Tag: Distribution

Infrastructure and the Economy

With utility infrastructure aging rapidly, reliability of service is threatened. Yet the economy is hurting, unemployment is accelerating, environmental mandates are rising, ... Read Article

Power and Patience

The U.S. utility industry - particularly the electric-producing branch of it, there also are natural gas and water utilities - has found ... Read Article

Modeling Distribution Demand Reduction

In the past, distribution demand reduction was a technique used only in emergency situations a few times a year - if that. ... Read Article

Measuring Smart Metering's Progress

Smart or advanced electricity metering, using a fixed network communications path, has been with us since pioneering installations in the US Midwest ... Read Article

PHEVs Are on a Roll

The electric vehicle first made its appearance about a century ago, but it is only in recent years - months, to be ... Read Article

Thinking Smart

For more than 30 years, Newton- Evans Research Company has been studying the initial development and the embryonic and emergent stages of ... Read Article

At Your Service

Today's utility companies are being driven to upgrade their aging transmission and distribution networks in the face of escalating energy generation costs, ... Read Article

The Smart Grid: A Balanced View

Energy systems in both mature and developing economies around the world are undergoing fundamental changes. There are early signs of a physical ... Read Article