Electrical World 1996 - Abstracts

Electrical World 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A decade after Chernobyl, Ukraine still snakebitten. (energy shortage)Electronics and electrical industriesJuliette Mace
All engineers give two thumbs down. (Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industries 
At last, locate faults by recording traveling waves. (transmission-line faults on overhead lines) (includes related article)Electronics and electrical industriesRoger Jensen, Philip Gale
Benefiting from IT: a guide for PUCs and utilities. (public utility commissions)(excerpted from 'The Use of Information Systems to Transform Utilities and Regulatory Commissions: The application of Geographic Information Systems)Electronics and electrical industriesDavid W. Wirick, Glenn Montgomery
Borrowing with pride. (methods for solving common electricity industry problems)(IBM Utility Business Quarterly)Electronics and electrical industriesUlf Gundemark
Breakers dead or alive. (dead-tank and live-tank circuit breakers) (includes related article on free-standing current transformers)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industriesAndy McCabe
Breakthrough software turns a universe of information into distinctive clusters and galaxies.(Future Customer Electrotechnologies)Electronics and electrical industriesKatie Larson
Burial of 69-kV circuit celebrates bicentennial. (transmission lines; Tennessee's 200th anniversary)(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Cable splicers work in cage 60 ft above ground.(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Capacitor switching needs a switch, not a circuit breaker.Electronics and electrical industries 
Caveat emptor: understanding the dynamics of the futures market.(electricity futures)Electronics and electrical industriesJon Kiele
Chicago customers know where every kilowatt-hour goes.Electronics and electrical industriesSteve Szumski
Cogen, IPP conference signals market convergence. (cogeneration; independent power producers)Electronics and electrical industriesTheo Mullen, Jason Makansi
Competitive 'truths' change powerplant economics.Electronics and electrical industriesGeorge C. Ford
Con Edison increases use of environmentally friendly cable. (Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc., solid dielectric cable)(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
DA/DSM DistribuTECH '97: International Symposium on Utility Information Technology, Competitive Business Solutions, Systems Strategies, and Customer Satisfaction.Electronics and electrical industries 
Do heavy construction in fragile wetland with hardwood mat systems.Electronics and electrical industriesLawrence Schweitzer
Emergency crews poured in, but ad hoc management saved the day.(repair of storm-damaged power lines in Alabama)Electronics and electrical industriesJeffrey S. Harper
Empire state restructures. (New York Public Service Commission's deregulatory action)Electronics and electrical industries 
Energy management system turns data into market info.Electronics and electrical industriesPaula J. Traynor, William J. Ackerman
Energy-services consortium bypasses utilities. (SourceCom)Electronics and electrical industriesTim Reason
Enter battle-tested CIOs; exit rigid utility thinking.Electronics and electrical industriesL. Patrick Briody
Equipment/services roundup.(IEEE/PES Show)Electronics and electrical industries 
ETs phone home: telecom gateways will accelerate intelligent electrotechnologies. (includes related article TeCom's telecom gateway, Interlane)(Future Customer Electrotechnologies)Electronics and electrical industries 
First find distance to fault - then thump. (locating cable faults)Electronics and electrical industriesHans Gnerlich, David McCallister
Having your cake & eating it too: environmental benefit of planning. (emissions reductions from increased electrification)(Future Customer Electrotechnologies)Electronics and electrical industriesMark P. Mills
Home builders, contractors eager to partner with utilities.(electric utilities)Electronics and electrical industriesDavid J. Reichman
How can the flow of power be controlled?(Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industries 
How collection software can reduce delinquencies. (includes related article on Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolis Sewer District's loan-servicing software)Electronics and electrical industriesEric J. Christeson
How contamination causes transformer failures.Electronics and electrical industriesDavid Woodcock
How the Telecommunications Act will affect electric utilities. (includes related article)Electronics and electrical industriesSean Stokes
How to find and serve hidden market segments. (electric utilities)Electronics and electrical industriesCarolyn N. Stortsrom, Richard Chino
How to migrate a proprietary EMS into an open system. (energy management systems)Electronics and electrical industriesDavid Carr, John Tweedy, David McGinnis, Richard Hird
Hubco project ushers in Pakistan's energy revolution. (Hub Power Co.)(1996 McGraw Award Winner)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industriesDavid Brezovec
