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Where T&D Automation Is Headed: 2009 and Beyond

by Charles Newton

The financial environment and economic outlook
darken many segments of the national and global economies. Will the electric power industry significantly scale back planned capital expenditures and operations and maintenance spending on transmission and distribution automation? To find the answer, we conducted a global study of capital-expense budgets.

This article is featured in the March/April edition of EnergyBiz magazine, which you can download as a .pdf from their website: http://energycentral.fileburst.com/EnergyBizOnline/2009-2-mar-apr/Tech_Front_TandD_Headed.pdf