(New Freedom, Pa.) — Every year, climbing animals cause outages at U.S. substations that affect hundreds of thousands of customers and cost millions in repairs, man-hours, and lost business. The ...

As decision-makers look for practical and worthwhile ways to improve substation monitoring, they often turn to heat-vision applications, such as infrared thermography. Such methods allow people to use ...

This substation in Newport Beach, California, includes a typical collection of smart grid equipment with settings and configuration profiles that require management. Modern substation automation ...

Officials with Madison Gas and Electric said the American Transmission Co. is leading cleanup efforts and an investigation following a pair of fires Friday. The first fire broke out around 7:40 a.m.

Electrical substations utilize direct lightning stroke shielding to help ensure proper operation, and to prevent costly damages and extended outages. While modern substation designs and equipment make ...

Each 2 train’s trip between Harlem and the Bronx is powered by a ramshackle electrical room maintained by an MTA manager who uses unorthodox tricks of the trade to keep its antiquated technology ...

For most of the history of the electric power transmission and distribution industry, electrical substations were thought of as assets with relatively minimal physical security concerns. The chain ...