A Wyoming coal mine recently experienced coordination problems when wind storms produced temporary faults between overhead conductors on its 69-kV sub-transmission system. The mining company's main reclosing circuit breaker was out of service, and a fused bypass switch was placed in series with the upstream utility fuse. S&C provided the...
Hospitals and health systems, hurting from significant funding cuts by government-sponsored health care programs, are re-thinking their executive and physician incentive award programs. Financial "triggers" or "circuit breakers," are sensible devices that prevent award payments when they could be embarrassing. While they are meant as safeguards to prevent award payments...
DALLAS -- Oncor installed the first IntelliRupter[R] PulseCloser switch in the world at a location in the Dallas/Fort Worth area last week. The new, groundbreaking technology is another step in the development of Oncor's smart grid, a technologically advanced electric delivery system. This intelligent switch designed and built...
The state Commission on Property Tax Relief released its preliminary report Monday, calling for a 4 percent property tax cap, an expanded state "circuit breaker" and prohibiting unfunded state mandates. "Our recommendations, if adopted, would control the rate of school tax increases, provide overall property tax relief...
Industrial power systems. Khan, Shoaib. CRC / Taylor & Francis 2008 455 pages $139.95 Hardcover TK1005 Master practitioner and mentor Khan packed 40 years of experience into this elegant, succinct and authoritative text, giving...
HOUSTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Powell Industries, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of equipment and systems for the management and control of electrical energy and other critical processes, today announced the completion of a 10-year OEM and Supply Agreement with Hawker Siddeley Switchgear Ltd, a subsidiary of FKI plc...
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More Outages Can Be Expected as Gusty Winds Continue PHILADELPHIA -- PECO crews continue to restore electric customers to service as the Spring's first strong wind and rainstorm knocked out service to more than 50,000 electric customers. The storm began at 1 a.m. as multiple lines...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Offering a major technological breakthrough in power supply technology, Q-Tran introduces Q-Set, a series of innovative modular toroidal transformer cassettes designed to power low voltage lighting for pool/spa, landscape and indoor applications. Q-Tran, the industry leader of reliable, high-performance power supply systems and transformers, has also unveiled...
EMCOR Group, Inc. announced that its Welsbach Electric Corp. subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide electrical and civil/structural construction services for Metropolitan Transit Authority New York City Transit's NYC Transit rehabilitation of its Dyckman and 73rd Street substations. Welsbach Electric will furnish and install Direct Current...
THE MALAYSIAN GENERAL election on March 8 had devastating consequences on the stock market in the immediate aftermath, especially for government- linked stocks and politically-linked counters, real or imagined. Tenaga Nasional Bhd, like other such stocks, once blessed by their association with ruling coalition Barisan Nasional BN,...
Breakthroughs in High-Voltage Insulation, Cable Joints and Terminations on Display WILTON, Conn. -- Momentive Performance Materials will showcase a wide range of silicone rubber solutions for electrical utilities and power delivery professionals at the 2008 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference (Booth 1888), April 21-24 at McCormack Place...
NORWALK, Conn. -- EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500[R] leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its Welsbach Electric Corp. subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide electrical and civil/structural construction services for Metropolitan Transit...
The European Commission cleared, on 2 April, the acquisition of the whole of Moeller Group, a German manufacturer of electrical engineering components and devices, by Eaton Corporation of the USA, a diversified industrial company which manufactures electrical products for markets worldwide. As Moeller is notably active...
CREW OF YUKLA 21 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron 3rd Operations Group Elmendorf AFB, AK The Aviation Well Done Award is presented to the crew of Yukla 21, 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, 3rd Operations Group, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. On...
NEW YORK -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) will exhibit new naval technology at this year's Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition. The Power Node Control Center[R] PNCC is a revolutionary integrated power system designed to provide seamless power transfer, robust fault management and superior power quality for naval vessels. L-3 will also...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Palm Beach Capital, through one of its investment entities, today announced that it has made an equity investment in North American Substation Services, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This transaction is the ninth equity investment by Palm Beach Capital from Palm Beach...
WASHINGTON AFP — Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station...
THE AFTERMATH OF A GENERAL election can be nerve-wrecking for investors. Just look at Bursa Malaysia. On the first day of trading on March 10, stocks plunged by 10% or 130 points on the Composite Index, triggering a circuit breaker. But they have since stabilised, thanks to...
Prime Minister Helen Clark claims not to believe in circuit-breakers. But Labour may just have found a way back into this year'selection race. The National Party suffered signal failure last week over itsopposition to the buy-back of New Zealand's rail assets and theGovernment's intervention in the sale of Auckland...
