ISS Newsletter May/June 2006: Power View!
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Short Term Energy Outlook – Electricity consumption in the US is expected to increase 0.8 percent in 2006 and about 2.1 percent in 2007. www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/contents.html

Distribution Automation – Article that discusses options for three areas of automation: customer, feeder and substation.   http://topics.energycentral.com/centers/tdautomation/view/detail.cfm?aid=408

EPRI's IntelliGrid Architecture overview of advanced distribution automation:  www.intelligrid.info/IntelliGrid_Architecture/Use_Cases/DO_ADA_Overview.htm

Upcoming Events – Hope to see you at:

• NC 2006 Technology Conference, Aug 16-18, Sunset Beach, NC
• Electric Cities of Alabama E&O Conference, September 20-22, Birmingham AL
• Apparatus School, October 9-12, Callaway Gardens, GA

The Body Odd – Interesting, humorous and wierd body facts:  www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11025380

Rare American chestnut trees found in the wild – At the turn of the century, a squirrel could travel from Maine to Georgia in the tops of American chestnut trees.  Listen to the NPR story about a rare find of trees at Pine Mountain, Georgia.  Pine Mountain may shound familiar because it's the home of Callaway Gardens.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5418829&ft=1&f=1001