Outage Management

Encompasses strategies and technologies for managing planned and unplanned power outages, ensuring minimal disruption to the grid and power supply.

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West Virginia power plant utilizing AI for outage prevention

Through this three-year partnership, Ambit will leverage Gecko’s newly launched AI-powered Cantilever platform that combines data-collecting robots, data integration, analytic tools, and software modules meant…
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FERC-NERC staff find “unprecedented” outages from Winter Storm Elliott

Incremental unplanned generating outages reached an unprecedented 90,500 MW during Winter Storm Elliott, according to a sobering report presented to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
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WATCH: AVEVA on data management in the power generation sector

AVEVA's David Thomason spoke with Clarion Energy at CERAWeek about the future of cloud-based platforms for managing power plant data and how an increase in…
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Steam generator blaze causes temporary power outage for some of TEP’s Arizona customers

A fire at the 173-MW H. Wilson Sundt gas-fired power station in Tucson, Arizona, forced its utility owner to shut down several units Wednesday, cutting…
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AEP Ohio builds solar + battery powered microgrid for outage management at water treatment plant

AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power company, said this week that it has completed construction of a solar-powered backup microgrid, in an effort to provide…
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The manufacturer sat down with us again at POWERGEN 2025 in Dallas and spoke of the strides KSB has made in the North American power…
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ERCOT: Close to 2,000 generator outages reported during Texas winter storm

ERCOT: Close to 2,000 generator outages reported during Texas winter storm

By Rod Walton, Power Engineering and POWERGEN+ content director Hundreds of Texas-based electric generation units reported nearly 2,000 outage events…
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Op-ed: Finding value for behind-the-meter tools during a massive outage

Op-ed: Finding value for behind-the-meter tools during a massive outage

(Editor’s Note: This op-ed was written by Shuli Goodman, founder and executive director of LF Energy, as project of the Linux Foundation seeking multi-vendor collaboration…
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Entergy, mutual aid crews readying to respond to Hurricane Laura outages

Crews with Entergy Corp. and other utilities from around the nation are mobilized inside Louisiana to deal with the massive outages caused by Hurricane Laura.…
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CPV: New decade requires software savvy approach to asset management for power producers

CPV: New decade requires software savvy approach to asset management for power producers

The new decade presents the energy industry with a host of challenges. The increasing rate of energy consumption, the modernization of the electric grid, the…
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DTECH Data Centers & AI 2025

May 27-29, 2025 | San Jose, CA

Tackling booming data center growth to shape the future of the grid.
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Black & Veatch partnering with UK firm on satellite and AI-driven utility infrastructure management

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Black & Veatch is partnering with a data science provider on using satellite-driven geospatial analytics to manage power infrastructure.…
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TVA’s Magnolia CCGT plant certified by DOE for meeting ISO 50001 energy management standards

The U.S. Department of Energy has recognized a gas-fired Tennessee Valley Authority power plant as the first to implement specific energy management improvements. The TVA’s…
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Keys to Integrating UAS Technology into Asset Management

Keys to Integrating UAS Technology into Asset Management

With UAV prices dropping, using UAV as part of an integrated enterprise asset management program is becoming easier than ever. Or, is it?
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Outage Management: Critical to Factor in the Bus Duct

11.15.2017
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East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass Plant of LS Power

12.03.2015
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The Six Key Areas of Outage Management Value Creation

12.02.2015
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Outage Management 101: Identify, Plan, Execute, Review

12.02.2015
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A digital network is a resilient network – why utilities need an OMP (outage management process)

06.22.2015
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Plant Hatch Unit 1 offline for refueling, maintenance outage

02.03.2014
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More than 2,800 power outages reported in the U.S. in 2012

04.25.2013
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IHS acquires management software provider

04.08.2013
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GE providing cybersecurity management system

03.11.2013
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D&Z awarded nuclear power plant outage management work

11.12.2012
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Power outages reported in Costa Rica after 7.6-magnitude earthquake

09.06.2012
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Day & Zimmermann signs maintenance, outage management contract with We Energies

04.13.2012
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