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IPS Attends CIGRE Canada

Beautiful Vancouver was the setting for this year’s CIGRE Canada.  Our USA team, consisting of Randy Norman and Jerry Day, were our representatives to speak with predominantly Canadian Utilities about what IPS can do. Both Jerry and Randy shared that the importance of Asset Performance Management was at the forefront of the people they spoke …

FERC Order 881: Now is the Time to Make your Plan

FERC Order 881 may seem far in the future, but like looking in the rearview mirror, it is closer than it appears.  FERC Order 881-A, finalized in March 2022, requires hourly AARs 10 days out. AARs must be adjusted anytime the temperature changes by 5 degrees or more, and they must consider solar irradiance. “Planning …

IPS is Ready to help you Manage FERC Order 881 Changes

FERC order 881 changes are an essential part of constant IPS improvements. Back in December 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took a significant step in improving the accuracy and transparency of the Bulk Electric System (BES) Across North America.  According to Alice Hill in The Wilson Quarterly “Climate Change is Overpowering Americas Electric Grid,” the number …

DISTRIBUTECH International San Diego

IPS-ENERGY USA recently attended the largest attendee registered DistribuTECH in history in San Diego, California.  Our newly designed booth could be seen from many angles on the floor, and Randy Norman, Jerry Day, and Rebecca Day represented IPS as booth staff. “DISTRIBUTECH International® is the one event each year that gives IPS an opportunity to …

CIGRE Calgary Alberta Canada

Cigre Canada CIGRE Canada is an annual event that gathers the global electric community to increase the expertise of power system professionals.  IPS USA’s Randy Norman and Jerry Day attended the event, sponsoring a booth and taking part in some other networking opportunities. “Not only does CIGRE allow for presentations common in events of this …

Utility Analytics Week-San Diego

The team at IPS-ENERGY USA was pleased to attend Utility Analytics Week in beautiful San Diego California. Utility Analytics week was attended by more than 450 people from thirty-six different utility companies.  Of those, 61% were Investor-Owned Utilities, 15% were Municipal, 11% were Private Owned, 10 were Co-Ops, and 6% were international.  Over 70% of …

Implementation of IPS®EPIS at Svenska kraftnät

IPS and Svenska kraftnät (Svk) have been working together for many years. On top of the Network Model Database Project (NMDB), including IPS® Network Model Management and IPS® Outage Management System back in 2019, we have now finished the implementation of IPS® Enterprise Protection Information System (IPS®EPIS). IPS®EPIS handles detailed information (full digital twin) of complex assets, such as relay protection and automation devices, communication …