Using the Internet to send and receive meter data is a topic of discussion at many utilities. A number of proprietary protocols are available today, but soon, a new ANSI standard protocol will be ...

Electric utilities recognize the need for new distribution network technologies to accommodate sustainable growth and customers’ growing interest in grid-connected, customer-owned technologies such as ...

Advances in metering technology over the past three decades have made today’s AMR systems economically viable for utilities to use. Over the next five to 10 years most utilities will likely use some ...

The business case for AMI deployment has often been made palatable to the regulators on the basis of widespread business benefits for the utility and the ratepayer. While present deployments have ...

Many U.S. utilities have completed, or are nearing completion of, their Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Meter Data Management System (MDMS) rollouts. With these implementations completing, ...

It is said that with age comes wisdom. Such is the case with Doble Engineering Company’s annual Client Conference, which celebrated its 70th consecutive year in April. The Doble Client Conference has ...

Interval data meters provide wholesale and distribution utilities information that can help them operate their systems economically in today’s increasingly competitive electric markets. The Lower ...

Loading capability of power transformers is limited mainly by winding temperature. As part of acceptance tests on new units, the temperature rise test is intended to demonstrate that, at full load and ...

Digital energy is the free flow of real-time information exchanged between energy suppliers and consumers. It will transform everyone it touches in the fuel, electricity, and gas business. The process ...

Problems associated with poor installations of advanced meters have done tremendous damage to public perceptions about the utility industry. To those familiar with the challenges associated with ...

For decades, asset decommissioning has been relegated to afterthought status in many industries, including utilities. Instead, businesses have focused their attention on bringing new projects online ...