HVDC intertie restored after double disasters.(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Improving customer service via two-way communication.(IBM Utility Business Quarterly)Electronics and electrical industriesHenk Aernoudts, Jacques DeKegel
Inflatable bladder solves duct-sealing problem.Electronics and electrical industriesHarry Hayes
Is dynamic rating the answer?(Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industries 
IT, RIN, TIN: information technologies for power marketers. (information technology; real-time information networks; transmission information networks)Electronics and electrical industriesPeter D. Klinkow
Keep one step ahead of critters in the substation. (animal-related problems)Electronics and electrical industries 
Letter from India: political balkanization continues to poison IPP environment. (independent power producer)Electronics and electrical industriesJayanta Sarkar
Longest submarine cable injected with silicone. (Northern States Power Co.'s submarine cable)(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Lotus Notes delivers power to utilities.(Advertising Supplement)Electronics and electrical industriesTim Greisinger
Low-volume spraying: the better way to manage ROWs. (right-of-ways)(includes related article on Southwestern Power Administration's management practices)Electronics and electrical industriesGraham Brown, Patricia Irwin
Lubbock Power & Light Dept turns lights out with UNIX.Electronics and electrical industriesDon Lewis
Merchant power financing: assessing investor risk.Electronics and electrical industriesPeter N. Rigby
Merge or divest? Tax and accounting questions for electric utilities.(Energy Notes)Electronics and electrical industriesDavid R. Hardy, James I. Warren
Meters can now read over 200 amp without current transformers.Electronics and electrical industries 
Mexico hopes its economy will soon be cooking with gas.Electronics and electrical industriesJeffrey Reyser
Monitor predicts flashover of contaminated insulators. (includes related article on how insulators get contaminated)Electronics and electrical industriesJoe Renowden
Multiple-vendor products linked in one distribution automation project.Electronics and electrical industries 
Needed: variable-impedance current-limiting reactors. (includes related article on the mechanics of fixed-impedance, current limiting reactors)Electronics and electrical industriesChad H. Joshi
New disposal headache: PCBs in lead-covered scrap cable. (polychlorinated biphenyls)Electronics and electrical industriesSteven Lauterback
New gas services in competitive electric markets foster growing customer choices.(Energy Notes)Electronics and electrical industriesMichael J. Zimmer
New international player from the UK. (Seabank Power Ltd)Electronics and electrical industries 
No more paper work orders with mobile data software.Electronics and electrical industries 
North America: demand and capacity forecasts.(Conference Report: Globalization of Electricity Markets)Electronics and electrical industries 
Now try to explain network security. (electric network stability)(Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industries 
Old-fashioned experiment clears up the confusion of stranded costs.Electronics and electrical industriesEric Hirst, Stan Hadley, Lester Baxter
Outnumbered, but winning: using synthetic mergers as a competitive weapon. (includes related article on synthetic merger contracts)Electronics and electrical industriesJonathan W. Gottlieb, Dean M. Colucci
Outsourcing an industry. (outsourcing of the information technology system of Victoria, Australia's electricity industry)Electronics and electrical industries 
Ozone turns the tide of concern about drinking water safety.(EPRI Industrial Power)Electronics and electrical industries 
Plane crash a major blow to electric power industry.Electronics and electrical industries 
Power-line carrier: still the lowest-cost medium for communications.Electronics and electrical industriesPaola Diamanti
Preferred route goes right through sensitive wetland. (Snohomish Public Utility District's North County Transmission Project)(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Public utility cuts the apron strings to BPA. (Clark Public Utilities; Bonneville Power Administration)(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Reality-based marketing and the competitive electric market.Electronics and electrical industriesJerry Jackson
Reality check.(Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industries 
Responding to utility needs in a competitive climate.(Future Customer Electrotechnologies)Electronics and electrical industries 
Shedding light on the resurgence of tuberculosis.(EPRI Industrial Power)Electronics and electrical industries 
Shirtsleeves vs suits. (entry of independent power marketers into the traditional engineering territory)(Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industries 
Solid-state transfer: speed alone won't solve power-quality problems.(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industriesJohn Reason
SPEs in project finance deals.Electronics and electrical industries 
State experiments with retail wheeling.(Regional Report)Electronics and electrical industries 
Substation automation: set long-term objectives now. (includes related article on how the modular system can integrate existing substations)Electronics and electrical industriesGordon van Welie
