PULLMAN, WA - Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced that the SEL-3332 Intelligent Server is now available from SEL with IEC 61850 communications.

PULLMAN, WA — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced that it is now a member of the GridWise Alliance, a public-private forum that brings together a diverse set of industry stakeholders and resources to deploy, demonstrate, and quantify new technologies, approaches, and business models that cut across traditional industry segments and market boundaries.

PULLMAN, WA — Founded by President and Chief Executive Officer Edmund O. Schweitzer, III Ph.D. in 1984, SEL employs 1,800 people worldwide and supports products in 126 countries. SEL employees previously held a partial stake in the privately held company. Transition to a 100 percent employee-owned structure is part of SEL's long-term strategy for sustained growth, stability, and customer focus.

PULLMAN, WA — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced the immediate availability of arc-flash detection (AFD) capability in the SEL-751A Feeder Protection Relay, providing fully automatic protection against dangerous arc-flash events. Without AFD, the arc flash can cause severe personal injury, extensive equipment damage, and lengthy system outages. In contrast, AFD interrupts power to the arc flash before it can cause significant damage. Anyone with metal-clad switchgear will benefit from using the SEL-751A with AFD.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sharla Artz, director of security and energy policy at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), has been named 2009 president of the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment (WCEE). Her presidency was officially announced at the organization’s 28th annual Woman of the Year Event held in Washington, D.C., on March 5.

SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, MEXICO — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) announced the first design and quality innovations from its engineering, manufacturing, and service facility in San Luis Potosí (SLP), Mexico.

PULLMAN, WA — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) President and CEO Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer participated in the keynote discussion, “Putting the Smart Grid Into Action,” at the National Rural Telecommunications Council (NRTC) Annual Meeting in New Orleans on February 15. Schweitzer's comments focused on electric power industry advances made in the area of smart technology. Topics ranged from the introduction of digital protective relays to local processing facilitated by synchrophasors. He also highlighted challenges that the industry faces as well as his vision for the future of smart technology.

LAKE ZURICH, IL — The E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing Division of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) announced today that Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) successfully field-tested an SEL fault indicator solution for mesh networks. The unique fault indicator reduces ComEd’s fault-finding time by communicating fault status back to a central location using an embedded Landis+Gyr UtiliNet radio as part of ComEd’s move toward a smarter grid.

PULLMAN, WA — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced the availability of a new modular substation control system. POWERCORE-M™ is a turnkey system with space-saving enclosures that can be distributed around the substation yard. The system is available for generation, transmission, and distribution applications. This SEL Job Done® solution includes all communications, automation, protection, and control equipment for new installations or for replacement of existing, site-built control houses. The new, compact system requires less maintenance, has a smaller footprint, and lowers costs.

PULLMAN, WA — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced that smart technology invented, designed, and manufactured at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories for the past 25 years is gaining new exposure thanks to increased global interest in making electric power grids smarter.

PULLMAN, WA — November 14, 2008 — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) announced today that its Substation of the Future Solutions are part of the communications and control infrastructure of Xcel Energy's Smart Substation Project. SEL is contributing to Xcel Energy's commitment to improved power reliability and efficiency by simplifying and standardizing substation communications and control elements.