Composite Power Group is now the Exclusive Agent for Southern States in Western Canada!

Composite Power Group is now the Exclusive Agent for Southern States in Western Canada!

We are very excited to officially announce the appointment of Composite Power Group Inc. as Authorized Sales Representatives of Southern States LLC for Canadian Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, along with the Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories! This appointment adds to our existing sales territory, which currently includes the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The effective date of this appointment is September 28, 2019.

Read More

4th Annual SF6 Gas Management Seminar by DILO

4th Annual SF6 Gas Management Seminar by DILO

Four years ago, DILO decided to create a conference specific to SF6 gas handling. We have learned a lot over the last few years and applied your feedback. For the first time ever, we are offering hands-on training opportunities in the form of break-out sessions at DILO’s 4th Annual SF6 Gas Management Seminar. The best part of all? The conference remains free of charge for utilities, OEMs, and government agencies!

Read More

Resolving Transmission Line Switching Problems with ES-1

Resolving Transmission Line Switching Problems with ES-1

Every day across North America linemen are installing, operating and maintaining one way, two way and three way phase over phase transmission line switches. These are used to isolate and segment the system requiring switches that can break loop current and drop lines. These workers are on the front lines of the power grid, many expressing concerns with current transmission switch offerings that are often unreliable, difficult to adjust and install, require excessive maintenance and result in greater outage times for the utilities.

Read More

EDIST 2019

EDIST 2019

The Electricity, Distribution, Information Systems and Technology (EDIST) 2019 Conference & Exhibition is an educational conference and exhibition addressing critical engineering, operational, IT and management issues faced by Ontario’s Local Distribution Companies. Suppliers, manufacturers and service providers will have the opportunity to network and showcase their products and services.

JANUARY 16-18, 2019, Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa

8500 Warden Avenue Markham, ON L6G 1A5

Read More

QVARx Arc Resistant Capacitor Banks at new Seattle Denny Substation

QVARx Arc Resistant Capacitor Banks at new Seattle Denny Substation

If you take a close look at the front cover of the latest issue of T&D World magazine, you will notice several QVARx capacitor banks as part of Seattle’s brand new and unique Denny Substation!

Denny Substation is built in downtown Seattle, not only having to meet expectations of safety and reliability, but noise and visual design as well. This unique substation stands out from the rest with a 44.000 square foot open area, quarter mile walking trail and off-leash pet park, while providing viewing opportunities of the substation and surrounding area.

Read More

Visit our booth at CUEE2018!

Visit our booth at CUEE2018!

100.000 sq ft of indoor and outdoor exhibition space, 45 different exhibition categories, and over 150 unique exhibitors!

CUEE has everything your utility, construction company, engineering firm or developer needs to stay on top of the pack, so come see and demo the newest and most innovative equipment, tools and products first-hand! Visit us at booth 522-523 for a chat, some swag!

Read More

New Partnership with Midal Cables

New Partnership with Midal Cables

Midal Cables Limited was established in 1977 conceived between Intersteel, Bahrain and Olex Cables, Australia to manufacture aluminum rod and overhead electrical transmission cables, conductors. Since then, the company has developed into a significant player in the aluminum and electrical transmission industry in Kingdom of Bahrain. Its growth has contributed to the industrialization of Bahrain and Gulf countries while promoting a national skilled workforce within the company. Midal supplies the world market with rod cast from the molten aluminum delivered directly from Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) smelter adjacent to its manufacturing plant. The liquid aluminum is exceptionally pure which allows Midal to cast rod and further production of wires an exceptionally high conductivity in various grades of transmission cables. Midal's EC grade and 6201 alloy rod are sold around the world as well as being used in-house to manufacture a full range of overhead electrical conductors and aluminum wires.

Read More

How to catch a phish

How to catch a phish

Phishing (pronounce as fishing): deceiving an internet user to give out his or her personal or financial information over a website or official looking email that usually ends up in identity theft or false credit card charges. Sounds serious? It is! The team at ESET and Today put together a small test to see how good you are at catching these malevolent electronic pests. Let's go phishing!

Read More

Ontario utilities can lower customer bills through In Front of the Meter Conservation (IFMC)

Ontario utilities can lower customer bills through In Front of the Meter Conservation (IFMC)

Energy efficiency is a central pillar of Ontario's Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP). Additionally, utilities are provided with conservation incentives and targets as part of Ontario's 2015-2020 Conservation First Framework (CFF).  Under the update to the LTEP released in the fall of 2017, utilities can now count savings generated from In Front of the Meter Conservation (IFMC) towards these targets.

Read More

"In Front of the Meter" (IFMC) Conservation

"In Front of the Meter" (IFMC) Conservation

"Ontario’s 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan is principally focused on the consumer while ensuring a reliable and innovative energy system. Delivering Fairness and Choice makes an important commitment: we will strive to make energy more affordable, and give customers more choices in their energy use, ensuring that Ontarians and their families continue to be at the center of everything we do."

Glenn Thibeault
Minister of Energy

Read More

New Career Opportunity: Sales Development Representative

New Career Opportunity: Sales Development Representative

Énergie CPG Est division, which covers Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces, is growing rapidly and is looking for a bilingual and dynamic internal sales representative for either its Orangeville or Cobourg Office. Énergie CPG Est’s clients include utilities such as Hydro-Québec and NS and NB Power, large companies such as ABB, General Electric and Borea Construction, as well as a variety of small and medium-sized businesses.

Read More

2018 IEEE PES T&D

2018 IEEE PES T&D

The biggest and most comprehensive T&D conference in the industry is coming to Denver this year! The conference theme of “POWER FORWARD” is a fitting description of the efforts being made to ensure this conference represents the hottest trends in the industry. You will see all the groundbreaking new technologies such as automation, data analytics and unmanned aerial vehicles, along with the latest advances to the power equipment such as conductors, breakers, switches and transformers, that have been the building blocks of the amazing machine called the electric grid!

Read More

Ritz Solid Insulation System Busbar

Ritz Solid Insulation System Busbar

The RITZ SIS Solid Insulated Bus Bar System especially offers for transmission of higher currents and/or limited space requirements a cost-effective and safe alternative to parallel-connected cable systems, metal-enclosed bus bar or bus duct systems.  The equipment produced plays an important part in power generation and power distribution. Therefore, highest demands are made with respect to industrial safety. 

Read More

New partnership with Ritz Instrument Transformers

New partnership with Ritz Instrument Transformers

Composite Power Group Inc. is pleased to announce our latest national partnership agreement with Ritz Instrument Transformers Inc.!

The company manufactures medium voltage instrument transformers (5kV to 69kV), low voltage instrument transformers (600V), SIS Insulated bus bar systems and cast-coil power transformers.

Ritz manufacturers out of their facility in Lavonia, Georgia.

Read More