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PPL Electric Utilities has been recognized with the prestigious 2025 Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) Power Player Resilience Award for its innovative use of predictive failure technology to enhance public safety, improve reliability and drive operational efficiencies.The SEPA Power Player Awards honor organizations leading the transition to ...
Powerful winds and several dangerous wildfires continue to create life-threatening conditions in parts of Southern California.Since Jan. 7, SCE has restored more than 500,000 customers ‒ more than 90% of the outages – with 62,662 customers currently without power as of 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 12. ...
” The electric power distribution system in the U.S. has over 5.5 million line-miles with over 180 million power poles, all of which are susceptible to damage by weather and its effects, and account for a majority of power outages in the country each year. ...
With the energy transition underway, many businesses and countries throughout the world have committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To reach this decarbonization goal, we will need to address one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: the production of electricity and heat, which accounts for approximately 73% of our global emissions. Just as a beautiful symphony ...
They’re an example of a leading-edge technology that detects a power outage remotely and, like traffic lights, automatically limits the extent of a power outage.Ultimately, fewer customers are affected when things go wrong. So far in 2024, Consumers Energy projects those 72,000-plus customers would have lost power for a total of over 350,000 ...
During this unprecedented storm season, Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton caused significant impacts across the state of Florida. Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) responded swiftly to each storm, restoring power to impacted customers in a matter of days. Additionally, FPL’s enhancements to the electric grid, including building stronger infrastructure, ...
DTE Energy this week announced the construction of three new electric substations as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to reducing power outage frequency by 30% while cutting outage time in half by 2029.The new substations will be in Northville Township, Pontiac and Shelby Township and represent a total investment of more than $100 ...
ENGIE North America (ENGIE) and Meta announced they recently completed an Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement (EAPA) for ENGIE to supply 260 MW of renewable energy and associated environmental attributes from its Sypert Branch solar project in Milam County Texas to support Meta’s growing power needs in line with its net zero goals. Meta will ...
CenterPoint Energy this week announced it has reached an agreement with Neara, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered infrastructure modeling platform for engineering-grade simulations and analytics, to deploy Neara's AI capabilities to improve resiliency across CenterPoint's 5,000-square-mile Greater Houston service area. ...
The data sets work together to identify patterns and calculate the likelihood of a tree coming down on a power line or equipment to ensure problematic trees are swiftly addressed.Trees are the leading cause of power outages across the entire electric utility industry. ...
Further, Louisiana Economic Development reports that business investment in the state reached historic levels last year, with companies announcing over $25 billion in new projects.Over the next five years, Entergy Louisiana’s comprehensive resilience plan will fortify electric infrastructure statewide, enhancing the power grid and community resilience while safeguarding ...
But the project’s successes, which include a first-of-its-kind prototype and fully functional testbed to study and improve these novel grid technologies, could help the U.S. grid evolve. The Benefits of Medium-Voltage Power ConvertersMedium-voltage electricity is what's pumping through the power lines outside your window—unless you live in ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced this week (June 13) that it partnered with 15 local power companies and the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association to seek two grants, totaling $350 million, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program to fund 141 energy security projects to ensure local communities have ...
"At more than a century old, our power grid is showing its age, leaving American consumers to bear the costs of maintaining it with frequent and longer power outages from extreme weather," said U.S. ...
DOE carefully considered its experience with energy storage, transmission line upgrades, and solar energy projects before simplifying the environmental review process.Under the changes, DOE will continue to look closely at each proposed project while being able to complete its environmental review responsibilities in a faster and less expensive manner.Energy Storage SystemsEnergy ...
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week (March 6) announced that USDA is moving forward on clean energy investments in 23 states to reduce pollution and strengthen rural America's power grid. The announcement includes the first five awards totaling $139 million under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program. ...
The UK Civil Aviation Authority have published proposals to enable drones to fly beyond the visual line of sight of remote pilots, as part of the UK Future Flight Programme. ...
Hawaiian Electric's 5-year plan includes a slate of initial, foundational grid resilience investments, including the replacement and strengthening of 2,100 poles on critical circuits, as the first phase of a long-term climate adaptation effort. Investing in a more resilient power system will address the increasing threat of wildfires, reduce the severity of damage when major ...
The electric power distribution system in the U.S. has over 5.5 million line-miles with over 180 million power poles, all of which are susceptible to damage by weather and its effects, and account for a majority of power outages in the country each year. ...
Public input will be critical in pinpointing areas of the country where consumers are harmed because not enough power lines are getting built. “Improving and expanding national transmission infrastructure is essential to not only meeting President Biden’s clean energy goals, but also to ensuring that people across the country have access to resilient, affordable ...