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    4Ge Electric Power Requires Updated Billing Methods
    Tony Sleva, President
    • 6 days ago
    • 4 min

    4Ge Electric Power Requires Updated Billing Methods

    This is part four of a series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system. As we’ve discussed in our previous article Updated...
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    Transparent Billing Benefits Electric Utilities and Consumers
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Apr 26
    • 4 min

    Transparent Billing Benefits Electric Utilities and Consumers

    This is part three of a series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system. Monthly electric bills are not much different than...
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    Updated Electric Energy Pricing
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Apr 19
    • 4 min

    Updated Electric Energy Pricing

    This is part two of a series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system. Last week we discussed the pivot points that will lead...
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    Exploring the Fourth Generation (4Ge) Electric Power System
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Apr 12
    • 4 min

    Exploring the Fourth Generation (4Ge) Electric Power System

    This is part one of a series on the fourth generation electric power system. The electric power grid of today is in the midst of an...
    17 views0 comments
    Electric Vehicles: Solutions to Frequency Inconsistencies
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Mar 22
    • 4 min

    Electric Vehicles: Solutions to Frequency Inconsistencies

    This article provides solutions to issues addressed in our prior article Renewable Energy Poses Challenges to Electric Power Quality....
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    Solutions to Voltage Inconsistencies Introduced by Renewable Energy Sources
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Mar 8
    • 5 min

    Solutions to Voltage Inconsistencies Introduced by Renewable Energy Sources

    This article provides solutions to issues addressed in our prior article Renewable Energy Poses Challenges to Electric Power Quality....
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    Advantages of Electric Powerways to Transmission Lines
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Mar 1
    • 4 min

    Advantages of Electric Powerways to Transmission Lines

    In a recent meeting with electric utility professionals, a question arose about the advantages of electric powerways compared to...
    5 views0 comments
    Renewable Energy Poses Challenges to Electric Power Quality
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Feb 22
    • 4 min

    Renewable Energy Poses Challenges to Electric Power Quality

    Distributed renewable energy sources, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels or wind turbines, present an exciting opportunity for the...
    28 views0 comments
    Electric Vehicles and Power System Frequency Dynamics
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Feb 15
    • 4 min

    Electric Vehicles and Power System Frequency Dynamics

    In the continental United States between 1970 and today, underfrequency relaying schemes have actuated to stabilize the electric power...
    10 views0 comments
    Staged Fault Testing: Equipment and Procedures
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Feb 8
    • 4 min

    Staged Fault Testing: Equipment and Procedures

    In our last post, we discussed the necessity of staged fault testing by reviewing three examples of protective relay misoperations....
    3 views0 comments
    Staged Fault Testing: A Necessary Precaution
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Feb 1
    • 3 min

    Staged Fault Testing: A Necessary Precaution

    After almost 10 years of study, the number of protective relay misoperations associated with high voltage facilities remains unacceptably...
    13 views0 comments
    Consumer Load Models
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min

    Consumer Load Models

    Consumer load models are not accurately depicted by electric utilities, and therefore are not appropriately considered when engineers...
    9 views0 comments
    Alternating Current Electric Energy Systems Concepts
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Jan 18
    • 3 min

    Alternating Current Electric Energy Systems Concepts

    Before we continue our deep dive into the design and operation of the electric energy system, we want to address some basic concepts....
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    Before Renewable Energy Expands, FIDVR Must be Resolved
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Jan 11
    • 4 min

    Before Renewable Energy Expands, FIDVR Must be Resolved

    Fault Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery, or FIDVR, occurs when thousands of air conditioners simultaneously reaccelerate after a momentary...
    36 views0 comments
    Build Back Better: Just a Start for Electric Utilities
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Jan 4
    • 3 min

    Build Back Better: Just a Start for Electric Utilities

    For electric utilities, Build Back Better needs to include imagination, innovation, and a vision of consumers expectations in the years...
    8 views0 comments
    Escrow Accounts Increase Power Grid Resilience to Climate Change
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    Escrow Accounts Increase Power Grid Resilience to Climate Change

    This is part eight of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. In our last post, we discussed the importance of...
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    Electric Utilities Need Escrow Accounts to Embrace Climate Change
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Electric Utilities Need Escrow Accounts to Embrace Climate Change

    This is part seven of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. Currently, electric utilities bill customers using an...
    17 views0 comments
    The Future of Electric Bills: Back to the Power Industry
    Alyssa Sleva-Horine
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Future of Electric Bills: Back to the Power Industry

    This is part six of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. Last week we delved into a cross-industry comparison to...
    16 views0 comments
    The Future of Electric Bills: A Cross-Industry Comparison
    Alyssa Sleva-Horine
    • Nov 23, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Future of Electric Bills: A Cross-Industry Comparison

    This is part five of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. The electric utility industry must invest in significant...
    24 views0 comments
    3 Steps to Build Grid Resilience to Extreme Weather
    Tony Sleva, President
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    3 Steps to Build Grid Resilience to Extreme Weather

    This is part four of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. As we explored in our last post, it is evident that the...
    14 views0 comments
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