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40% off “The World Market for Substation Automation and Integration Programs in Electric Utilities: 2017-2020.”

In 2017 Newton-Evans completed its eleventh worldwide study of the market for substation automation and integration systems in electric utilities. This 4-volume report series measures current market sizes for several sub-categories of equipment and services in North America and by World Regions. It also estimates and forecasts demand for substation automation equipment through year-end 2020, and profiles utility requirements as well as broader product and market requirements.
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Progress Report on the 2016-2018 Study of Protective Relays

This week the staff at Newton-Evans Research is in the midst of conducting pre-testing of our 2016 survey design with our panel of leading utility contributors. After reviewing the results and feedback from our panel, we will finalize the North American version of the survey and begin requesting participation from utilities, ISO/RTO organizations, industrial firms and rail transport organizations. The pre-testing process will then be undertaken with our international utility panel.

This periodic study was last undertaken in 2012, with guidance provided in the four volume set of reports for the P&C community through 2014. The report series has been relied upon by relay manufacturers, substation automation developers and control systems integrators around the world for more than three decades. The reports are referenced by standards organizations and the operational consulting community looks to the series for guidance on protection and control status, learning where the “real world” of utilities is today and understanding the technical drivers and operational trends that will impact utility and supplier planning over the next few years.

We are hoping to receive participation from more than 100 key electric utilities in this year’s study. Typically we do obtain cooperation from 100 or more utilities. It is more difficult to obtain high levels of cooperation today, with concerns about security and competitive activities. We are trying not to be intrusive in our questioning, so would-be participants can safely and securely provide information without having to be concerned with cyber security policy issues.

The richly illustrated Executive Summary from this new study will be about 40 pages in length and will enable participants to “benchmark” the findings relative to their own P&C activities and plans and compare with other utilities within their size range and utility type.

For interested parties, keep in mind that the pre-publication price offer for the four volume set of report is $5,500.00 through May, 2016. Once the study is published, the report series price will be $5,950.00.

A brochure with order form for the 2016-2018 series is available here.

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Save 25% Off Currently Available Reports

Through January 31, 2015, Newton-Evans Research is offering a 25% discount on all currently available 2014 and earlier reports. Click on the “Order Here” button and use the discount code “2014sale” at checkout to take advantage of this limited time offer, or give us a call at 410-465-7316 and mention this announcement when placing your order with us over the phone.

Get the “Overview of the 2014-2016 U.S. Transmission and Distribution Equipment Market – HV Equipment Series” for only $731.25 – a savings of over $240. Or purchase the entire four-volume report series, “The Worldwide Market for Substation Automation and Integration programs in Electric Utilities: 2014-2016” for only $5,212.50 – a savings of $1,737.50 for a comprehensive package of market intelligence.

See our Reports Page for a complete listing of report topics and prices.

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Overview of the U.S. Market for Fuses and Fusing Products Among Mid-sized Electric Utilities

This past summer Newton-Evans Research conducted a market survey of mid-sized electric utilities in the U.S. on the topic of fuses and fusing products. A total of 38 replies were received from utility operations officials. This respondent group included: 4 Investor Owned utilities, 21 Public Power utilities, and 13 Cooperatives. These 38 utilities serve a combined total of 8.2 million end user customers, or about 6% of the 144.5 million U.S. electricity end users.

Among several of the survey questions, utility engineers were asked to select the five voltage, current and speed power fuse combinations that were most used. Thirty-two respondents answered this question. Some respondents selected less than five combinations, and some selected more than five combinations. Twenty-seven respondents use 100 amp power fuses at either 7.2kV, 14.4kV, 25kV or 34.5kV. The table below provides a complete count of each combination selected on the survey.

Voltage, current and speed power fuse combinations used most: number of mentions
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*Note: respondents were allowed to pick multiple options.

Utility officials were also asked about their typical annual budgets for fusing products, as well as which manufacturers are used as a percent of their overall fuse purchases.

