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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....

Tony Sleva, President
Mar 8, 20225 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Mar 1, 20224 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Feb 22, 20224 min read
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Frequency Stabilization from Electric Vehicles Can Prevent Blackouts
As distributed renewable energy sources increase and electric vehicles (EVs) become more commonplace, electric utilities need to...

Tony Sleva, President
Feb 15, 20224 min read
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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....

Tony Sleva, President
Feb 8, 20224 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Feb 1, 20223 min read
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Consumer Load Models
Consumer load models are not accurately depicted by electric utilities, and therefore are not appropriately considered when engineers...

Tony Sleva, President
Jan 25, 20224 min read
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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....

Tony Sleva, President
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Jan 11, 20224 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Jan 4, 20223 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Dec 14, 20214 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Dec 7, 20214 min read
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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...
Alyssa Sleva-Horine
Nov 30, 20215 min read
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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...
Alyssa Sleva-Horine
Nov 23, 20214 min read
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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...

Tony Sleva, President
Nov 16, 20215 min read
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Prep for Renewables: Standardized Grid Components
During the global transition to small scale, renewable energy, electric utilities will need to revise their rate structures so that...

Tony Sleva, President
May 18, 20214 min read
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Load Sequencing Panels: Host Utility Perspective
In the first part of this series, I presented the capabilities and benefits of load sequencing panels (LSPs) for residential consumers....

Tony Sleva, President
May 11, 20216 min read
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Minimize Your Electric Bill: Load Sequencing Panels
As discussed in my previous post about the Texas energy crisis this past February, a major issue facing energy consumers today is that...

Tony Sleva, President
May 4, 20216 min read
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Learn from Texas Energy Crisis: Restructure Electric Billing Practices
In recent years some energy providers, including those in Texas, have begun offering market-based billing options. Market-based billing...

Tony Sleva, President
Apr 6, 20215 min read
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Preparing the Grid for Renewables: Electric Serviceways
From the earliest electric power systems until today, distribution lines have been designed and constructed solely to transfer power from...

Tony Sleva, President
Mar 30, 20214 min read
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