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3 weeks ago | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham
A case for adopting real options valuationIt has long been recognized that electricity and water infrastructure throughout the United States is aging faster than it is being repaired. It has been estimated that the long-term impact due to this underinvestment will be a significant decrease in the U.S. GDP in the coming years.
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3 weeks ago | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham
Expensive, dangerous, and a threat to reliability
Each and every year there are hundreds of copper thefts across the country which have resulted in power outages, increased costs to utilities that are ultimately passed on to Canadians, injuries, and in some cases, even deaths. As the voice of the Canadian electricity sector since 1891, the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) believes further action must be taken to deter copper theft in Canada.
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3 weeks ago | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham
What is the purpose of this report?
This discussion paper addresses a significant barrier to innovation in Canada’s gas and electric utility sectors—that current regulatory practices across the provinces and territories were designed for existing and relatively low-risk technologies rather than innovative new technologies and services.
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3 weeks ago | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham
High Voltage, Inc. introduces the new "The Best Method of Measuring Concentric Neutral Integrity vital to maintaining system stability, reliability, and safety" The Ω-CHECK® Tester is a unique and very useful product. It injects an AC current through a live cable neutral and measures the voltage drop to calculate the resistance of the neutral to determine the level of deterioration: how many strands have opened due to corrosion.
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3 weeks ago | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham
Low cost thermal imaging spot meter for rapid, easy troubleshooting FLIR Systems, Inc. recently announced the release of its TG165 Imaging IR Thermometer, a powerful, affordable, compact tool that lets you see invisible heat patterns, measure temperatures accurately, and conveniently store images and measurement data for reporting.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham |Malcolm Metcalfe |ENBALA Power Networks
What is next for the century-old electricity grid? BY MALCOLM METCALFE, ENBALA Power Networks Today’s power system is undergoing a paradigm shift that is changing many fundamental design principles that have been in use for nearly 100 years. The existing grid has been carefully planned and designed based on a few simple principles. #1 Generators are large devices, and there are a relatively small number of them.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham |James White |Shermco Industries
Transformer core grounds: a different path to maintaining insulation systems BY JAMES WHITE, Shermco Industries, Inc. Power transformers are usually supplied with a ground from the core of the transformer to the tank (earth/ground). Smaller, dry-type transformers may not have this ground, but it is always used on larger transformers. Grounding a transformer’s core may not sound like a smart thing to do, but it is a very necessary part of the transformer’s insulation system.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham |Frederick R. Eames
Why the phase out of coal is a pipe dream BY FREDERICK R. EAMES, Hunton & Williams LLP In the November/December 2014 issue of Electricity Today Magazine, Editor-In-Chief Phill Feltham opined in “Time to Phase Out Coal” that “ [i]f the power industry is serious about protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions, then regulators and utilities need to focus on closing coal-fired power plants”. Feltham implies wind and solar can take their place.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham |Andy Sagl
Preventing malfunction in power transformers BY ANDY SAGL, Megger Harmonics are another power quality phenomenon that can cause equipment to malfunction. Harmonics are a sinusoidal component of periodic waves that have frequencies that are multiples of the fundamental frequency. Harmonics can cause computer equipment to lock up or cause the data to become garbled as well as causing transformers, motors, and neutral lines to overheat.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
electricity-today.com | Phill Feltham
The Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) is pleased to have supported the development of a paper from Ryerson University, Closing Canada’s Big Data Talent Gap. The paper includes the results of the first in-depth examination of the size and nature of Canada’s Big Data and analytics talent gap, and suggests a path forward to address the shortcomings.
