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PSE’s Energy Resources group designed a Fixed Tilt Solar Photovoltaic system for this 1MWAC Community Solar Garden in Zumbrota, Minnesota. The system was connected to the Xcel Energy grid as […]

In addition to hosting a booth at the Minnesota Rural Electric Association Engineering & Operations Conference this week, PSE President, Erik S. Sonju, will also be giving a presentation on Distributed Energy Resource […]

Energy. It runs the world and is a critical component of the Utility Industry. Later this week, PSE’s President, Erik S. Sonju, will share his expertise on Energy and Electricity with […]

This week, we had the opportunity to meet several energetic and motivated students at the UW Madison Career Fair. It was great to see so many driven students on their […]

PSE’s Kahara Franze transitioned from a Project Coordinator to a Data Analyst this month and we look forward to seeing her thrive in this new position! Congratulations, Kahara.

How to calculate and design TOU rates is the topic of discussion for September. Throughout the year, we have conducted a monthly conversation with Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives discussing new industry trends, how […]

Tomorrow, Rich Macke, our VP of Economics, Rates, & Business Planning, will attend the Minnesota Rural Electric Association CEO Conference and speak on the topic of Retail Rate Restructuring.

Emergency Gas Responce – Harry John-Erik Sonju

Presented by Peter Koegel, Manager, Transmission Studies and Tom Butz, Senior Consultant at the 2020 MIPSYCON conference. View the report here: NDTA Transmission Capacity Study Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transition to working from home and has highlighted the importance of broadband to our communities – rural and urban. Increases in work-at-home, remote schooling, telemedicine, […]

Rural broadband presents a huge opportunity for electric utilities, but a successful deployment requires valid upfront assumptions, appropriate material selection, and code compliant installations. Whether you are determining if broadband […]

The interest in electric utility broadband deployments has been on a resurgence in the past few years. Many utilities that have entered the broadband business have sought partnerships with private […]

The recent transition to working from home has put a spotlight on the value of broadband and fiber to residential members. Power System Engineering (PSE) has been working with cooperatives […]

Midwestern states’ economies have been severely impacted by businesses stoppage due the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. The shutdown of businesses has led to over 3.7 million unemployment claims in the region, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on May 1 signed an executive order that seeks to secure America’s bulk power system (BPS) from foreign adversaries. The bulk power system is vital to […]

Many electric utilities have been intrigued by the idea of offering high-speed broadband to their residents and members as an expansion of their own fiber networks. The need for this […]

PSE to attend 2020 NCREC Engineering Conference on March 11th & 12th, 2020 in Hinckley, MN. Our President, Erik Sonju, P.E. along with Harry John will be speaking on EV […]

PSE invited to present ‘To Broadband or not to Broadband’ at the APPA Engineering & Operations session on Tuesday, April 21st, from 1:30-2:45pm. Along with PSE’s Tom Asp, Stacy Cantrell, […]

The number of electric utilities deploying large battery systems to store power is on the rise, but it’s a technology that’s still very much in its infancy. How are electric […]

PSE presented to the Wisconsin Cooperatives on technical considerations of inverter based distributed energy resource (DER) interconnections.  Ola Ilelaboye‍ did an awesome job sharing his knowledge on inverter technology and […]