Perspective

Regulating Utility Data

West Monroe

“The reality is that how regulators rule on the accessibility and availability of utility data may determine whether a state can remotely achieve state decarbonization goals.”

Engineering Cybersecurity

Burns & McDonnell/1898 & Co.

“Nobody wants to touch a 20-year-old server, PLC, HMI or human machine interface, an engineering workstation in operational environment, and allow some computer or automated capability to block it. Putting automated detection and response capabilities in place for critical infrastructure is, for lack of a better term, critical.”

Big Breakthrough in Transmission Transfer Capacity

TS Conductor

“The average wait for renewable farms, such as solar or wind farms to connect to the grid is 3.5 years. We can instantly change that just by swapping out the old conductors one-for-one with the TS conductor, as you can easily double, triple the capacity in the grid.”

Small Nuclear Getting Big

EPRI et al.

Excerpted remarks at “Investing in Advanced Nuclear Energy,” hosted in New York by EPRI, EEI, NEI, Guggenheim Securities, Nuclear Innovation Alliance.

The Experts: Turbines

PSM

“We have transformed PSM into a global business, where we can tackle, within the constraints perhaps of certain fleets, the entire gas turbine engine. That’s what I’m proud of.”

AEIC Member Spotlight on Tampa Electric

AEIC

“The Big Bend modernization project was completed on time and under budget despite challenges to dismantlement of the coal-fired unit, need to construct a large pipe bridge over a canal, and impact of the ongoing global pandemic.”

DR for the Home

SPAN

“What’s unique about this panel is it enables a homeowner to understand what is consuming energy in the home. That allows a few unique effects. Number one, we are able to avoid utility service upgrades if you are electrifying your home, and if you have less than two hundred amps.”