All sorts of things can happen to cause power outages – trees can contact aerial utility lines, vehicles sometimes strike poles, birds and squirrels can make the wrong move and trip electrical ...

Today, the electric industry has a full toolbox available to provide highly advanced technological solutions to the problems facing the distribution network. It also has an assortment of standards for ...

When distributed generation causes net reverse power flow on a distribution feeder, several voltage-related issues can occur. According to studies published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...

Present day Distribution Automation (DA) goes beyond reducing manual procedures. DA makes distribution systems more controllable and flexible based on accurate data for decision-making applications.

There is much talk about IP infrastructures for broadcasting at the moment. Typically, the talk centers on live production and interoperability between systems. This is, of course, extremely important ...

An electrical arc flash can occur when someone is verifying the presence of voltage, checking the balance of current, operating a switch, inspecting an energized cable or bus connections during ...

Digi-Key has signed a global distribution partnership with Mini-Circuits for its MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) product line. Through the agreement, Digi-Key is now stocking its 50 GHz ...

More than 150 miles of electrical power lines damaged by the Palisades and Eaton fires in Malibu and Altadena are slated to be replaced with underground lines, Southern California Edison announced ...