Utility Products Magazine, August 2008 Articles
Utility Products
Volume: 5
Issue: 8
August 2008

Features

Feature Story

Utilimetrics: Alliance for Advanced Metering & Data Management Solutions (formerly AMRA) is planning the most dynamic AMR/AMI conference in its history.

More than anybody, utilities know what their customers expect in service.

Telecom Providers Search for Solutions to FCC’s Post-Katrina Mandate

Keeps Utilities Humming at Jackson Energy Authority

Product Focus

AMR / AMI

Utilities are on the cusp of what might be deemed the greatest transformation in the history of their existence.

In the latter part of the 20th century, North American utilities led the world in automating metering systems.

Homeowners desperately need new methods to conserve energy. Utilities desperately need a system with which they can improve service and manage peak demand problems.

Substation Management & Maintenance

Superior Concrete Products’ Modular Fence Stands Tall Around United Illuminating Company’s New Substation in Trumbull, Conn.

Mitigation is the practice of preventing hazards from developing or reducing the effects of threats when they occur.

T&D / Automation

Transmission and distribution grids are only as reliable as their weakest component.

Instrument transformers were created to transform voltage from the high values in the transmission and distribution systems to low values that can be utilized by low-voltage devices.

Departments

Editor's Letter

As some of you may know, I welcomed a new arrival (a beautiful baby boy — and no, I’m not even prejudice!) to my family in June and have been out of the office.

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