Transformers Aren't the Only Aging Utility Assets

摘要

The issue of an aging and retiring work force has become an unprecedented problem in the electric power industry. Up to 50 percent of electric utility employees in North America will be eligible to retire in the next live years. Recruiting and retaining employees is becoming a huge challenge. The number of undergraduate engineering students in the U. S. continues to decline. In China and India, those graduating with an engineering degree number 40 percent, whereas in the United States only 4 percent are graduating with an engineering degree. What's more, retirements are happening at a record pace in our industry.