SVC maintains stability, increases capacity. (static VAr compensator)(Special T&D Feature: Profiles of 10 Pacesetting Projects)Electronics and electrical industries 
Synchronous breaker operation: new way to minimize transients.Electronics and electrical industries 
Take the guesswork out of arc-protective apparel. (includes related article regarding a problem in the OSHA standard)Electronics and electrical industriesHugh Hoagland
T&D buyers' guide. (directory of companies engaged in the electrical transmission and distribution market)(Buyers Guide)(Directory)Electronics and electrical industries 
Telecom reform signals new era.Electronics and electrical industries 
The Brazilian beat: orchestrating investments to match restructuring. (includes related article on the privatization of LightRio)Electronics and electrical industriesAndrew Nolan
The changing world of utility investor relations.Electronics and electrical industriesJeffrey D. Bogart
The mother of re-invention. (information technology-based solutions)(Advertising Supplement)Electronics and electrical industriesC.C. Shin
The telecom conondrum: timing and commitment are key.(telecommunications subsidiaries of electric power companies)Electronics and electrical industriesPaul Zakaras
They're up! They're down! They're waste-to-energy plants.Electronics and electrical industriesJohn Varrasi
Thriving in an age of competition. (Automated Mapping/Facilities Management International's 1996 conference)(AM/FM International's Conference XIX)Electronics and electrical industriesJames Black
To attract high-tech tenants, give them high-quality power. (office buildings)(includes related article on how a constant-frequency generator works)Electronics and electrical industries 
To clean up environmental spills, know your medium.Electronics and electrical industries 
Tokyo Gas' value-added services initiative. (Tokyo Gas Company Ltd.)(Advertising Supplement)Electronics and electrical industriesMasahiro Fujio
Tools for the transition. (electric industry deregulation)(includes related article on improving the quality of services to combat new competition)Electronics and electrical industriesRichard Sondervan
Transformer-loss study cuts out unneeded ratings.Electronics and electrical industriesDan Mulkey
Try engineered public opinion to prepare for competition. (educating the public on the advantages of utility products and services)Electronics and electrical industriesTom Bartikoski
Users target UK model. (privatization of the electric power industry)Electronics and electrical industriesPeter Reina
Utilities make dynamic entry into telecommunications sector.(Energy Notes)Electronics and electrical industriesJudith O'Neill, Janet Hernandez
Utilities shopping their CISs. (electric utilities; customer information systems)Electronics and electrical industriesWarren B. Causey
Vendors offer automated meter-reading as a service - not a technology.Electronics and electrical industries 
Victoria's free-market model includes an IT twist. (Victoria, Australia; information technology)Electronics and electrical industriesL. Patrick Briody
Voltage transformers: why modern CVTs don't drift. (capacitive voltage transformers)Electronics and electrical industries 
Wall Street risk managers find homes at utilities. (includes related article)Electronics and electrical industriesJon Crystal
Water-in-oil: forget ppm; think relative humidity. (moisture monitoring in transformer cooling oil)Electronics and electrical industries 
What makes a power line vulnerable to lightning?Electronics and electrical industriesMike W. Marshall
What the world thinks about the US headlong rush to open access.(Competition, Deregulation: Is the US Rushing Into the Dark?)(Cover Story)Electronics and electrical industriesJohn Casazza
Why electromagnetic VTs are still best for revenue metering, relaying. (voltage transformers)Electronics and electrical industriesVadim Raff
Why now, more than ever, Puhca should be repeated. (Public Utility Holding Company Act)Electronics and electrical industriesJoris M. Hogan, Rodrigo J. Howard
Why use futures contracts? (includes related articles)Electronics and electrical industriesPreston D. Head
Why utility board membership is changing.Electronics and electrical industriesMarie Leone
Why you need a digital strategy - today. (need for electric utilities to get involved in information technologies)(includes related article on the integration of separate business units with information technology)Electronics and electrical industriesWalter P. Wilson
Will stricter ruling on SPEs affect IPP project financing? (special-purpose entities; independent power producers)Electronics and electrical industriesGuy Nicolucci
Winning and losing in the IPP casino. (independent power producers)Electronics and electrical industriesJason Makansi
You can manage change - but not always by the book.Electronics and electrical industriesMartin Borell, Joan King
You can put new cable in old ducts and banish your lead headache too. (electric power cables)(includes related article on the dangers of lead use)Electronics and electrical industriesEdward Walcott
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