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Post CIGRE 2008

Post CIGRE 2008 Report, by Gerry George, Newton-Evans Correspondant and International Editor for T&D World
CIGRE’s 42nd General Session is an International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems that provides a unique forum for delegates and Exhibitors from around the world which is always held in the beautiful city of Paris. It this is probably one of the world’s largest Conferences which together with an Exhibition is a “must attend” event for the transmission and distribution industry professionals. This year the Conference was attended by some 3,000 delegates from 82 countries, a new attendance record and the ever increasing popularity of this event resulted in the Technical Programme being supported by the largest ever Exhibition…

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Upcoming Conferences: Clemson Power Systems Conference 2008

The Clemson PSC has grown over the past several years to become one of the country’s most important university sponsored electric power conferences. With active participation from electrical equipment suppliers such as Areva, Elster, GE, Itron, Quanta, SEL and Siemens, and with a nice mix of speakers from utilities, industry and academia, the conference fills the need for improved person-to-person communications among all participants in looking ahead and planning for the power industry of the future.

Chuck Newton will be participating in the upcoming Clemson Power System Conference being held at South Carolina’s Clemson University from March 11 to March 14 this year, serving as a panelist and presenter on the March 12 afternoon discussion entitled, “Integrating Advanced Metering with Distribution Systems Operations.”

Other topical discussions include Integrating Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles with Distribution Systems; Renewable Energy Challenges: Present and Future Directions; Renewable Energy in Power Systems; Syncrophasors: Principles, Application and Implementation; Utility of the Future; Advances in Digital Protection.

Keynote speakers during the week will include: Larry Sollecito, GM of General Electric Digital Systems; Dr. Ed Schweitzer, CEO of Schweitzer Engineering Labs; Jim Hicks, CEO of Shaw Engineering Services; and Matt Smith of Duke Energy.

Additional information on the Clemson PSC program can be found in the link listed on the trade events page on our website.

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Interim Study Findings from 2008 SCADA study

As of February 26, Newton-Evans Research has provided its report clients with an interim 22 page report summary on the North American portion of the new EMS, SCADA and DMS study well underway here at Newton-Evans Research. If any of our readers have an interest in ordering the reports prior to March 15, we will continue to provide the 10% discount that had been limited to early-bird subscribers. Click here for an order form.

The interim summary is based on tabulations of the first 95 North American utilities participating in our new study. These 95 utilities represent about 28% of North American T&D assets. We anticipate participation from many additional North American sites during March. The information being gathered from a control center perspective will certainly be useful for our clients’ mid-range product and market planning activities. We will be preparing another interim report for report clients in March, based on tabulated international survey findings. Delivery of the final reports will be underway by mid-April.