Largo, Florida – January 2, 2013 – Beckwith Electric remains at the forefront of utility technology advances with three staff members contributing their expertise to a new book on smart grids. The title, “Smart Grids: Infrastructure, Technology, and Solutions,” gives readers a clearer understanding of the drivers and infrastructure of one of the most talked-about topics in the electric utility market—smart grid. This book brings together the knowledge and views of a vast array of experts and leaders in their respective fields.
Beckwith Electric staff, Cathy Dalton and Steve Turner, contributed to the section of the book on Asset Management. Bob McFetridge contributed his expertise to the section on Volt/VAr Control.
About The Author
Stuart Borlase works as a business development manager for the Siemens Transmission division in Cary, North Carolina. He has overall responsibility for the strategy and development of the Siemens U.S. substation turnkey projects business with a key focus on providing unique solutions that meet customers’ needs in the ever-changing transmission market. Borlase has more than 20 years of technical and business experience in the electric utility T&D industry, including leadership positions in sales, business development, marketing, product development, engineering, and consulting. He previously worked as business development director responsible for strategic direction, leadership, and growth in the development and deployment of GE Energy’s global smart grid solutions. Borlase received his Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering degrees in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a registered professional engineer.
About Beckwith Electric
Founded in 1967, Beckwith Electric introduced the first solid state tapchanger control in 1968, and was the first to develop the microprocessor protective relay in 1981. Today, Beckwith Electric has thousands of protection and control units in service worldwide, with a reputation for cutting-edge technology, defined by its customers and refined by Beckwith. This success starts with Beckwith Electric Employees and their commitment to quality in the products, all 100% designed and manufactured in Largo, Florida, U.S.A.
Beckwith’s field-proven smart distribution automation controls for transformers, regulators and capacitor banks incorporate unique control strategies, advanced microprocessor architecture and cyber security compliant communications. Power systems protection solutions include generator, transformer, feeder, recloser and distributed generation applications. Specialized synchronizing and motor bus transfer systems are also offered.
Beckwith Electric’s customers include power utilities, heavy industrial and large institutional markets, and their consultants.
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