Power Lines News
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Biden Administration Invests $2.3 Billion in Projects to Expand Clean Power in Rural Communities
As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, U.S. 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) ...
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DOE Announces $34 Million to Improve Grid Reliability, Resiliency, and Security
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $34 million for 12 projects across 11 states to strengthen and modernize America’s aging power grid through the development of cost-effective, high-speed, and safe undergrounding technologies. Through the Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security (GOPHURRS) program, the selected projects will ...
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Energy Department Releases Guidance to Identify High-Priority Areas for Transmission Development
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office recently (Dec 19) released final guidance for the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) designation process. This process will enable DOE to independently identify narrow areas in the country where transmission development is urgently needed and to work with affected states, tribes, local communities, and industry to ...
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Why AI and Energy are the New Power Couple
by Vida Rozite, Energy Policy Analyst; Jack Miller, Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst; and Sungjin Oh, Energy Analyst, IEA Power systems are becoming vastly more complex as demand for electricity grows and decarbonisation efforts ramp up. In the past, grids directed energy from centralised power stations. Now, power systems increasingly need to support multi-directional flows of electricity ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Invests Nearly $8.4 Million to Advance Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Nov 13) selected four organizations to receive nearly $8.4 million to develop technologies that will improve grid reliability, optimize electricity infrastructure, and facilitate grid connection with renewable resources. DOE's Office of Electricity and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) are jointly funding these projects from DOE's ...
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JCP&L Unveils Largest-Ever Infrastructure Upgrade Plan to Modernize New Jersey Electric Grid
FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) filed a new infrastructure improvement program with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) on Nov 9 that would strengthen the backbone of its local electric system and provide the foundation for smart grid capabilities in the future. Known as EnergizeNJ, the five-year, $935 million proposal includes key investments in ...
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New Project to Develop an Advanced Software Tool for Enhanced Outage Management
Smart Wires this week (Sept 14) announced a new project focused on developing advanced software that will identify the optimal use of mobile power flow control technology to support transmission system outage management. It will be funded through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority's (NYSERDA's) Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Future Grid Challenges program ...
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Duke Energy Florida’s Smart-Thinking Grid Enables Rapid Power Restoration During Hurricane Idalia
Duke Energy's grid improvements helped customers keep their lights on while Hurricane Idalia crossed Florida. Duke notes that the company's smart, self-healing grid used automated technology to avoid more than 17,000 outages, which saved more than 5 million outage minutes for customers. “Every hurricane season, we consistently see our grid improvements help avoid outages, restore service faster ...
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National Grid Submits “Future Grid” Plan to Massachusetts Regulators
National Grid submitted its Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP), the Future Grid Plan, to the Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC) this week, outlining the critical investments needed in the local electric distribution system over the next five years and beyond to meet the Commonwealth’s nation-leading climate change, clean energy, and equity goals as established in the 2050 ...
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Con Edison's Clean Energy Investments Approved by State
On July 20, 2023, Con Edison received state approval for critical clean energy investments that will help New York transition away from fossil fuels. The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) ruling sets electric and gas rates through 2025 and advances an investment plan totaling $11.8 billion. That plan will help reach the state and city's clean energy goals and funds initiatives that ...
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NYISO Study Finds “Reliability Need” in 2025 for New York City Region
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this week released its quarterly assessment of reliability of the bulk electric system, which found a deficit in reliability margins for the New York City area beginning in summer 2025. The deficit is as large as 446 MW, driven primarily by the combination of a forecasted increase in peak demand and the unavailability of certain generators. The ...
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Duke Energy restores power for more than 250,000 customers across Indiana
Duke Energy has restored power to more than 250,000 Indiana customers, but multiple waves of storms have added new outages. As of 12 p.m. today, about 45,000 customers remain without power. The company is aiming to restore the vast majority of these customers by midnight Sunday, but restoration efforts could be affected by additional storms that may move through the state. Duke Energy has ...
By Duke Energy
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NKT will invest EUR 1bn in high-voltage capabilities and capacity at Swedish factory
NKT has announced plans to build a new factory including a third extrusion tower in Karlskrona, Sweden, and a new market-leading power cable vessel. The investments are driven by a increasing demand for high-voltage power cables, strong order intake and a record order backlog of more than EUR 7bn at the end of Q1 2023. Since March 2023, NKT has confirmed high-voltage contract awards and booking ...
By NKT A/S
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Vermont's First Fully Storm Resilient, All-Electric Neighborhood Launched
Construction is now underway for Vermont's first all-electric, fully storm resilient neighborhood. U.S. Senator Peter Welch joined Governor Phil Scott and the President and CEO of O'Brien Brothers, and the President and CEO of Green Mountain Power (GMP) for a groundbreaking celebration for Hillside East in South Burlington, Vermont. The neighborhood and homes are designed with climate and storm ...
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Biden Administration Invests $26 Million to Support a Modern, Reliable, and Resilient America
As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy this week (May 10) announced $26 million for eight selected projects to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid. Funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the projects will deploy innovative clean energy ...
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BNEF: Global Net Zero Will Require $21 Trillion Investment In Power Grids
Electricity grids are the backbone of the energy transition, yet the networks we have today are not ready for the future. At least $21.4 trillion needs to be invested in the electricity grid by 2050 to support a net-zero trajectory for the world, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). The New Energy Outlook: Grids report, published today, provides a more detailed breakdown of the ...
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FPL Delivers Best Reliability Among All Major Electric Utilities in Florida
Florida Power & Light Company again offered the most reliable electric service of the state's major utilities in 2022, with customers seeing a 41% improvement since 2006. In annual reports filed Wednesday with the Florida Public Service Commission, FPL was best in the state in key industry metrics such as the average amount of time a customer experienced an outage; the average number of ...
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BSLBATT Shows Ultra-thin (<9cm) 5kWh Battery for Solar Storage
China lithium battery manufacturer BSLBATT shows the Most Trusted Premium-Quality ultra-thin wall-mounted 5kWh lithium-ion batteries for solar storage in the Industry. The thinnest Home ESS Ever built with just 90mm thickness. And up to 3C discharge capability. Up to 81,920 Wh in Low Voltage Connection. Designed for home energy storage. Amenities: Ultra-Thin, Safe, Simple, Strong, Smart, Secure, ...
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JCP&L Connects Largest Landfill Solar Project in North America to Electric Grid
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has completed a grid connection for a 19.8-megawatt solar project located at a former landfill property in Mount Olive, New Jersey, that is now delivering clean energy through FirstEnergy's transmission lines. For the past year, JCP&L has worked with the project's developer to construct a grid connection point ...
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Duke Energy Places Advanced Microgrid into Service in Hot Springs, NC
Duke Energy has placed into service one of the nation’s most advanced green microgrids in the Madison County town of Hot Springs. The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2-megawatt (AC) solar facility and a 4.4-megawatt lithium-based battery storage facility. The microgrid is designed to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable grid solution for serving the Hot Springs area, and also provide ...
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