The tech ten: 10 electric utility technologies to watch in 2000

摘要

Each year since 1995 we're asked our Technical Editor to pay particular attention to new technologies as he makes his monthly calls to utility industry suppliers and their electric co-op customers, as he attends trade shows and conferences and as hesorts new product releases. What are the technologies that are changing the industry? What new hardware and software are co-ops purchasing so they can continue to deliver the best possible electric service to their customers? Here are the result of BillKoch's research--The 2000 Tech Ten. Each report is followed by a list of all the supplier we could dig up for that technology. We hope the information is useful, and will help make 2000 a successful year for your co-op. And by the way, we think you'll find Bill's knowledge of utility operations as broad as it is useful. An electrical engineer who consults for utilities, mostly in the Northwest, Bill got the writing bug about six years ago. He joined our staff as Technical Editor in November.