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How are you maximizing grid efficiency? Reducing electricity network losses requires smart strategies that improve active and passive energy efficiency. By planning, measuring, and improving transmission and power distribution , efficiency and installing digital technology that is more accurate and connected, electric utilities take a big step toward increasing energy efficiency and trimming operating costs. we’ve established why efficient operations are crucial for staying in compliance, integrating distributed energy resources (DER), and saving money. Now let’s take a closer look at how utilities and distribution system operators (DSOs) can modernize operations to accommodate regulations and reduce costs. Advanced distribution management systems ( ADMS ) can be implemented for tasks such as estimating and minimizing losses, managing peak demand, and automated fault location, isolation, and service restoration. An ADMS simulates the impact on reliability of supply, losses, and volta...

Efficient and effective operation of today’s electric energy and power distribution network is a lot different than managing a bulk power transmission network or, for that matter, a previous-generation distribution and power management network. Today’s distribution management system technology must deal with meshed and radial, balanced and unbalanced networks with rapidly- and continuously-changing topologies and demand profiles. To meet reliable energy goals, it must offer advanced functionality such as Volt/VAR optimization, fault management (FLISR), near-term load forecasting, and support for distributed energy resources and highly variable renewables. Enter the Advanced Distribution Management System, the ADMS – not your father’s distribution management system. To perform the functionalities necessary for reliability under today’s distribution network connectivity challenges, the ADMS precisely defines a network model that – represents all elements involved in distributi...

How Congress’s Extension of Section 702 May Expand the NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance Authority Last month, Congress reauthorized Section 702, the controversial law the NSA uses to conduct some of its most invasive electronic surveillance. With Section 702 set to expire, Congress had a golden opportunity to fix the worst flaws in the NSA’s surveillance programs and protect Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights to privacy. Instead, it reupped Section 702 for six more years. But the bill passed by Congress and signed by the president, labeled S. 139, didn’t just extend Section 702’s duration. It also may expand the NSA’s authority in subtle but dangerous ways. The reauthorization marks the first time that Congress passed legislation that explicitly acknowledges and codifies some of the most controversial aspects of the NSA’s surveillance programs, including “about” collection and “backdoor searches.” That will give the government more legal ammunition to defend these programs in co...