Transformer failures, relay misoperations, and equipment outage reports for electrical power industry safety engineers and reliability teams.
Factor This™ · Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:37:00 +0000
Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Wednesday, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region.…
News - Technical Articles | EEP - Electrical Engineering Portal · Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:38:43 +0000
HAVANA, December 4 – Cuba announced the initiation of power restoration following the collapse of the island’s electrical grid, marking the latest incident in a series of statewide blackouts that highlight the deteriorating condition of the country’s power generating infrastructure.... Read more The…
POWER Magazine · Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:18:53 +0000
More than 3 GW of data center load left the PJM system on July 22, 2026, after a single transmission fault. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) investigated the same failure mode in 2024 and found that utility equipment shed none of it. Customer-side protection did all of it.…
Protection - Technical Articles | EEP - Electrical Engineering Portal · Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:21:36 +0000
For some substation engineers, sudden breaker tripping incidents are a favorite puzzle that demands clear, out-of-the-box thinking. However, for the majority, these events are a true nightmare with no obvious starting point for troubleshooting. However, any anomalies in circuit breaker... Read more…