Fortnightly Magazine - September 2004

Tapping Distributed Energy Resources

Voltage Regulation: Reactive power is the key to an efficient and reliable grid.

Last year’s blackout was driven, in part, by uncontrolled voltage oscillations, capping several years of voltage collapses among utilities. Are reactive power delivery and dynamic reactive power reserves part of the solution?

Outsourcing & IT as a Strategic Option

Special ECM Section

In this quarterly ECM section, a series of articles in Fortnightly reviews the different outsourcing and IT options that are available and what utilities should consider before adopting outsourcing and IT technologies.

Outsourcing, Reliability, and IT: When will the Three Meet?

How to make sure your outsourcing partner works as an extension of your IT organization.

It is imperative that the CIS manager treats the outsourcing partner team as an extension of his own staff. Good working relationships between the client and the on-site partner team go a long way to ensure processes that provide reliability and security are adequately followed.

What is an Advanced Meter?

The technology behind demand-side response.

If energy legislation requires all utilities to offer demand-response programs, will your company be ready? A review of advanced metering is in order.
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