Transmission

Up the Capacity of an HVAC Line

Consider Converting to HVDC, Part 3

“We describe several ways the capacity of an existing high voltage AC transmission line can be increased and show that sometimes the most cost-effective strategy is to convert the line to high voltage DC.”

When Texas Seceded, Its Grid That Is

Judge Cudahy’s Second Alamo Article

PUF reviews Judge Richard Cudahy’s famous 1995 article on the so-called Midnight Connection that led to the disconnection of the Texas grid from the eastern and western grids. Even more relevant today given the ERCOT meltdown.

Modernizing Aging Transmission

A Golden Opportunity

Utilities need to consider modernization a golden opportunity to unite officials, consumers, and industry on a quest to reimagine transmission.

Hawaiian Electric: Christian Whitney

Director for Pole Infrastructure Enterprise

“In order for anyone to accomplish their sustainability goals or for Hawaiian Electric to accomplish our reliability goals, the future is all in the telecom and the technology.”

The End of Big Iron

Emerging Cost Advantages

How wind and solar became cheaper than hydro, coal, and nuclear.