In this issue, we take a focused look at how intelligent substations and transformers are becoming the data backbone of the modern grid. As utilities digitize protection and monitoring functions, ...

ENTSO-E Summer Outlook 2026 finds Europe s electricity system broadly adequate for this summer, with localized risks. The report highlights electricity adequacy, flexibility, solar PV growth, and ...

UK Transmission Investment is urged by the National Audit Office to secure energy security, cut constraint costs and reduce bills, with grid upgrades, timely planning consents and renewable ...

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity on September 10, 2026 named nine teams in its Feeder of the Future Prize, highlighting innovative distribution feeder concepts aimed at reliability, ...

Summerside Solar Farm Fire prompts shelter-in-place and evacuation advisories before officials end the notice and shift to monitoring, citing battery storage risks, wind conditions, and thermal ...

GridLiance West Transmission Upgrades received federal approval to modernize 155 miles of 230-kV infrastructure in Nevada, enabling double-circuit 230-kV or 500-kV lines and substation expansions to ...

Sayano-Shushenskaya accident highlights a transformer explosion at a Siberian hydropower plant, engine room flooding, an oil spill on the Yenisei River, destroyed turbines, power shortages, RusHydro ...

Cernavoda Nuclear Project Withdrawal sees GDF Suez, RWE, and Iberdrola exit Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant expansion amid financial uncertainty, as the European Commission backs units 3 and 4 ...

Electric utility reliability metrics measure outage frequency, duration, and restoration performance using SAIDI, SAIFI, CAIDI, and MAIFI, expressed in interruptions and minutes per customer to ...

New York faces soaring energy bills as utilities seek record rate hikes, aging grid infrastructure demands upgrades, and federal renewable policies shift. Consumers struggle with affordability, late ...

An electrical substation transforms, controls, and protects electricity as it moves from high-voltage transmission to lower-voltage distribution, using transformers, switchgear, and protection systems ...

U.S. EV and Hybrid Sales 2024 show slower adoption versus gas-powered cars, as charging infrastructure gaps, range anxiety, higher upfront costs, and affordability concerns persist despite incentives, ...