ...
Texas’ Big Freeze: The 2021 Power Crisis and the Lessons Learned …
WEBJan 25, 2022 · Protecting the Grid. Despite past warnings and reminders by FERC and NERC, that generating units needed to prepare for coming winters, and despite the detailed instructions the agencies sent about winterization, 49 generating units in Southwest Power Pool (15 percent, 1,944 MW of nameplate capacity), 26 in ERCOT (7 percent, 3,675 …
Strategic Undergrounding from the Perspective of Cable …
WEBOct 4, 2021 · It is manufactured by continuously extruding a crush and impact resistant HDPE conduit over a single cable or a parallel cable assembly. CIC might contain one cable or three-phase cables, but we have seen up to 4 cable components with a spare or an added equipment grounding conductor being designed using CIC.