Energy Efficiency Standards: A Climate Solution
This article continues our series on climate change and the next generation electric energy system. Throughout this series, we’ve noted...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
Electrification: An Opportunity for the 4Ge Power Grid
Our last article discussed changes to the electric energy system that electric utilities would be wise to embrace in the face of climate...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 13, 2022
- 4 min
Climate Change Necessitates the Next Generation Electric Energy Grid
Electric utilities need to prepare for the next generation (4Ge) electric energy grid in the face of climate change. Soon, major changes...
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Alyssa Sleva-Horine
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
Electrify Homes to Mitigate Climate Change
Electrifying homes is a key step to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Historically, many homes have been built with a mix of...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Innovation Assassins May Refute Flat Rate Billing
As we’ve discussed in our recent series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system, flat rate billing practices are the way of...
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Tony Sleva, President
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Sustainable Rates for Electric Energy: Flat Rate Billing
In February 2021 and, more recently, in May of 2022, Texas experienced severe electric energy shortfalls. Just last week, temperatures...
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Tony Sleva, President
- May 11, 2022
- 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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Tony Sleva, President
- Apr 26, 2022
- 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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Tony Sleva, President
- Apr 19, 2022
- 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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Tony Sleva, President
- Apr 12, 2022
- 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...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Mar 22, 2022
- 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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Tony Sleva, President
- Mar 8, 2022
- 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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Tony Sleva, President
- Mar 1, 2022
- 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...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 22, 2022
- 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...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 15, 2022
- 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...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 8, 2022
- 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....
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 1, 2022
- 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...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
Consumer Load Models
Consumer load models are not accurately depicted by electric utilities, and therefore are not appropriately considered when engineers...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 18, 2022
- 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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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 11, 2022
- 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...
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