The following article is the first in a series of advanced energy papers that examines key aspects of the evolving distribution operations landscape and the transformations that will define the ...

Decarbonization efforts are rapidly reshaping the electric grid. Distribution systems no longer represent a passive load connected to a substation transformer. Each year brings new significant ...

“The ultimate determinate in war is the man on the scene with the gun. This man is the final power in war. He is in control. He determines who wins.” — J.C. Wylie, Military Strategy: A General Theory ...

Operation Warp Speed – the White House-led partnership for COVID-19 answers – is pushing its partners to be ready to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 1. The date is the first concrete goal set ...

Training for decisive action is the perfect place to focus on sharpening the spearhead of logistics. After 12 years of materiel-focused counterinsurgency (COIN) operations, tactical transportation ...

A more distributed power distribution network will help utilities better navigate the wave of changes resulting from the smart grid. Very few industries will experience the rapid change that power ...

Vietnam Electricity Group’s Ho Chi Minh City Power Corp. (EVNHCMC) deployed a distribution automation system that facilitates automatic—and very quick—fault detection and handling with a success rate ...

This chapter focuses on physical integrity—the ability of the distribution system to act as a physical barrier that prevents external contamination from affecting the quality of the internal, drinking ...