Eaton Among Groups Supporting Microgrid Buildout in Puerto Rico

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 10:05:43 +0000

Companies operating in Puerto Rico have paid particular attention to the reliability and resiliency of their power supply after a series of major hurricanes battered the island in recent years. Those storms

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6 ways to overcome layoff anxiety

Credit to Author: Murali Murthy| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:45:30 +0000

The apprehension about workplace layoffs is palpable among employees across many industries. Here are six ways to proactively confront your layoff anxiety and keep the fears from getting the better of you.

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How Utilities Are Planning for Extreme Weather Events and Mitigating Risks

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:03:24 +0000

Scientists who maintain the world’s temperature records, which date back to 1880, calculate a global temperature anomaly each year to determine how much temperatures have changed compared to temperatures from […]

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NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability […]

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Enduring Value: Entergy’s More Than 100-Year-Old Story

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:13:08 +0000

One man’s ambition to electrify the Middle South and improve its economic outlook 110 years ago evolved from a handshake for steam from a boiler powered with waste sawdust into Entergy Corp., a

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Resilient Systems, Q&A With Jordan Cox: Expect the Unexpected With Resilient Systems

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:05:59 +0000

A resilient system can withstand disruptions, mitigate potential losses, and recover rapidly. Planning for an unexpected event is a significant challenge, but one that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) researchers in the Resilient Systems Design and Engineering Group within the Energy Security and Resilience Center are working to address. In this interview, resilience researcher […]

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NY-Funded Solar One Program Empowers Vulnerable Communities With Solar + Storage, Emergency Resilience

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:35:56 +0000

Images provided by Solar OneSolar One is an organization that I’ve experienced first hand. An active force in clean urban transition, in particular aiding low-income households, it deserves support. Both organizations I met with in NYC — Solar One and WE ACT — had individuals reflecting the relaxed as well as energetic personalities necessary to make something work, really work

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How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:33:41 +0000

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Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues that are roiling the nation’s power sector, as well as the tools and technologies that it has determined will best bolster the grid of the future in the near […]

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PJM: Fuel Supply Resilience Is Sound—For Now

Fuel delivery systems in PJM Interconnection’s vast footprint can generally withstand an extended period of stress and remain reliable, though extreme scenarios could impact the grid, the nation’s largest system operator concluded in a high-profile study.  PJM, whose system covers 13 states and 65 million people, launched the study this May as the federal government, […]

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A Satellite View of Hurricane Michael’s Power Outages

After Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 storm on October 10, it moved across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia on October 11, and finally out into the Atlantic on October 12. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration office, the storm […]

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