John Lowery, a writer for NRECA’s RE magazine recently circulated some questions about voltage / VAR control. Here is a summary of my responses . . . they provide a quick overview of voltage / VAR control for electric distribution systems in the context of the Smart Grid.
Written by Steve Collier | Jan 25, 2011
The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran gave the opening keynote presentation to the NRECA CEO Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida a week ago. He described the global environment for the electric utility industry. His remarks were a clarion call for more innovation in the electric utility industry. He described three pillars of instability that will force major change globally as well as three of the most important global trends. He addressed what he considers to be three false forecasts that are hampering productive innovation. He suggested that the most successful innovation will be by those who move faster, engage in open systems and are willing to take more risk.
Written by Steve Collier | Jan 18, 2011