I have been working with a couple regulated utilities over the last few years. Neither of these utilities have a …

The purpose of this post is to define the terms that I use elsewhere on this site, including documents, articles …

Have you ever arrived at a site and there is no password for the device? You have to log on …

Someday I hope that it will be standard for utilities to provide a API that customers can use to calculate …

You already know I like VTScada as my HMI/SCADA application of choice, and being able to add functions and …

Compared to a lot of industrial software VTScada is very easy to install and get started with.

A few years …

Short answer yes, but how concerned? Well that's a harder question to answer.

As far as I'm aware, there hasn't …

I'm helping a client troubleshoot an HPU motor tripping. There isn't any monitoring of current and they are running out …

This is a great followup and use case for a home energy monitoring system, something I wrote about on the …

When I am developing an Arc Flash Analysis report there are a few recommendations that always survive. They are near …

One of the great things about volunteering with IEEE is that you get opportunities to share some of your expertise …

Let's talk about energized work permits. I've seen some extremely long and detailed forms outlining what needs to be in …