The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a 20-year initial license renewal for Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Center and a. . .

In basic terms, a geographic information system (GIS) for energy services or utility companies brings together, manages and makes use of two broad groupings of information – landbase and facilities ...

Conventional thinking considers the aging utility workforce a critical problem demanding a call to arms. Although the demographics are more pronounced within the utility industry than in many other ...

Many U.S. utilities have completed, or are nearing completion of, their Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Meter Data Management System (MDMS) rollouts. With these implementations completing, ...

With the advent of CAD, work order management, and purchasing technology in recent decades, substation engineering underwent a transformation. Design, purchasing, and construction management ...

Problems associated with poor installations of advanced meters have done tremendous damage to public perceptions about the utility industry. To those familiar with the challenges associated with ...

Electric and magnetic fields are important factors to be considered when designing transmission lines. They occur in nature and have become much more prevalent in our everyday lives through man-made ...

For decades, asset decommissioning has been relegated to afterthought status in many industries, including utilities. Instead, businesses have focused their attention on bringing new projects online ...

The importance of safe and reliable power in today’s world was never more apparent than on August 14. Beginning in late afternoon and lasting mere minutes, the largest blackout ever on the North ...

Bentley System’s Year in Infrastructure Conference 2017 wrapped up with its Be Inspired Awards. The Be Inspired Awards recognize the greatest BIM advancements in infrastructure in 17 categories. In ...

“Energy efficiency” is the latest buzz phrase since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) was signed in August. Both short- and long-term projections indicate the era of "cheap energy" is gone in ...

Many dielectric and mechanical failures in large power transformers are preceded by mechanical changes in the winding structure. These changes, or displacements in the winding structure, may be the ...