This new 37 page market report is based on a survey of mid-size utilities regarding usage levels and brand preferences for fuse links, power fuses, and current limiting fuses. The report looks at the most common amp ratings, key manufacturers, budgets and annual usage levels of fuse links, power fuses and current limiting fuses among the sample, and offers projections to the entire U.S. market. The power fuse section also looks at indoor versus outdoor applications and refillable versus one time use units. Voltage and current combinations are charted by usage levels for current limiting fuses. The fuse products report is priced at $675.00.

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Upcoming World Market Study of Substation Automation

Newton-Evans Research Company is currently in the survey design phase as we update our biennial world market study of substation automation and modernization. As usual, the results of this survey will be published in a 4-volume report series titled, “The Worldwide Market for Substation Automation and Integration Programs in Electric Utilities: 2014-2016” which will be available near January 15 of next year.

The report series will forecast spending on many aspects of substation automation and construction, and it will also track technology trends in substation communications, security, computing platforms, protocols, router requirements, and other topics. The report will also discuss challenges utilities face with regard to updating and modernizing substations, their approaches to equipment purchasing and installation, need/lack of need for third party services, and more.

With a typical world market potential in the tens of billions of dollars, substation automation is a key piece of the Smart Grid modernization picture. Insights from this study will help both utilities and electric power equipment manufacturers alike plan for the future.

See our brochure for a complete list of topics that have been covered in previous studies of the Substation Automation market.

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Top Quality Smart Grid and Grid Modernization Market Research Report Offerings for New Clients . .

Enabling Your Company to become “Market Smart.” Insights from Newton-Evans Research to Help You Succeed as a Smart Grid Market Leader

Through July, 2013, new clients can purchase a package of five widely acclaimed Newton-Evans Research studies for a total investment of $9,950.00. If purchased individually, these 2011-2013 reports would cost more than $26,000.00. An onsite briefing session covering these topics and more, tailored especially for your staff, can be provided for an additional $2,750.00.

If you are a first time smart grid market participant or simply out to improve your company’s performance and position in the growing smart grid marketplace, let Newton-Evans Research studies and resources help guide you to become “market smart.” We know the smart grid market; equipment, systems and services; segment market size and outlook; key players in each segment; usage patterns; buying trends; and more!

Take a look at our 35 year record of acclaimed electric power market studies. Review our client list. Read up on our methodology…scan the trade press coverage of our work, and you will definitely want to get on board with this special offer while it is available.

This Newton-Evans grouping of smart grid reports is based on hundreds of surveys and user interviews as well as discussions with suppliers, integration specialists and services providers. In most cases, these studies have their foundation in earlier decades of research for clients throughout the world.

Here are the definitive reports we have prepared over the past 30 months that will help your company to succeed in 2013 and beyond:

  • The World Market Study of SCADA, Energy Management Systems, Distribution Management Systems and Outage Management Systems in Electric Utilities: 2013-2015 (four volumes)
  • Global Study of Data Communications Usage Patterns and Plans in the Electric Power Industry: 2011-2015
  • Worldwide Study of the Protective Relay Marketplace In Electric Utilities: 2012-2014 (Four volumes)
  • The Worldwide Smart Grid Market in 2011: A Reality Check and Five Year Outlook Through 2015 (in Three PDF volumes)
  • The World Market for Substation Automation and Integration Programs in Electric Utilities: 2011-2013 (Four volumes)

For orders placed during June, you will also receive a complimentary copy of the forthcoming mid- 2013 edition of Global CAPEX and O&M Expenditure Outlook for Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Investments: 2013-2014 – Funding Outlook for Smart Grid Development (based on June 2013 survey results).

Download an order form for this special offer here:
http://www.newton-evans.com/N-E_OrderForm-June2013.doc

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Brochures For 2011-2012 Reports Series Now On Line

We wanted to make it easy for our readers, clients and visitors to locate brochures for the various report products we have made available and are currently developing in-house. Three very current topics are the multi-client focal points for us at this time: Protective Relaying; Utility Data Communications for the Smart grid; and, Smart Grid Outlook-A Reality Check.

Note that the protective relaying study series and the data communications study series brochures offer pre-publication pricing through mid-November.

We will soon be placing the brochure for the upcoming T&D infrastructure series of 92 topical “to the point” report summaries online as well.

