Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS)
Power outages are becoming more and more frequent in California due to increased demand and supply shortages. Last year alone, 28.4 million utility customers were affected by California’s 25,281 blackout …
Why Are Load Studies Necessary? When providing electrical contractors with load studies for a new installation, end customers often fail to understand why they are necessary. After all, the branch …
Why do I need short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies? And what are they?
If you are involved in metering and EPMS projects, you understand that not all specifications are created equal. Electrical distribution specifications often require a lot of thought and effort. Whereas, …
New Vulnerabilities in Power Monitoring Expert Schneider Electric, the producer of Power Monitoring Expert (PME), recently released a notification that several of their applications commonly experience multiple vulnerabilities. Schneider has …
Understanding your Power Monitoring System Power monitoring systems can be broken down into five layers of a pyramid. Each layer is essential, depending on the others to perform correctly from …
Power Quality impacts doubled in 2020 over previous years. Here’s why, and what you can do about it.
Why is power quality important? Electricity is a force. The human eye cannot see it, under normal conditions. It moves swiftly upon grids of electrical wires to apply force to …
Energy Charge vs. Demand If you are like me, when you have received an electric bill, you look at it and wonder how did they get this number? Once you …
