Substation Maintenance Transition Toward Clever Data-driven Asset Management
This article explores the complete spectrum of substation maintenance philosophies from Corrective and Preventive Maintenance to Predictive, Condition-Based, and ultimately Risk-Based Maintenance (RBM). It explains how each approach evolved, where it fits within modern substations, and how utilities can transition…...
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Feb 23, 2026 | By Muhammad Kashif
Eleven Common Problems in Electric Motors and Their Remedy
Generally, electric motors are highly reliable (except when they’re not!) machines that require little maintenance. In practice, often even this little care is neglected, and problems with motors come ‘unexpected’ like a hurricane. Let’s discuss the eleven most common problems… Read more
Feb 16, 2026 | By Edvard Csanyi
Field practice in moving from an old SCADA-based to a modern substation automation system (SAS)
This article gives a systematic and pragmatic look into Substation Automation Systems, dealing with the constraints of traditional (now old) SCADA-based substations and advancing to modern SAS systems. We’ll discuss the strong arguments and field practice in moving from hardwired automation,…...
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Feb 09, 2026 | By Muhammad Kashif
Hands on schemes: Mechanical and electrical interlocking of feeders (to prevent parallel operation)
An industrial load with a connected load need above 2000 kVA usually requires multiple feeding transformers to restrict the system’s fault level. The fault level of an electrical network indicates the supply source’s capacity to withstand a faulty circuit, expressed… Read more
Feb 02, 2026 | By Edvard Csanyi
