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WEB3 days ago · A model of an electrical substation. Net zero or real zero energy by 2050 has dramatic implications on the current planning, design, operations and maintenance of the electric transmission and distribution grid that delivers that energy.
Dominion's New Online Map Makes it Easier to Track Power …
WEBSep 23, 2015 · Dominion Virginia Power has introduced a new online interactive outage map that provides more streamlined, detailed information to enable customers to quickly report and accurately track power outages and restoration. "Next to energy, the most important thing we can provide to customers is information," said Becky Merritt, vice president of Customer Service.
Underground Cable Design Principles to Strengthen the Critical ...
WEBMay 1, 2020 · This article discusses eight categories of underground power cable components and/or design principles to harden the grid, therefore improving natural disaster resilience. 1. Water-blocking Components. Water contains oxidizing agents, which trigger the corrosion of metallic shields and conductors. As a result, a “triple-water protection ...
System Hardening and Other Benefits of Covered Conductors
WEBNov 1, 2023 · The current standards for covered conductor require a semicon shield and two layers of insulation, making it capable of withstanding intermittent contact, providing a higher impulse strength (BIL), UV inhibition, abrasion resistance, and track resistance. The inner layer is a semicon conductor shield; the middle layer is natural unfilled ...
Strategic Undergrounding from the Perspective of Cable …
WEBOct 4, 2021 · It is manufactured by continuously extruding a crush and impact resistant HDPE conduit over a single cable or a parallel cable assembly. CIC might contain one cable or three-phase cables, but we have seen up to 4 cable components with a spare or an added equipment grounding conductor being designed using CIC.
What is Horizontal Drilling, and Why is it Important? - T&D World
WEBMay 26, 2022 · Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a relatively new telecommunications and utility installation technology. It allows for greater precision and flexibility in the placement. In addition, it eliminates the necessity of costly digging and the need for large crews, road closures, and other complications associated with traditional digging ...
Transformative Times: Update on the U.S. Transformer Supply Chain
WEBJul 12, 2022 · According to the Energy Department ’ s Office of Electricity, over 90 percent of the electricity consumed in the U.S. passes through a large power transformer. Before a pandemic sent shudders through global supply chains, the U.S. was 82% reliant upon imports to meet its need for large transformers, according to a …
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Texas’ Big Freeze: The 2021 Power Crisis and the Lessons Learned …
WEBJan 25, 2022 · Protecting the Grid. Despite past warnings and reminders by FERC and NERC, that generating units needed to prepare for coming winters, and despite the detailed instructions the agencies sent about winterization, 49 generating units in Southwest Power Pool (15 percent, 1,944 MW of nameplate capacity), 26 in ERCOT (7 percent, 3,675 MW), and three units in Midcontinent Independent System Operator ...
LUMA Announces Timeline for Service Restoration for Customers …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · About 1.2 million customers currently have power, and LUMA plans to restore electricity to about 90% of customers by Aug. 18, After Tropical Storm Ernesto recently brought heavy rain and strong winds to Puerto Rico, LUMA announced that its round-the-clock efforts have restored power to 257,000 ...