Utility Automation & Engineering T&D
Steve Brown
(918) 831-9579
stevenb@pennwell.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Utility Automation &
Engineering T&D Magazine will Cover the Power Grid from End-to-End
TULSA, OK. September 2, 2003 -
PennWell Corp. is pleased to announce that one of its established
and respected power industry publications will be unveiling a
new title and an expanded focus to better serve the transmission
and distribution (T&D) segment of the electric utility industry.
Beginning with its November/December 2003 issue, Utility Automation
magazine will become Utility Automation & Engineering T&D.
Since its inception in 1996, Utility Automation magazine has been
the electric utility authority on power delivery automation, control
and IT systems. The new publication, Utility Automation &
Engineering T&D, will continue to focus on automation, control
and IT, but in addition will expand its coverage to include the
entire power T&D infrastructure. "We'll cover the power
system from the generating plant switchyard all the way to the
customer's meter-including all the hardware, equipment, software
and engineering advancements in between," said Steve Brown,
senior associate editor of Utility Automation & Engineering
T&D. "With the change in title and focus, we'll be a
much more complete T&D magazine for the utility industry."
While the plans for Utility Automation & Engineering T&D
have been in the works for quite some time, the official launch
of the publication couldn't have come at a more significant time
for the power industry. As a result of the blackout that hit the
northeastern United States and parts of Canada, the call for increased
investment and improvement in the T&D grid has never been
louder.
The power delivery system that was designed to carry
locally generated power to local customers was not built to handle
the needs of an evolving power market. Nor was it designed with
the power demands of an increasingly digital society in mind.
The blackout in the Northeast brought into sharp focus the urgent
need for a revamp of the power grid. Through both staff-written
articles and articles contributed by utility industry participants,
Utility Automation & Engineering T&D will take a tech-savvy
look at the problems facing the modern power delivery system-and
publish potential solutions to those problems. "It's time
for electric utilities-and the various regulatory bodies-to take
a hard look at what we have out there in the field and figure
out what needs to be done to ensure power system reliability,"
Brown said. "We intend to provide a forum for that continuing
discussion in the pages of Utility Automation & Engineering
T&D." While the use of automation and control systems
in electric power T&D has been revolutionary, the next step
in the evolution of power delivery will be just as important.
"In the coming years, not only will automation
and control be put to better and wider use, but our aging-in some
cases almost decrepit-system of power delivery equipment will
be brought up-to-date to fulfill the needs of an increasingly
digital world," Brown said. "It will be an exciting
time to cover power delivery." Subjects to be covered in
upcoming issues of Utility Automation & Engineering T&D
include:
The new publication will also include a regularly
occurring department called "Getting Equipped," which
will take an in-depth look at a different piece of power delivery
equipment-such as transmission towers, power lines, transformers
and other T&D hardware-in each issue.
Utility Automation & Engineering T&D officially
launches with the November/December 2003 issue, and will publish
bi-monthly. Utility industry participants who wish to contribute
articles to the publication can contact Steve Brown at stevenb@pennwell.com.
Companies interested in advertising should contact publisher Michael
Grossman at michaelg@pennwell.com.
