Power Quality Event South Bay Area October 27, 2018
California South Bay Region experienced a Power Quality (PQ) sag event. At 10/27/2018 6:51:05 AM, system-wide PQ Event was experienced in the South Bay Area. Voltage was 66% for 3.96 …
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A Power Quality Event Santa Clara Ca. July 11, 2018.
A Power Quality Event has occurred July 11. 2018. Incident Santa Clara California. at 7/11/2018 7:49:52 PM customers in this area experienced a utility Sag Voltage of 75% for 4.98 …
APT Recruiting 21st Century Electricians
Internet age infrastructure depends on power. Looking for a job as an Electrician that you can perform even as your body ages? Need flexibility in your work schedule? APT is …
PG&E Utility Rate Increase 3/1/18
Customers will see the change in their April utility bills PG&E has changed the electric rates for all rate classes effective March 1st, 2018. Energy managers and others responsible for …
Holiday Power Outage at Atlanta Airport
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) airport suffered a holiday power outage at the Atlanta airport on Sunday Dec 17th, 2017 that disrupted travel for thousands of passengers. Georgia Power’s investigation determined that the …
PG&E Larkin Substation Fire Causes Massive San Francisco Outage
Friday April 21st, 2017 9AM – A circuit breaker failure and subsequent fire in PG&E’s Larkin substation left most of downtown San Francisco in the dark on Friday, April 21st. …
The Hidden Cost of Power Quality
BY RICH CELIO Traditional Power Quality Power Quality (PQ) is an interesting issue that I’ve been close to for quite some time. The problem has been discovered, debated, defined, solved, …
AC Voltage Systems, Transformers and the Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS)
BY BRIAN CURNUTT Electricity in the modern world is something for the most part is unseen and at the same time taken for granted that is will be there when …
Solve Problems, Not Symptoms
BY ANDY TAYLOR Here at APT, we strive to solve problems, not treat symptoms. Just like when you visit a doctor, the symptoms are clues to discover the underlying disease …
Utility Tariffs vs. Electric Rates – What’s the Difference?
Are utility electric rates and tariffs really just the same thing? Nope – not even close! While electric rates and tariffs often end up in the same discussion, they are …