Here are some brochures (opens as .pdf)
Global study of protective relays

Global Utility Data Communications Report Series

Smart Grid: A Reality Check report series

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Findings from Worldwide Smart Grid Market study

A brochure describing the smart grid study and cost can be found on our BROCHURES page.

According to the latest study by Newton-Evans Research Company, 84% of electric utilities are including smart meters as part of their smart grid plan. While this may be unsurprising (considering the important role metering plays in the smart grid), only 49% of electric utilities surveyed said they are including a dynamic pricing plan as part of their smart meter rollout.

Utilities in North America lean more towards “no,” while 64% of international utilities report that “yes,” dynamic pricing is integral to their smart meter implementation. Within North America, IOUs and especially Canadian utilities were slightly more likely to be implementing dynamic pricing along with smart meters (54% and 75% answering “yes” respectively.) See the table below for more detail.

The Worldwide Smart Grid Market in 2011: A Reality Check and Five Year Outlook Through 2015
Electric utility viewpoints and observations in this study are based on input received from 112 electric utilities in 31 different countries. Public Utility Commissions in the United States were also surveyed, and secondary research was conducted to determine the status of smart grid policy in India, Brazil, Mexico and China. This three volume report is available for $3,750 on our reports page or by phone (+1 410 465 7316 or 800 222 2856).

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The Worldwide Smart Grid Market in 2011: A Reality Check and Five Year Outlook Through 2015

The brochure describing the smart grid-reality check  study can be found on our BROCHURES page  http://www.newton-evans.com/?page_id=1258.

The new 150+ page Smart Grid 3-part report is available from July 25 onward:

July 25, 2011—Ellicott City, Maryland. The Newton-Evans Research Company has announced publication of its newest three volume study of “smart grid” research topics.    The study is based on inputs from utilities, regulators and industry equipment manufacturers, systems integrators and consulting firms, as well as highlights from recently completed Newton-Evans studies.

Volume One includes assessment of survey results obtained from utilities in more than 30 countries, together with inputs from regulators from throughout the United States, as well as regulatory findings from China, India, Brazil and Mexico.  Survey topics included utility views and regulatory filings related to real-time pricing, vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-building topics.

Volume Two includes sections that describe the current status and outlook for smart grid building blocks including control systems, substation automation, protection and control, outage management, distribution automation, smart infrastructure and automated metering.  The role of communications networks as the integrating force for smart grid development is also detailed.

Volume Three is an attempt to realistically portray the market as it stands in 2011 and as it may look by 2015.  The outlook for specific smart grid developments in each world region and in key countries within several world regions is profiled.  The regional outlooks have been smoothed by taking into account regional variables including GDP, population, economic growth rates, and electrical infrastructure assets (including power generation capacity, actual production, as well as transmission and distribution substations).  The volume also includes survey findings from research conducted with more than 30 global and regional market leaders active in development of the smart grid on the near-term and mid-term outlook for smart grid developments.

Brief overviews of key embryonic aspects of smart grid development are provided.  Included are renewables integration, energy storage, home energy management, and electric vehicle charging stations.  Emerging roles of demand response, synchrophasor developments and visualization tools are also summarized.  This new report series is entitled The Worldwide Smart Grid Market Outlook in 2011: A Reality Check and Five Year Outlook Through 2015.  The study represents a continuing commitment of nearly 35 years of research into the equipment and technologies in use and under development in support of the electric power industry around the world.  Since 1978, Newton-Evans Research Company has been a global leader in power industry automation and electricity infrastructure market studies and has assisted many of the world’s leading utilities in their quest for comparative technology benchmarking information.

The July, 2011 report series is in three volumes and is priced at $3,750.00.  The report is available for immediate download from the company’s website at www.newton-evans.com  or by phone to: 410-465-7316.

 

 

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Sale: 15% Off Two Major Newton-Evans Studies

Through March 31st, Newton-Evans will be taking 15% off all volumes of the following report series:

  • The World Market for Substation Automation and Integration Programs in Electric Utilities: 2011-2013
  • The World Market Study of SCADA, Energy Management Systems and Distribution Management Systems in Electric Utilities: 2010-2012

See our Market Research Reports page for pricing or to order either of these reports during the sale.