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What is Smart Grid??

Smart Grid?? Lot’s of buzz about it. NEMA is involved. What is it? Where does your company fit in? Try these websites. http://www.gridwise.org http://my.epri.com/portal/server.pt ? http://www.netl.doe.gov/moderngrid http://www.nema.org/gov/energy/smartgrid/index.cfm

Published Wed, Jan 23 2008 3:55 PM by Alvin Scolnik

Filed under: Smart Grid

Smart Grid Can Protect Against Threats and Disruptions

NEMA's newly released white paper on Standardizing the Classification of Intelligence Levels and Performance of Electricity Supply Chains -- unveiled publicly during a webinar last Friday -- is the association's initial contribution to a broad effort to modernize the electrical grid. And now...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2008 11:55 AM by Stephen Gold

Filed under: Smart Grid

Will Costa Rica Blow It?

A few years ago, NEMA and its members lobbied long and hard for U.S. congressional ratification of a free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic and five Central American countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It was a tough, but ultimately successful battle, with...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2008 5:09 AM by Meakem, John

8 Ways to Protect Your Family from Electrical Hazards

(1) Electrical systems age and can become overloaded, particularly in older homes. Over the years as more lighting, appliances and equipment are added, the electrical system becomes overburdened and problems can develop. If fuses blow or circuit breakers protecting branch circuits trip frequently, new...

Published Sat, Jan 19 2008 8:25 AM by Lindsay, Christopher

Filed under: Electrical Safety

Another Bad Week for Housing and Hidden Good News in Retail

Yet another data point for the housing market and still no sign of the bottom. This week’s print of housing starts data showed more evidence of housing construction activity’s veritable freefall. Single-family housing starts slipped to their lowest monthly and quarterly total since 1991 and have contracted...

Published Fri, Jan 18 2008 12:51 PM by Brian Lego

Filed under: General

Is it OK to use a water-damaged transformer?

A “Google Alert” directed me to a website that had the following discussion thread: Q: I accidentally left a 220v transformer outside the house and somehow it flooded outside and left the transformer underwater, Would this thing still work if I let it under the sun for maybe 2-3 days and power it up...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2008 1:24 PM by Scott Choinski

Filed under: Electrical Safety

Growing Up

In an article published this afternoon by Associated Press , DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff is quoted as calling on U.S. citizens who criticize increased border security measures to "grow up". At the end of the month, DHS will crack down on movements over the northern border, which in some...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2008 12:39 PM by Updyke, Craig

Ice on the Rocks

So Antarctica is thawing . How can that be? After all, winter temperatures there plummet to 76 below and winds blow in at 115 mph. According to new findings , the continent's interior and eastern regions are holding their own. But West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly 200 billion...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2008 7:11 AM by Walsh, Patricia

Filed under: Environmental Design

Standards Make the World Go Round (or Flat)

Standards are critical strategic tools for both pushing and pulling technology throughout the economic structure of the world. They serve to ensure the safety of the public and users of the covered products. Standards facilitate interoperability between various components of systems used in all walks...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2008 6:01 AM by Gettman, Kenneth

Fighting Back at the Fakes

The February 1st issue of Industry Week features the story of NEMA member, Schneider Electric's battle to rid the domestic marketplace of counterfeit Square D circuit breakers . NEMA's website documents several of the episodes in this fight. The battle started two years ago with a call from US...

Published Wed, Jan 16 2008 10:20 AM by Silcox, Clark

Filed under: Anti-Counterfeiting

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