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What do electrical engineers do at power utility companies?

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A vertically-integrated power utility usually comprises departments for generation, transmission, distribution, substations, planning, and operations. It occurs to me that, over the decades, I've worked in each of those. I've also worked extensively in canonical modelling of power systems and protection, and worked closely ... read more

Within the generation department, the people who actually push the "start" button on a machine and read the indicators are most often "Power Engineers" or "Steam Engineers" who, although not "engineers" in the professional sense of the title, actually have prior claim on the term because they actually work hands-on with real live engines. read more

In addition to power utilities, power companies and organizations that maintain power networks, some power engineers work for universities and research institutions that advance the state of the art in power engineering and educate the next generation of power engineers. read more

These engineers are usually concerned with large-scale electrical systems such as motor control and power transmission, as well as utilizing electricity to transmit energy. Electrical engineers may work on a diverse range of technologies, from the design of household appliances, lighting and wiring of buildings, telecommunication systems, electrical power stations and satellite communications. read more

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